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As rooftop solar customers and solar companies protest a new net metering rate they argue will permanently drive the industry from the state, Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday touted the work of his energy office.
A state utility regulator has proposed that the issue of “grandfathering” in customers who installed rooftop solar systems before a new, less favorable net metering rate took effect Jan. 1 be given further consideration.
Las Vegas Mayor Pro Tem Steve Ross proposed a financing plan Tuesday that he hopes will encourage residents to continue to install rooftop solar despite the state Public Utilities Commission’s recent net metering decision that makes it more expensive.
Two Las Vegas residents with rooftop-solar systems have filed a class action lawsuit in Clark County District Court over the new net metering rate approved by the Public Utilities Commission that took effect Jan. 1.
A small, locally owned Las Vegas rooftop-solar company announced Thursday it is cutting jobs and reducing hours due to the adoption of a new net metering rate by state regulators that took effect Jan. 1.
State utility regulators on Wednesday rejected a call to stay new rooftop-solar rates for net metering customers despite a daylong hearing that saw dozens of homeowners ask for a delay while the Dec. 22 decision is reconsidered.
A transmission line that is expected to significantly increase Nevada’s ability to export clean energy will soon be under construction in Clark County.
Gasoline prices are falling in Nevada — but not as fast as national prices, AAA reported on Tuesday.
A member of the Pubic Utilities Commission that oversaw the debate and approval of a new net metering rate for rooftop-solar customers is recommending that the tariff not be stayed while the issue is reconsidered by state regulators.
The credit rating firm Moody’s on Monday said that the new net metering tariff approved by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission for rooftop solar customers is a credit positive for NV Energy.
Draft orders that will be considered by the Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday reject arguments by three Las Vegas gaming companies that they should be able to pay lower fees to leave Nevada Power as retail customers.
A state agency representing the interests of all Nevada utility ratepayers asked state regulators Friday to reconsider their new rooftop-solar rate structure, with particular emphasis on exempting net metering customers who installed their systems prior to the new tariff taking effect Jan. 1.
Another major rooftop-solar company announced Thursday it is ceasing all operations in Nevada as a result of a new net metering rate adopted by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission last month.
Staff with the Public Utilities Commission say in recent filings that the multimillion dollar exit fees required by state regulators to allow three major Nevada gaming companies to leave Nevada Power as retail customers are legal and proper.