CLARK (NVE)

How CLARK (NVE) compares

With 1,243 MW of capacity, CLARK (NVE) ranks 2nd among the 50 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nevada and 2nd of the 16 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 15% of Nevada's operating Natural Gas capacity and 10% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 51st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1973, it is older than 87% of the 49 operating Nevada plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NEVADA POWER CO, runs 6 operating plants in Nevada totaling 4,815 MW. It shares Clark County with 28 other operating plants, including CHUCK LENZIE GENERATING STATION and HOOVER DAM (NV).

EIA-860 lists 19 generators at the site with 1,376 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,243 MW). Net generation was 984 GWh in 2024 (an 8.2% capacity factor), down 4% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1973 and 2008.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CLARK (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by NEVADA POWER COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 22 operating power plants totaling 6,726 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CHUCK LENZIE GENERATING STATION (1,466 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is Fiberhub LAS1 in Las Vegas, about 5.1 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology