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                             March 21, 2024

       Karen Haller
       President and Chief Executive Officer
       Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
       8360 S. Durango Drive
       Las Vegas, NV 89113

                                                        Re: Southwest Gas 
Holdings, Inc.
                                                            Preliminary Proxy 
Statement on Schedule 14A
                                                            Filed March 8, 2024
                                                            File No. 001-37976

       Dear Karen Haller:

                                                        We have reviewed your 
filing and have the following comment.

              Please respond to this letter within ten business days by 
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If 
you do not believe a
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in 
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your 
response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A

       Approval of the Company's Tax-Free Spin Protection Plan, page 83

   1.                                                   Please revise your 
disclosure to state the general effect of the Tax-Free Spin Protection
                                                        Plan. Refer to Item 19 
of Schedule 14A, including Instruction 2 to such item. For
                                                        example, we note your 
disclosure in your current report on Form 8-K filed on November
                                                        6, 2023 that the Rights 
may have certain anti-takeover effects, and your disclosure in such
                                                        current report that the 
Plan works by imposing a significant penalty upon any person or
                                                        group of affiliated or 
associated persons that acquires a certain percentage or more of the
                                                        outstanding common 
stock, except in certain situations specified in the Plan.

               We remind you that the company and its management are 
responsible for the accuracy
       and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, 
action or absence of
       action by the staff.
 Karen Haller
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
March 21, 2024
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        Please contact Michael Purcell at 202-551-5351 or Laura Nicholson at 
202-551-3584
with any questions.



                                                         Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameKaren Haller
                                                         Division of 
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameSouthwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
                                                         Office of Energy & 
Transportation
March 21, 2024 Page 2
cc:       John Hensley
FirstName LastName