Solar by state
Solar in Nevada, by the numbers
Utilities and their rates, adoption, ten years of growth, batteries, ownership, state rules and installer licensing in Nevada, from federal 2024 data.
Nevada in brief
10.23% of Nevada homes had rooftop solar in 2024, the 3rd-highest of 51 (3.55% nationally). Power cost 15.00¢/kWh, below the national 16.48¢, and the average system was 7.6 kW. Nevada Power Company serves 70.2% of homes.
Where does Nevada stand out?
The four measures, beyond price and adoption, on which Nevada sits furthest from the middle of the ranking.
Nevada solar in numbers, 2024
Every Nevada figure next to the national one, with its place in the ranking (highest first, out of the jurisdictions reporting it).
| Measure | Nevada | United States | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with a metered rooftop system | 10.23% | 3.55% | 3rd-highest of 51 |
| Rooftop systems counted | 134,257 | 5,077,543 | 8th-highest of 51 |
| Average system size | 7.6 kW | 6.74 kW | 22nd-highest of 51 |
| Residential price | 15.00¢/kWh | 16.48¢/kWh | 23rd-highest of 51 |
| Average monthly bill | $139.39 | $142.26 | 24th-highest of 51 |
| Use per home | 11,154 kWh/yr | 10,359 kWh/yr | 22nd-highest of 51 |
| Systems with a battery | 2.34% | 5.86% | 17th-highest of 47 |
| Leased or on a PPA | 36.2% | 29.1% | 8th-highest of 38 |
| Growth in systems, five years | 21.6% a year | — | 19th-lowest of 51 |
| Minutes without power per customer | 159 | 297 (median state) | 13th-lowest of 51 |
| Homes on a time-varying rate | 1.3% | 11.1% | 22nd-lowest of 51 |
| Installed rooftop capacity | 1,020.8 MW | 34,226 MW | — |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861, 2024 final release, retrieved 2 September 2026. The Nevada ratios and ranks are HyreSolar calculations from EIA inputs.
Which utility serves Nevada, and what does it charge?
The 8 largest utilities selling to Nevada homes, by residential customers, with the price full-service customers paid and how many run net-metered solar.
| Utility | Type | Homes served | Price per kWh | Use per home, monthly | Net-metered systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Power Company | Investor-owned | 916,385 (70.2%) | 15.33¢ | 958 kWh | 117,049 (12.8%) |
| Sierra Pacific Power Company | Investor-owned | 330,891 (25.4%) | 14.52¢ | 687 kWh | 14,309 (4.3%) |
| Valley Electric Association | Co-op | 22,368 (1.7%) | 16.73¢ | 1,197 kWh | 2,196 (9.8%) |
| Overton Power District No 5 | Public power district | 15,545 (1.2%) | 10.69¢ | 1,234 kWh | 540 (3.5%) |
| City of Boulder City | Municipal | 7,145 (0.55%) | 10.37¢ | 1,238 kWh | 148 (2.1%) |
| Mt Wheeler Power | Co-op | 5,169 (0.40%) | 8.50¢ | 1,380 kWh | 15 (0.29%) |
| Wells Rural Electric Company | Co-op | 4,621 (0.35%) | 10.05¢ | 1,066 kWh | None reported |
| Raft Rural Electric Co-op | Co-op | 1,564 (0.12%) | 10.24¢ | 885 kWh | None reported |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 2024, Sales to Ultimate Customers and Net Metering, utility level, retrieved 5 October 2026. Shares are of 1,304,931 Nevada residential accounts. Each Nevada price is residential revenue divided by sales for full-service customers (HyreSolar calculation); a wires company’s price is its default-service price.
What do the Nevada utility figures mean for a solar quote?
EIA-861 lists 9 utilities serving homes in Nevada in 2024, across 1,304,931 residential accounts. The three largest, Nevada Power Company, Sierra Pacific Power Company and Valley Electric Association, served 97.3% of those homes. By ownership: investor-owned utilities 95.6%, electric cooperatives 2.6% and public power districts 1.2%.
All 1,304,931 Nevada residential accounts bought energy from the utility that delivers it; EIA counted none on a competitive supplier. So a Nevada utility’s own tariff sets both the price you avoid and the credit for what you export.
Nevada Power Company, the largest, served 916,385 Nevada homes (70.2%). Its full-service residential customers paid 15.33¢ per kWh, above the Nevada average of 15.00¢, and used 958 kWh a month on average. 117,049 of its customers ran net-metered rooftop solar, 12.8% of its homes against 10.23% statewide.
Among the 6 Nevada utilities with at least 5,000 residential customers and a full-service price, the price ran from 8.50¢ at Mt Wheeler Power to 16.73¢ at Valley Electric Association.
At the Nevada average of 11,154 kWh a year, that 8.23¢ gap is worth about $918 a year (our arithmetic), so the same system offsets more money in one territory than the other.
Price a quote on your own utility’s rate, not the 15.00¢ Nevada average.
