SolarGenerations Opens March 24, 2010

Solar power is the result of converting sunlight into electricity. It's clean, sustainable, and getting more efficient all the time. NV Energy offers incentives to customers for installing approved photovoltaic system on their homes, small businesses, public buildings or schools.

NV Energy will begin taking applications for the SolarGenerations incentive program on March 24, 2010 at 12pm and the application period will remain open until the capacity from the first three steps is reserved. Applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis and reservations will be issued from available steps. Steps correspond to program years and have declining incentive values. The incentive and capacity values listed below are pending final approval by the  Nevada Legislative Commission.

Once the capacity in a step is fully reserved, subsequent reservations will be made from the next step. Although reservations may be made from future steps, incentives for a step may only be claimed after the program year that the step corresponds to begins. Program years begin on July 1 and end on June 30.

Example:

If you submit a SolarGenerations application and your reservation comes from capacity in step 2 because step 1 is full, you must build your project within 12 months of your date of approval, however you will only be able to claim your incentive after the 2011/12 program year begins on July 1, 2011. 

Maximum Incentive Levels

Pending the approval by the Commission of NV Energy’s Annual Plan, the maximum incentives per meter per step will be::

• Residential: 10kW
• Small Business: 50kW
• Public and Other Property: 100kW. 
• School: Applicants may apply for 50 kW per meter or up to a maximum 100 kW per meter if the applicant applies to the Commission for approval of capacity greater than 50 kW within 10 calendar days of submitting the application.

If you would like to receive incentive program updates via email, please fill out the information on the “Contact Us” page

Solar Links

Approved Equipment List :
To ensure payment of the highest possible incentive to current applicants, NV Energy will use values from the CEC list of eligible PV modules that was active when the application was submitted.  Current applicants will be eligible for any equipment that was on the CEC list at the time of their application.

CEC approved list of photovoltaic modules.
CEC approved list of inverters

California Energy Commission (CEC) Buyer's Guide
PV Installation Guide

Solar Calculators:
In My Back Yard Production Estimate Tool for Solar and Wind Systems
Kyocera Solar Clean Power Estimator
PV Watts Performance Calculator
Roof Ray
Sharp
Sunwise

More Helpful Links:
ATTRA Farm Energy
Consumers Education
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
FirstLook Solar Assessment Tool
Home Owner's Guide to Going Solar
Myth of Solar Electricity
Net Metering
PV Connected to the Grid
Renewable Energy Solar Potential Map
Renewable Resource Data Center
Small Solar Electric Systems
Sandia Labs System Design Tools
Solar Radiation Basics 
Solar Today
The American Solar Energy Society
The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

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