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August 11, 2009 - Vote Solar hosts summit with NV Legislators, PUCN Commissioners to debrief the solar community on the 75th Legislative Session.
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June 2009 Update

Legislature Comes to a Close, with Two Solar Bills Becoming Law: New Nevada laws mark exciting progress for large-scale solar, but fall short of tapping the full solar opportunity for businesses, consumers and job creation.

Vote Solar Economic Report: Shining light on Nevada's large-scale solar opportunity. Read more here.

Background

Nevada first passed a renewable portfolio standard in 2001. Since then the RPS has been updated several times, most recently in 2009, when the legislature increased the RPS goals to 25% by 2025 — with a 6 % solar set-aside.

Three major solar projects have been developed as a result of the RPS. The first was a 3.1 MW PV installation at the Las Vegas waste-water treatment plant, one of the largest solar PV installations in the country. The second was the first concentrating solar power plant to be built in the US since the 1980s: a 64 MW solar parabolic trough plant being developed by Solargenix Energy. And most recently, a 14MW PV installation at the Nellis Airforce Base.

In addition, the state's utility NV Energy offers limited rebates for solar systems to their customers. The Solar Generations Program has resulted in the installation of roughly 3MW of solar PV systems on homes, businesses and public buildings in the state.

Vote Solar leads for Nevada are Annie Carmichael (DG solar) and Jim Baak (central station solar).