Nevada panel takes first steps toward solar ‘grandfathering’

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada panel took a first step Wednesday toward securing more favorable rates for the state’s early-adopter rooftop customers — a concept that some lawmakers have said they support after outcry over a recent rate hike. Members of the Technical Advisory Committee on Distributed Generation and Storage voted to recommend that Nevada “grandfather” customers who applied to go solar by Dec. 31, 2015. That means allowing customers to revert back to the more g