CHAPTER 704 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES GENERALLY

NAC 704.79543 Grounds for denial, revocation, suspension or limitation of license; notification; hearing; determination of Commission; summary suspension; reapplication for license. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.997, 704.998) 1. After notice and opportunity for hearing, the Commissi…

NAC 704.79545 Application signed by authorized officer of applicant attesting to truth of information contained therein. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.997, 704.998) 1. An application for a license as an alternative seller must be signed by an officer of the applicant who has appropr…

NAC 704.796 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) As used in NAC 704.796 to 704.7985, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.7961 to 704.7971, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Pub. Ut…

NAC 704.7961 “Early-vintage plastic pipe” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. “Early-vintage plastic pipe” means any natural gas pipeline which is composed of a material that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transportati…

NAC 704.7962 “Early-vintage steel pipe” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Early-vintage steel pipe” means any natural gas pipeline composed of steel which was installed in a natural gas system before January 1, 1971. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-201…

NAC 704.7963 “Gas infrastructure replacement” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Gas infrastructure replacement” means the proposed replacement of any nonrevenue-producing natural gas pipeline through a gas infrastructure replacement mechanism, including, without limitation, the re…

NAC 704.7964 “Gas infrastructure replacement advance application” and “advance application” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Gas infrastructure replacement advance application” or “advance application” means an application filed by a gas utility seeking a determination by the Com…

NAC 704.7965 “Gas infrastructure replacement mechanism” and “replacement mechanism” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Gas infrastructure replacement mechanism” or “replacement mechanism” means the accounting procedure through which a gas utility may, between general rate cases, re…

NAC 704.7966 “Gas infrastructure replacement project” and “replacement project” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Gas infrastructure replacement project” or “replacement project” means a project: 1. To engage in gas infrastructure replacement; and 2. That is incremental in nature …

NAC 704.7967 “Gas infrastructure replacement project revenue requirement” and “revenue requirement” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. “Gas infrastructure replacement project revenue requirement” or “revenue requirement” means an amount equal to depreciation expense plus carrying…

NAC 704.7968 “Gas infrastructure replacement rate” and “replacement rate” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Gas infrastructure replacement rate” or “replacement rate” means the rate established by the Commission for the purpose of recovering the following amounts: 1. The revenue r…

NAC 704.7969 “Gas infrastructure replacement rate application” and “rate application” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.185, 704.210) “Gas infrastructure replacement rate application” or “rate application” means an application filed by a gas utility to establish or adjust a gas infrastr…

NAC 704.797 “Gas infrastructure replacement regulatory asset account” and “regulatory asset account” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Gas infrastructure replacement regulatory asset account” or “regulatory asset account” means an account in which a gas utility records the gas inf…

NAC 704.7971 “Master meter system” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) “Master meter system” has the meaning ascribed to it in 49 C.F.R. § 191.3. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014)

NAC 704.7975 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The provisions set forth in NAC 704.796 to 704.7985, inclusive, apply to any public utility that operates a natural gas system. The Commission may, upon the request of a public utility that operates a liquid petroleum gas system …

NAC 704.7976 Advance application: Dates on which deemed filed or denied. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A gas infrastructure replacement advance application must be: 1. Filed on or before June 1 of each calendar year or as otherwise provided by the Commission. 2. Deemed denied if the Com…

NAC 704.7977 Advance application: Required provisions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A gas infrastructure replacement advance application must provide sufficient evidence and be supported by sworn testimony to estimate the revenue requirement associated with each replacement project …

NAC 704.7978 Advance application: Calculation of regulatory asset account. (NRS 703.025, 704.185, 704.210) The calculation for the gas infrastructure replacement regulatory asset account for a replacement project that is approved as part of an advance application begins on the la…

NAC 704.7979 Advance application: Costs proposed must be accounted for and readily identifiable. (NRS 703.025, 704.185, 704.210) All costs of a replacement project proposed in an advance application submitted to the Commission must be accounted for in the books and records of a g…

NAC 704.798 Rate application: General provisions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The gas infrastructure replacement rate application must: (a) Be filed: (1) On or before October 1 of the next subsequent calendar year after a decision of the Commission regarding a gas infrastructure re…

NAC 704.7981 Replacement rate: Effective date. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The replacement rate becomes effective on January 1 of the first calendar year after a rate application is filed and approved. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014)

NAC 704.7982 Rate application: Statement regarding deviations from replacement projects approved in advance application. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) After the Commission has acted upon an advance application, a gas utility may deviate from one or more replacement projects approved by …

NAC 704.7983 Request for waiver of requirement to file rate case. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A gas utility that has filed and received approval by the Commission for three gas infrastructure replacement rate applications is not eligible to file another gas infrastructure replaceme…

