Nevada Quick Facts
- Nevada consumes over 11 times more energy than the state produces in part because Nevada produces only small amounts of natural gas and crude oil and does not mine any coal.
- Most of Nevada's largest power plants by capacity and generation are natural gas-fired. In 2024, natural gas fueled 53% of Nevada's total in-state electricity generation, its smallest share in the past 19 years.
- In 2024, Nevada ranked fourth in the nation in total electricity generation from utility- and small-scale solar resources combined. Solar provided 31% of the state's total generation.
- Hoover Dam, one of the nation’s largest federal hydroelectric facilities, is on Nevada's border with Arizona. It supplied about 3% of Nevada's total in-state generation in 2024.
- In 2024, Nevada accounted for 25% of the nation’s utility-scale electricity generation from geothermal energy. Only California generated more.
Last Updated: June 20, 2025
Data
Last Update: June 20, 2025 | Next Update: July 17, 2025
| Prices | |||||
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| Petroleum | Nevada | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase | -- | $ 67.07 /barrel | Mar-25 | ||
| Natural Gas | Nevada | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| City Gate | $ 4.11 /thousand cu ft | $ 4.88 /thousand cu ft | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Residential | $ 12.87 /thousand cu ft | $ 14.57 /thousand cu ft | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Coal | Nevada | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Average Sales Price | -- | $ 54.04 /short ton | 2023 | ||
| Delivered to Electric Power Sector | W | $ 2.44 /million Btu | Mar-25 | ||
| Electricity | Nevada | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Residential | 14.47 cents/kWh | 17.11 cents/kWh | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Commercial | 8.39 cents/kWh | 13.27 cents/kWh | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Industrial | 7.67 cents/kWh | 8.26 cents/kWh | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Reserves | |||||
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| Reserves | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31) | -- | -- | 2022 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31) | -- | -- | 2022 | find more | |
| Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids | -- | -- | 2022 | find more | |
| Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines | -- | -- | 2023 | find more | |
| Rotary Rigs & Wells | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Natural Gas Producing Wells | 0 wells | 0.0% | 2020 | find more | |
| Capacity | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1) | 2,000 barrels/calendar day | * | 2024 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity | 16,725 MW | 1.3% | Mar-25 | ||
| Supply & Distribution | |||||
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| Production | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Energy | 63 trillion Btu | 0.1% | 2022 | find more | |
| Crude Oil | 0 thousand barrels per day | 0.0% | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Natural Gas - Marketed | 4 million cu ft | * | 2023 | find more | |
| Coal | -- | -- | 2023 | find more | |
| Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Net Electricity Generation | 3,382 thousand MWh | 1.0% | Mar-25 | ||
| Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total) | Nevada | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Petroleum-Fired | * | 0.3 % | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Natural Gas-Fired | 43.0 % | 35.6 % | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Coal-Fired | 6.7 % | 14.7 % | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Nuclear | 0.0 % | 18.7 % | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Renewables | 50.6 % | 30.3 % | Mar-25 | ||
| Stocks | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) | 145 thousand barrels | 1.4% | Mar-25 | ||
| Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) | 464 thousand barrels | 0.5% | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Natural Gas in Underground Storage | -- | -- | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 2 thousand barrels | * | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers | W | W | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Fueling Stations | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Motor Gasoline | 767 stations | 0.7% | 2022 | ||
| Propane | 24 stations | 0.9% | May-25 | ||
| Electric Vehicle Charging Locations | 604 stations | 0.9% | May-25 | ||
| E85 | 16 stations | 0.4% | May-25 | ||
| Biodiesel, Compressed Natural Gas, and Other Alternative Fuels | 3 stations | 0.1% | May-25 | ||
| Consumption & Expenditures | |||||
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| Summary | Nevada | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Total Consumption | 689 trillion Btu | 38 | 2023 | find more | |
| Total Consumption per Capita | 222 million Btu | 36 | 2022 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures | $ 15,826 million | 31 | 2023 | find more | |
| Total Expenditures per Capita | $ 5,083 | 27 | 2022 | find more | |
| by End-Use Sector | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Residential | 153 trillion Btu | 0.8% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Commercial | 128 trillion Btu | 0.8% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Industrial | 138 trillion Btu | 0.4% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Transportation | 270 trillion Btu | 1.0% | 2023 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Residential | $ 3,216 million | 1.0% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Commercial | $ 2,201 million | 0.9% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Industrial | $ 2,298 million | 1.0% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Transportation | $ 8,111 million | 1.1% | 2023 | find more | |
