{"id":463,"date":"2016-02-15T10:17:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/?p=463"},"modified":"2016-02-15T17:34:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T22:34:43","slug":"nevada-net-metering-decision-dims-future-of-solar-in-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/nevada-net-metering-decision-dims-future-of-solar-in-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada net metering decision dims future of solar in the state"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nevada net metering fight continues on<\/h2>\n

The Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted to move all solar customers in the state to a less generous rate structure, dimming the future of solar in the state.<\/p>\n

The ruling affects a system known as net metering, where owners of residential (usually rooftop) solar panel systems are compensated by state utilities for unused electrical power generated by their solar arrays.<\/p>\n

By a unanimous vote, the Nevada PUC decided that new, lower rates will be phased in over 12 years<\/strong><\/a> for all customers with solar panels on their rooftops. <\/p>\n

\"Battle<\/a>

Battle between Nevada lawmakers and solar customers intensifies<\/h4><\/a>Read more<\/a><\/div>\n

An ongoing battle<\/h3>\n

This recent decision is the latest hit against residential solar customers in Nevada, as the battle about net metering has been raging for months. <\/p>\n

Back in January Nevada solar customers filed suit<\/strong><\/a> against one of the primary utility companies involved, NV Energy, after the PUC moved to alter existing net metering policies.<\/p>\n

\"Future<\/a>

Future of residential rooftop solar power in Nevada is now cloudy<\/h4><\/a>Read more<\/a><\/div>\n

Solar companies exit Nevada<\/h3>\n

Also in January, major solar companies announced they would exit the state<\/strong><\/a> as the Nevada PUC moved to make changes they felt were detrimental to the solar industry as a whole.<\/p>\n

Following this latest decision by the PUC last week, many groups are expressing concern about the future of solar jobs in the state<\/strong><\/a> and other possible economic impacts of the changes.<\/p>\n

Immediate future unclear<\/h3>\n

Because the PUC voted to phase in the changes over a period of years, the immediate impact of the legislative changes remain to be seen. More reaction is likely to surface as this week progresses.<\/p>\n

\"Net<\/a>

Net metering battles taking center stage across the U.S.<\/h4><\/a>Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted to move all solar customers in the state to a less generous rate structure, dimming the future of solar in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,5],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}