All Roll Calls
Yes: 61 • No: 2
NevadaSB44083rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to electricity; establishing a process by which a unit's owner in certain unit-owners' associations may submit a request to install a distributed generation system; establishing certain powers and duties of certain unit-owners' associations with respect to the installation of distributed generation systems; establishing and revising certain requirements for the contents of an agreement for the purchase or lease of a distributed generation system and a power purchase agreement; imposing certain requirements upon a solar installation company; revising provisions relating to net metering systems; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor
Signed by Governor
BDR 10-950
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Bill Overview
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8 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
No extra tests, faster utility steps
Beginning October 1, 2025, if your system meets NEC, UL, and IEEE standards and you have permits, the utility cannot demand extra tests, extra controls, or extra liability insurance just because you net meter. After you pass local inspections and ask the utility, it must finish its final inspection in a reasonable time. If you request a temporary disconnect and reconnect, the utility must schedule those in a reasonable time.
Solar contracts must show full costs
Beginning October 1, 2025, solar purchase, lease, and PPA contracts must clearly list full terms in at least 10‑point font. Contracts must show system size and parts, installation timeline, term length, monthly and total payments, fees, and any payment increase rate. They must state which tax credits or rebates are included, who owns them, and include warranty copies and transfer rules. They must provide estimated first‑year output and any performance guarantee, plus clear end‑of‑term, sale, death, and purchase options.
Solar deals: clear covers and 3-day cancel
Beginning October 1, 2025, solar purchase, lease, and power purchase agreements must start with a clear cover page. The cover must show your right to cancel within 3 business days and give an email to use. It must show key money terms like amounts due at signing and at completion, first‑year price or payments, and any annual increases. It must include an estimated first‑year production with a plain disclaimer, end‑of‑term options, complaint contacts, Recovery Fund notice, and a language request notice.
Solar deals: recordings, translations, licensing checks
Beginning October 1, 2025, the solar company must record a short verbal confirmation of key facts at signing or within 48 hours, and keep it at least 4 years. Installation cannot start until this recording exists, and you can get a copy within 10 business days. Required documents must be in English or, if used in sales talks, translated into that language before you sign. If a PPA was signed when the installer was unlicensed or over its license limit, you may void it for up to 3 years. Knowingly breaking these rules is a deceptive trade practice, and your agreement is voidable.
Faster HOA approval and 3% cost cap
Beginning October 1, 2025, your HOA must act fast on solar requests. If it has solar rules, it must approve or deny a complete request within 35 days, or it’s approved. If you fix a denial and resubmit, it must act within 15 days or approval is deemed. If the HOA has no solar rules, it must approve within 15 days and cannot add conditions. You also cannot be forced to follow a rule if a licensed, unaffiliated installer’s written estimate (dated within 60 days) shows it costs more than 3% of the system’s cash price.
Net metering rights and 20-year stability
Beginning October 1, 2025, utilities must offer net metering. For systems 25 kW or smaller, you get a two‑way meter, no special meter fees, and no cut to your minimum monthly charge; extra meters need your written consent. For larger systems, utilities may require separate meters and upgrades, but cannot add different customer, demand, facility, or standby charges; you may choose to pay upgrade costs. The Commission lets you keep net metering at the same location for 20 years and keep specified credits, including if you replace the system. Your utility may still charge universal energy fees and same rate‑class charges, but kWh fees can only apply to energy the utility delivers to you.
HOA placement rules and owner responsibilities
Beginning October 1, 2025, HOAs may set solar placement and appearance rules, like asking panels not to face a street if that cuts output by 10% or less (measured with PVWatts). They may require painted conduits, batteries in a garage, and hidden inverters. If you install on an HOA‑maintained roof or exterior, the HOA may require a recorded agreement making you responsible for damage, removal, insurance, indemnity, inspection access, and buyer disclosures. But HOAs cannot unreasonably block simple physical barriers to deter animals or hide parts, and they can only require a stock color (or black/complementary if stock is unavailable).
Who counts as a solar lender or lessor
Beginning October 1, 2025, the law defines a borrower, a solar system financier, and a solar system loan. It covers those who make loans, lease systems, or sign PPAs in Nevada, but not passive tax‑equity investors who are not directly involved. These definitions decide who must follow Nevada’s rules for solar lenders, lessors, and PPA providers.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/23/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 40 • No: 2
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 262.
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/31/2025legislatureAssembly Amendment No. 708 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/29/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/23/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.) To Senate.
5/23/2025HouseFrom printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
5/23/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 708.) To printer.
5/22/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/22/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/22/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.
4/24/2025HouseIn Assembly.
4/24/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
4/22/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/22/2025SenateTo printer.
4/21/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 343.)
4/21/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025SenateFrom printer. To committee.
3/26/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
3/24/2025Senate
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