Wynn Las Vegas Argues Energy Deal Unfair, Discriminatory

It's not often that you hear one of the casinos talking about the deck being stacked against them. That, though, is the case with Wynn Las Vegas, which argues they were treated unfairly by the state, forced to agree to a deal that discriminated against them.

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It goes back to the company's deal with the state to stop being a customer of Nevada Power and purchase their own electricity on the open market.

In a filing with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission - first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal - Wynn has asked for a hearing into their claims.

They use a deal given to Switch, which operates data centers, to back up their claim.

Wynn says they were charged an exit fee of $184 per megawatt hour compared to Switch, which was only charged $97 per megawatt hour.

Wynn says that means while they had to pay $36,8 million, Switch only had to pay $27 million.

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