Solar Southwest > Nevada

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

48th Resources
33rd Market
47th Infrastructure

More than 90% of the energy Nevada consumes comes from outside the state.

Transmission projects linking the northern and southern Nevada electric grids are aimed—in part—at linking electricity generated from renewable energy projects in remote areas to the state's population centers.

Although not a large employer, the mining sector—especially oil and gas extraction—contributes significantly to the state's economy. With a compound annual growth rate of 18.1% from 2003 to 2013, mining was the fastest-growing economic sector in Nevada.

state-nevada

Production trillion btu

2
Oil
0
Gas
0
Coal
0
Wind
16.29
Solar
8
Hydro
0
Biofuel
0
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-588
+26 Produced
614 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

212
Oil
281
Gas
53
Coal
68
Renewable
0
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

NV
$0.52
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Requires that 25% of electricity sales come from renewable energy resources by 2025.

  • Requires the use of oxygenated motor gasoline in the winter to reduce carbon monoxide emissions in the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

  • Requires permits and compliance bonds for oil and gas well drilling. Permit fees are $200, and compliance bonds are not less than $10,000 for individual well bonds.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

-25
14.7¢
NV
8.81¢
USA