Shining Las Vegas: how it works out

Las Vegas consumes a considerable amount of electricity. Its supplier is NV Energy, which published some fascinating statistics for 2017.

It has 1.2 million customers, but 43 million tourists come to the state annually. It comprises two sectors, south and north, totaling 4,000 square miles. Peak loads are also divided by industry, with 5,929 megawatts in the south and 1,824 megawatts in the north. In addition, the company has been active in developing renewable energy sources, and successes in this direction were reported several years ago.

At the same time, electricity is supplied to Las Vegas from the national grid. More than six thousand power plants produce electricity from different sources: coal, natural gas, solar energy, and water.

The hotel and casino complex in the center of the city is so large that it has its stand-alone power plant. The Hoover Dam generates 4 billion megawatts of electricity annually, but other states consume 95%. Nevada itself consumes 6 times more energy than is produced in the state.

The Boulder Solar project was launched in December 2018. It has been under construction for ten years and provides Las Vegas street lighting and supplies power to 140 buildings in the city.

In addition, critical backup power from generators is also provided for the casinos.

Power plants of various types are indeed plentiful in Las Vegas, but the city still needs to be utterly immune to power outages. In the residential sector, this involves different risks – it’s not just inconvenient, it can go as far as health problems. For example, if the power goes out in the heat, you must do it without air conditioning.

If the power goes out in a casino, it can incur substantial financial losses quickly. There are also security issues. Casinos provide backup power from generators to avoid losing money on hotel services, gambling, and restaurants. This avoids revenue loss.

For example, a casino used a backup generator to supply power to its customers and the police station for 90 minutes. Accordingly, none of the guests had to be relocated, and everything also went smoothly from a financial point of view.

Accordingly, many casinos in Las Vegas seek to design their own backup power systems and, if available, modernize them.

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