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Las Vegas and Reno moved to the 2024 energy code.
Since January 2026, new permits in Clark and Washoe counties follow the 2024 IECC, which calls for dimming in offices and daylight dimming from just 75 W of lighting. NV Energy pays toward the controls in existing buildings. We design it, supply it and test it.
Clark County from January 11, 2026, Las Vegas from January 5, 2026, Washoe County and Reno from January 1, 2026. Sources
What NV Energy pays for.
NV Energy's Business Energy Services program pays its business customers for lighting controls in existing buildings: occupancy sensors, daylight controls and the two combined, by the watts they control. LED fixtures with built-in sensors for stairwells, halls and garages have their own line. Projects outside the standard list, like fixtures with both sensors built in, go through its custom path and are paid on the energy saved. As of October 2026.
In 2026 NV Energy also ran a limited-time offer for lighting control systems that set light levels from occupancy and daylight. There's no separate line for networked systems, so we check what your project qualifies for, and whether that offer is still open, before you buy.
For new buildings, NV Energy pays for lighting power below code and for whole buildings that beat the code by 5% or more.
What the 2024 code calls for.
Nevada's statewide minimum is the 2024 IECC, and Clark County, Las Vegas, Washoe County and Reno all enforce it for new submittals since January 2026, with regional amendments. Offices, conference rooms and similar spaces need dimming to 10% or a locked high-end trim. Daylight dimming starts at 75 W of lighting near windows. Occupancy sensors turn lights off within 20 minutes, and garages step down when a zone sits empty.
Relights count too. Under the 2024 code there's no small-job exception: alter the lighting in a space, or just its controls, and that space has to meet these rules, with the controls tested before final inspection. Swapping only lamps or ballasts is a repair.
A sensor in every fixture is the simplest way we know to meet those rules, and it covers the controls NV Energy pays for.
See how a project runs- GaragesEach fixture steps down when its zone sits empty for 20 minutesCovered
- DaylightDim near the windows from just 75 W of lighting, all the way to 15%Covered
- DimmingOffices dim to 10%, or run at a locked high-end trimCovered
Reno's efficiency program.
In Reno, commercial buildings of 30,000 sq ft and up report energy and water use by April 1 each year. Performance rules phase in next: every seven years a building shows it met a target, such as an ENERGY STAR score of 50, or completed an efficiency project. The largest buildings, over 100,000 sq ft, come first, in 2028. A lighting controls upgrade is one of the simplest ways to move the score.
Las Vegas and Clark County have no benchmarking rule for private buildings that we found.
How we work in Nevada.
Your building can be anywhere in the US. We design remotely and ship the kit set up and labeled by room. A local electrician installs it, and we test on site or remotely.
Questions owners ask.
Does NV Energy pay for networked lighting controls?
It pays for the controls a networked system is made of. Its Business Energy Services program pays per watt controlled for occupancy sensors, daylight controls and the two combined, and for LED stairwell, hall and garage fixtures with built-in sensors. Fixtures with both sensors built in go through its custom path, paid on the energy saved. There's no line named "networked", so we confirm what your project qualifies for before you buy. As of October 2026.
Which code applies to my project in Las Vegas or Reno?
The 2024 IECC for anything submitted since January 2026: Clark County from January 11, Las Vegas from January 5, and Washoe County and Reno from January 1. Projects submitted earlier may stay on the code they were filed under, which was the 2021 IECC in unincorporated Clark County and the 2018 IECC in Las Vegas, Washoe County and Reno.
Does a lighting retrofit have to meet the 2024 code?
Yes. The 2024 IECC dropped the old exception for replacing less than 10% of the fixtures in a space, so altering the lighting or its controls brings that space under the current rules, with a functional test before final inspection. Swapping only lamps or ballasts counts as a repair.
Can lighting take part in NV Energy's demand response program?
Yes. NV Energy's commercial demand response program accepts lighting controls certified to OpenADR 2.0, or controls that respond to a relay signal through a gateway.
Who signs off on code compliance?
Your engineer of record and the building official. We test every room and hand over the records they rely on; we don't sign the compliance or inspect our own work.
Tell us about your building.
An address is enough. Your free Lighting Controls Assessment comes back within 48 hours.
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