CHAPTER 704 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES GENERALLY

NAC 704.5675 Water supply and wastewater treatment plan: Description of system and separate components; map of facilities; description of deficiencies. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) The water supply and wastewater treatment plan of a utility must include, without limitation: 1.…

NAC 704.5676 Funding plan: Requirement for certain items identified in conservation plan or water supply and wastewater treatment plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) The resource plan of a utility must include a funding plan for each item identified in the utility’s conservatio…

NAC 704.5677 Funding plan: Information concerning costs utility will incur during term of action plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) The funding plan of a utility must set forth information concerning the costs that the utility will incur during the term of the action plan, inc…

NAC 704.5678 Funding plan: Options for defraying expenditures. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) The funding plan of a utility must include options for defraying the expenditures identified in the plan. Each option must include a combination of: 1. Revenue from customer surcharges;…

NAC 704.5679 Funding plan: Estimates of financial information; assumptions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) 1. The funding plan of a utility must include estimates of the following financial information for the term of the action plan: (a) The present worth of revenue requirement…

NAC 704.568 Action plan: General requirements. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) The action plan of a utility must include, without limitation: 1. An introductory section that explains how the action plan relates to the long-term plans of the utility as set forth in its resource pl…

NAC 704.5681 Action plan: Budget of planned expenditures. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) The action plan of a utility must include a budget of its planned expenditures. The budget must be prepared in a format that is: 1. Suitable for comparing its planned expenditures with its a…

NAC 704.5682 Action plan: Action by Commission. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) 1. The Commission will: (a) Issue an order approving the action plan of a utility as filed; (b) Issue an order modifying the action plan of a utility; or (c) Specify those parts of the action plan tha…

NAC 704.5683 Action plan: Deviation from plan by utility. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) 1. Notwithstanding the approval by the Commission of the action plan of a utility, the utility may deviate from the approved action plan to the extent necessary to respond to any significant…

NAC 704.5684 Action plan: Monitoring; conditions requiring amendment. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) 1. A utility shall continually monitor its action plan and amend the action plan before it submits its next resource plan to the Commission if: (a) The utility intends to submit …

NAC 704.5685 Amendment to action plan: Provision of overview of proposed amendment to certain entities. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) Before a utility files an amendment to its action plan, the utility must meet with the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorn…

NAC 704.5686 Amendment to action plan: Required provisions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) An amendment to an action plan must include, without limitation: 1. A section that identifies each action for which the utility requests approval by the Commission; 2. A section that speci…

NAC 704.5687 Amendment to action plan: Action by Commission. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) 1. The Commission will: (a) Issue an order approving the amendment to the action plan as filed; (b) Issue an order modifying the amendment to the action plan; or (c) Specify those parts o…

NAC 704.5688 Accrual of expenses to develop resource plan in deferred account; recovery of expenses. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.661) A utility may, pursuant to NRS 704.661, accrue its expenses to develop a resource plan in a deferred account. The utility may request recovery of t…

NAC 704.569 General requirements; adoption by reference of certain publications. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.660) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a public utility that is required to maintain a fire hydrant pursuant to NRS 704.660 shall: (a) Maintain the fire hydr…

NAC 704.570 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) As used in NAC 704.570 to 704.628, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.5705 to 704.5725, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. [Pub. Service Co…

NAC 704.5705 “Affiliate” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) “Affiliate” means a person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a utility subject to the provisions of NAC 704.570 to 704.628, i…

NAC 704.5712 “General rate change” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) “General rate change” means an increase or decrease in rates which is designed to produce gross annual operating revenue to cover a public utility’s cost to provide service to the public, exclusive of cos…

NAC 704.5713 “Gross domestic product deflator” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) “Gross domestic product deflator” means an economic metric that accounts for the effects of inflation or deflation in the gross domestic product for the current year by converting the value of…

NAC 704.5714 “Gross domestic product deflator advice letter” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) “Gross domestic product deflator advice letter” means a letter that a utility files with the Commission to request an increase or decrease, consistent with the percentage change …

NAC 704.5725 “Regulatory Operations Staff” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) “Regulatory Operations Staff” means the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 11-5-93; A by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R036-10, 12-16-2010)

NAC 704.575 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 703.22075, the provisions of NAC 704.570 to 704.628, inclusive, apply to public utilities whose rates are subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission as set forth in NRS 704.095. [Pub…

NAC 704.581 Annual notification of gross domestic product deflator. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) On or before February 1 of each year, the Regulatory Operations Staff shall notify all public utilities to which the provisions of NAC 704.570 to 704.628, inclusive, apply pursuant…

