NV Energy and the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada are urging consumers to conserve energy as wholesale power prices in the state hit back-to-back record highs on the back of a multi-day stretch of triple-digit temperatures across the region. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now NV Energy issued a statewide alert for customers to conserve electricity between 2 pm PT (2100 GMT) and 9 pm PT Aug. 18-19, which the PUC urged consumers to follow during the next several days. Record-high temperatures continue to be forecast across the Desert Southwest and the region is under an excessive heat warning, heat advisory and fire weather watch, according to the US National Weather Service. NEVADA POWER PRICES HIT RECORD HIGH […]