CHAPTER 704 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES GENERALLY

NAC 704.6673 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The provisions of NAC 704.6671 to 704.6679, inclusive, apply: 1. To utilities engaged in the intrastate sale of natural gas in Nevada. 2. Only in a general proceeding to fix rates unless the Commission, on its own motion or upon …

NAC 704.6675 Considerations for determination of rates for classes of customers. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) In determining a utility’s requirements to obtain revenue from each class of customers being supplied with natural gas and in designing the rates for that service, the Commissi…

NAC 704.6677 Rates to be designed to conserve energy. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The Commission will not: 1. Allocate a utility’s requirements to obtain revenue from each class of customers; or 2. Design rates, Ê in a manner which will hinder the conservation or efficient use of ener…

NAC 704.6679 Filing requirements for proceeding to establish or change rates. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) In a proceeding to establish or change its rates, a utility shall file: 1. A study of the cost of service; 2. Illustrative rates for all classes of customers based on the study of…

NAC 704.673 Establishment of rate. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.225) To establish the rate for interruptible service: 1. The Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission shall, on or before August 1 of each year, submit to each public utility, municipal utility and cooperative ass…

NAC 704.675 Schedule; annual charges. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.225) 1. For the period from November 1 to the last day in February, inclusive: (a) The schedule containing the rate for interruptible service pursuant to NRS 704.225 must provide for charges which are the same as th…

NAC 704.680 Recovery of deficiency. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.225) If a utility anticipates that a deficiency in revenue will result from its provision of the rate for interruptible service pursuant to NRS 704.225, it shall recover the deficiency and do so in the manner directed…

NAC 704.6802 Designation of companies as providers of last resort. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The following companies or their successors are designated as providers of last resort and shall provide basic network service and business line service to all current and future subscrib…

NAC 704.68026 Certain exemptions for provider of commercial mobile radio services. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A provider of commercial mobile radio services is exempt from the provisions of this chapter, except that the provisions of NAC 704.6804 to 704.68056, inclusive, and 704.786,…

NAC 704.68028 Confirmation of certain orders for change of telecommunication service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A telecommunication provider shall not submit to another provider of basic service or other provider of local exchange service an order to change telecommunication service…

NAC 704.6803 “Nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) As used in NAC 704.6803 to 704.680315, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier” means an incumbent local exchange carrier that d…

NAC 704.680301 Applicability; purpose. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) The provisions of NAC 704.6803 to 704.680315, inclusive: 1. Apply to interconnection, unbundled network elements and resold services of nonrural incumbent local exchange carriers; and 2. Are to be used to: (a…

NAC 704.680302 Authority of certain providers to file petition for exemption from requirements relating to performance standards and penalties. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) 1. Any telecommunication provider required to file a plan pursuant to NAC 704.680303 prior to January 1…

NAC 704.680303 Plans for reporting and auditing performance measures and establishing performance incentives: Request for approval; hearing; issuance of order; period of validity; request for modification. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) 1. A nonrural incumbent local exchange ca…

NAC 704.680305 Plan for measuring performance. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) A nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier shall file with the Commission a plan for measuring performance. Each set of performance measurements included in a plan for measuring performance must incl…

NAC 704.680307 Requirements for performance measurements; exemption from performance measurements and reporting requirements. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) 1. Each individual measurement described in NAC 704.680305 must, at a minimum, include: (a) The title; (b) A description;…

NAC 704.680309 Plan for establishing reporting requirements; monthly report of performance measurements; confidential information; access to data. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) 1. A nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier shall file with the Commission a plan for establishin…

NAC 704.680311 Plan establishing auditing requirements: Request for approval; minimum requirements. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) A nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier must file with the Commission a request for approval of a plan establishing auditing requirements. At a…

NAC 704.680313 Plan establishing performance incentives. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) A plan establishing performance incentives must: 1. Be specific in amount as it relates to applicable performance measures, and in an amount that reasonably encourages competitive conduct an…

NAC 704.680315 Plan for system of penalties. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6881) In accordance with NRS 704.6881, the Commission will conduct a proceeding to determine for each nonrural incumbent local exchange carrier subject to the provisions of NAC 704.6803 to 704.680315, inclusi…

NAC 704.68035 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) As used in NAC 704.68035 to 704.680365, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Complaint” means a complaint filed by one telecommunication provider against another telecommunication provider. 2. “Telecommu…

NAC 704.680351 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or chapter 703 of NAC to the contrary, NAC 704.68035 to 704.680365, inclusive, apply to complaints made by a telecommunication provider against another telecommunication p…

