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Updated Jun 1, 2026Utility Landscape
Nevada Power Company (d/b/a NV Energy)
IOUSouthern Nevada including Las Vegas metropolitan area and Clark County
NV Energy's southern subsidiary filed a general rate case in 2024 seeking significant revenue increases tied to grid infrastructure investment and load growth from data centers and electric vehicle adoption. The PUCN approved a settlement with rate increases phased in over multiple years.
Sierra Pacific Power Company (d/b/a NV Energy)
IOUNorthern Nevada including Reno-Sparks metropolitan area, Elko, and rural northern counties
Sierra Pacific Power has been pursuing capital investment recovery related to renewable integration and transmission upgrades under Nevada's RPS mandate. Coordinated rate proceedings with its sister company through Berkshire Hathaway Energy ownership structure.
Southwest Gas Corporation
IOULas Vegas Valley, Reno-Sparks area, and portions of rural Nevada for natural gas distribution
Southwest Gas has faced PUCN scrutiny over infrastructure replacement program (COYL/CODB) cost recovery mechanisms and rate design amid declining customer growth projections tied to building electrification policies. Recent rate case addressed accelerated pipe replacement cost recovery.
Valley Electric Association
coopPahrump Valley and rural Nye County in southern Nevada
Valley Electric operates under PUCN jurisdiction as a cooperative serving sparsely populated desert territory; regulatory attention has focused on reliability investment cost recovery and integration of distributed solar resources in an isolated grid environment.
City of Boulder City Electric Utility
muniBoulder City, Clark County
Boulder City operates its own municipal electric system largely outside PUCN retail rate jurisdiction but engages with state regulatory processes on wholesale power procurement and interconnection matters relevant to its Eldorado Valley solar corridor.
Overton Power District No. 5
coopMoapa Valley, Mesquite, and northeastern Clark County rural areas
Overton Power District is subject to PUCN oversight and has been managing load growth in Mesquite while pursuing power supply diversification; renewable procurement and demand-side management program compliance have been active docket topics.
Key Issues
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NV Energy integrated resource planning (IRP) compliance: The PUCN is reviewing NV Energy's 2024 IRP filings for both subsidiaries, which propose significant renewable capacity additions and battery storage procurement to meet Nevada's 50% RPS by 2030 mandate, with contested issues around resource adequacy, coal exit timelines, and ratepayer cost allocation.
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Data center and hyperscale load growth rate design: Explosive growth of AI and cloud computing data centers in the Las Vegas and northern Nevada corridors has prompted PUCN proceedings on how large industrial customers should bear incremental transmission and distribution upgrade costs, including debate over stand-alone cost studies and new customer classes.
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Energy Choice Initiative implementation tension: Following voters' passage of Question 3 and subsequent legislative inaction on full retail deregulation, the PUCN continues to administer the existing partial customer choice framework including the Renewable Energy Program and Large-Scale Customer opt-out provisions, with ongoing dockets on exit fees and net metering reform.
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Net metering reform and successor tariff: Nevada previously reversed and reinstated net metering following 2015–2017 controversy; active PUCN dockets are examining a successor net energy metering tariff structure as penetration of rooftop solar grows, with stakeholder disputes over export compensation rates and non-bypassable charges.
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Southwest Gas rate case and decarbonization policy conflict: The PUCN is navigating tension between approving long-lived natural gas infrastructure investment recovery for Southwest Gas and Nevada's emerging building decarbonization and climate policy goals, including questions about stranded asset risk and whether new gas infrastructure warrants full rate base treatment.
Upcoming
Estimated deadline for PUCN staff and intervenor testimony in NV Energy (Nevada Power) triennial integrated resource plan review docket; evidentiary hearing expected to follow in late summer 2026 per typical IRP procedural schedule.
Estimated PUCN open meeting at which commissioners are expected to consider proposed amendments to Nevada's net metering successor tariff rules, following completion of the workshop and comment period process initiated in late 2025.
Estimated deadline for NV Energy to file its annual Renewable Energy Plan (REP) with the PUCN under NRS 704.7821, triggering a review cycle for proposed renewable and storage contract approvals relevant to 2030 RPS compliance trajectory.
Estimated PUCN evidentiary hearing on Southwest Gas general rate case if a new filing is submitted in mid-2026, consistent with the company's historically three-to-four-year rate case cycle and signaled intent to seek recovery of ongoing COYL infrastructure replacement costs.
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Staff
67| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Kostes | Communications Director | (775) 684-6101 |
| Sam Crano | Utilities Hearing Officer | (775) 684-6101 |
| Donald Lomoljo | Staff Counsel | (775) 684-6101 |
| Stephanie Mullen | Executive Director | (775) 684-6101 |
| Anne-Marie Preisach | Director of Regulatory Operations | (775) 684-6135 |
| Garrett Weir | General Counsel | (775) 684-6101 |
| Youssef AlSafi | Electrical Engineer | (702) 486-4497 |
| Ian Alvernaz | Data and Programming Manager | (775) 684-6101 |
| Sherrie Alvernaz | Regulatory Accountant | (702) 486-7241 |
| Adam Baker | Administrative Attorney | (702) 486-7231 |
| Kim Burakowski | Regulatory Accountant / Financial Analyst | (775) 684-6190 |
| Gary Cameron | Resource Planning Engineer | (775) 379-3130 |
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