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State Electricity Profiles

Data for: 2024 Release Date: November 10, 2025 Next Release: November 2026
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Nevada Electricity Profile 2024

Table 1. 2024 Summary statistics (Nevada)
Item Value Rank
Primary energy source   Natural gas
Net summer capacity (megawatts) 16,725 28
Electric utilities 9,508 28
IPP & CHP 7,217 23
Net generation (megawatthours) 45,528,427 32
Electric utilities 26,477,919 31
IPP & CHP 19,050,508 23
Emissions
Sulfur dioxide (short tons) 3,537 36
Nitrogen oxide (short tons) 10,539 38
Carbon dioxide (thousand metric tons) 13,068 35
Sulfur dioxide (lbs/MWh) 0.2 36
Nitrogen oxide (lbs/MWh) 0.5 32
Carbon dioxide (lbs/MWh) 631 36
Total retail sales (megawatthours) 40,664,639 33
Full service provider sales 34,028,607 33
Energy-only provider sales 6,636,032 13
Direct use (megawatthours) 174,583 46
Average retail price (cents/kWh) 11.47 25
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, Annual Electric Generator Report, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, Annual Electric Power Industry Report, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report and predecessor forms.

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