Avoided-Cost Ratesby Hundred Dollar Labs

Nevada PURPA avoided-cost rates

The standard-offer rates for small generators (qualifying facilities) published by 2 investor-owned utilities we cover in Nevada: Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power. Checked on October 4, 2026.

Utility	Schedule	Size cap	Rate structure	Effective	Checked on
Nevada Power	Schedule QF – Short Term, Cogeneration and Small Power Production - Qualifying Facilities (Electric Tariff No. 1-B, PUCN Sheet Nos. 32 and 32A)	No size cap printed. Applies to short-term purchases from any QF located in the Company's service area where no other schedule specifically applies.	Hourly market-indexed, all months. Firm energy (on- or off-peak) is paid, each hour, the lesser of the Powerdex Mead/Marketplace and Powerdex California-Oregon Border (COB) hourly index prices. Non-firm energy is paid the lesser of the highest hourly system incremental generation cost or those two hourly index prices. No fixed, seasonal or levelized prices are printed.	2025-04-01	2026-10-04
Sierra Pacific Power	Schedule No. CSPP, Short-Term Rates Cogeneration and Small Power Production (Electric Tariff No. 2, PUCN Sheet Nos. 2 and 3)	No size cap printed; applies to short-term purchases from QFs where no other schedule specifically applies. QFs of 100 kW nameplate or less may choose time-differentiated or non-time-differentiated rates; QFs over 100 kW must use time-differentiated rates.	Hourly market-indexed, all quarters. Time-differentiated: firm energy is paid, each hour, the lesser of the Powerdex COB and Powerdex Mead/Marketplace hourly index prices; non-firm energy the lesser of the highest hourly system incremental generation cost or those two hourly index prices. Non-time-differentiated (QFs of 100 kW or less only): the average of the firm or non-firm hourly rates for the billing period. No fixed, seasonal or levelized prices are printed.	2025-04-01	2026-10-04

When these rates change next

Nevada Power: Annual, in tariff format: NAC 704.8783 requires each utility to file its short-term avoided costs annually, and within 60 days after the Commission issues an order accepting its resource plan. The tariff says rates continue in effect until superseded.
Sierra Pacific Power: Annual, in tariff format: NAC 704.8783 requires each utility to file its short-term avoided costs annually, and within 60 days after the Commission issues an order accepting its resource plan. The tariff says rates continue in effect until superseded.

Rates, eligibility and contract terms change: confirm them with the utility or the state utility commission before relying on them.