Editing Nevada (section)

===Energy===
{{See also|List of power stations in Nevada}}
{{external media| image1 =[https://www.nvenergy.com/publish/content/dam/nvenergy/brochures_arch/about-nvenergy/our-company/power-supply/GeneratingStations.pdf Map of Nevada electricity grid] <!--via https://www.nvenergy.com/about-nvenergy/our-company/power-supply -->}}

Nevada has had a thriving [[Solar power in Nevada|solar energy sector]]. An independent study in 2013 concluded that solar users created a $36{{spaces}}million net benefit. However, in December 2015, the Public Utility Commission let the state's only power company, [[NV Energy]], charge higher rates and fees to solar panel users, leading to an immediate collapse of rooftop solar panel use.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hernandez|first=Dan|date=2016-01-13|title=Nevada solar industry collapses after state lets power company raise fees|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/13/solar-panel-energy-power-company-nevada|access-date=2023-03-17|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In December 1987, Congress amended the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to designate [[Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository]] as the only site to be characterized as a permanent repository for all of the nation's [[highly radioactive waste]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Congress works to revive long-delayed plan to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/03/yucca-mountain-congress-works-revive-dormant-nuclear-waste-dump/664153002/ |work=USA Today |date=June 3, 2018 |access-date=November 14, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190801201959/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/03/yucca-mountain-congress-works-revive-dormant-nuclear-waste-dump/664153002/ |archive-date=August 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>