NV · State grid profile

Nevada power grid

Nevada combines natural gas with a large and growing solar fleet, plus storage, hydro, and geothermal resources. Its proposed pipeline is sizeable compared with today's operating capacity.

Final 2024 state totalsPreliminary 2025 facilitiesCommunity-reported data centers
Operating capacity18,204 MWFinal EIA-860 2024
Power plants128295 operating generators
Proposed capacity6,067 MW33.3% of current capacity
Community-mapped locations14Incomplete OpenStreetMap coverage

Coverage quality

What is complete here?

PassState totalsFinal 2024 EIA-860 generator records cover the state.
PassFacility list2025 Early Release records are nationwide but preliminary.
LimitedData centersCommunity mapping is useful for discovery, not a complete inventory.

Generation portfolio

Nevada capacity by fuel

Nameplate capacity · MW
Oil & gas48.5%8,827 MW
Solar29%5,285 MW
Storage6.2%1,125 MW
Hydro5.8%1,053 MW
Geothermal5.1%933 MW
Coal4.4%809 MW
Wind0.8%150 MW
Biomass0.1%15 MW
Industrial & other0%8 MW

Facility intelligence

Largest Nevada power plants

EIA-860 2025 early release facility records
PlantPrimary fuelLocationUtilityOperating capacity
Chuck Lenzie Generating StationPlant 55322Oil & gasApex, NVClark CountyNevada Power Co1,466 MW
Clark (NVE)Plant 2322Oil & gasLas Vegas, NVClark CountyNevada Power Co1,376 MW
SilverhawkPlant 55841Oil & gasNorth Las Vegas, NVClark CountyNevada Power Co1,120 MW
Gemini Solar HybridPlant 63352SolarUnincorporated, NVClark CountyGemini Solar1,070 MW
Hoover Dam (NV)Plant 154HydroBoulder City, NVClark CountyU S Bureau of Reclamation1,039 MW
TracyPlant 2336Oil & gasSparks, NVStorey CountySierra Pacific Power Co1,033 MW
Harry AllenPlant 7082Oil & gasLas Vegas, NVClark CountyNevada Power Co745 MW
Higgins Generating StationPlant 55687Oil & gasPrimm, NVClark CountyNevada Power Co688 MW
Apex Generating StationPlant 55514Oil & gasLas Vegas, NVClark CountyApex Generating Station601 MW
North ValmyPlant 8224CoalValmy, NVHumboldt CountySierra Pacific Power Co567 MW

Methodology

Transparent by design

State totals and fuel mix use finalized EIA-860 2024 generator data. The facility table uses the EIA-860 2025 Early Release and is preliminary. Data-center counts use OpenStreetMap community records and measure mapped coverage, not the full market.

EIA-860 sourceOpenStreetMap