NV Energy wants $1.8B to replace Nevada’s last coal plant
July 20, 2023
NV Energy is committing to shutting down its last coal plant by 2025, the utility announced Wednesday, and will spend nearly $2 billion to do it.
The news comes after questions were raised early this year on whether the state’s largest public utility was going to be able to shut down its coal operations on schedule.
NV Energy said in a news release it would submit a plan to the Public Utilities Commission by the end of the month to transition energy created at the North Valmy Generating Station in Humboldt County from coal to natural gas and to install a utility-owned 400 megawatt solar farm and 400 megawatt battery storage facility.
