Silver Peak, Nevada
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A small town inside Esmeralda County, Nevada, a local landmark is Silver Peak Elementary School. The U.S. Geological Survey shows the community's latitude and longitude as . As of the 2000 census, its population was 200.
[edit] Enron connection
The community gained some fame during California's 1999 electric power crisis. In the first major act of the power crisis causing an outage, on March 25, 1999, Enron energy traders allegedly rerouted 2,900MW (megawatts) of electricity destined for California to this small Nevada community. This caused a large shortage on the California power grid because the largest power feeder (intertie) from this area to California had a capacity of 15MW (about 0.5% of the required wheeling capacity).
News accounts claim this single action created an estimated $7 million dollars of revenue for Enron. The company was fined $25,000 for their action, suggesting to some that this was a viable way for the firm to make money.
