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Lake Tahoe EIP

NV Energy Resilience Corridor Project-State and Private

Project Number
02.01.02.0020
Action Priority
Implement Defensible Space on Public and Private Parcels and Utility Corridors
Implementers
Nevada Energy
Primary Contact
Mark Young (mark.young@nvenergy.com)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2022 - 2027
Community Wildfire Protection Program Implement Defensible Space on Public and Private Parcels and Utility Corridors
This project focused on fuels work on non-federal lands with the goal of creating resilient corridors along NV Energy’s electrical lines on all lands. This project also includes electrical system upgrades across all lands, including federal, in the Tahoe Basin. Together, the fuel management work and electrical infrastructure upgrades minimize wildfire risk as called for in NV Energy’s Natural Disaster Prevention Plan (NDPP). This project is linked to EIP Project # 02.01.02.0016 which focuses on fuels management along NV Energy’s electrical lines on federal lands managed by the US Forest Service-Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

Key Accomplishments

  • Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 1,162.1 acres
  • Miles of Utility Lines Buried Underground: 4.37 miles

Threshold Categories

  • Vegetation Preservation
  • Wildlife
NLTFPD fuels crews conducting resilience corridors treatments on state lands along Incline 4100 near Sand Harbor (Timing: During) (~228 KB) Credit: Zac Bray, NLTFPD NLTFPD fuels crews conducting resilience corridors treatments on state lands along Incline 4100 near Sand Harbor

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $1,200,000
(Estimated Cost: $11,000,000)
Nevada Energy (NV Energy): $1,200,000

Photos

Before
Before fuel reduction work, along the Eastern boundary of Edgewood Properties near Stateline, NV. Mastication by Tahoe Douglas FPD 9/8/2025. (Timing: Before) (~588 KB) Credit: NV Energy
Before fuel reduction work, along the Eastern boundary of Edgewood Properties near Stateline, NV. Mastication by Tahoe Douglas FPD 9/8/2025.
Right of Way before fuels reduction work at Van Sickle Bi-State Park. (Timing: Before) (~648 KB) Credit: NV Energy
Right of Way before fuels reduction work at Van Sickle Bi-State Park.
During
NV Energy host site visit at an active pole replacement site at Ponderosa Ranch. Picture shows the existing pole and replacement hole and excavation materials bagged for replacement. (Timing: During) (~4,691 KB) Credit: Nanette Hansel, Ascent Environmental
NV Energy host site visit at an active pole replacement site at Ponderosa Ranch. Picture shows the existing pole and replacement hole and excavation materials bagged for replacement.
LTBMU Forest Supervisor Erick Walker attends site visit for a system hardening (pole replacement) project at Ponderosa Ranch (Timing: During) (~5,088 KB) Credit: Nanette Hansel, Ascent Environmental
LTBMU Forest Supervisor Erick Walker attends site visit for a system hardening (pole replacement) project at Ponderosa Ranch
After
Finished fuels treatments along Incline 4100, near Sand Harbor (Timing: After) (~665 KB) Credit: Zac Bray, NLTFPD
Finished fuels treatments along Incline 4100, near Sand Harbor
Burn piles created by Tahoe Douglas FPD after fuel reduction work in Van Sickle Bi-State Park in Stateline, NV on 7/17/2025. Scheduled for prescribed burning operations once conditions are favorable. (Timing: After) (~651 KB) Credit: NV Energy
Burn piles created by Tahoe Douglas FPD after fuel reduction work in Van Sickle Bi-State Park in Stateline, NV on 7/17/2025. Scheduled for prescribed burning operations once conditions are favorable.
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Project Fact Sheet Data as of 04/18/2026