Las Vegas-based Southwest Gas Corp. executives are keeping an eye on the long-term potential of natural gas in light of Nevada’s new State Climate Strategy.

The Climate Strategy was issued last month and is designed to reach near-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The series of policy goals include banning the use of gas in new construction.

Southwest, which also serves Arizona and some of the mountain and desert regions in California, early last year published a GHG emissions report that included the potential impacts from a ban on gas in new building construction and gas for electric appliances. Since then, Southwest has been part of the climate discussion to decarbonize its system over time.

“We try to talk about how we can be part of the solution to climate...