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Electric shutoffs are higher in Nevada than elsewhere in the West, new data shows

A new data set compiled by the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA) highlighting state-by-state disconnections shows that Nevadans faced 185,000 electric disconnections in 2024 and 5,500 gas disconnections. At 1.18 percent, Nevada's average monthly disconnection rate was the eighth highest in the nation.

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