It’s been nearly a decade since former Gov. Brian Sandoval announced the idea of turning Highway 95 into an “Electric Highway. A decade later, in the West, only Wyoming, Idaho and New Mexico have fewer charging ports than Nevada.

Nevada utility regulators have unanimously denied a request by NV Energy to raise the basic service charge for its Northern Nevada customers by 175 percent, instead awarding the utility just a fraction of its requested amount.

Greenlink West, a costly large-scale transmission line set to run between Las Vegas and Reno, received a final stamp of approval Monday from the Department of Interior.

In interviews, more than a dozen industry players, lawmakers and environmental advocates touted the law’s transformational potential and existing impact in Nevada. But the bureaucratic and corporate timelines of the IRA’s funding provisions move much slower than the election cycle. 

Nearly one-fifth of Nevada’s public lands could open up to utility-scale solar development under the Bureau of Land Management’s final Western Solar Plan — drawing the support of solar developers and the ire of conservationists.

Solar developers are seeking to construct a series of projects in Esmeralda County that, if built, would have a footprint nearly the size of Las Vegas.

The Colorado River supplies water to seven Western states, more than two dozen Native American tribes, and two states in Mexico.

By a 15-4 vote last week, the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee passed the Energy Permitting Reform Act, a compromise bill by brought Sens. Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) to speed up the development of energy projects — renewable and fossil fuels.

According to a new report by the Nature Conservancy, there are nearly 400,000 acres — about four times the area of the City of Las Vegas — in Nevada that have already been affected by development and extraction that are suitable for renewable energy development.

NV Energy says its proposal to change how power bills are calculated for Northern Nevada customers will result in cost savings, but a new analysis by a clean energy nonprofit shows those savings are based almost entirely on predicted decreases in fuel costs, and that the base structure of the new rates will have customers paying more than they otherwise would.

The new investigatory board comes after legislation was passed in 2023 creating more consumer protections in the rooftop solar industry.

NV Energy is proposing to raise its flat rate for service across Northern Nevada while lowering how much customers pay for actual energy use — a move watchdog groups say penalizes customers with low incomes or those who curb their power usage through conservation or by adding rooftop solar installations. 

Conservation and watchdog groups are questioning the Bureau of Land Management's willingness to reroute an NV Energy transmission line around a potential mine site but not a Southern Nevada national monument.

Once named the nation's "dirtiest coal plant," NV Energy's Reid Gardner in Southern Nevada is now a battery storage facility.

Scientists and energy producers are hoping Nevada's extensive geothermal resources can help lead the clean energy push.

If and when Ioneer's lithium and boron mine at Rhyolite Ridge enters production, Ioneer will become a leading boron producer in the United States.

High natural gas bills this winter have led many customers to accuse Southwest Gas of price gouging. But the increased bills reflect the costs the utility itself is paying for natural gas.

The nation needs to double the size of its electric grid to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and renewable energy production in Nevada is critical to helping the nation get there.

Statewide regional transportation commissions are piloting hydrogen fuel cell buses to reduce emissions.

Residents and watchdog groups are asking state regulators to deny a proposed rate increase by Southwest Gas, saying it will financially cripple some Nevadans.