Inside NSOE
 The Nevada State Office of Energy (NSOE) is
responsible for implementing Governor Guinn’s Nevada Energy
Protection Plan. The Governor’s plan, announced in February 2001, is
a comprehensive energy plan for Nevada that seeks to ensure a
reliable, affordable and diverse energy supply for Nevada. The
Governor’s plan includes components that encourage energy
conservation, facilitate electric generation and transmission
permitting, facilitate natural gas transmission permitting, and
encourage renewable energy development. The Governor’s plan also
addresses certain electric utility issues and provides for annual
energy resource assessments. NSOE is also responsible for creating a
Comprehensive State Energy Plan for Nevada. The Governor’s plan will
form the foundation of the Comprehensive Plan and specific
legislative mandates regarding the renewable energy and conservation
will be incorporated as well.
NSOE is also the point of contact for Nevada for federal energy
grants and is the administrator of the Department of Energy’s State
Energy Program (SEP). Through the SEP, NSOE supports renewable
energy, energy efficiency and clean transportation education,
demonstration, and technology utilization projects. NSOE seeks to
use the SEP funds to encourage technology acceptance through
market-based solutions.
The ability of the NSOE to carry out is important mission would
not be possible without the financial support of the
State Energy Program (SEP), a formula grant program created in
1978 and administered by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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