CHAPTER 704 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES GENERALLY

NAC 704.68054 Assessment for support of fund; quarterly remittance to Fund Administrator. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. The Commission will make an annual determination of the total amount of money required to support the fund to maintain the availability of teleph…

NAC 704.68056 Procedure for disbursement from fund; report of Fund Administrator regarding assessment for fund; deviation from or waiver of deadlines for filings. (NRS 703.025, 704.040, 704.210, 704.6873) 1. A small-scale provider of last resort that receives federal universal se…

NAC 704.6806 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The provisions of NAC 704.6806 to 704.68076, inclusive, apply to any exchange of a small-scale provider of last resort that is not a competitive supplier. 2. The provisions of NAC 704.6806 to 704.68076, inclusive, do not apply…

NAC 704.68062 Request for classification or reclassification of service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Any person may request that the Commission classify a new service or classify or reclassify an existing service, which is provided by a small-scale provider of last resort, as essen…

NAC 704.68064 Time for action upon request and for filing of protest. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The Commission will act upon a request filed pursuant to NAC 704.68062 within 90 days after the request is filed unless a protest is received from: (a) The staff of the Commission; (b)…

NAC 704.68066 Maintenance of separate accounting records for competitive and deregulated services. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A small-scale provider of last resort shall identify and keep separate all accounting records, pursuant to the Uniform System of Accounts, for the plant, e…

NAC 704.68068 Classification of service as discretionary. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The Commission will classify a service which is provided by a small-scale provider of last resort as discretionary if it finds that: 1. The service is not a basic network service or is not necessary …

NAC 704.6807 Classification of service as competitive. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A person who requests that the Commission classify a service which is provided by a small-scale provider of last resort as competitive shall file the following information: (a) The number of alternat…

NAC 704.68072 Classification of service as discretionary or competitive based on classification of comparable service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. If a small-scale provider of last resort requests that a service be classified as discretionary or competitive, the Commission may, in …

NAC 704.68074 Classification of service as deregulated. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A service will be classified as a deregulated service if: 1. Regulation of the service by the Commission has been preempted by state or federal law or regulation; or 2. The Commission finds through a h…

NAC 704.68076 Approval of rates, terms and conditions for discretionary service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) If the Commission authorizes a service to be classified as discretionary, it will approve minimum and maximum rates, the rates to be charged at the beginning of the service, an…

NAC 704.68085 Geographic averaging of rates. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The rates charged for intrastate interexchange toll service by a telecommunication provider must be geographically averaged throughout each LATA, or within such other smaller geographic area as the Commission …

NAC 704.6809 Provision of interconnection and access to certificated telecommunication providers. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A provider of last resort, or a competitive supplier in areas where a provider of last resort has no facilities, must provide interconnection to its network…

NAC 704.68092 Availability of components of essential service to certificated telecommunication providers. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. To the extent technically feasible, a provider of last resort, or a competitive supplier located in an area where a provider of last resort has no …

NAC 704.68094 Assignment of numbers, portability and administration. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) To the extent technically feasible, the assignment of telephone numbers, portability and administration, consistent with the requirements of the North American Numbering Plan, must be prov…

NAC 704.68096 Directory listings. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Certificated telecommunication providers who provide directory listings to their customers must allow identical listings to be purchased on a nondiscriminatory basis by other providers or by the customers of any other pr…

NAC 704.681 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) As used in NAC 704.681 to 704.683, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Inside wiring” means all wiring and other materials installed on the subscriber’s side of the point of demarcation and the labor necessary for …

NAC 704.6813 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The provisions of NAC 704.681 to 704.683, inclusive, do not apply to a competitive supplier. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R136-07, eff. 1-30-2008)

NAC 704.6815 Services required for simple inside wiring. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A small-scale provider of last resort shall, upon request, provide installation and repair of simple inside wiring. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 4-18-90; A 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities …

NAC 704.682 Rates for services. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A small-scale provider of last resort is not required to file tariffs for services offered by the provider related to inside wiring. Unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, the revenues, expenses and rate base for such se…

NAC 704.6825 Billing for services. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A small-scale provider of last resort shall separately identify on a customer’s bill, other than a customer of Centrex, any charges for maintaining inside wiring and clearly indicate that such maintenance is an optional…

NAC 704.683 Location of point of demarcation. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The point of demarcation must be located on the subscriber’s side of the protector, or the equivalent thereof if a protector is not employed, as provided under the standard operating practices of the provider of…

NAC 704.689 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) As used in NAC 704.689 to 704.6897, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.68903 to 704.6892, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Pub. S…

