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Steve Hamile

Solar panels as seen at the Townsite Solar installation 5 miles southwest of Boulder City.

For future growth, Nevada needs solar. Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ won’t help.

Increasing power bills and significant cutbacks in Nevada’s burgeoning solar industry are among some of the consequences that clean energy experts say to expect from the recent passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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