One of the largest data center development companies in Northern Nevada is trying to subvert the normal regulatory process, a move that could potentially increase customer costs, according to a new lawsuit filed by NV Energy

The Nevada State Engineer's Office has issued cease-and-desist letters to the developer of what will be the largest solar project in the state, accusing the company of illegally pulling water for construction from a nearby geothermal plant and a local rancher in Lyon County.

Just weeks after a developer asked state energy regulators to let it build its own temporary natural gas plant to power Northern Nevada data centers, another developer is asking regulators to approve an even larger, permanent gas plant to power additional data centers.

Solar hit the milestone in May and is the leading source of new power, even as the Trump administration deprioritizes it and has canceled incentives.

NV Energy is entering a new energy market that will allow it to purchase and sell power up to a day ahead, a move that is expected to save utility customers more than $93 million per year.

The attorney general's lawsuit was one of two filed against the billing change. The state's utility commission says the change will equalize costs for Nevadans, but solar advocates have raised concerns.

After seeking to collect a half billion dollars from customers to bolster its wildfire insurance, NV Energy has secured an additional $250 million in coverage. But Nevada's largest electric utility is still moving forward with its request to have ratepayers help foot the bill for a $500 million self-funded policy the utility can tap in the event its infrastructure causes a catastrophic blaze.

NV Energy's move to restructure the way it bills Southern Nevada residential customers has many customers confused and worried about spikes in their bills. But what exactly is the "daily demand charge" the utility intends to roll out in January and why is it implementing it? 

In what experts say is a first for Nevada, a data center developer is asking permission from state energy regulators to operate a new temporary natural gas power plant because NV Energy doesn't have the capacity to immediately serve it — potentially skirting parts of the state's regulatory process.

Gas is nearly $5 a gallon, and Attorney General Aaron Ford has seized on the price to criticize Gov. Joe Lombardo. Experts say such attacks could damage the incumbent.

Lake Tahoe's longtime power supplier, NV Energy, will cut off the region next year. The utility said that it wouldn't be able to continue this arrangement because of its "own resource needs." It has said data centers are driving "unprecedented" demand.

Six years after Nevada voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring in-state utilities to get half of their power from renewable sources by 2030, NV Energy says it is on track to miss those clean energy standards for the first time because of overwhelming demand from data centers.

Nevada's department of transportation and NV Energy were poised to spend a combined $138 million building electric vehicle charging stations across the state. Five years later, just $12 million has been spent.

On Tuesday, state energy regulators unanimously voted to accept a nearly $63 million settlement offer proposed by NV Energy after the utility inadvertently overcharged 43,000 customers over the last two decades.

Dwayne McClinton, director of the Governor's Office of Energy, is stepping down after three years in the role, he confirmed to The Nevada Independent Friday morning.

Nevada fell well short of its greenhouse gas emission-cutting goals in 2025, and it's poised to be much further behind when the bar raises again in 2030. 

In a settlement proposal filed Monday with state energy regulators, NV Energy proposed issuing a total of $63 million in refunds to customers it accidentally overcharged.

Recent closures of a California oil refinery — and plans to shutter another in the near future — have some experts warning of potential fuel shortages and price spikes in Nevada and other Western states that depend on the Golden State. 

In a rare move that could delay progress on NV Energy's large-scale transmission line planned for the Highway 50 corridor, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has ordered its Nevada office to address some environmental groups' protests against the project.

Two lawsuits were filed in separate district courts in recent days, alleging that the commission's formula change is illegal.