By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun

For Nevada’s energy sector, the legislative session started early.

Representatives from the energy industry and lawmakers on an energy task force Thursday recommended several pieces of legislation that ranged from eliminating outdated statutes to grandfathering pre-2016 rooftop solar customers under prior rates. It asked the governor to reconsider the way regulators plan for the future. And it sought to give regulators more leeway in how NV Energy is incentivized.

These were some of the ideas that the New Energy Industry Task Force asked Gov. Brian Sandoval to consider in the next two months, as he mulls over what proposals he wants to forward to the Legislature.

Yet on several systemic issues, the task force punted.

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