Projects

NV Energy is committed to fulfilling its roles of providing safe and reliable electricity to our customers while being a responsible corporate citizen and a leader in environmental stewardship..

Harry Allen Generating Station
Originally built as a “simple cycle” plant to operate mostly during the hottest time of the year when customer demand was the highest, the plant is expanding to include two highly efficient General Electric 7FA+e combustion turbines and a recycled exhaust system to produce steam for a General Electric D11 steam turbine to make additional electricity. The additional generation is expected to be operational in 2011.

Unlike conventional power plants that use substantial amounts of water for cooling, the new units at the Harry Allen Generating Station will use a six-story-high dry cooling system. Similar to a car radiator, 36 massive fans (36-feet in diameter) will be used to condense the steam back into water to be reused in the plant.

One Nevada Transmission Line
The One Nevada Line (ON Line) is a 500 kV transmission line--with an in-service date of 2012--will provide greater system reliability by linking the northern and southern systems for the first time. The ON Line significantly increases the ability to obtain energy independence for Nevada by enabling us to share renewable resources, and more cost effectively our generation fleet to serve customers statewide, maximizing efficiency and improving reliability.

Reid Gardner
NV Energy is requesting a right-of-way grant from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the proposed ash storage facility and evaporation ponds expansion at Reid Gardner. Reid Gardner is a coal-fired electric generation facility located on private property bordered by BLM and Moapa Indian Reservation property. The facility produces several non-hazardous waste streams that are disposed onsite in a permitted landfill. The primary waste streams include fly ash, bottom ash, and water treatment sludge.