NV Energy is an investor-owned holding company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company is a public utility which generates, transmits and distributes electric service in northern and southern Nevada, including the Las Vegas Valley, and provides natural gas service in the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area of northern Nevada. It serves about 1.5 million customers and over 40 million tourists annually.[1]
The Barracuda Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in western Nevada. Founded in 1999 as the Reno–Tahoe Open, it is an alternate event played annually in August at the Montrêux Golf and Country Club, located midway between Reno and Lake Tahoe.