NevadaAB49383rd Regular Session (2025)House

AN ACT relating to waste; requiring certain owners of a distributed generation system to file certain plans relating to the disposal of the distributed generation system with the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; requiring facilities that recycle materials from a distributed generation system or utility-scale solar project to file a report with the Division; requiring a surplus retirement plan to include certain information relating to the retirement of a utility-scale solar project; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

Signed by Governor

BDR 40-424

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Yearly recycling reports for solar facilities

Beginning January 1, 2028, facilities that recycle home or utility‑scale solar equipment must file a report each year. File by March 1 for the prior calendar year, using the Division’s form. List total material received, total recycled, and recovery rates for Nevada projects.

New end-of-life rules for home solar

Beginning January 1, 2028, owners who lease a home solar system or sell its power must file a disposal plan with Nevada’s Division of Environmental Protection. The plan must name who is in charge of disposal and explain reuse, refurbishment, or recycling steps. If panels are recycled, the plan must show at least 90% material recovery by weight. Leases must clearly state the lessor’s duties for removal and disposal and follow the filed plan.

Decommissioning plans for large utility solar

Beginning October 1, 2025, when a utility‑scale solar project of 70 MW or more is surplus, the utility must file a surplus asset retirement plan with the Public Utilities Commission. The plan must include a decommissioning schedule, how materials will be reused or recycled, and how land will be restored to a similar pre‑construction state. It must list salvageable equipment, give cost estimates, and explain funding under NRS 704.870. The plan must also identify the landowner if different from the utility.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 61 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/19/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 20 • No: 0

House vote • 4/21/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 41 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 27.

    5/27/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/26/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/23/2025legislature
  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

    5/20/2025House
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.

    5/19/2025Senate
  6. Read second time.

    5/16/2025Senate
  7. From committee: Do pass.

    5/15/2025Senate
  8. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.

    4/23/2025Senate
  9. In Senate.

    4/23/2025Senate
  10. To Senate.

    4/23/2025House
  11. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/23/2025House
  12. To printer.

    4/21/2025House
  13. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.)

    4/21/2025House
  14. Dispensed with reprinting.

    4/18/2025House
  15. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 413.)

    4/18/2025House
  16. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/18/2025House
  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/18/2025House
  18. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

    4/10/2025House
  19. From printer. To committee.

    3/25/2025House
  20. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.

    3/24/2025House

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