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AB 529 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing facilities for the generation of electricity. (BDR 58-427)

AB 529 requires solar energy facilities over 1 megawatt (not directly selling to their own end-users) located within rural electric utility service areas to purchase their on-site operational energy ("station power") from those utilities. It mandates these facilities must follow the utility’s established rules, rates, and policies, and grant the utility access to measure their energy usage. The bill applies to facilities operating after January 1, 2026, and defines "rural electric utilities" as co-ops, nonprofits, or municipal utilities serving fewer than 100,000 meters. This directly affects solar developers in rural Nevada areas with local electric service providers. The policy aims to integrate new solar generation with existing local utility infrastructure.
Issues: ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill mandates solar facilities to follow utility rules for operational energy, facilitating grid integration and renewable energy adoption in rural areas, supporting clean energy infrastructure management.85% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Last action May 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Reprint 1 · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended to broaden its scope from only solar energy facilities to all wholesale electricity generation facilities. It also clarifies how rural electric utilities can charge for power, establishes payment requirements when power comes from other providers, and updates metering rules for accurate billing.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from specifically targeting solar energy generation facilities to covering all wholesale electricity generation facilities, regardless of energy source.
SCOPE

Changed the requirement from facilities generating electricity from solar energy to facilities generating electricity from any source.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that providers of electric service must pay rural electric utilities the amount the wholesale facility would have paid if the rural utility had provided the station power directly.

Updated metering requirements to allow utilities to install or certify meters for accurate monthly readings of energy use instead of just granting access to measure service loads.

Added authority for rural electric utilities to charge retail rates for station power that are comparable to rates charged to other customers with similar usage patterns.

DEFINITION

Modified the definition of rules and policies that wholesale facilities must follow to include specific rules about delivery and payment for power.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican14
14 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 412.) Dispensed with reprinting.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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