Governor Brian Sandoval has vetoed legislation that would have increased Nevada’s renewable portfolio standard to 40% by 2030 from the present mandate of 25% by 2025, saying approval is premature given uncertainty in the state energy market.
“I am fully aware that increasing the RPS as proposed in this bill is very popular, and under different circumstances I would support this bill,” he writes in his veto, but argues that the consequences of approving it “must be considered through the lens of recent changes to Nevada energy policy and those likely to be adopted in the near-future.”
