Photo voltaic Trade Urges Nevada PUC to Change Course on Draft Order that Makes Residential Photo voltaic Extra Costly

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CARSON CITY, NEVADA — The Public Utilities Fee of Nevada launched a draft order that can make rooftop photo voltaic dearer for Nevadans.

Wil Gehl, Intermountain West Regional senior supervisor for the Photo voltaic Power Industries Affiliation (SEIA), mentioned the next in response to the draft order:

“The draft order issued by the Nevada PUC unfairly imposes a compulsory demand cost on all residential prospects in southern Nevada and rewrites the principles for brand new photo voltaic prospects in northern Nevada. The draft order additionally contradicts the legislature’s intent when it restored internet metering in Nevada. It is a important step backward that makes photo voltaic much less accessible for Nevada households, and we urge the Commissioners to vary course.

“With the federal authorities abruptly ending its assist of residential photo voltaic, Nevadans now face a good greater hurdle to accessing one of many few methods to scale back their electrical energy payments. The draft resolution discourages personal funding in dependable, reasonably priced, clear vitality at a time when the grid wants each electron it might probably get to energy Nevada’s economic system.”

In accordance with the U.S. Photo voltaic Market Perception Q3 2025 report by SEIA and Wooden Mackenzie, over 144,000 Nevada houses have photo voltaic, and Nevada has the three^rd-most residential photo voltaic capability per capita of any state.

Information launch from SEIA.