Nevada solar leads
New Nevada net metering customers are credited at 75% of the retail rate under 2017’s AB 405, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada says, and home solar work needs a state license. Summit Leads supplies solar leads in Nevada by real-time ping/post, with filters and routing agreed during onboarding.
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Nevada facts for solar lead buyers
| Fact | Value Source |
|---|---|
| Net metering credit rate for new customers | Tier 4: 75% of the retail rate, with no capacity limit (AB 405, 2017; PUCN page updated September 8, 2026)Net Metering in Nevada Public Utilities Commission of Nevada |
| System size covered by the AB 405 rate structure | Renewable energy systems of not more than 25 kW (PUCN, as of October 9, 2026)Net Metering in Nevada Public Utilities Commission of Nevada |
| How long a net metering tier rate lasts | 20 years at the location where the system was first installed (PUCN, as of October 9, 2026)Net Metering in Nevada Public Utilities Commission of Nevada |
| Capacity signed up under Tier 4 | 760.476 MW applied for and installed (755.785 MW installed), as of September 8, 2026Net Metering in Nevada Public Utilities Commission of Nevada |
| Small-scale solar PV capacity, July 2026 | 1,270.9 MW (EIA estimate, July 2026), the 13th highest of the 49 states with an EIA estimateElectric Power Monthly, Table 6.2.B: Net Summer Capacity Using Primarily Renewable Energy Sources and by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Small-scale solar PV capacity, July 2025 | 1,187.6 MW (EIA estimate, July 2025): 83.3 MW, or 7.0%, was added by July 2026Electric Power Monthly, Table 6.2.B: Net Summer Capacity Using Primarily Renewable Energy Sources and by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Solar resource in Las Vegas, the largest city | 6.36 kWh per square meter per day on a fixed, south-facing array tilted 20 degrees (PVWatts version 8, typical-year data, checked October 9, 2026)PVWatts Calculator (version 8): Las Vegas, Nevada National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL) |
| Average residential electricity price, 2024 | 15.00 cents per kWh (2023: 16.67 cents; EIA Form EIA-861 data, 2024)Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10: Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Single-family detached homes as a share of all housing units | 60.4% (800,558 of 1,326,471 housing units; ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25024)Table B25024, Units in Structure: Nevada (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Owner-occupied single-family detached homes | 603,162, or 83.6% of 721,197 owner-occupied homes (ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25032)Table B25032, Tenure by Units in Structure: Nevada (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| License for solar work on single-family homes | A Nevada contractor’s license is required to build, repair, maintain or alter solar systems on single-family residences, including equipment replacement (Contractors Board, checked October 9, 2026)Residential Solar Nevada State Contractors Board |
| Solar access protection | Covenants and local rules that prohibit or unreasonably restrict a solar energy system are void or barred (NRS 278.0208, checked October 9, 2026)Renewable Energy System Determinations (NRS 278.0208 and NRS 701.180) Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy |
Last reviewed: October 9, 2026. A summary for education, not legal advice.
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Small-scale solar on Nevada homes and businesses
The EIA estimates behind-the-meter solar, meaning systems under 1 MW at homes and businesses, for each state every month. Table 6.2.B of the Electric Power Monthly put Nevada at 1,270.9 MW in July 2026 against 1,187.6 MW a year earlier, an increase of 83.3 MW or 7.0%. Twelve states had more small-scale capacity in July 2026.
| Month | Capacity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 1,187.6 | EIA EPM Table 6.2.B, July 2025 |
| July 2026 | 1,270.9 | EIA EPM Table 6.2.B, July 2026 |
The figure shows a large base of systems already on Nevada roofs, and the commission’s tier counts below point the same way. Companies that offer panel additions, batteries, repairs or monitoring work with that base as well as with first-time installs. Neither number measures how many homeowners want solar today.
Solar resource in Las Vegas
For a single comparable sunlight figure, this page uses PVWatts, the solar production model first built by NREL and now published by the National Laboratory of the Rockies. At Las Vegas, the state’s largest city in the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2025 estimates, the model reports 6.36 kWh per square meter per day (checked October 9, 2026).
Method in one line: the default PVWatts version 8 system, fixed and open-rack, facing due south at a 20-degree tilt, placed at the Census gazetteer coordinates for the city and run on the National Solar Radiation Database typical year. Reno, Elko or a roof facing east or west would returnReturnA buyer's request for credit on a lead that fails agreed standards, such as a disconnected number, a duplicate or a lead outside the filters. Glossary a different number, so it is a benchmark rather than a production estimate for any address.
