In 2025, the Nevada Conservation League (NCL) had one of its strongest years on record for community engagement and climate advocacy. During Nevada’s 83rd Legislative Session, we passed five of our policy priorities, protecting ratepayers from utility overcharges, expanding solar access for renters in affordable housing, funding outdoor education for Nevada’s kids, and establishing wildlife habitat connectivity as a long-term state priority.
Across the state, 7,586 Nevadans messaged their elected officials. Nearly 2,400 signed petitions for climate protection. Our team held 98 direct lobby meetings with legislators to turn community priorities into policy action. A statewide cyberattack threatened to delay the PUCN General Consumer Session. When regulators tried to move forward without public input, we organized rallies, press conferences, and coordinated public comment to put Nevadans back in the room.
The results are concrete. NV Energy was required to issue full refunds with interest after overcharging more than 80,000 customers by at least $17 million. Renters in affordable housing can now access rooftop solar. Nearly 11,000 Nevada kids had access to outdoor education through programs NCL helped fund. And 30 pro-environment bills, most with bipartisan support, were signed into law.
The threats we face from the fossil fuel industry, monopoly utilities, and anti-conservation politicians have not gone away. But neither have we. Read the full 2025 Impact Report to see how far we’ve come, and where we’re headed next.
Required full refunds with interest for customers wrongly billed by NV Energy, responding directly to decades of overcharging more than 80,000 customers.
Removed barriers blocking affordable housing providers from installing rooftop solar, lowering energy costs for renters while expanding clean energy access.
Dedicated $500,000 to the Nevada Outdoor Education & Recreation Grant Program. In 2024, this program reached nearly 11,000 kids with almost 26,000 hours outdoors.
Established wildlife crossings and habitat connectivity as a long-term state priority, protecting animals and people from vehicle collisions at a fraction of the cost of road repairs.
Dedicated $500,000 to the Nevada Clean Energy Fund for programs like Nevada Solar For All and the Clean School Bus Initiative, lowering bills, reducing pollution, creating jobs.
The full 2025 Annual Impact Report includes our complete Conservation Scorecard, tracking every Nevada legislator’s environmental votes, plus polling data showing where Nevadans stand on clean energy, utility accountability, and climate protection.
Every win here was won because Nevadans showed up. The full report shows what that made possible together.