Rooftop solar is concentrated: Nevada Power Company alone accounts for 117,049 net-metered residential systems, about 87% of the 134,257 counted in Nevada, and 6 Nevada utilities reported any at all.
What does power cost in Nevada, and why does it matter?
Residential electricity in Nevada averaged 15.00¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, the 23rd-highest of 51 and below the national 16.48¢. The price sits above the middle of the 51, which tilts the arithmetic toward using production on site rather than exporting it.
The average Nevada household bill was $139.39 a month ($1,673 a year), the 24th-highest of 51, against $142.26 nationally. That $1,673 is the ceiling on what solar could save a typical Nevada home, before fixed monthly charges.
Only 1.3% of Nevada homes were on a time-varying rate in 2024 (11.1% nationally), so a flat rate is the likely starting point. 96.0% of Nevada residential meters were smart meters (83.8% nationally), and a time-varying rate needs one. How time-of-use changes solar.
How many Nevada homes have solar?
Nevada had 134,257 rooftop systems on net metering in 2024, across 1,311,755 residential accounts: 10.23% of homes, the 3rd-highest of 51. Nevada is one of the most established rooftop markets in the country. A market this size can mean more installers to compare and permit offices used to solar applications.
The Nevada market counted 19,182 more systems in 2024 than in 2023 and has grown 21.6% a year over five years, the 19th-lowest of 51. Where growth has turned nationally.
How has Nevada solar changed since 2014?
Nevada counted 4,198 net-metered rooftop systems in 2014 and 134,257 in 2024, 32.0 times as many. The share of homes with one moved from 0.38% to 10.23%. The biggest one-year addition came in 2023, with 20,844 more systems than the year before.
| Year | Rooftop systems | Share of homes | Average size | Residential price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4,198 | 0.38% | 5.5 kW | 12.93¢ |
| 2016 | 23,609 | 2.06% | 6.3 kW | 11.41¢ |
| 2018 | 35,404 | 2.99% | 6.5 kW | 11.85¢ |
| 2020 | 63,962 | 5.21% | 6.9 kW | 11.34¢ |
| 2022 | 94,231 | 7.42% | 7.2 kW | 13.78¢ |
| 2024 | 134,257 | 10.23% | 7.6 kW | 15.00¢ |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 annual files 2014–2024, net-metered residential systems, retrieved 2 September 2026. Nevada shares and sizes are HyreSolar calculations.
What does the Nevada trend mean for a savings estimate?
Over the same years the Nevada residential price went from 12.93¢ to 15.00¢ per kWh, up 16%, and the average system from 5.5 kW to 7.6 kW. With Nevada prices up 16% across ten years, a savings estimate that assumes steep yearly rate rises is assuming more than this record shows.
How big is a typical Nevada system?
The average Nevada system was 7.6 kW in 2024, the 22nd-highest of 51, against 6.74 kW nationally. Nevada homes used 11,154 kilowatt-hours a year each, the 22nd-highest of 51.
A Nevada home using 11,154 kWh is an average, not a design input: size from your own twelve months of bills and usable roof with cost by system size and the system size calculator.
Who owns the systems in Nevada?
In Nevada, 36.2% of systems were third-party owned in 2024: leased, or on a power purchase agreement (PPA), rather than owned by the household. That is the 8th-highest of 38, against 29.1% nationally.
Leases and power purchase agreements are a large share of the Nevada market, so expect one to be offered alongside a purchase. Whoever owns a Nevada system claims any tax credit on it: Section 48E explained.
Do Nevada homes add batteries?
In Nevada, 2.34% of solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024 (3,143 systems), the 17th-highest of 47. Nevada’s share is well under half the national 5.86%.
On reliability, the average Nevada customer went 159 minutes without power in 2024 counting major storms, and 64 minutes without them. The median state saw 297. Outages in every state.
Whether a battery pays in Nevada turns on your utility’s export credit and your own outage history: what a home battery does.
How do you check a solar company’s license in Nevada?
We checked 11 Nevada solar companies from June to August 2026 against the Nevada State Contractors Board. 9.1% of those did not hold a current license when checked (1 revoked).
Ask which license a company holds, then confirm the number with the issuing authority yourself.
These counts describe the companies we checked on those dates, not every company in Nevada, and a license current then may have lapsed since. How to verify a solar license.
Which states are closest to Nevada on adoption?
The six jurisdictions nearest to Nevada’s 10.23% share of homes with rooftop solar.
Where do the Nevada numbers come from?
The Nevada figures are HyreSolar calculations from the Form EIA-861 annual files: 134,257 net-metered residential systems counted against 1,311,755 residential accounts, sizes as means, and 9 utility-level rows for the utility table, matched to net-metering records by EIA utility number.
The method and limits cover all 51; the Nevada row is in the data as a CSV.
No Nevada figure here is an estimate for one home: your roof, usage, utility tariff and tax position decide that.
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