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PUC amends compliance order and grants permit for NV Energy’s Sierra Solar Phase 1 (Phase 5)

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada · December 3, 2024
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Summary

The commission granted a Utility Environmental Protection permit and amended a compliance order for NV Energy’s Sierra Solar Phase 1, approving construction of a 400 MW photovoltaic facility, a 345 kV transmission line and a 400 MW battery storage system across about 28,100 acres; staff and the applicant agreed some local permits were unnecessary.

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted unanimously to amend a compliance order and issue a Utility Environmental Protection (UEP) permit allowing construction related to Phase 5 of the Sierra Solar Phase 1 project by Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company (d/b/a NV Energy).

Hearing Officer Craino presented docket 24-08009, describing a project that includes a 400-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy generating facility, a…

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