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Nevada Power
Southern Nevada
51%Low strain
Grid Stress Index · demand vs. 1-yr peak
Powers Las Vegas and southern Nevada — gas and a booming desert solar fleet under extreme summer heat.
Grid Stress Index
51%
⚾ Batting average
Current demand as a share of the past year's peak. 95%+ means the grid is near its limit.
Peak Load (7d)
8.8 GW
⚾ Home runs
The biggest single-hour demand spike over the last week.
Clean Generation
1%
⚾ On-base %
Share of generation from wind, solar, hydro, nuclear & geothermal right now.
Fossil Baseline
3.3 GW
⚾ Small ball
Power coming from coal, gas & oil — the grid's heavy lifting when renewables dip.
Demand vs. forecast
last 7 days · GWAmber = actual demand · blue dashed = day-ahead forecast.
Fuel mix
Aug 18, 2:00 AM ETWhat's generating the electricity for this hour.
- Natural Gas79%
- Coal14%
- Other6%
- Wind1%
- Hydro0%
Demand trend
+14% avg demand · 2019–2026Monthly average demand (amber) with the monthly baseload — the lowest hour of each month (cyan). A rising floor is the signature of always-on data-center load.
Latest demand reading: Aug 18, 9:00 AM ET · 5.0 GW