Nevada operates 147 power plants totaling 17,554 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 48%, followed by Solar (33%) and Hydroelectric (6%). The largest plant is Chuck Lenzie Generating Station at 1,465 MW.
Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Nevada operates another 27 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Lenzie Generating Station | Apex | Natural Gas | 1,466 MW |
| Clark (Nve) | Las Vegas | Natural Gas | 1,376 MW |
| Gemini Solar Hybrid | Unincorporated | Solar | 1,070 MW |
| Hoover Dam (Nv) | Boulder City | Hydroelectric | 1,039 MW |
| Tracy | Sparks | Natural Gas | 1,033 MW |
| Harry Allen | Las Vegas | Natural Gas | 745 MW |
| Higgins Generating Station | Primm | Natural Gas | 688 MW |
| Silverhawk | North Las Vegas | Natural Gas | 665 MW |
| Apex Generating Station | Las Vegas | Natural Gas | 601 MW |
| North Valmy | Valmy | Coal | 567 MW |
| Desert Star Energy Center | Boulder City | Natural Gas | 537 MW |
| Las Vegas Generating Station | North Las Vegas | Natural Gas | 359 MW |
| Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm | Moapa | Solar | 300 MW |
| Arrow Canyon Solar Hybrid | Moapa | Solar | 275 MW |
| Townsite Solar Project Hybrid | Boulder City | Solar | 270 MW |
| Silver State Solar Power South | Primm Valley | Solar | 260 MW |
| Copper Mountain Solar 3 | Boulder City | Solar | 255 MW |
| Copper Mountain Solar 5, Llc | Boulder City | Solar | 252 MW |
| Moapa Southern Paiute | Moapa | Solar | 250 MW |
| Dodge Flat | Reno | Solar | 250 MW |
| Dry Lake Solar Energy Center | Moapa | Solar | 250 MW |
| Ts Power Plant | Battle Mountain | Coal | 242 MW |
| Fort Churchill | Yerington | Natural Gas | 230 MW |
| Sun Peak Generating Station | Las Vegas | Natural Gas | 222 MW |
| Reid Gardner | Moapa | Other Fossil | 220 MW |
| Yellow Pine Ii | Enterprise | Solar | 210 MW |
| Techren Solar Ii Llc | Boulder | Solar | 200 MW |
| Yellow Pine Solar | Enterprise | Solar | 190 MW |
| Copper Mountain Solar 2 | Boulder City | Solar | 154 MW |
| Spring Valley Wind Project | Ely | Wind | 150 MW |
| Saguaro Power | Henderson | Natural Gas | 127 MW |
| Battle Mountain Solar Project | Battle Mountain | Solar | 126 MW |
| Crescent Dunes Solar Energy | Tonopah | Solar | 125 MW |
| Fish Springs | Reno | Solar | 125 MW |
| Western 102 Power Plant | Mccarran | Natural Gas | 119 MW |
| Mcginness Hills | Austin | Geothermal | 116 MW |
| Sunshine Valley Solar | Armagosa | Solar | 104 MW |
| Playa Solar 2 | North Las Vegas | Solar | 100 MW |
| Boulder Solar Power, Llc | Boulder City | Solar | 100 MW |
| Techren Solar I Llc | Boulder | Solar | 100 MW |
| Harry Allen Solar Energy Llc | Apex | Solar | 100 MW |
| Mcginness Hills 3 | Austin | Geothermal | 98.8 MW |
| Nevada Cogen Associates 2 Black Mountain | Las Vegas | Natural Gas | 96.3 MW |
| Nevada Cogen Assoc#1 Garnetvly | Las Vegas | Natural Gas | 94.8 MW |
| Copper Mountain Solar 4, Llc | Boulder City | Solar | 93.6 MW |
| Playa Solar 1, Llc | North Las Vegas | Solar | 79.0 MW |
| Nevada Solar One | Boulder City | Natural Gas | 75.7 MW |
| Tungsten Mountain | Fallon | Geothermal | 74.8 MW |
| Dixie Valley | Fallon | Geothermal | 70.9 MW |
| Stillwater Facility | Fallon | Geothermal | 69.2 MW |