Nevada residential electricity price
The EIA’s annual table gives the average price residential customers paid across all of a state’s utilities. Nevada’s two most recent years are below, as sourced figures only.
| Year | Cents per kWh | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.67 | EIA Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10 |
| 2024 | 15.00 | EIA Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10 |
Nevada net metering under AB 405
This section is general information, not legal advice. It summarizes official sources as of October 9, 2026; check the current text of each rule before relying on it.
Nevada set its net metering rates in statute. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada explains that Assembly Bill 405 (2017) took effect on June 15, 2017 and covers renewable energy systems of not more than 25 kilowatts, the size of a typical home or small business rooftop system (page updated September 8, 2026). Exported energy earns credits on the customer’s bill, and the credits apply in the next billing period in which the home uses more than it produces.
The credit rate stepped down each time 80 MW of applied-for and installed capacity filled a tier. The commission lists four tiers; each customer keeps the rate of the tier it joined for 20 years at the original location:
| Tier | Credit rate | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 95% of the retail rate | Closed; reached 80 MW in August 2018 | PUCN, Net Metering in Nevada (2026) |
| Tier 2 | 88% of the retail rate | Closed; open August 2018 to June 2019 | PUCN, Net Metering in Nevada (2026) |
| Tier 3 | 81% of the retail rate | Closed; open June 2019 to June 2020 | PUCN, Net Metering in Nevada (2026) |
| Tier 4 | 75% of the retail rate | Open, no capacity limit; 760.476 MW signed up as of September 8, 2026 | PUCN, Net Metering in Nevada (2026) |
The same commission page says net metering customers stay in the same customer class as other customers and pay the same basic service charge, and that the 75% rate stays in place unless the Legislature changes it (checked October 9, 2026). It defines the retail rate as three tariff components combined: the base tariff general rate, the base tariff energy rate and the deferred energy accounting adjustment.
Who may install home solar in Nevada
This section is general information, not legal advice. It summarizes official sources as of October 9, 2026; check the current text of each rule before relying on it.
The Nevada State Contractors Board licenses this work. Its residential solar page says a licensed contractor is required to construct, repair, maintain, restore, alter or improve solar systems on single-family residences, including replacing existing equipment and installing new equipment, and that licenses from other states are not valid in Nevada (checked October 9, 2026). Anyone advertising or soliciting residential solar work must hold a Nevada contractor’s license or be authorized under state law, and the license number must appear on advertisements, vehicles, bids and contracts.
Senate Bill 303 (2021) added rules for licensed contractors on residential photovoltaic jobs from October 1, 2021, the Board says. Among them: work must start within 30 days after the permits and the electric utility’s approvals arrive; the contract must be in at least 10-point type and state the full retail price of a kilowatt-hour, any offsetting tariff and which utility serves the home when the contract is signed; new installations need a plan and scale drawing; and the contractor must meet the interconnection requirements of the Public Utilities Commission. A contract can be voided if the contractor does not follow these requirements.
For a buyer, the practical point is the license check: a Nevada solar request is worked by a company that holds a Nevada license, which the Board lets anyone verify online.
Nevada’s solar access law
This section is general information, not legal advice. It summarizes official sources as of October 9, 2026; check the current text of each rule before relying on it.
Nevada limits how far a homeowners association or local government can restrict rooftop solar. The Governor’s Office of Energy prints NRS 278.0208 (checked October 9, 2026): a governing body may not adopt an ordinance or plan that prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner’s use of a solar energy system, and a deed covenant or similar instrument that does so is void and unenforceable. A restriction counts as unreasonable if it cuts the system’s efficiency or performance by 10% of the amount originally specified, with no alternative system at substantially comparable cost and performance.
Under NRS 701.180(6), the Director of the office decides within 30 days whether a restriction is unreasonable when asked, using a PVWatts or similar production estimate of the original and modified designs. A buyer whose installers work in communities with an association can point homeowners to this process.
Detached houses and owners in Nevada
Home solar is mostly a single-family product, and a large share of Nevada’s housing is apartments and attached units. The Census Bureau’s table B25024 (ACS 5-year 2020-2024) counts 800,558 single-family detached homes among 1,326,471 housing units, or 60.4%, which is lower than in 36 other states. Among owners the picture changes: table B25032 shows 603,162 owner-occupied detached homes, 83.6% of the state’s 721,197 owner-occupied homes.
Nevada’s young housing stock and its home values are covered on Nevada window replacement leads, and heating and cooling are on Nevada HVAC leads; this page does not repeat them.