NAC 704.7984 Requirements for seeking determination of prudency. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A Commission order approving or denying an advance application or a rate application is not a determination of prudency with respect to any replacement project set forth in such an applicat…

NAC 704.7985 Collection of replacement rate from customers; negotiated rate customers; exemptions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. With the exception of negotiated rate customers, the replacement rate must be collected from all customers of the gas utility based upon consumption of gas…

NAC 704.79971 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) As used in NAC 704.79971 to 704.79991, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.79973 to 704.79979, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added t…

NAC 704.79973 “Applicant” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) “Applicant” means a person seeking to merge with, acquire through a subsidiary or affiliate, or otherwise directly or indirectly obtain control of an energy utility doing business in this State or of an entity tha…

NAC 704.79975 “Energy utility” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) “Energy utility” means a public utility that is engaged in the provision of electric service or natural gas service. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R128-98, eff. 12-3-99)

NAC 704.79977 “Parties to the proposed transaction” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) “Parties to the proposed transaction” means the persons that are the subjects of the proposed merger, acquisition or change in control of an energy utility, including the applicant, the e…

NAC 704.79979 “Transaction” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) “Transaction” means a merger, an acquisition or a change in control of an energy utility that requires authorization by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.329. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R128-98, …

NAC 704.79981 Requirement to submit application. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) 1. A person who seeks to merge with, acquire through a subsidiary or affiliate, or otherwise directly or indirectly obtain control of an energy utility doing business in this State or of an entity th…

NAC 704.79983 Application for authorization of proposed transaction: General contents. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) An application for authorization of a proposed transaction must include general information regarding the parties to the proposed transaction, including, without…

NAC 704.79985 Application for authorization of proposed transaction: Inclusion of information on effect on costs and rates. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) An application for the authorization of a proposed transaction must include information relating to the anticipated effect o…

NAC 704.79987 Application for authorization of proposed transaction: Inclusion of information on effect on competition. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) An application for the authorization of a proposed transaction must include information relating to the effect of the proposed t…

NAC 704.79989 Application for authorization of proposed transaction: Inclusion of information on facilities. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) An application for authorization of a proposed transaction must include information relating to the facilities of the parties to the propos…

NAC 704.79991 Order from Commission for changes or additions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.329) 1. If the Commission finds that a proposed transaction is not in the public interest, the Commission: (a) Will not authorize the proposed transaction; or (b) Will issue an order that spe…

NAC 704.800 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The provisions of NAC 704.800 to 704.876, inclusive, apply to Nevada Power Company, Sierra Pacific Power Company and Southwest Gas Corporation. 2. Utilities which have overlapping areas of service may enter into reasonable agre…

NAC 704.802 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) As used in NAC 704.800 to 704.876, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Eligible customer” means a person who: (a) Owns or occupies a residential building or a dwelling unit therein, except that the owner of the com…

NAC 704.803 Adoption by reference of certain publications. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The Commission hereby adopts by reference: 1. Energy Standard 90.1, User’s Manual, in the form most recently published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineer…

NAC 704.804 Announcements to eligible customers: Distribution; contents. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Each utility shall distribute annually to each of its eligible customers an announcement which contains: (a) A list of measures which may be taken to conserve energy in a typical re…

NAC 704.806 Announcements to eligible customers: List of measures to conserve energy. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A utility’s announcement to be made pursuant to NAC 704.804 must include the following items in its list of measures which an eligible customer may take to conserve energy…

NAC 704.808 Announcements to eligible customers: List of practices to conserve energy. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A utility’s announcement to be made pursuant to NAC 704.804 must include the following items in its list of practices which an eligible customer may adopt to conserve ene…

NAC 704.810 Announcements to eligible customers: Estimates of savings in cost of energy. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. In a utility’s announcement of its program for conserving energy in residential buildings, each of its estimates of savings in the cost of energy must be expressed a…

NAC 704.812 Announcements to eligible customers: Limitation on advertisements. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A utility’s announcement of its program to promote residential conservation of energy must not contain any advertisement for: 1. Sale of material or equipment by any supplier; 2.…

NAC 704.814 Inspections by utility; exceptions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, each utility shall, upon request of an eligible customer, perform an inspection of his or her residential building or dwelling unit to obtain data on whi…

NAC 704.816 Time for inspection; quarterly report. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A utility shall make the inspection of an eligible customer’s residential building or dwelling unit within 60 days after the date of the customer’s request for the inspection. 2. The inspection may be co…

NAC 704.818 Qualifications of inspectors. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Each inspector who conducts an inspection pursuant to NAC 704.814 must have: (a) Successfully completed a training program reviewed and approved by the Commission and administered by the utility or by a third per…