Henderson, Nevada Power Outage Today

How reliable is NV Energy service in Henderson?

NV Energy is an investor-owned utility with 1,093,488 customers. In 2024 its customers averaged 0.66 interruptions and 73 minutes (73 minutes) without power, so the average outage lasted 111 minutes.

Major event days, the severe-weather days that utilities report separately, made up about 29% of that time. Without them the average is 52 minutes, so weather matters here but ordinary equipment faults and tree contact account for most of the total.

Outages are infrequent, fewer than one per customer a year, and each was fixed in 111 minutes on average.

For comparison, Nevada as a whole averaged 159 minutes and the United States 614 minutes. That puts NV Energy below the state average, which is better.

Among the 5 utilities in Nevada with at least 5,000 customers that report to the federal government, NV Energy ranks 2nd for the fewest outage minutes (1 is best). Nationally, 76% of the 926 utilities of that size reported more outage minutes in 2024.

These are the figures the utility itself reported to the US Energy Information Administration (Form EIA-861, 2024) and describe the whole service territory, not one street. Your own address can be better or worse.

Storm season and outages in Henderson

NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 381 storm reports for Clark County from 2015 through 2025, most often flash flood (151), thunderstorm wind (133), hail (35), and lightning (19). The busiest full year was 2015 with 54 reports and the quietest was 2020 with 6, so the risk changes a lot from one year to the next.

Reports peak in July (136 since 2015), followed by August and September. October is outside those three months, so an outage now is less likely to be weather-related.

NOAA’s own narratives name power outages in 13 storm episodes in Clark County since 2015, most often in July. That count is a floor, since the database records outages only when a spotter or agency mentions them.

What the most common storm types in Henderson do to the grid:

• Thunderstorm wind. Straight-line wind pushes trees and limbs into distribution lines. These outages are usually local, a street or a neighborhood at a time, and crews clear them circuit by circuit.
• Flash flood. Floodwater reaches ground-level transformers, meters and low-lying substations. Utilities may shut power off ahead of the water on purpose, and wading near flooded equipment can electrocute.
• Hail. Hail rarely cuts power by itself, but it often arrives with the wind and lightning that do, and it breaks solar panels, windshields and exposed utility equipment.

Storm reports that name Henderson

Within Clark County, 13 NOAA storm reports since 2015 name Henderson as their location or in their description: thunderstorm wind (5), flash flood (3), hail (2), and lightning (1). That is about 3% of the county’s reports, so most of the county’s weather history happened elsewhere. These reports record 1 death in total.

In NOAA’s own words, storms that left Henderson without power:

• July 20, 2018 (thunderstorm wind): “Dozens of trees were blown down, at least one of which caused significant damage to a vehicle; at least six power poles and power lines were blown down; there was significant damage to a large shopping center sign; damage to a garage door; and significant damage to the Henderson Pavilion.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
• July 6, 2015 (lightning): “Lightning knocked out power to 1700 customers in Las Vegas and set fire to a palm tree in Henderson.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database

Who a power outage hits hardest in Henderson

70.1% of occupied homes in Henderson are heated with piped natural gas, and 26.7% with electricity (US 41.3% electric). A gas furnace still needs electricity for its blower and ignition, so a long winter outage leaves these homes cold too, though a gas supply stays on when the grid fails. Never heat a home with an oven, grill or camp stove indoors.

Residents aged 65 or older are 20.8% of the population in Henderson, above the US share of 17.2% and 12.6% report a disability (US 13.3%). These are the households most likely to depend on powered medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators, CPAP machines and refrigerated medicine. If someone in your home does, ask NV Energy whether it keeps a priority or medical-needs list, and register before the next storm rather than during it.

About the housing: 3.1% of the housing in Henderson was built before 1970 (US 35.5%), so most homes are newer and more of the local lines are likely to be buried or recently replaced.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (housing, heating fuel, age and disability tables).

Backup power and electricity use in Henderson

The average NV Energy home used about 958 kWh a month in 2024 (US average 892 kWh), an average draw of 1.3 kW around the clock, and paid about 15.3 cents per kWh (15.0 in the state, 15.8 nationally), roughly $147 a month.

Keeping only the essentials on (a refrigerator, router, a few lights and phone chargers, about 400 watts) through an outage that lasts the average 111 minutes takes less than 1 kWh. A portable power station or a power bank covers that; a generator is more than most households here need for a typical outage.

A generator must never run indoors, in a garage or near a window; generator and food-safety rules are in the power outage guide linked below.

If the power is out in Henderson

About 320,189 people live in Henderson, the 2nd largest of the 5 Nevada cities on this site. Report the outage to the utility so a ticket exists for your address, then check NV Energy’s outage map for an estimate. If neighbors have power and you do not, report it again: the fault may be on the line to your house alone, which is a separate repair.

Henderson power outage map

NV Energy’s outage map has the official restoration estimate for your address; the count above comes from residents. Food and generator safety: power outage guide.

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