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Las Vegas Generating Station

Natural gas power plant · Clark County, Nevada

Nameplate capacity

359 MW

Rank in Nevada

#13

of 117 plants

In service since

1994

March 1994

Details

Primary fuel: Natural gas
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator: Nevada Power Co
County: Clark County
Generating units: 8
Share of state capacity: 1.89%
Rank among natural gas plants in Nevada: #10 of 17
EIA plant code: 10761

Generating units

Individual generating units at Las Vegas Generating Station
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
GEN3	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	61 MW	45 MW	2003	Operating
GEN4	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	61 MW	45 MW	2003	Operating
GEN5	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	61 MW	45 MW	2003	Operating
GEN6	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	61 MW	45 MW	2003	Operating
GEN1	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	50 MW	41 MW	1994	Operating
GEN7	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	28 MW	26 MW	2003	Operating
GEN8	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	28 MW	26 MW	2003	Operating
GEN2	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	12 MW	9.0 MW	1994	Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 359 MW solar plant and a 359 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Nevada power plants · What Nevada actually generates