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Posted: September 15, 2026

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Nevada Rural Electric Association Highlights Threats to Hydropower and Local Control Amid Surging National Energy Demands

The Nevada Rural Electric Association (NREA), representing consumer-owned public power utilities across Nevada, today released a statement emphasizing its commitment to affordability, reliability, and safety while warning of critical challenges facing the region's energy infrastructure.

Posted: July 19, 2026

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Hoover Dam’s power is quietly fading, and rural Nevada communities that built their lives around it are running out of time

Energies Media feature NREA on federal policy volatility affecting hydropower planning.

Posted: July 6, 2026

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Rural NV counties especially vulnerable to Hoover Dam hydropower decline

Nevada Current investigation on Hoover Dam capacity losses affecting NREA members.

Posted: May 29, 2026

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OPINION: Is the driest state in the U.S. prepared for data centers’ unquenchable thirst?

Nevada Independent column by John L. Smith quoting NREA

Posted: May 17, 2026

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OPINION: Candidates aren’t talking about data centers. They’ll regret their silence.

Nevada Independent column citing NREA's cautiously optimistic on data-center development among rural co-ops.

Posted: March 26, 2026

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Nevada leaders discuss future of data center construction around the state

News3LV (KSNV) coverage of the March 25 joint interim committee hearing.

Posted: March 25, 2026

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Lawmakers in driest state weigh excessive water and energy needs of data centers they court

Nevada Current/This Is Reno coverage of the same March 25 hearing on data centers' water/energy demands.

Posted: March 25, 2026

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The data center ‘tsunami’ has flooded Nevada. Are lawmakers too late to regulate?

Review-Journal coverage of the March 25 hearing, noting tech companies asked NREA member Lincoln County Power District No. 1 for power equal to 70x its peak load.

Posted: March 25, 2026

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Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources & Growth and Infrastructure — Data Centers Hearing

NREA presented alongside NV Energy, Data Center Coalition, and others on utility negotiations for large power users.

Posted: March 20, 2026

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LCB Background Memo — Data Centers (PDF)

Legislative staff memo citing "slide 4 of the Nevada Rural Electric Association presentation" from the March 25 hearing.