Nevada Photo voltaic Affiliation Affords Trusted Assets to
Customers and Seeks To Elevate Business Practices
All NSA Member Firms Assist And Abide By Nevada’s Shopper
Safety Safeguards Together with SB 293
LAS VEGAS – November 11, 2024 – Nevada shoppers looking for to do enterprise with dependable and moral photo voltaic firms dedicated to the best requirements now have a
priceless useful resource.
The Nevada Photo voltaic Affiliation (NSA) is a coalition of solar-related companies devoted to making sure Nevada’s sustainable power future. By way of schooling, laws, and the availability of fresh power choices, the NSA upholds the best moral requirements. All NSA members adhere to a code of ethics and pledge to take care of these requirements of their operations and shopper dispute resolutions. By constructing upon the consumer-protective measures included in Nevada’s revolutionary payments, SB 293 and AB 39, the NSA goals to ascertain trade norms that may remove unscrupulous practices by photo voltaic operators and instill confidence within the trade’s integrity.
“Till now, Nevada’s photo voltaic trade has been very segmented with firms concentrating on their very own enterprise wants and considerations” mentioned Steve Hamile, Chair of the Nevada Photo voltaic Affiliation and Chief Working Officer of Sol-Up. “With no constant trade voice and no affiliation committing members to uphold trade requirements, Nevada’s photo voltaic trade has been damage by unscrupulous operators. The NSA will work to create a brand new method ahead for photo voltaic operators who need to assist Nevada’s sustainable future by integrity, accountability and advocacy.”
“Over the past decade, the state’s well-crafted internet metering coverage and ample sunshine has drawn tons of of photo voltaic firms to Nevada and inspired native firms like us to increase into photo voltaic. That prime demand for clear solar energy has created an surroundings the place some operators haven’t been moral of their gross sales practices. It has additionally made it tempting for some firms to fail to uphold the excessive workmanship requirements you’ll count on from licensed contractors working in Nevada,” mentioned Krystal Hosmer, Vice President of the Nevada Photo voltaic Affiliation and Robco Electrical Senior Photo voltaic Advisor. “In forming the NSA with our revered
enterprise friends throughout the state, we’re committing to demystifying the photo voltaic procuring course of for residential and industrial photo voltaic initiatives by shopper schooling initiatives. We will even work with state businesses such because the Nevada State Contractors Board and the Nevada Legislature so as to add much more shopper protections and guarantee moral enterprise practices are on the forefront of how this trade operates. All of our members are dedicated to creating power financial savings and resilience for our clients whereas additionally creating good paying jobs for Nevadans. We can not do this with out public belief and accountability as an trade.”
All members of the NSA have agreed to abide by SB 293 and AB 39, payments handed by the Nevada legislature that grants shoppers extra rights when coping with unscrupulous photo voltaic firms. These payments have eradicated third-party, unlicensed door- to-door photo voltaic salespeople who had been typically compensated to safe contracts for insufficient rooftop programs and required substantial upfront shopper funds. With SB 293/AB 39 in impact, each particular person promoting a rooftop photo voltaic system have to be a W-2 worker of the Contractor licensed by the NSCB. Moreover, deposits on photo voltaic rooftop programs are capped at $1,000 to stop unscrupulous contractors from accumulating massive deposits and failing to finish initiatives.
The NSA is devoted to empowering shoppers and educating them about very important points impacting the solar energy trade in our state, significantly Nevada’s sturdy Internet Metering Program. The NSA firmly helps internet metering, a coverage that allows shoppers to contribute extra power generated by their photo voltaic programs again onto the grid to be used by different electrical energy clients. This observe successfully reduces utility payments for photo voltaic clients by offering credit for the power they export. The NSA will actively advocate for points and insurance policies that safeguard the pursuits of photo voltaic power customers.
Moreover, the NSA will introduce and monitor legislative insurance policies that make sure the continued accessibility of native, clear power for all shoppers and companies whereas eliminating obstacles that hinder the adoption of fresh, sustainable power sources. The NSA will collaborate with related businesses, such because the State of Nevada’s Public Utilities Fee and the Nevada State Contractors Board, to advertise laws that prioritize security, transparency, sturdiness, and a good market.
Whereas nationwide photo voltaic trade teams exist, the NSA holds the excellence as the primary affiliation established in Nevada. It completely focuses on the wants of Nevada’s photo voltaic trade, its clients, and its future. NSA contractor and affiliate members, in addition to board members, should signify firms with a brick-and-mortar presence in Nevada.
NSA membership at present contains Sol-Up, Robco Electrical, Easy Energy, Inc., 1 Solar Photo voltaic Electrical, Celtic Vitality, Nice Basin Photo voltaic, IronRidge, Nevada Clear
Vitality Fund, REC Group and Soligent.
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For extra info, please contact:
Mitch Truswell
Pink 7 Communications
mitch@red7communications.com
702-531-4461
