A Nevada state judge has rejected a challenge by the state attorney general’s office to utility NV Energy’s new billing structure.
Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) had sought to block NV Energy’s new daily demand charge, which will bill southern Nevada customers based on the 15-minute period each day when they use the most electricity, rather than simply tallying up the total electricity used.
The attorney general’s Bureau of Consumer Protection argued the new charge could raise rates and unfairly affect solar customers, who are expected to pay more because they would not get as much money for sending power back to the electrical grid.
A Clark County District Court judge, however, on Tuesday ruled against Ford’s suit against the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, which approved the charge last year.