Nevada counties by owner-occupied detached homes
Ten Nevada counties and Carson City, ranked by owner-occupied single-family detached homes, with all owner-occupied homes and the detached share of them, from the ACS 5-year 2020-2024 county table B25032. The figures describe housing, not where leads originate.
| County | Owner-occupied detached homes | Owner-occupied homes | Detached share of owner homes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | 423,615 | 498,384 | 85.0% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Washoe | 100,647 | 119,312 | 84.4% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Lyon | 15,017 | 18,202 | 82.5% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Douglas | 14,899 | 16,811 | 88.6% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Carson City | 12,108 | 14,769 | 82.0% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Nye | 11,244 | 17,250 | 65.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Elko | 10,110 | 14,004 | 72.2% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Churchill | 5,181 | 6,650 | 77.9% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| Humboldt | 3,101 | 5,112 | 60.7% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
| White Pine | 1,949 | 2,533 | 76.9% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (county) |
Clark County alone holds 423,615 of the state’s 603,162 owner-occupied detached homes in the 2020-2024 ACS, about seven in ten, and Washoe adds 100,647. The detached share is lowest in Nye (65.2%) and Humboldt (60.7%) among the ten.
What the Nevada facts mean for a solar campaign
Nevada’s rooftop solar is shaped by statute: a fixed credit schedule, a licensing regime aimed at residential solar sales, and protection against association bans. Three practical points for a buyer planning Nevada coverage:
- The credit rate is known in advance. Since the 75% tier has no capacity limit, the commission’s tier page (updated September 8, 2026) tells an installer the rate a new customer will get, which keeps the first call simple.
- Contracts follow a set form. The Contractors Board’s residential solar rules in effect since October 1, 2021 list what each contract must contain, so buyers and their installers can plan the sales process around them.
- Two metros hold most owner homes. Clark and Washoe counties account for 524,262 of 603,162 owner-occupied detached homes in the 2020-2024 ACS county data, so ZIP code lists for either region cover most of the detached owner housing.
These points describe Nevada’s housing, its installed solar and its rules. They say nothing about the number of leads or where requests come from.
What Nevada solar buyers filter on
A Nevada solar buyer usually narrows requests on a few lead fields, each of which connects to the facts above:
- Homeowner status: a homeowner signs the solar contract; the owner-occupied detached count is above.
- Project type: the solar project the homeowner described, in general terms; the exact choices are fixed when the solar form is finalized.
- Timeframe: how soon the homeowner wants to move ahead, or whether they are still comparing options.
- ZIP code: the ZIP codes a buyer’s licensed installers can serve, with the county table as a guide to where detached owner homes are.
The filters for Nevada solar leads are agreed with each buyer during onboarding. Exclusive or shared routing for solar leads is agreed with each buyer during onboarding. See the fields on a sample solar lead.
Where buyers filter in Nevada
Nearly all Nevadans live in three metro areas: Las Vegas in the south, and Reno with Carson City in the north. A solar installer typically works from one of the two regions. Census Bureau July 1, 2025 estimates appear below. Each buyer’s coverage area is agreed during onboarding, inside these metro areas or outside them.
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas: 2,407,226 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Reno: 578,734 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Carson City: 58,571 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
Source: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area population estimates, Vintage 2025 (cbsa-est2025-alldata), U.S. Census Bureau.
Consent records for Nevada solar leads
Each Nevada solar lead carries the TCPATCPAThe Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the federal law that governs telemarketing calls and texts, autodialers, prerecorded voice messages and the Do Not Call Registry. Glossary consent record captured on the form. Before a calling team dials Nevada homeowners, it can check the state’s entry in the state telemarketing laws table, and leads in Nevada brings the other Summit verticals in the state together.
Nevada solar lead questions
What net metering rate do new Nevada solar customers get?
Tier 4 of AB 405: 75% of the retail rate, with no capacity limit, kept for 20 years at the original location, according to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (page updated September 8, 2026). This is general information, not legal advice.
Can a contractor licensed in another state install solar on a Nevada home?
No. The Nevada State Contractors Board says a Nevada contractor’s license is required for solar work on single-family residences and that licenses from other states are not valid in Nevada (checked October 9, 2026). This is general information, not legal advice.
Can a Nevada homeowners association ban rooftop solar panels?
NRS 278.0208, as printed by the Governor’s Office of Energy, makes covenants that prohibit or unreasonably restrict a solar energy system void; a restriction that cuts performance by 10% without a comparable alternative counts as unreasonable. This is general information, not legal advice.
Which Nevada counties have the most owner-occupied detached houses?
Clark (423,615) and Washoe (100,647), followed by Lyon (15,017), in the Census Bureau’s ACS 5-year county data for 2020-2024 (table B25032).
Is it possible to limit Nevada solar leads to a list of ZIP codes?
Coverage and filters are agreed with each buyer during onboarding; email us the ZIP codes you want covered.
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