NRS704.786. Lower Income Solar Energy Pilot Program: Creation required by each electric utility in State. [Effective January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2025.]

      1.  Each electric utility in this State shall create a Lower Income Solar Energy Pilot Program for the purpose of installing, before January 1, 2017, distributed generation systems with a cumulative capacity of at least 1 megawatt at locations throughout its service territory which benefit low-income customers, including, without limitation, homeless shelters, low-income housing developments and schools with significant populations of low-income pupils. Each electric utility shall submit the Program as part of its annual plan submitted pursuant to NRS 701B.230. The Commission shall approve the Program with such modifications and upon such terms and conditions as the Commission deems necessary or appropriate to enable the Program to meet the purposes set forth in this subsection.

      2.  The Office of Energy shall advise the Commission and each electric utility regarding grants and other sources of money available to defray the costs of the Program.

      3.  As used in this section, “distributed generation system” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 701B.055.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 3341, effective January 1, 2014)