As solar industry battles for state support, owner Elon Musk lobbying Nevada with deep pockets

Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors announced Monday it will back a ballot initiative amending Nevada’s constitution to give lucrative subsidies to SolarCity, a rooftop solar company he chairs. “Solar energy is the cheapest energy today in the state of Nevada, and the Energy Choice Amendment will enable Tesla and all Nevadans to choose solar,” Musk said in…