| by Source | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| » Petroleum | 57 million barrels | 0.8% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | 289 billion cu ft | 0.9% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Coal | 1,491 thousand short tons | 0.4% | 2023 | find more | |
| Expenditures | |||||
| » Petroleum | $ 9,189 million | 1.0% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Natural Gas | $ 2,942 million | 1.5% | 2023 | find more | |
| » Coal | $ 150 million | 0.6% | 2023 | find more | |
| Consumption for Electricity Generation | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Petroleum | 2 thousand barrels | 0.1% | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 11,205 million cu ft | 1.3% | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Coal | 145 thousand tons | 0.5% | Mar-25 | find more | |
| Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households) | Nevada | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Natural Gas | 59.3 % | 46.0 % | 2023 | ||
| Fuel Oil | 0.4 % | 3.7 % | 2023 | ||
| Electricity | 34.2 % | 41.7 % | 2023 | ||
| Propane | 3.1 % | 5.0 % | 2023 | ||
| Other/None | 3.1 % | 3.5 % | 2023 | ||
| Environment | |||||
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| Renewable Energy Capacity | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity | 7,081 MW | 1.9% | Mar-25 | ||
| Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity | -- | -- | 2024 | ||
| Renewable Energy Production | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation | 221 thousand MWh | 1.0% | Mar-25 | ||
| Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation | 1,480 thousand MWh | 2.0% | Mar-25 | ||
| Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation | 5 thousand MWh | 0.1% | Mar-25 | ||
| Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation | 197 thousand MWh | 2.4% | Mar-25 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Production | 0 thousand barrels | 0.0% | 2022 | ||
| Renewable Energy Consumption | Nevada | U.S. Rank | Period | find more | |
| Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total | 10.4 % | 18 | 2022 | ||
| Fuel Ethanol Consumption | 3,107 thousand barrels | 33 | 2022 | ||
| Total Emissions | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 40.4 million metric tons | 0.8% | 2022 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Emissions | Nevada | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 12,540 thousand metric tons | 0.8% | 2023 | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | 3 thousand metric tons | 0.4% | 2023 | ||
| Nitrogen Oxide | 10 thousand metric tons | 0.9% | 2023 | ||
Analysis
Last Updated: June 20, 2025
Overview
Known as the Silver State, Nevada is rich in mineral deposits, particularly gold and silver.1 It is also rich in renewable energy resources.2 The Sierra Nevada Mountains mark the western edge of Nevada with California, and almost all of Nevada is within the Great Basin, an arid area with no outlet to the sea. The state's iconic buttes and flat-topped mesas are scattered between the mountain ranges that rise from the desert floor.3,4 The sun-bathed desert provides Nevada with some of the best solar power potential in the nation, and the state has substantial solar energy development.5 Geothermal resources are also widespread in Nevada, and the state ranks second in the nation, after California, in its electricity generating capacity at geothermal power plants.6,7,8 Although Nevada has the lowest average annual precipitation in the nation, it has one of the nation's largest hydroelectric facilities, Hoover Dam. The Dam spans the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona and supplies the region with electricity.9,10,11 Nevada's mountain slopes are home to the state's juniper and pinyon pine forests, and the mountain ridges have the state's greatest wind power potential. However, only a small amount of the state's electricity is generated from wind or biomass.12,13,14 Nevada does not have any significant crude oil, natural gas, or coal reserves, and it has no nuclear power plants.15,16 However, the state is the nation's only lithium producer.17 Lithium is used in the manufacturing of rechargeable batteries used in portable electronic devices, electric vehicles, and grid storage applications.18 A northern Nevada lithium deposit is the largest in North America, and construction of an open pit mine began at that location in 2023. Another major lithium mine was approved in Nevada in southern Nevada's Silver Peak Range in 2024. Numerous other lithium claims have been staked in the state.19,20,21 Nevada also has deposits of 33 of the 50 minerals identified as critical minerals by the U.S. Geological Survey.22,23
Nevada is the largest source of gold in the United States and the state's mines account for about 70% of the gold produced in the nation.24 In 1859, the discovery of silver and gold drew a rush of settlers to Nevada.25 Today, the state ranks among the top 10 in fastest population growth by percentage, but Nevada remains among the 10 least densely populated states.26,27 The federal government owns about four-fifths of Nevada's land, the largest share of any state. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management manages grazing, mining, and energy development on most of those public lands.28,29 Although mining remains important, the state's economy is now driven by finance, insurance, and real estate; arts and entertainment; and government enterprises.30 Las Vegas and Reno are tourist destinations for gaming and entertainment, and the leisure and hospitality industry is the state's largest employer.31,32
Tourism to Las Vegas and Reno helps make the transportation sector Nevada’s biggest energy consumer.
