NV Energy estimates it overcharged customers at both ends of the state by a total of $65.4 million from 2002 through 2024, the company reported in response to an investigation by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission.

The utility initially acknowledged overcharging some 60,000 customers by roughly $17 million, the Current reported in May, but the utility later found through an audit it had overcharged another 20,000 “previously unidentified ‘multi-family accounts’ for an undisclosed amount.”

It’s unknown how much of the money has been paid back. NV Energy first attempted to reimburse a portion of customers a total of $2.5 million, based on what PUC staff alleged was an inapplicable rule limiting reimbursement of overcharges to six months.

A law passed by the Legislature this ye

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