• Data center demand is becoming a major load driver for NV Energy
• Agreements are structured to enable new generation and infrastructure buildout

NV Energy is pursuing multiple Large Load Electric Service Agreements (LLESAs) for future new data centers, with counterparties including Prologis LP, Amazon, Novva Data Centers, and Fleet Data Centers.

The utility opened four new dockets on May 27 with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) for these applications, which followed its recent triennial Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). In the IRP, NV Energy had worked to develop a framework to serve these large load requests and provide context in the IRP load forecast.

In NV Energy’s triennial IRP, the utility explained that data center demand is reshaping its planning, with roughly 22 GW of inquiries and 6 GW of signed large-load agreements.

Nevada, in particular northern Nevada, is a “sought-after location for data centers due to the expanse of developable land, a favorable climate for efficient cooling” and fiber connectivity.

“As interconnecting load is typically heavily discounted in IRP load forecasts, the companies must plan for the potential that these loads materialize,” NV Energy said in the IRP filing. “This planning is particularly critical given that approximately 84%, almost 5 GW, of the signed agreements are with large-load customers in northern Nevada.”

NV Energy’s subsidiary Sierra Pacific Power has a load forecast that anticipates kWh sales to double by 2029 from this. Putting it in perspective, its other subsidiary, Nevada Power, had a peak load for 2025 of 6,168 MW and while Sierra’s peak load for 2025 was 2,073 MW.

The LLESAs

In the first LLESA application to the PUCN, NV Energy is seeking approval for two contracts for future data centers.

These contracts are with Prologis LP, doing business as VIP Landco LLC, and are for the purposes of providing electric service to future data center facilities in southern Nevada.

Additionally, in this application, each LLESA request is seeking approval to secure supply-side resources needed to meet “unprecedented anticipated large load customer energy needs” with risk mitigation measures.

NV Energy, through its subsidiary Nevada Power, and the counterparties have entered into a High Voltage Distribution Agreement (HVD), which provides energy deliverability through NV Energy’s transmission and distribution system but does not address generation or energy supply.

Some of the LLESA protections include a long-term energy rate and energy billing commitments. Additionally, termination provisions require advance notice and payment of remaining minimum billing obligations, also intended to reduce risk.

NV Energy is also seeking approval for confidential treatment for the new docket.

In a separate application, NV Energy as Sierra Pacific Power Company is seeking approval for an LLESA with Amazon Data Services, Inc. for the purpose of providing electric service to future data center facilities in Sparks, Nevada.

This application also includes a framework to secure supply-side resources needed to meet the anticipated large load demand, alongside risk mitigation measures to ensure costs are borne by the customer driving the demand.

NV Energy and Amazon have also entered into an HVD agreement.

In a third application, NV Energy as Nevada Power is seeking approval from the PUCN for an LLESAs with Novva Las Vegas, LLC and its subsidiary Proton NLV, LLC to serve planned data center facilities by Novva Data Centers in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas.

The agreements are designed to manage rapid large-load growth and ensure that costs for new generation and transmission infrastructure are borne by the large-load customers rather than existing ratepayers.

Each LLESA includes long-term demand and energy commitments, customer-specific generation charges, minimum billing thresholds, and credit/security provisions to mitigate risk. The agreements have a 25-year term (300 months) with a ramp-up period of up to 48 months.

Finally, the fourth application was submitted by NV Energy doing business as Sierra Pacific Power seeking approval for two LLESAs with PR RNO Property Owner I, LLC and SV RNO Property Owner I, LLC, which are subsidiaries of Fleet Data Centers, for providing electric services to future data center facilities located in McCarran, Washoe County.

Additionally, each LLESA includes a 25-year-term post-commercial operation date (COD) with ramp-up provisions and minimum billing requirements set at 90% of contracted levels.