NAC 704.68903 “Contiguous property” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Contiguous property” means a single parcel of land or adjoining parcels of land which are touching at a point, edge, or along a boundary, without interruption, or would be touching at a point, edge, or along a b…

NAC 704.68906 “End user” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “End user” means a person who subscribes to telecommunication services from a provider. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 10-1-94)

NAC 704.6891 “Point of demarcation” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Point of demarcation” means the point of interconnection between a telephone company’s communications facilities and its protective apparatus which is regulated by the Commission and the terminal equipment or wi…

NAC 704.68913 “Provider” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Provider” means a person who subscribes to a shared tenant service from a local exchange company and redistributes the service to end users on contiguous property under its common control or ownership. The term does not in…

NAC 704.68916 “Shared tenant service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Shared tenant service” means a business service provided by a local exchange company to a provider which terminates at a point of demarcation and is redistributed by the provider to end users. (Added to NAC by…

NAC 704.6892 “Transient apartment” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Transient apartment” means an apartment in a complex with multiple units, a residential hotel, an apartment hotel, a complex of time-share condominiums, or any other complex in which the average length of stay pe…

NAC 704.68922 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the provisions of NAC 704.689 to 704.6897, inclusive, apply to small-scale providers of last resort that are not competitive suppliers. 2. The provisions of NAC 704.68906, 704.689…

NAC 704.68923 General requirements for provision of shared tenant service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 5, a local exchange company shall provide shared tenant service pursuant to tariffs filed with the Commission. 2. Except as other…

NAC 704.68926 Subscription to services; facilities. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A provider shall not require an end user to subscribe to its services. 2. A provider shall inform an end user of the right to subscribe to telecommunication services directly from a local exchange compa…

NAC 704.6893 Responsibility for service; response to service calls. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A provider is responsible for all aspects of service on its side of the point of demarcation. The provider shall verify to the best of its ability that any service problem is on the loca…

NAC 704.68933 Telephone directory listings; access to other services. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. At the request of an end user, a provider shall subscribe to the listings in a telephone directory of the local exchange company on behalf of the end user. The provider shall contact t…

NAC 704.68936 Written acknowledgment from subscriber: Contents; retention. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A provider shall obtain a written acknowledgment from each end user at the time he or she subscribes to the services of the provider which states that: (a) The end user is aware o…

NAC 704.6894 Routing of local calls; resale of intrastate long distance service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A provider: 1. Shall route all local calls to the local exchange company. 2. Shall not resell intrastate long distance service unless the provider obtains a certificate of publ…

NAC 704.68943 Requirements for switches; private line service; hard wiring. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A provider: (a) May not provide shared tenant service and resell intrastate service out of the same switch unless the provider demonstrates that the switch is partitioned in such…

NAC 704.68946 Extensions of service. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A provider shall not provide an extension from its switch to end users in a single building or complex of buildings unless the extension is on the same contiguous property. 2. An end user may order directly from the l…

NAC 704.6895 Provision of copies of regulations and tariff to prospective providers. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) Before accepting an order for shared tenant service from a prospective provider, a local exchange company shall provide the prospective provider with copies of the regulati…

NAC 704.68953 Responsibilities of provider. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A provider is solely responsible for: (a) Collecting bills rendered for its telecommunication and billing services and for the use of its facilities; (b) Billing disputes with end users; and (c) Paying all loca…

NAC 704.68956 Compliance with regulations and conditions of service applicable to business customers. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 704.689 to 704.6897, inclusive, or in the tariff of the local exchange company, a provider shall comply with regulation…

NAC 704.6896 Responsibilities of local exchange company. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A local exchange company is responsible to a provider only for furnishing facilities to the point of demarcation suitable for shared tenant service and for maintaining and operating such facilities…

NAC 704.68963 Charges for special constructions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. If a provider requests a local exchange company to construct a facility in order to provide telecommunication services to end users, the local exchange company may collect additional charges from the provi…

NAC 704.68966 Rates for shared tenant service; applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A provider shall pay to a local exchange company the rates approved by the Commission for the shared tenant service provided. 2. The provisions of this section apply to any provider that subsc…

NAC 704.6897 Use of inside wiring; provision of alternate pathways. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A local exchange company may use the inside wiring of a provider which is on the provider’s side of the point of demarcation at no charge to provide service to end users who choose to su…

NAC 704.711 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6878) As used in NAC 704.711 to 704.7134, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Owner or developer”: (a) Means any: (1) Developer, operator or owner of any multitenant business or residential property, including,…

NAC 704.7112 Request for per se relief from obligations in regard to certain property: Authorization. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.6878) 1. An incumbent local exchange carrier that is a provider of last resort may request per se relief to be excused from all obligations as a provid…