By Julia Ritchey |January 13, 2016
Last month the PUC gave NV Energy the OK to raise rates for existing solar customers.
That includes Reno City Councilwoman Naomi Duerr, who invested $50,000 to install 36 solar panels on her home five years ago.
“So you have $50,000 and you’re saying, ‘What can I do to both improve my property, reduce my energy costs?’” she says. “So we looked at a lot of different alternate energy options.”