LAS VEGAS — NV Energy announced last week that it has applied for a $138 million grant in stimulus funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) to support the company’s Advanced Service Delivery (ASD) Project, which will help build a modern smart grid infrastructure for the state of Nevada.

NV Energy’s ASD project is a smart grid strategy integrating customers and the utility through advanced technologies, enabling customers to take ownership of their energy usage. ASD links NV Energy’s customers to the grid in their homes, their workplaces and their vehicles.

NV Energy applied for federal funding as a Smart Grid Investment grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Should the grant be awarded, the statewide project will be implemented from 2010-2012, link 1.45 million electric and gas meters across 54,600 square miles of service territory and benefit 2.4 million Nevadans.

The DOE has set aside $3.4 billion for the smart grid integration, with up to $200 million per grant application. Utilities can request up to 50 percent of the costs of investments to deploy smart grid technologies within their territories.

Serving a combined 54,500-square-mile service territory that stretches north to south from Elko to Laughlin, NV Energy provides a wide range of energy services and products to approximately 2.4 million citizens of Nevada and approximately 40 million tourists annually.