Jeffrey Meehan/Pahrump Valley Times
Valley’s board is working on a proposal that would create a tiered system for the co-op’s more than 600 member-owners that are part of the co-op’s net metering program. The co-op currently offers 100 percent of the retail rate, 11.9 cents per kilowatt hour, to all of Valley’s members using net metering—where those with rooftop solar get a credit for the excess energy they return to the grid.