In part because of tourism, Nevada's transportation sector accounts for nearly two-fifths of the state's total energy consumption. The residential sector consumes almost one-fourth of the total energy used in the state, the industrial sector accounts for one-fifth, and the commercial sector uses less than one-fifth.33,34 Almost three-fourths of the state's residents live in Clark County in southern Nevada, which includes the city of Las Vegas.35,36 Despite the heavy use of air conditioning in the state during the long, hot summers, Nevada's per capita energy consumption is less than in three-fourths of the states.37,38,39 The amount of energy consumed for each dollar of GDP in Nevada is below the national average.40 Overall, Nevada ranks sixth-lowest among the states in energy production and uses more than 11 times more energy than is produced in the state.41
Electricity
Nevada’s largest power plant by capacity and generation is natural gas-fired and recycles three-fourths of the water it uses.
Natural gas fuels the largest share of Nevada's electricity generation, and 8 of the state's 10 largest power plants by capacity and 7 of the 10 largest by generation are natural gas-fired.42 In 2024, natural gas fueled 53% of Nevada's total in-state electricity generation from both utility-scale (greater than 1 megawatt capacity) power plants and small-scale (less than 1 megawatt capacity) generating systems—the smallest share since 2005.43 Because Nevada is the driest state in the nation, minimizing the use of scarce water is a priority.44 The state's largest generating plant, the 1,100-megawatt Chuck Lenzie Generating Station near Las Vegas, uses high-efficiency natural gas combined-cycle technology and recycles three-fourths of the water it uses. The facility also reduces water use with a dry-cooling system that allows the combined-cycle plant to use only 7% as much water as an equivalent conventional water-cooled power plant.45
In 2024, renewable energy resources accounted for 43% of Nevada's total in-state electricity net generation. Utility-scale solar and small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) together supplied about 31% of the state's total generation, while geothermal energy provided 8% and hydroelectric power 3%.46 Hoover Dam, one of the nation's largest hydroelectric dams, is on Nevada's border with Arizona and has power plants in both states. It accounted for 95% of Nevada's hydroelectric power generation in 2024.47,48,49,50 Wind and biomass provided the rest of Nevada's renewable generation.51
Coal fueled about 5% of Nevada's total electricity generation in 2024, down from more than 52% two decades earlier.52 Two coal-fired power plants in the state were retired in 2012 and the two remaining coal-fired power plants are scheduled to be converted to natural gas by 2026.53,54 One of these coal-fired power plants is an industrial facility—TS Power Plant—owned by Nevada Gold Mines (NGM). It began operating in 2008 and provides electricity to gold and copper mining operations in the desert near Elko. The plant sells its excess generation to the regional electricity transmission company.55 NGM announced in 2022 that it would be converting the plant to natural gas and develop a 200-megawatt solar facility with battery energy storage on the same site, which was completed in 2024.56,57 Similarly, NV Energy completed in 2024 the conversion of a coal-fired power plant to a grid-scale battery energy storage system.58
In 2024, total electricity consumption in Nevada was about evenly distributed among the state's residential, industrial, and commercial sectors. Nevada's average electricity price was less than in almost three-tenths of the states.59,60 The residential sector, where more than one in three households use electricity for home heating and most use air conditioning, accounted for nearly two-fifths of the state's electricity consumption.61,62 The commercial sector, including the famously bright lights on the Las Vegas Strip, used about one-third, and the industrial sector consumed about one-third. Nevada's transportation sector, which consists of light-rail, accounted for a small amount of the state's electricity consumption.63,64 Nevada continues to add electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to its highway infrastructure, as a member of the Regional Electric Vehicle Plan for the West.65 As of early 2025, Nevada had 615 public EV charging locations.66 Nevada ranks in the top 20 states with over 45,000 registered battery EVs.67
