All Roll Calls
Yes: 57 • No: 6
NevadaSB41783rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations governing the filing of an application for the establishment of an alternative rate-making plan by a natural gas utility; setting forth certain requirements for the submission and approval of such an alternative rate-making plan; revising certain provisions relating to the application and approval for an alternative rate-making plan by an electric utility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
Signed by Governor
BDR 58-1106
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Stronger bill protections and refunds for gas customers
If a plan lets a utility recover capital costs, the utility must prove the spending was prudent. If the Commission later finds it was not, the utility must refund the amounts it collected from customers. For plans that use formula rates or last several years, the plan must include earnings-sharing and show how risk changes affect the allowed return and customer bills.
Faster timelines and public input on gas plans
After the Commission issues rules, a gas utility can apply during a general rate case or within 6 months after approval. Before deciding, the Commission must hold a consumer session in each major area the utility serves. The Commission must approve or deny within 210 days, with up to 90 more days for good cause; missing these limits means the plan is denied. If a plan is approved with changes, the utility has 30 days to accept or reject it. If it rejects, the request is withdrawn and either the concurrent general rate case rates take effect or the prior rates stay in place.
New rules for gas utility rate plans
The law sets a clear framework for alternative rate plans for natural gas utilities. The Public Utilities Commission must adopt rules on what plans can include, what to file, and how to inform customers. The Commission can approve plans only if they are in the public interest, create just and reasonable rates, and protect customers. It may refuse plans that do not meet its standards and can later investigate and change rates to keep them fair. Plans can include earnings-sharing and other terms the Commission finds reasonable, and some normal filing steps do not apply to these plans.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 36 • No: 6
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 451.
6/9/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/6/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/4/2025SenateAssembly Amendment No. 707 concurred in.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/2/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 36, Nays: 6.) To Senate.
6/2/2025HousePlaced on General File.
6/2/2025HouseWithdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means.
6/2/2025HouseTo committee.
5/22/2025HouseFrom printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
5/22/2025HouseTo printer.
5/20/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
5/20/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 707.)
5/20/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/20/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, without recommendation, and rerefer to Committee on Ways and Means.
5/20/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.
4/28/2025HouseIn Assembly.
4/28/2025HouseTo Assembly.
4/28/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/25/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.
4/22/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/21/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
4/21/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 244.)
4/21/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025Senate
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