NV Energy for Cannabis Facilities: LGS Schedules, Summer TOU, Distribution Only Service, and PowerShift Rebates

Service area and where cannabis sits in it

Nevada Power Company serves Las Vegas, Clark County, and southern Nevada. Sierra Pacific Power Company serves Reno, Carson City, and northern Nevada [pucn-electric]. Together they cover most of the state's cannabis load: 103 cultivation, 82 production, and 107 dispensary licenses on the CCB September 1, 2026 active list sit overwhelmingly on NV Energy bundled service [pucn-electric].

Both companies are Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiaries and file separate rate schedules with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada [pucn-electric]. Southern and northern tariffs differ in class breakpoints and dollars per kW [nve-south-commercial-rates]. Rural cooperatives and public districts serve scattered load outside these books [pucn-electric].

Nevada is outside any ISO/RTO. NV Energy participates in the CAISO Western Energy Imbalance Market and has committed to the Extended Day-Ahead Market, but customers do not shop RPM capacity zones the way PJM states do [nrs-704b].

Southern commercial schedules (Nevada Power)

Effective January 1, 2026 [nve-south-commercial-rates]:

Schedule	Placement rule	Demand charge structure
GS	Up to 3,500 kWh/month	No demand charge
LGS-1	Over 3,500 kWh; demand up to 299 kW	$4.60/kW facilities + $5.48/kW demand
LGS-2	300 kW to 999 kW	Per tariff
LGS-3	1,000 kW+	Per tariff

Optional TOU schedules (OGS-TOU, OLGS-1-TOU, LGS-3P high-load) shift demand billing to summer on-peak: June 1 through September 30, 3:01 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily [nve-south-commercial-rates].

A Clark County indoor grow commonly lands on LGS-1 or LGS-2. Dispensaries often remain on GS unless lounge HVAC and security push usage over 3,500 kWh [nve-south-commercial-rates].

Northern commercial schedules (Sierra Pacific)

Sierra Pacific commercial service uses GS-1 through GS-4 with breakpoints at 50 kW, 500 kW, and 1,000 kW [nve-south-commercial-rates]. Facilities and demand charges differ from southern LGS tables [nve-north-commercial-rates]. A Reno processor at 120 kW peak may face northern demand charges that a Las Vegas lab at the same kW avoids until crossing 300 kW south.

Bundled supply and the DEAA

Most cannabis accounts receive bundled generation, transmission, and distribution from NV Energy [pucn-electric]. Bundled bills include a Deferred Energy Accounting Adjustment (DEAA) that trues up fuel and purchased-power costs [nrs-704b]. AB 452 (2025) directs the PUCN to study fuel-cost sharing with a March 1, 2027 filing; it does not open retail choice [nrs-704b].

Statewide commercial average revenue was 9.83 cents/kWh in June 2026 [eia-epm-5-6-a]. Individual NV Energy bills diverge with LGS demand tags and DEAA riders.

There is no Standard Offer Service benchmark to compare against supplier offers because retail choice does not exist for typical commercial customers [nrs-704b].

Distribution Only Service and NRS 704B

Distribution Only Service is available only to NRS 704B eligible customers who buy energy from a provider of new electric resources [nrs-704b] [nve-south-commercial-rates].

Requirements [nrs-704b]:

• Average annual load 1 MW or more
• PUCN application January 2 through February 1
• Filing at least 280 days before intended purchase start
• Approval subject to impact fees on deferred energy balances

Casinos and data centers have used this path; single cultivation buildings rarely average 1 MW [nrs-704b]. Competitive supply interacts with NV Energy as dual billing: delivery on NV Energy tariffs, energy on the provider invoice [nrs-704b].

See the 704B procedure guide.

Demand charges and cannabis load shape

NV Energy does not publish a horticulture-specific rate class. Grows are commercial LGS accounts with:

• Flat lighting load setting baseload kWh
• Chillers driving summer peak kW in a 2,166 CDD statewide climate (Las Vegas hotter) [noaa-cag-nevada]
• Optional TOU that penalizes peaks during 3:01 to 9 p.m. when lights and HVAC overlap [nve-south-commercial-rates]

No ratchet is stated in the southern rate summary; verify minimum billing demand in the full tariff [nve-south-commercial-rates].

Strategies:

• Shift lighting schedules off on-peak where agronomy allows
• Pre-cool rooms before 3 p.m.
• Deploy battery storage with PowerShift incentives [nve-storage-incentive]

Interconnection and metering notes

New cultivation and processing buildouts should size service entrance and transformer capacity at energization because NV Energy class placement follows actual billing demand once load runs [nve-south-commercial-rates]. Conditional CCB licenses pending inspection will trigger new service applications; lead times affect energization schedules [pucn-electric].

Accounts must be in the licensee's name for CCB compliance and clean 704B eligibility analysis. Landlord master meters complicate class optimization for dispensaries.

AMI interval data, where installed, supports TOU modeling before electing optional schedules [nve-south-commercial-rates].