Nevada's in-state electricity generation typically exceeds consumption, and supplies are exported to other states over high-voltage transmission lines.68 Prior to 2014, two separate transmission grids provided power to Nevada. The one in the southern part of the state supplied the Las Vegas area, and the one in the northern part of the state supplied many communities, including the Elko and Reno areas. In 2014, the One Nevada transmission project, which runs the length of the state in eastern Nevada, connected the two grids. Two new transmission lines, part of the Greenlink Nevada initiative, could connect to the One Nevada transmission line and run along the north and west of Nevada.69,70,71 The Greenlink West Transmission Project was formally approved by the Bureau of Land Management in September 2024, while the Greenlink North Transmission Project still awaits approval as of April 2025.72,73 Another large-scale transmission project in development would cross through Nevada, allowing delivery of power generated from renewable resources in Wyoming to market centers in California, Arizona, and Nevada.74
Renewable energy
Since 2016, the share of Nevada’s in-state electricity generation from all solar sources has more than tripled.
In 2024, renewable energy sources provided 43% of Nevada's total electricity generation from both utility- and small-scale facilities. Utility-scale solar PV facilities generated more electricity than the state's hydroelectric plants for the first time in 2016, and more power than geothermal energy for the first time in 2017. Since 2016, the share of Nevada's in-state electricity generation from all solar sources has more than tripled. In 2024, utility-scale and small-scale solar power—including from solar thermal power plants—provided 71% of Nevada's in-state generation from all renewable sources and 31% of the state's total electricity generation.75 Nevada leads the nation in solar power potential and ranks sixth in the nation in total solar capacity and fifth in solar generation.76,77,78
Nevada is one of seven states with utility-scale electricity generation from geothermal energy, and the state is second to California in geothermal-sourced power production.79 Geothermal resources account for one-fifth of Nevada's generation from all renewable sources and about 8% of the state's total electricity generation.80 Among the state's electricity generating facilities is a first-of-its-kind hybrid geothermal-solar power plant, which combines geothermal power with solar PV and solar thermal generation. That facility began as a geothermal power plant in 2009, and PV panels were added later, creating a baseload geothermal facility with peaking solar generation in daytime, when air conditioning demand is greatest. In 2015, the facility added a solar thermal power plant, which raises the temperature of the geothermal fluids and increases the efficiency and amount of generation from the geothermal power plant.81 Nevada's available open land and favorable tax incentives have driven data centers to open in the state, which are then able to tap into geothermal energy resources to keep up with the new power demand.82,83
Almost all of the rest of Nevada's renewable generation comes from its hydroelectric power plants, primarily the Hoover Dam, the state's third-largest power plant by capacity and eighth largest by generation in 2023.84,85 Built in less than five years during the Great Depression, Hoover Dam has a generating capacity of about 2,080 megawatts, half of which is in Nevada and half is in Arizona. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation operates the dam, which supplies electricity to Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a National Historic Landmark.86,87,88 After reaching historically low generation levels in 2023 because of drought conditions in the Western states, hydroelectricity increased by 22% in 2024 to approach levels near to 2022 once again.89,90
Nevada's wind resource potential is on scattered mountain ridges across the state.91 Because the federal government owns and manages 80% of the state's land, most utility-scale wind projects need federal approval.92,93 Nevada's first utility-scale commercial wind farm opened in 2012. The 150-megawatt wind farm remains the only utility-scale wind project operating in the state, with no new utility-scale wind projects in development as of March 2025.94
Nevada first enacted a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) in 1997 and has modified it several times since, most recently in 2019. It now requires that at least 50% of the electricity that utilities sell to Nevada customers must be generated from renewable sources by 2030.95,96
Petroleum
