8 news now anchor paul joncich is here with reaction and whats next for solar customers. paul joncich the Supreme Court said the petition signatures, all 115thousand of them are no good because the language on the petition was unclear. So its back to the drawing board for the Solar Industry and the 32thousand nevada solar customers who feel like theyre getting a raw deal. This is a very contentious issue. These angry people were outside the puc in january. 32thousand of rooftop solar customers installed expensive money by selling Surplus Energy they generated back to the utility company. But last winter, the puc raised rates and changed the game. Today the Supreme Court disallowed a referendum that would have reversed the changes. The Solar Industry isnt done fighting. voice mail 1 03 Chandler Sherman Bring Back Solar Alliance so now were looking to our elected officials our legislators to enact the will of the people. paul joncich are willing to take up the issue in the next legislati
Light winds. Tstorms could increase winds from their outflows. Some models depicting some better chances late this evening. Well have more on your forecast and what to expect for the rest of this week coming up in a few minutes in your most accu Dave Courvoisier another top story disappointed to hear that a decision on rooftop solar rates will not be on the november ballot. An initiative to restore more favorable rates to customers was turned down by a lower court. And the state Supreme Court upheld that decision. Justices ruled that a referendum by opponents of a 2015 state law was fundamentally flawed, with a summary for voters the court called inaccurate, misleading and argumentative. Nv energy spent more than a million initiative. Which has had a Significant Impact on the industry Chandler Sherman Bring Back Solar Alliance if you look at the nv engery website, last month only 18 people in the entire state applied to go solar. It used to be about 1300 a month so under these new rule
Will prevent mark from getting his job back any time soon. 10. 29. 42 can you three look at this beautiful little girl right here and tell her why her dad has no job . 49 i believe you owe her an apology. 54 applause these are the cards bring solar back said they had 55 thousand people sign. I got a blank card to use as a prop so there will be some Movement Action it says they support a November Ballot initiative to undo what the puc has done and bring back solar choice. Breaking news on a double Fatal Shooting at an arizona high school. Police in glendale just confirming. That it was a murdersuicide. Two fifteen year old students were found dead of single gunshot wounds in an isolated area of independence high school. Police say a note was found. And the girls appear to have been in a relationship. No other students were hurt. Thats the latest from the right now. North Las Vegas Police need your help finding a man. Who went missing from his home according to family members. 87 yearold
It. One even called it beautiful land is thirsty we need it we sahara. Were going to head that way eastern and sahara. Were going to head that way now and bring you a live report at 6 30. Reporting live gl ch 13 gina toss to michael live intro gina were getting slight relief right now. The snow isnt falling as fast as it was about an hour ago but take a look at how deep the snow has gotten here on the balcony of the lodge. You can see how high its coming up on my legs. And take look at how high its piling on the chairs and the banister here. Were hearing from authorities that the snow fall may be hazardous at this point but earlier it was a lot of fun. Breaking news out of mccarran. Where were tracking the impact is having on flights. And its basically a mess. Because of the rain and low clouds. Flights coming into las vegas are now delayed by about 4and a half hours. Up from about 3 45 just an hour ago. If youre flying out of mccarran tonight. Youll definitely want to call ahead first
By friday and the weekend, chances for rain will only be and thursday and will drop a bit to around 50 for friday and tuesday and highs in the low to mid 50s covering our rain portion of the Team Coverage. Is action News Reporter. Gina has been in the rain. All over the valley. All day long. Shes live near highland and desert inn. Whats it like out there right now. Gina . Nats video of close up of rain splashing in puddles then transition to video of hawaiian man walking in rain this man says theres only one reason why he left the house in flip flops today. Hes says its cause hes from hawaii. And he loves the rain. We need it here in vegas. And then theres richard sanchez. He works in Law Enforcement and says hes a fan of the rain. But with his job he sees too many careless accidents. I dont think theyre very cautious. I dont think they take the time to realize or see in advance what the weather is going to be like and prepare themselves. And hes right. There were dozens of accidents a