Reid Gardner Generating Station

Reid Gardner Generating Station was a 557-megawatt coal fired plant on 480 acres (190 ha) located near Moapa, Nevada. It was named after former president of Southern Nevada Power Company (renamed Nevada Power Company in 1961), Reid Gardner. The plant was co-owned by current Nevada Power successor company, NV Energy (69%) and the California Department of Water Resources (31%). It consisted of four units. The first three were 100 MW units and were placed into service in 1965, 1968 and 1976 respectively. The fourth unit, placed into service in 1983, produced 257 megawatts (345, 000 hp). Three units of Reid Gardner were shut down in December, 2014; the fourth was shuttered in March 2017. The demolition of the plant occurred in 2019 and was considered complete as of July, 2020. Approximately 6 acres of the site have since been redeveloped into the 220 MW/440 MWh Reid Gardner Battery Energy Storage System. The new facility is a battery energy storage system (BESS) utilizing lithium-ion batteries manufactured by BYD Official ribbon cutting for the new facility took place on April 25, 2024.

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