RENO, Nev. (AP) — Fire investigators say arcing power lines in gale force winds started a brush fire that destroyed five homes and damaged two dozen others in a south Reno neighborhood along the Sierra foothills in November.
NV Energy issued a warning about people impersonating employees of the company.
The company said the scammers are calling business and residential customers, making threats about cutting off their electric service, and demanding the customer pay immediately to keep it on.
NV Energy is preparing for a planned power outage on Mt Charleston on Friday.
The planned outage is due to concern over extremely dry fire conditions. It’s set to begin 10 a.m. Friday and run for 24 hours, depending on weather conditions.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's largest electricity provider is asking customers in its northern and southern areas to conserve electricity during the afternoon and evening on both Tuesday and Wednesday to help the power grid cope with a heat wave continuing across much of the West.
Electricity has been restored for more than 8,000 homes and businesses in southwest Las Vegas after a fire at a utility substation caused an overnight power outage.
NV Energy says power came back for the last remaining affected customers a little before 6 a.m. Friday.
Customers facing hardship due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis will be spared the additional worry of whether they’ll have electricity, gas, and water — at least for now.
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The Nevada System of Higher Education will remain a customer of NV Energy.
NSHE says in a statement its board members voted to stay with the utility, which will make three $500,000 incentive payments for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021 to benefit NSHE's institutions.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Residential electricity customers in northern Nevada could see their bills decrease by a little more than $2 a month under a rate reduction approved by state regulators.
The 690-megawatt Gemini solar power plant, slated for development on 7,000 acres a half-hour northeast of Las Vegas, had its first public vetting last week.
Las Vegas Sands and NV Energy announced a long-term partnership, which both sides say will advance sustainable renewable energy at the Venetian resort.
The joint announcement on Monday comes nearly five years after Las Vegas Sands first applied to leave NV Energy.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas officials are considering leaving Nevada's utility monopoly and entering into negotiations with an alternative electricity provider.
Boyd Gaming is looking to leave NV Energy's electricity market and purchase power openly.
That's according to an application the company filed with Nevada's Public Utilities Commission, the state agency that oversees Nevada's electricity market.
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Electric utility NV Energy says a rodent caused the Thanksgiving Day power outage that affected more than 13,000 buildings in Henderson.