Nevada does not have any significant crude oil reserves and has only a modest amount of production.97,98 Petroleum exploration in the state was sporadic during the past century.99 Nevada's crude oil production reached a high of more than 4 million barrels per year in 1990, but annual production declined after that. In 2024, the state produced less than 140,000 barrels.100 Nevada has one crude oil refinery, which can process about 2,000 barrels of crude oil per calendar day and produces only asphalt and road oil.101,102 The state gets additional petroleum products from out of state. Las Vegas receives refined petroleum products like motor gasoline and diesel fuel by pipeline from refineries in Utah and Southern California, and the Reno area receives petroleum products from refineries in Northern California.103,104 In 2023, Nevada had the sixth-highest average motor gasoline price in the nation.105
Nevada's transportation sector consumes most of the petroleum products used in the state. In 2023, about 87% of the petroleum consumed in Nevada went to that sector.106 Federal regulations require that both the Las Vegas and the Reno metropolitan areas use oxygenated motor gasoline during the winter months. Additionally, motor gasoline sold during the summer in Washoe County, including the Reno area, is a reduced volatility blend that lowers the emissions that contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone.107,108 Ethanol is used as an oxygenate for motor gasoline, but there are no fuel ethanol plants in Nevada.109,110 Ethanol is shipped into the state by rail and blended with motor gasoline at Nevada's petroleum product terminals.111,112 The industrial sector accounts for about 9% of Nevada's petroleum consumption. The commercial sector uses about 3% and the residential sector, where about 3 in 100 Nevada households use petroleum products, mostly propane, for home heating, accounts for almost all the rest. A small amount of petroleum is used for power generation.113,114 On a per capita basis, Nevada uses less petroleum than about three-fifths of the states.115
Natural gas
Nevada has no significant natural gas reserves and only a minimal amount of natural gas production.116 Almost all of that production is a byproduct of oil wells and is used to operate equipment in the fields where it is produced.117,118,119 Interstate pipelines provide the vast majority of Nevada's natural gas supply. Most of the natural gas that enters Nevada comes through Utah, with smaller amounts from California and Idaho. Nevada consumers use slightly less than three-tenths of the natural gas that enters the state. The rest continues on, with about three-quarters going to California and one-quarter to Oregon.120 The electric power sector uses 64% of the natural gas delivered to Nevada consumers. The residential sector, where nearly three in five households use natural gas as their primary home heating fuel, consumes 18% of the state's natural gas deliveries. The commercial sector uses about 12% of the natural gas delivered to Nevada consumers, and the industrial sector accounts for 7%. The transportation sector uses a small amount as compressed natural gas vehicle fuel.121,122
Coal
Nevada has no commercial coal deposits or coal mines.123 However, the state's two coal-fired power plants, one operated by a utility and the other an industrial facility that generates power for its own use, are both located in northern Nevada.124,125 These two coal facilities are among the 10 largest power plants by generation in the state and consumed 1.5 million tons of coal in 2023.126,127 The North Valmy Generating Station, Nevada's only remaining utility-owned coal-fired power plant, receives coal shipped by rail from Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. The TS Power Plant, Navada's only remaining industrial coal-fired power plant, receives coal shipped by truck from Utah and Colorado and by rail from Colorado.128,129 Nevada's 2024 coal consumption was less than one-fifth the amount used in the state in 2001.130
Energy on tribal lands
Nevada has 19 federally recognized tribes and is home to nearly 44,000 Native Americans.131,132 The state has a total of 28 reservations, bands, colonies, and community councils.133 The largest of the state's reservations, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe's Reservation, covers almost a half-million acres, but most of Nevada's reservations are small. Combined, the state's tribal areas cover about 1.4 million acres in total, which is less than 2% of the state's land area.134,135,136
The 250-megawatt Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project is the first large-scale solar power plant built on tribal land.
