Solar and battery interconnection rules in Nevada

Size bands and what each one obliges

The screens that decide it

• Within the 20 MW net capacity ceiling of the tariff Limit 20000 kW.

  Rule 15 applies only to generating facilities with a net capacity of 20,000 kilowatts or less unless federal or state law requires otherwise.

• Within the 1 MW net metering ceiling Limit 1000 kW.

  Nevada net metering requires a generating capacity of not more than one megawatt.

• Aggregate generation under 15 percent of line section peak load 15 percent of line section peak load, a figure only the utility holds.

  Nevada retains the classic 15 percent screen in the initial review flow with no hosting capacity override.

Ask the utility this, before you sell it

1. Which excess energy credit tier applies to this customer? Nevada steps the credit down from 95 percent to 88, 81 and 75 percent of the retail rate in 80 megawatt increments of cumulative installed capacity, and the trigger is the date a complete application is submitted rather than the installation date. Confirm the current tier from the Commission determination and the utility monthly posting rather than assuming.
2. Rule 15 does not state whether the nameplate rating is AC or DC. Confirm which figure will be used.
3. Is this address served by a rural electric district, cooperative or municipal utility? Those are not public utilities in Nevada and neither this tariff nor the net metering statute reaches them.

Worth knowing before you quote

Nevada publishes no tiered insurance schedule in Rule 15. Telemetering is triggered at a net nameplate rating of 1,000 kilowatts. Initial review completes within 10 business days where the application qualifies for simplified interconnection, and supplemental review within 20 business days. The 235 megawatt hard cap from 2015 no longer exists; the current structure is a credit step down with 75 percent as the floor absent new legislation.