NV Energy News

Nevada Utility to Inspect Power Lines Near 2020 Reno Wildfire

Nevada’s largest utility plans to inspect power lines near a Reno neighborhood where a 2020 wildfire destroyed five homes and damaged two dozen others, a blaze that investigators blamed on arching power lines in gale force winds along the Sierra’s …

Switch Sues Nevada Regulators, NV Energy over Efforts to go Solar

A data-storage center company sued Nevada electricity regulators and NV Energy this week, saying it got an unfair deal when it tried to leave the grid and suffered at the hands of a former state employee who tweeted about the …

State Farm Targets NV Energy for Subrogation Over Reno Wildfire

State Farm Insurance plans to seek action against NV Energy for claims stemming from a November 2011 wildfire in Reno, Nev. sparked by arcing power lines. The wind-whipped fire destroyed 26 homes and damaged 17. It also caused about $7.6 …

OSHA Fines Nevada Energy $43K After Worker’s Death

Federal officials have fined NV Energy $43,000 after investigating a fall that killed a 29-year-old Nevada employee in September. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the utility company Thursday, after investigating the death …