NAC 704.680353 Authority to file complaint; certification required. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) 1. A telecommunication provider may file a complaint with the Commission to resolve any dispute with another telecommunication provider arising out of chapters 703 and 704 of NRS,…

NAC 704.680355 Contents and filing of complaint; protective agreement regarding discovery. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) 1. In addition to the certification required by NAC 704.680353, a complaint filed by a telecommunication provider pursuant to NAC 704.68035 to 704.680365, i…

NAC 704.680357 Answer. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) 1. A respondent to a complaint must serve its answer to the complaint within 7 calendar days after the date on which the complaint is filed with the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680353. 2. In its answer, a respondent shall…

NAC 704.680359 Mediation. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) 1. Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to NAC 704.680353, the complaint must be submitted to mediation. Except for the filing of an answer and the filing of any requests for interim relief under NAC 704.680365, the Co…

NAC 704.680361 Discovery; service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) 1. Objections to requests for discovery, if any, must be made to the party requesting discovery not later than 3 business days after the date on which the request for discovery is made. A response to a request fo…

NAC 704.680363 Hearing; final decision of Commission. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) 1. If a complaint is not fully resolved through mediation, the presiding officer assigned to the complaint shall cause to be served upon the parties to the complaint an order scheduling a heari…

NAC 704.680365 Request for interim relief. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6882) 1. A complaint filed with the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.680353 may include a request for interim relief. A request for interim relief must: (a) Be filed at the same time that the complaint is filed w…

NAC 704.6804 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) As used in NAC 704.6804 to 704.68056, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.6804105 to 704.680424, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those section…

NAC 704.6804105 “County telephone line or system” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873, 710.140) “County telephone line or system” means a telephone line or system which is purchased, acquired or constructed by a county and controlled and managed by the board of coun…

NAC 704.6804107 “Eligibility Administrator” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Eligibility Administrator” means the independent administrator with whom the Commission has contracted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 6 of NRS 704.040. (Added to NAC by Pub. U…

NAC 704.6804109 “Eligibility responsibility party” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Eligibility responsibility party” means: 1. The Eligibility Administrator; or 2. If the Eligibility Administrator is terminated pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NAC …

NAC 704.680411 “Eligible library” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Eligible library” means a library that is eligible to receive telecommunication services at a discounted rate pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.501. The term includes a consortium of libraries eligible…

NAC 704.680412 “Eligible school” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Eligible school” means a school that is eligible to receive telecommunication services at a discounted rate pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.501. The term includes a consortium of schools eligible to r…

NAC 704.680413 “Eligible telecommunications carrier” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Eligible telecommunications carrier” means a provider of telecommunication service whose application for designation has been approved by the Commission pursuant to NAC 704.68…

NAC 704.680414 “Eligible telecommunications service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Eligible telecommunications service” means a telecommunications service that may be provided to a provider of health care at a discounted rate pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.604(b…

NAC 704.6804143 “Eligible voice telephony services” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Eligible voice telephony services” means the services which an eligible telecommunications carrier must offer pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 54.101(b) to receive federal universal ser…

NAC 704.6804147 “Fund Administrator” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Fund Administrator” means the independent administrator selected by the Commission pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 704.040 to administer the fund to maintain the availability of telephone ser…

NAC 704.680415 “Fund to maintain the availability of telephone service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Fund to maintain the availability of telephone service” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.013. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, ef…

NAC 704.6804153 “High-cost area” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “High-cost area” means an area determined by the Commission for which eligible telecommunications carriers may qualify for a disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of tel…

NAC 704.6804157 “Insular area” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Insular area” means a geographic area that is not within or contiguous to a Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. (Added to NAC by Pub. Util…

NAC 704.680416 “Lifeline” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Lifeline” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.401. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R143-13, 10-24-2014)

NAC 704.6804166 “National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.400. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R147-17, eff. 8-30-2018)

NAC 704.680417 “Provider of health care” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Provider of health care” means “health care provider” as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. § 54.600(a). (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R021-14, 10-…

NAC 704.6804175 “Provider of telecommunication services” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873, 710.140) “Provider of telecommunication services” means a provider of telecommunication services that: 1. Has obtained from the Commission a certificate of public convenien…

NAC 704.680418 “Qualifying low-income subscriber” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) “Qualifying low-income subscriber” means a subscriber of telecommunication service who meets the criteria set forth in NAC 704.680474 or 47 C.F.R. § 54.409. (Added to NAC by Pub. …