SolarCity and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are making the case for rooftop solar in the U.S. state of Nevada, saying it provides wide-ranging benefits to all residents. According to a new study by SolarCity and the NRDC, rooftop solar generation provides 1.6 cents of benefit per kilowatt-hour of energy generated, producing $7 million in benefits annually for all Nevada utility customers. If environmental and health externalities are included, the benefits of rooftop solar increase to 3.4 cents per kilowatt-hour, and $14 million annually. The paper -- Distributed Energy Resources in Nevada -- recommends policymakers and regulators develop advanced grid planning procedures that incorporate these benefits into the utility ratemaking process, which would enable Nevadans to see the benefits on their electricity bills and ensure that the state transitions to a cleaner, more affordable, and resilient grid. SolarCity says the peer-reviewed paper is the first such work to quantify all the rooftop solar cost and benefit variables identified by the ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...