NV Energy North (Sierra Pacific) solar export rate
What NV Energy North (Sierra Pacific) pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Nevada, with the source and the date it was checked.
No single rate — formula based
75% of applicable retail rate under NMR-2025 Tier 4, with 15-minute netting for applications approved on or after October 1, 2025
NV Energy North (Sierra Pacific) · Nevada
NMR-2025 applies to qualifying new Northern Nevada applications; existing customers remain on monthly netting.
Source: nvenergy.com
Full NV Energy North (Sierra Pacific) detail →Nevada rules that apply to NV Energy North (Sierra Pacific)
The state framework sets the default. Where NV Energy North (Sierra Pacific) pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Net metering with billing credits: monthly net energy measurement in Southern Nevada; 15-minute netting for qualifying new Northern Nevada applications. |
|---|---|
| Export rate | Tier 4 exports are credited at 75% of the applicable retail rate; Northern Nevada applications approved on or after October 1, 2025 use 15-minute netting at 75% of current applicable retail. |
| Rate effective | AB 405 rate structure effective June 15, 2017; Tier 4 became the current open tier after Tier 3 reached 80 MW; Northern Nevada 15-minute NMR-2025 applies to applications approved on or after October 1, 2025. |
| Credit rollover | Unused net-metering credits roll forward to the next monthly electric bill; statutory excess electricity may be carried forward indefinitely. |
| Credit expiration | No annual expiration is specified: excess electricity may carry forward indefinitely, but remaining compensation is forfeited on the statutory events including disconnection or ending utility service. |
| Annual true-up | No statewide annual true-up date; Nevada law uses monthly billing and permits indefinite carry-forward subject to statutory forfeiture conditions. |
| Aggregate program cap | AB 405 allocates 80 MW each to Tranches 1, 2, and 3 (240 MW total); Tranche 4 has no capacity limit. |
| Program status | Open for new customers in Tier/Tranche 4; Tranches 1-3 are closed. |
| Grandfathering | Existing customers retain their applicable prior rate; AB 405 tiers lock the signup rate for 20 years at the original installation location, and existing Northern Nevada customers are not impacted by NMR-2025. |
| Regulator | Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN). |
| Governing rule | Nevada Revised Statutes 704.766-704.775, including NRS 704.775 billing; AB 405 (2017), Section 28.3, sets the four tranches. |
Other Nevada utilities
- NV Energy South (Nevada Power)Formula based75% of applicable retail rate under NMR-405 Tier 4