Clark County Utilities Element Report
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CLARK COUNTY UTILITIES ELEMENT REPORT Report Accepted November 07, 2006 by the Clark County Planning Commission December 05, 2006 by the Clark County Board of County Commissioners Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning 500 South Grand Central Parkway, Suite 3012 PO Box 551741 Las Vegas, NV 89155-1741 (702) 455-4314 Fax: (702) 385-8940 http://www.accessclarkcounty.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Clark County Board of Commissioners: Rory Reid, Chair Myrna Williams, Vice Chair Tom Collins Yvonne Atkinson-Gates Chip Maxfield Lynette Boggs McDonald Bruce L. Woodbury Office of County Manager: Virginia Valentine, Manager Chris Robinson, Assistant Manager Darryl Martin, Assistant Manager Elizabeth Macias Quillin, Assistant Manager Department of Comprehensive Planning: Barbara Ginoulias, Director Rodney Allison, Assistant Director Mario Bermudez, Planning Manager Charles Pulsipher, Planning Manager Jon Wardlaw, Assistant Planning Manager Element Team: Gene Pasinski, Principal Planner, Lead Michelle Baltz Joe Bircher, Valley Electric Association Inc. Nick Braybrooke, P.E., Las Vegas Valley Water District Laurie K. Brown, Kern River Gas Transmission Company Judy Currier, Southern Nevada Water Authority Andera Faustina, GIS Analyst II Marty Flynn, Clark County Water Reclamation District Cindy Gates, Graphic Artist John E. Holman, Southwest Gas Corporation Brad Huza, Moapa Valley Water District Laura B. Jacobsen, P.E., Las Vegas Valley Water District Jamaal Jasper, Intern Mike Johnson, Virgin Valley Water District Chris LaMay, GIS Analyst II Delmar Laythum, Overton Power District # 5 Eddie Lucero, GIS Technician Joel Martell, Southwest Gas Corporation Von McAllister, Kern River Gas Transmission Company John Murphey, Intern Craig Sisco, Southwest Gas Corporation Terry Sovey, Cox Communications Ajay Vakil, P.E., Clark County Water Reclamation District CLARK COUNTY UTILITIES REPORT ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Clark County Utilities Element is an update to the Clark County Comprehensive Plan. This document addresses the public utilities that serve residents, businesses and other users. Included are providers of electric power, pipeline fuels, public water, sewer, and telecommunications. The Clark County Utilities Report provides background, analysis, and recommendations to issues of providing public utilities. These issues include: • Critical infrastructure as defined by the Department of Homeland Security • Service provision with the Las Vegas Valley and Outlying Clark County • Community design conflicts • Alternative and distributed energy sources • Ground-mounted solar energy sources • Transmission corridors • Transported fuels • Cell tower and communication networks The Utilities Report addresses issues of land use and facility location. The subject of Conservation in the Comprehensive Plan addresses conservation and provision of resources such as energy, potable water, or water quality. Benefits • For the first time, all utility providers countywide have coordinated to provide participation and input to develop the final product. • The plan ensures adequate public facilities are available to support planned development, and ensure that the public has reliable information about the location, availability, and timing of infrastructure expansion. • New policies that achieve the following: o Recommendations for better site design in the protection of critical infrastructure. o Locate transmission lines and pipelines in existing Utility Corridors when feasible. o New Utility Corridors will be multi-use allowing for transmission lines and pipelines. o Encourage distributive energy, cogeneration, and alternative energy sources. o Encourage planning and implementation of a hydrogen economy. o Reduce visual impact of cell towers and equipment buildings. o Place equipment boxes outside sidewalk/clear zone to maintain pedestrian flow. o Underground utility services will be located within the sidewalk Amenity Zone. Deliverables • A facility location map showing all utilities listed within the plan. • A map locating cell tower sites throughout all of Clark County. • Work Program o Develop an energy plan. CLARK COUNTY UTILITIES REPORT i CLARK COUNTY UTILITIES REPORT ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...............................................................................................................ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................................i INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................1 Authority........................................................................................................................................................1 Purpose of the Utilities Report and Utilities Policies ....................................................................................1 BACKGROUND ..............................................................................................................................3 Electric (Transmission) .............................................................................................................3 Nevada Power ............................................................................................................................................3 Overton Power District #5 .........................................................................................................................3 Western Area Power Association ..............................................................................................................4 Electric Generators....................................................................................................................4 California Edison .......................................................................................................................................4 Diamond Generating..................................................................................................................................4 Davis Dam .................................................................................................................................................4 Hoover Dam...............................................................................................................................................4 Nevada Power ............................................................................................................................................5 Reliant Energy ...........................................................................................................................................5 Sempra Energy...........................................................................................................................................5 Solargenix ..................................................................................................................................................5 Cogeneration Electricity Generators..........................................................................................................5 Las Vegas Cogeneration ............................................................................................................................5 Nevada Cogeneration.................................................................................................................................5 Saguaro Power Company...........................................................................................................................6 Pipeline Fuels.............................................................................................................................6 CALNEV Pipeline .....................................................................................................................................6 Southwest Gas............................................................................................................................................6 Telecommunications .................................................................................................................7 Telephone Service......................................................................................................................................7 Wireless Telephone Service.......................................................................................................................8 Cable Service .............................................................................................................................................8 Other Wireless Services.............................................................................................................................8 Wastewater .................................................................................................................................9 Clark County Water Reclamation District.................................................................................................9 Other Wastewater Service Providers .........................................................................................................9 CLARK COUNTY UTILITIES REPORT iii Water (Potable).........................................................................................................................10 Southern Nevada Water Authority...........................................................................................................10 Cold Creek Water Users Association ......................................................................................................11