CARSON CITY, Nev.—With help from the 2009 Legislature, Nevada has become one of the most attractive states in the sun-drenched West for large solar plant development and other alternative energy projects.

Jim Baak, director of utility-scale solar for the nonprofit advocacy group Vote Solar, says Nevada was far more proactive than other sunny-state legislatures this year.

If some other objectives are met, large-scale solar is likely to become the focus of renewable energy development in Nevada for at least the short term, observers say.

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