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TexasTowelie

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Mon May 22, 2017, 03:52 AM May 2017

The sun could soon shine again on rooftop solar in Nevada

CARSON CITY — The sun could soon shine again on rooftop solar in Nevada.

A measure that supporters say would make net metering viable in the Silver State recently received a bipartisan vote of support in an Assembly committee.

Rooftop solar companies driven out of the state when state utility regulators adopted less generous payments for the excess electricity hope Assembly Bill 405 will bring thousands of jobs back to Nevada.

The bill would provide protections for consumers who want to purchase rooftop solar systems and participate in net metering, in which homeowners get reimbursed from a utility for the excess electricity they generate.

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/2017-legislature/the-sun-could-soon-shine-again-on-rooftop-solar-in-nevada/

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