#bringbacksolar

Sent via http://www.nosolartax.org/ to Don Gustavson and Jill Dickman

As a supporter of solar and your constituent, I ask that you support a special session of the Nevada legislature to pass new legislation repealing the unfair rules passed by the PUC in December. Nevada must allow consumer choice and bring back the thousands of jobs we've lost as a result of this decision. 

As someone with experience helping dozens of people with their solar systems, and a degree in Mechanical Engineering, I have made 3 public comments to the PUCN and continue to be confused why they refuse to look at independent analysis and common sense. Collecting free sunshine with private investment dollars does not fundamentally shift significant costs to others (in fact just the opposite at small scale); while instead believing crazy numbers from very interested utility they are supposed to be checking and regulating carefully. As a ratepayer with 2 houses in Nevada, I am concerned about contributing to pay for ads to mislead the public, plus 11 paid lobbyists to mislead legislators, the Governor, and PUC to now discriminate against a minority of homeowners who invested themselves. New rules now only favor very counter-productive behavior such as running all loads possible at mid-day peak times, which just increase peaks and thus justify more large scale infrastructure investments by the public at large.