Regulators take 'a first step' toward restoring rooftop-solar rates

One year after a controversial decision to slash credits for rooftop-solar customers in Nevada (and given a recent shake-up by Gov. Brian... [REGULATORS TAKE 'A FIRST STEP' TOWARD RESTORING ROOFTOP-SOLAR RATES] [One year after a controversial decision to slash credits for rooftop-solar customers in Nevada (and given a recent shake-up by Gov. Brian Sandoval), utility regulators wanted a course correction. Riffing on the Abraham Lincoln quote that "bad promises are better broken than kept," they called 2016's rate structure a "promise better left unkept."] [EDITORIAL: EDUCATION CRUSADE WOULD TAINT SANDOVAL'S TIME AS GOVERNOR] [If Gov. Brian Sandoval acts as expected on the state's education savings account law, he's about to put a nasty blemish on his legacy. Months after the Nevada Supreme Court issued a permanent injunction against the law's implementation, it's all but a given that Sandoval will try to pluck it off the scrap heap and try to push it through the Legislature during this year's session. It's a bad move.] [MARKETING TO INNER CHILDREN: HOW HOLLYWOOD CHANGED THE SLOT MACHINE PARADIGM] [Gov. Brian Sandoval was chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission in January 2000 when the panel enacted a ban on slot machines with cartoon themes deemed appealing to minors. "This is a remarkable and landmark day," Sandoval said upon approval of Regulation 14.025 (dubbed "Slots for Tots"). "This will be a model that will be followed by the rest of the country, if not the world," Sandoval said.] [ZION MORGAN MAKING BID FOR BIGGER ROLE WITH UNLV BASKETBALL] [Zion Morgan stepped off the team bus at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah, on Saturday sniffling and coughing, his strength partially sapped by a cold that had been making its way through the UNLV locker room. The snowy, minus-9 degree weather surely didn't help matters. But the illness wasn't going to stop him from seizing his moment.] [TIME TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE: EXPLORE LEE CANYON'S WHITE WONDERLAND AND DIVE INTO OUR LIST OF OTHER FROSTY SPOTS IN THE SOUTHWEST] [Smiling broadly in a purple coat and black snow pants, Chasun Irwin waits in anticipation on Lee Canyon's Bluebird chairlift. An 11-year season-pass holder, the gleeful Irwin is one of about 50 skiers and snowboarders on the slopes just 10 days into Lee Canyon's winter season. While the majority of the day's snow seekers range in age from 18 to 40, Irwin, a native of South Korea, is 70.] MOST READ: [Hundreds attend vigil for fallen North Las Vegas detective] [FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein leads airport case] [Reno high school football coach target of bullying lawsuit] [National championship by the odds: Vegas preview of Alabama vs. Clemson] ['Rogue One' tops box office for fourth straight week] [Join Our Mailing List] Greenspun Media Group, 2275 Corporate Circle, Suite 300, Henderson, NV 89074 [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}] [Forward this email] | [Update Profile] | [About our service provider] Sent by [thesundaily@lasvegassun.com]