Toward the end of an already tough year for Nevada’s largest utility, NV Energy Inc., yet another of its large electric customers has filed with state regulators for permission to buy its power elsewhere.
Following in the footsteps of MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Wynn Resorts Ltd., which asked for and were granted permission from the Nevada Public Utilities Commission earlier this year to stop purchasing electricity from the utility, Caesars Entertainment Corp. on Nov. 23 filed a formal request to do the same. While Caesars had been reported to be interested in dropping its power service with NV Energy earlier this year, it had not previously made a formal request with the commission.