Under the plan, Nevada's coal plants would begin closing by the end of next year, and the company would accelerate investment in wind, solar, geothermal and natural gas to replace the coal energy going offline.
The utility plans to unveil the proposal it's calling "NVision" on Wednesday at the Legislature as an amendment to Senate Bill 123.
"This does three things: it retires coal from Nevada, builds renewables, and it creates jobs," said Tony Sanchez, NV Energy senior vice president.
In place of coal, NV Energy wants to invest in a 60-40 split of natural gas and renewables. NV Energy would construct, acquire or contract for 600 megawatts of renewable energy in Nevada during the next five years.
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