HARRY ALLEN

How HARRY ALLEN compares

With 745 MW of capacity, HARRY ALLEN ranks 5th among the 50 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nevada and 4th of the 16 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 9.1% of Nevada's operating Natural Gas capacity and 6.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 170th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1995, it is older than 69% 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 CLARK (NVE).

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 745 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 2,959 GWh in 2024 (a 45% capacity factor), up 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1995 and 2011.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is HARRY ALLEN (230KV) (360 kV), about 0.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by NEVADA POWER COMPANY, about 0.2 miles away. Another 13 operating power plants totaling 3,746 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 28.4 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