NAC 704.582 Range of reasonable returns on equity: Annual filing and service; contents; use in application for adjustments in rates. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) 1. On or before February 15 of each year, the Regulatory Operations Staff shall file with the Commission and serve …

NAC 704.583 Calculation of amount of allowance for cash working capital. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) 1. To calculate the amount of an allowance for cash working capital, a public utility that furnishes water or services for the disposal of sewage, or both, may: (a) Conduct a …

NAC 704.584 Gross domestic product deflator advice letter: Filing and contents; memorandum of recommendations. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, on or before April 1 of each year, a utility may file a gross domestic product deflat…

NAC 704.586 Application for general rate change: Filing, contents and service. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) 1. To request a general rate change, a utility must file an application with the Commission. 2. An application for a general rate change must include: (a) The following …

NAC 704.587 Gross domestic product deflator advice letter or application for general rate change: Notice to customers; affidavit to Commission. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) If a utility files a gross domestic product deflator advice letter pursuant to NAC 704.584 or an applica…

NAC 704.595 Application to recover increased costs of fuel or power: Filing and contents. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) 1. A utility may submit an application requesting increases in its scheduled rates to offset increased costs of fuel or power used for pumping in its water or…

NAC 704.600 Financing for additions or improvements to plant or providing cash reserve for certain repairs, maintenance or replacements: Surcharge. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210, 704.663) 1. When requested by a utility, the Commission will consider a rate surcharge to: (a) Finan…

NAC 704.605 Financing for additions or improvements to plant or providing cash reserve for certain repairs, maintenance or improvements: Written plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210, 704.663) 1. An applicant for a rate surcharge must submit a written plan for the replacement or e…

NAC 704.615 Application for general rate change: Action by Commission’s Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution and Regulatory Operations Staff. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) 1. Not later than 30 days after a utility files with the Commission an application for a general rate…

NAC 704.622 Application for general rate change or request submitted concurrently with assistance of Regulatory Operations Staff. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, a utility may request the assistance of the Regulatory Operations Sta…

NAC 704.625 Disclosure of transactions. (NRS 703.025, 704.095, 704.210) 1. Each utility shall disclose in a separate statement as a part of its application all transactions in which it engaged during the preceding year or since its most recent filing with the Commission, whicheve…

NAC 704.6265 Placement of utility in receivership. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Any interested person may file a petition with the Commission to request that the Commission consider taking action to have a utility whose rates are subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission as set …

NAC 704.627 Inspection; survey of customers; report of findings and recommendations; utility’s response. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The Regulatory Operations Staff will conduct a periodic inspection of the facilities, books and records of each public utility subject to the provisi…

NAC 704.628 Standards of service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.660) Each public utility subject to the provisions of NAC 704.570 to 704.628, inclusive, shall comply with the following standards of service: 1. For water resources, water rights must be sufficient to supply adequate a…

NAC 704.6321 “Essential real property and goods” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.668) As used in NAC 704.6321 to 704.6327, inclusive, “essential real property and goods” means the real property, water rights, fixtures, facilities, and plant that are used or required for the p…

NAC 704.6323 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.668) The provisions of NAC 704.6321 to 704.6327, inclusive, apply to public utilities that are required to comply with the provisions of NRS 704.668. To determine whether a public utility is required to comply with the provis…

NAC 704.6325 Requirements concerning essential real property and goods. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.668) A utility shall own, lease or have access to sufficient essential real property and goods to comply with the requirements of NAC 704.628. The utility shall protect and maintain…

NAC 704.6327 Application for sale, transfer or other disposal of essential real property and goods and for sale or transfer of water rights; notice of application and hearing. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.668) 1. A utility shall submit an application to the Commission requesting ap…

NAC 704.633 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) As used in NAC 704.633 to 704.63455, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.6331 to 704.6338, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Pub. U…

NAC 704.6331 “Carrying costs” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Carrying costs” means the return on an eligible project or, if applicable, the return on any plant that may be retired as part of the construction of the eligible project, adjusted for accumulated depreciation and acc…

NAC 704.63315 “Cost of service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Cost of service” means the average embedded cost of providing water service to a customer class. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R078-14, eff. 12-22-2014)

NAC 704.6332 “Customer class” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Customer class” means a category of customers identified in the rate schedule of a utility. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R078-14, eff. 12-22-2014)

NAC 704.63325 “Depreciation expense” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Depreciation expense” means the return of an eligible project or, if applicable, the return of any plant that may be retired as part of the construction of the eligible project, utilizing the utility’s authoriz…

NAC 704.6333 “Distribution system” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Distribution system” means distribution mains, valves, hydrants, service lines, meters, meter installations and any other appurtenances which are necessary to transport treated water from the point at which the w…