PowerShift efficiency programs

Program	Measures	Cannabis relevance
Business Energy Services (retrofit, new construction, custom)	Lighting, HVAC, refrigeration, VFDs	Custom track for grow lighting [nve-bes-summary]
Instant Discount	Eligible LED at distributors	Dispensary sales floor [nve-instant-discount]
Commercial Energy Storage	Batteries, higher tiers for TOU	Shave summer on-peak at grows [nve-storage-incentive]

Funds are first-come, first-served [nve-bes-summary]. A customer may use Instant Discount or Retrofit, not both, on the same project [nve-instant-discount].

Storage incentive highlights [nve-storage-incentive]:

• Under 100 kW: $0.32 to $0.55/Wh, cap 50% of cost or $50,000
• 100 kW to 1,000 kW: $0.40 to $0.60/Wh, cap 70% of cost or $300,000 to $500,000 depending on ITC and critical-infrastructure status

No business demand response program page was confirmed in the state data file; verify with NV Energy before counting DR revenue.

How competitive supply interacts with billing (704B only)

For the small fraction of accounts on 704B:

• NV Energy bill: transmission, distribution, metering, delivery riders
• Provider bill: energy, imbalance, contract-specific charges
• Impact fee: may be separate PUCN condition [nrs-704b]

Bundled accounts receive a single NV Energy invoice with energy and delivery combined.

Witness test and service sizing for new cultivation

Primary and large secondary service require NV Energy engineering review before energization [pucn-electric]. Bring a one-line diagram showing lighting panels, HVAC, and dehumidifier circuits to the witness test [nve-south-commercial-rates]. Three-phase 480 V distribution inside the building is standard for mid-sized grows; the utility delivers at secondary or primary depending on expected demand [nve-south-commercial-rates].

Oversizing service entrance for future canopy without phased commissioning can place a partial build on LGS-2 demand charges months before full harvest [nve-south-commercial-rates] [ccb-active-license-list]. Size for buildout, energize rooms in phases.

PowerShift custom track for horticultural LEDs

PowerShift Business Energy Services lists no prescriptive horticulture measure [nve-bes-summary]. Grow lighting retrofits go through the custom track with verified savings documentation and pre-approval [nve-bes-summary]. Instant Discount at participating distributors may apply to eligible DLC-listed LED products but cannot combine with Retrofit on the same project [nve-instant-discount] [nve-bes-summary].

Pair custom lighting incentives with TOU modeling before electing optional OLGS-TOU schedules so kWh savings do not increase on-peak kW [nve-south-commercial-rates] [nve-storage-incentive].

Northern Nevada winter heat on GS schedules

Statewide normals average 3,452 heating degree days with Reno colder than Las Vegas [noaa-cag-nevada]. Northern processors and indoor grows on Sierra Pacific GS-3 or GS-4 pay facilities and demand charges at 500 kW and 1,000 kW breakpoints unlike southern LGS tables [nve-north-commercial-rates]. A 120 kW peak in Reno may face northern demand charges that Las Vegas avoids until 300 kW south [nve-north-commercial-rates] [nve-south-commercial-rates].

AMI interval data for TOU election modeling

Where NV Energy has installed AMI, interval data supports modeling optional OGS-TOU or OLGS-1-TOU schedules before election [nve-south-commercial-rates]. Export twelve months of 15-minute kW and compare peaks inside the June through September 3:01 to 9 p.m. window against all-hours peaks [nve-south-commercial-rates]. If on-peak coincident demand exceeds off-peak demand by more than 25%, standard LGS may beat TOU unless storage or load shift is planned [nve-storage-incentive] [nve-south-commercial-rates].

Landlord master-metered dispensaries should negotiate data access in the lease; NV Energy will not split interval files for tenants without account holder authorization [pucn-electric] [nve-south-commercial-rates].

Question 3 aftermath and supplier marketing

NRS 704B remains the only statutory exit from bundled NV Energy service for customers averaging 1 MW or more [nrs-704b]. Broker materials promising open supplier markets mislead typical cannabis accounts without a PUCN-approved 704B application and impact fee [nrs-704b] [pucn-electric]. The actionable levers remain schedule election, on-peak load management, PowerShift incentives, and the rare 704B exit for megawatt-scale campuses [nrs-704b] [nve-bes-summary].

Rural cooperative accounts outside NV Energy tariffs

Rural cooperatives and public districts serve scattered Nevada load outside PUCN rate regulation for many accounts [pucn-electric]. Cannabis facilities on cooperative service cannot use southern LGS tables on this page [pucn-electric]. Confirm territory on the bill header before applying Nevada Power or Sierra Pacific schedules [pucn-electric] [nve-south-commercial-rates].

Consumption lounge load on commercial schedules

Cannabis consumption lounges add seating HVAC and kitchen load to dispensary meters, which raises kWh toward the 3,500 kWh GS threshold and low kW demand breakpoints faster than standalone retail [nve-south-commercial-rates]. Model lounge expansion on LGS-1 demand math before buildout [nve-south-commercial-rates].

Where to go next

• Nevada hub for market and Question 3 context
• Commercial electricity rates for EIA benchmarks and class tables
• Cultivation facility energy for worked grow examples
• Dispensary retail energy for GS threshold detail
• 704B guide

Tariff dollars cited here come from the January 2026 southern and 2026 Q2 northern rate inserts opened 2026-09-11. Pull current NV Energy tariffs before quoting $/kW in a contract or pro forma.