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Entrance to NV Energy corporate headquarters. Based on the reliability of electric distribution service, NV Energy ranked among the best 10% of electric utilities nationwide in 2012, 2011 and 2010, and was the best in the nation in 2009. [23]
In 2005, it had over 700,000 electric customers in parts of three Nevada counties — a service area of more than 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2). In 1998, Nevada Power merged with Nevada's other major utility, Sierra Pacific Resources. It continued as a subsidiary of Sierra Pacific until 2005, when the company changed its name to NV Energy.
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Nevada, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Nevada had a total summer capacity of 13,541 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 42,591 GWh. [2]
One Nevada (ON Line) is a 235-mile (378 km), 500-kilovolt, 600-megawatt power line that runs from Southern to Northern Nevada. NV Energy owns 25% of the transmission line and operates and offers the line's capacity under the terms of NV Energy's Open Access Transmission Tariff.
The Frank A. Tracy Generating Station is a 12 unit 1,021-megawatt (1,369,000 hp) gas-fired power station located in Storey County, Nevada and owned by NV Energy, serving Reno and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. Some peaking capacity is provided by diesel powered units. [1]
Edward W. Clark Generating Station is a 1,102 megawatt plant owned by Nevada Power on 115 acres (47 ha) located in the Las Vegas Valley town of Whitney, Nevada, USA.The plant consists of 19 units and first went into service in 1954 as Nevada Power’s first gas power plant.
The Goodsprings Waste Heat Recovery Station opened in 2010, providing 7.5MW of energy from waste heat produced at a Kern River Pipeline compressor station. [26] The plant is owned and operated by NV Energy and is the first renewable energy plant owned by the company.
The agency was established in 1975 to promote efficient energy use in commercial and residential settings, and was originally known as the Nevada State Office of Energy. It underwent several changes in 1983 and 1993, before a select committee on energy was created in 2001.