Tribal lands, like most of Nevada, have abundant solar resources, and the state's tribes have begun to develop solar generation on their lands.137,138 Nevada's Moapa River Indian Reservation is the site of the nation's first utility-scale solar power plant built on tribal land. The 250-megawatt Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project—located about 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas on land leased from the Moapa Tribe—became fully operational in 2017. The project's solar power is sold to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and the Moapa Band of Paiutes receives revenue from the project.139 Two additional large solar projects came online on the reservation in 2023—the 300-megawatt Eagle Shadow Mountain project and the 200-megawatt Arrow Canyon Solar Project.140,141 Other Nevada tribes also have built solar projects on their reservations.142 The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California installed seven ground-mounted small-scale solar PV projects at community buildings on tribal land.143 The Yerington Paiute Tribe created an energy plan and has installed solar panels as it works toward a goal of energy self-sufficiency. Ground-mounted solar panels provide power to several buildings as well as to well pumps used for irrigation and at a water treatment plant on the reservation.144,145
Geothermal energy potential also exists on Nevada's tribal lands. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe's reservation near Reno and the Walker River reservation are ranked among the top five reservations in the nation with the greatest potential for geothermal-sourced electricity generation.146 The Pyramid Lake tribe investigated their reservation's geothermal resource potential. Although the reservation is in an area where other non-tribal geothermal power plants are located, the reservation's geothermal resources have not been developed, and there are no geothermal projects on Nevada's tribal lands.147,148,149
Endnotes
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8 U.S. EIA, Electric Power Monthly (April 24, 2025), Table 6.2.B.
9 North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Summaries 2022, Nevada, accessed April 30, 2025.
10 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Hoover Dam, Frequently Asked Questions and Answers, Hydropower at Hoover Dam, updated August 1, 2018.
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12 Nevada Division of Forestry, Nevada Forest Health Highlights 2022, accessed April 30, 2025.
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16 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nevada, updated March 9, 2021.
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20 U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, "Major lithium mine approved in Nevada in latest effort to support a domestic supply of critical minerals," Press Release (October 24, 2024).
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22 Burton, Jason, "U.S. Geological Survey releases 2022 list of critical minerals," U.S. Geological Survey, Press Release (February 22, 2022).
23 Nevada Division of Minerals Open Data Site, Critical Minerals in Nevada, accessed April 30, 2025.
24 U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, National Minerals Information Center, Gold Statistics and Information, Annual Publications, 2025.
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29 U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, What We Manage in Nevada, accessed April 30, 2025.
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39 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C14, Total Energy Consumption Estimates per Capita by End-Use Sector, Ranked by State, 2022.
40 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C12, Total Energy Consumption Estimates, Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Energy Consumption Estimates per Real Dollar of GDP, Ranked by State, 2022.
41 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table P3, Total Primary Energy Production and Total Energy Consumption Estimates in Trillion Btu, 2022.
42 U.S. EIA, Nevada Electricity Profile 2023, Table 2A, Table 2B, available in XLSX format.
43 U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors (thousand megawatthours), Nevada, Annual, 2001-24.
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45 NV Energy, Inc., Chuck Lenzie Generating Station, updated May 2017.
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Other Resources
Energy-Related Regions and Organizations
- Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD): 5
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) ERO Enterprise: Regional Entities: Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)
Other Websites
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- Nevada Public Utilities Commission
- Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Housing Division, Weatherization Assistance Program
- Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Welfare and Supportive Services, Energy Assistance
- Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
- Nevada Rural Electric Association
- Nevada Division of Minerals & the Commission on Mineral Resources
- Nevada Division of Minerals Open Data Site
- EIA Nevada Flickr Album
- Southern Nevada Fleet Association
- Colorado River Commission of Nevada
- Western Regional Partnership (WRP)
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- USA.Gov, Get help with energy bills
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- National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
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- Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC)
- Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB)
- Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)
- Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Decision Support for Tribes
- EIA Natural Gas Storage Dashboard
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- Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
- EIA Energy Disruptions Maps
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