An agreement has been reached to grandfather in 32,000 residential rooftop solar customers under prior, more economically viable rates for 20 years, NV Energy announced Monday.
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A hearing on a proposal to grandfather in about 32,000 rooftop solar customers under prior, more economically favorable rates has been set for Sept. 19, with a final decision expected from state utility regulators by the following week.
The Department of Energy has announced two finalists to host a federal laboratory to develop the next generation of geothermal energy technology: one within the U.S. Naval Air Station in Fallon and the other near Milford, Utah.
State utility regulators have excluded the rooftop solar company SolarCity from participating in a case that could restore more favorable net metering rates to as many as 32,000 residential rooftop solar customers in Nevada.
About 1,200 North Las Vegas residents briefly lost power Tuesday night, Nevada Energy said.
A proposed bill draft that would give state utility regulators the authority to “decouple” a utility’s recovery of costs from the sale of electricity failed to get a favorable endorsement Monday from a legislative panel.
A new study on the cost of rooftop solar has found that there is a cost-shift of about $36 million a year to nonsolar ratepayers, based on the approximately 30,000 customers signed up for net metering in Nevada.
NV Energy announced Tuesday that it is neutral on a measure on the Nov. 8 general election ballot to amend the state constitution to open Nevada’s electricity markets to competition.
Nevada Power wants to close its coal-fired Reid Gardner plant at Moapa ahead of schedule.
Rooftop solar advocates had hoped to take their cause directly to voters after a rate hike this year rocked the industry in Nevada.
While Nevada’s average gasoline price is down 13 cents since last month, the state’s average gasoline price remains the third highest in the nation.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously against a referendum for the Nov. 8 general election ballot that could have restored net metering to rates more favorable to the rooftop solar industry and its customers.
Members of the Nevada State Contractors Board validated 133 homeowner complaints totalling more than $1 million.
Las Vegas area seniors who want to learn how to save money on their electric bills can meet Saturday with NV Energy officials at the annual Senior Energy Assistance Expo at the Cashman Center.