How many natural gas power plants are in Nevada?

Nevada has 17 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 9.4 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Nevada?

Chuck Lenzie Generating Station in Clark County, Nevada is the largest, at 1,466 MW. It came online in 2006.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Nevada in 2025?

0 natural gas power plants came online in Nevada in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Nevada?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in Nevada

Nevada has 17 operating natural gas power plants with 9.4 GW of capacity.

Operating17

See planned natural gas power plants in Nevada

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Nevada had 16 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 17 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Nevada

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Chuck Lenzie Generating Station	Clark County	2006	1,466 MW
2	Clark (NVE)	Clark County	2008	1,376 MW
3	Silverhawk	Clark County	2024	1,120 MW
4	Tracy	Storey County	2008	1,033 MW
5	Harry Allen	Clark County	2011	745 MW
6	Higgins Generating Station	Clark County	2004	688 MW
7	Apex Generating Station	Clark County	2003	601 MW
8	North Valmy	Humboldt County	1985	567 MW
9	Desert Star Energy Center	Clark County	2000	537 MW
10	Las Vegas Generating Station	Clark County	2003	359 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Nevada

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Silverhawk	Clark County	2024	1,120 MW
2	Harry Allen	Clark County	2011	745 MW
3	CityCenter Central Plant Cogen Units	Clark County	2009	9 MW
4	Clark (NVE)	Clark County	2008	1,376 MW
5	Tracy	Storey County	2008	1,033 MW
6	Chuck Lenzie Generating Station	Clark County	2006	1,466 MW
7	Western 102 Power Plant	Storey County	2005	118 MW
8	Higgins Generating Station	Clark County	2004	688 MW
9	Apex Generating Station	Clark County	2003	601 MW
10	Las Vegas Generating Station	Clark County	2003	359 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in Nevada

How many natural gas power plants are in Nevada?: Nevada has 17 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 9.4 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Nevada?: Chuck Lenzie Generating Station in Clark County, Nevada is the largest, at 1,466 MW. It came online in 2006.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Nevada in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Nevada in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Nevada?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.