{"id":304,"date":"2016-01-18T06:47:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T11:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/?p=304"},"modified":"2016-01-21T09:24:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T14:24:30","slug":"nevada-solar-battle-heats-up-lawsuit-filed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/nevada-solar-battle-heats-up-lawsuit-filed\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada solar battle heats up, lawsuit filed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ongoing battle between Nevada lawmakers, solar companies, and residential solar customers in the state took a turn and heated up in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/net-metering-changes-makes-future-of-solar-in-nevada-unclear\/\" title=\"drastically revised its policies on net metering\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>drastically revised its policies on net metering<\/strong><\/a>, essentially reversing course on many residential solar customers in the state and increasing fees for those utilizing solar power.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/net-metering-changes-makes-future-of-solar-in-nevada-unclear\/\" title=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tech_Forum_29_14231682575-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\" alt=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/net-metering-changes-makes-future-of-solar-in-nevada-unclear\/\" title=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\"><h4>Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/net-metering-changes-makes-future-of-solar-in-nevada-unclear\/\" title=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\" class=\"hide375\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Class action lawsuit filed against NV Energy<\/h2>\n<p>Now, a group of Nevada solar customers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rgj.com\/story\/news\/2016\/01\/16\/suit-alleges-nv-energy-deceived-customers-solar-panels\/78905268\/\" title=\"filed suit against NV Energy\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>filed suit against NV Energy<\/strong><\/a>, alleging that the utility company deceived them by enticing with incentives, rebates, and\/or credits, and then later reducing these benefits without notice.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs in the case argue that NV Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/solar-customers-launch-a-class-action-suit-against-nv-energy\" title=\"'conspired to unlawfully reduce incentives' in order to 'protect their monopoly.'\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>'conspired to unlawfully reduce incentives' in order to 'protect their monopoly.'<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"inlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-companies-flee-nevada-after-law-changes\/\" title=\"Solar companies flee Nevada after law changes\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1024px-Copy_of_Solar_Panels_on_Gass_Peak-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Solar companies flee Nevada after law changes\" alt=\"Solar companies flee Nevada after law changes\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-companies-flee-nevada-after-law-changes\/\" title=\"Solar companies flee Nevada after law changes\"><h4>Solar companies flee Nevada after law changes<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-companies-flee-nevada-after-law-changes\/\" title=\"Solar companies flee Nevada after law changes\" class=\"hide375\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Solar companies making cuts in Nevada<\/h2>\n<p>The lawsuit comes after <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/solar-companies-flee-nevada-after-law-changes\/\" title=\"two major solar companies\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>two major solar companies<\/strong><\/a> already announced big job cuts in the state due to the changes in net metering policy and also the new fees imposed on solar customers in the state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hundreds gathering at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nevada_puc\">@nevada_puc<\/a> to protest their bait-and-switch on NV families. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wearesolar?src=hash\">#wearesolar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hTctZe3Lij\">pic.twitter.com\/hTctZe3Lij<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SolarCity Advocacy (@SolarCityPolicy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolarCityPolicy\/status\/687321764578234368\">January 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Stay rejected by PUC<\/h2>\n<p>Last week, the Nevada PUC rejected a proposed stay on the new regulations, pending further evaluation of the effects of the changes. Many Nevada solar customers say the decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/solar-customers-launch-a-class-action-suit-against-nv-energy\" title=\"wipes out all of their savings from going solar\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>wipes out all of their savings from going solar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pd-photo-att\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Giant_photovoltaic_array.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photo<\/a> by U.S. Air Force \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Public Domain (CC0)<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ongoing net metering battle between Nevada lawmakers, national solar companies, and in-state residential solar customers in the state took a turn and heated up in recent days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,40,45,5],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar","tag-electricity","tag-net-metering","tag-nevada","tag-residential-solar"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}