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.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's largest utility has filed a request for more than $30 million in rate reductions for ratepayers beginning in October.

The City of North Las Vegas has become the latest municipality in Nevada to sign an exclusive contract with NV Energy. 

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.

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. 

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A power outage left thousands of homes and businesses without electricity in northern Nevada.

NV Energy says the outages first reported at 12:30 p.m. Thursday were caused by unspecified equipment damage.

NV Energy has filed a lawsuit against the Public Utilities Commission over a tax issue that could be worth tens of millions of dollars.

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.