CHAPTER 704 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES GENERALLY

NAC 704.8909 “Provider of electric service” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) “Provider of electric service” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7808. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R115-03, eff. 2-18-2004)

NAC 704.891 “Regulatory Operations Staff” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) “Regulatory Operations Staff” means the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R068-18, eff. 12-19-2018)

NAC 704.8911 “Renewable energy” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) “Renewable energy” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7811. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R115-03, eff. 2-18-2004)

NAC 704.8915 “Renewable energy system” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) “Renewable energy system” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7815. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R115-03, eff. 2-18-2004)

NAC 704.8917 “Utility provider” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) “Utility provider” means a provider of electric service that is a public utility. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R115-03, eff. 2-18-2004)

NAC 704.8919 Use of credits to comply with portfolio standard. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) Portfolio energy credits may be used to comply with a portfolio standard established by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.7821 or 704.78213, as applicable. (Added to NAC by …

NAC 704.8921 Application for participation in system. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) 1. A portfolio energy system or efficiency measure or an owner of portfolio energy credits who wishes to participate in the system of portfolio energy credits established pursuant to …

NAC 704.8923 Quarterly reports by participants in system and utility providers. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) 1. Each portfolio energy system or efficiency measure or owner of portfolio energy credits who is authorized by the Commission to participate in the system o…

NAC 704.8925 Awarding of credits generated pursuant to certain contracts made before December 8, 2003. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) If a renewable energy system has entered into a contract with a provider of electric service before December 8, 2003, the portfolio en…

NAC 704.8927 Measurement of applicable energy; certification and allocation of credits. (NRS 701B.200, 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 704.8893, electricity generated by a renewable energy system which is authorized to participate in t…

NAC 704.8929 Identification of credits; annual statement of credits. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) 1. Each portfolio energy credit certified by the Administrator pursuant to NAC 704.8927 must be identified by a serial number determined by the Administrator as follows…

NAC 704.8931 Maintenance of certain information on website. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) The Administrator shall establish and maintain a website on the Internet to provide information concerning transactions for the registration, certification, trading and retiring…

NAC 704.8932 Sale of credits by utility provider: Application; notice; approval; exemption. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) 1. A utility provider may submit an application to the Commission for approval of a sale of portfolio energy credits if: (a) The utility provider…

NAC 704.8933 Transfer of credits; monthly statement of account. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) 1. Upon receipt of a joint request for the transfer of a portfolio energy credit from the owner of a portfolio energy credit and the proposed purchaser of the portfolio ener…

NAC 704.8935 Retirement of credits. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) If the owner of portfolio energy credits wishes to retire any such credits from being traded or otherwise transferred before their expiration, the owner’s designated representative must submit a reques…

NAC 704.8937 Responsibilities of utility provider; adoption by reference and revision of certain federal regulations. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) 1. A utility provider shall: (a) Account for portfolio energy credits by using General Instruction 21 as set forth in t…

NAC 704.8938 Participation in alternate system by certain categories of portfolio energy systems: Authority of Regulatory Operations Staff to file petition; order by Commission; compliance with requirements set forth in order. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7821, 704.7828) 1. The Reg…

NAC 704.895 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) As used in NAC 704.895 to 704.8958, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.8951 to 704.8954, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC …

NAC 704.8951 “Base tariff energy rate” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) “Base tariff energy rate” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 704.032. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R072-13, eff. 12-23-2013)

NAC 704.8952 “Electric utility” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) “Electric utility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.187. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R072-13, eff. 12-23-2013)

NAC 704.8953 “Participant” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) “Participant” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7873. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R072-13, eff. 12-23-2013)

NAC 704.8954 “Program” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) “Program” means the Economic Development Electric Rate Rider Program established pursuant to NRS 704.7875. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R072-13, eff. 12-23-2013)

NAC 704.8955 Discounted electric rates to be charged. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) The discounted electric rates that an electric utility shall charge pursuant to the Program must be: 1. In the first and second year of a contract entered into pursuant to NRS 704.7877, a reduc…

NAC 704.8956 Allocation of capacity to new customers. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) Each electric utility shall set aside 25 megawatts of capacity for allocation to new customers pursuant to the Program. If an electric utility enters into one or more contracts with an applican…

NAC 704.8957 Duties of electric utility that provides discounted electric rates. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) 1. An electric utility that provides discounted electric rates pursuant to the Program shall: (a) Establish a tariff pursuant to which a participant will be charged t…

NAC 704.8958 Requirements for annual report to be submitted by electric utility. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.7881) Each electric utility shall, on or before March 1 of each year commencing March 1, 2015, file with the Commission a written report concerning the Program. The report …

NAC 704.9005 Definitions: Terms used in regulation or resource plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) As used in NAC 704.9005 to 704.9525, inclusive, and when used in a utility’s resource plan, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.9006 to 7…

NAC 704.9006 “Action plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Action plan” means a detailed specification of the actions a utility intends to undertake to meet its demand and energy requirements during the 3 years immediately following the year in which its resource plan i…

NAC 704.9007 “Affiliate” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Affiliate” means any entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with any other entity. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 7-31-91)

NAC 704.9015 “Analysis of sensitivity” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Analysis of sensitivity,” sometimes known as “sensitivity analysis” means a set of methods or procedures which results in a determination or estimation of the sensitivity of a result to a change in g…

NAC 704.9023 “Capacity” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Capacity” means the rated continuous load-carrying ability, expressed in watts or volt-amperes, of generation, transmission or electrical equipment. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004…

NAC 704.9024 “Coal-fired electric generating capacity” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Coal-fired electric generating capacity” means the planning capacity of a coal-fired electric generating plant or coal-fired electric generating unit as depicted in the loads and resources ta…

NAC 704.90243 “Coal-fired electric generating plant” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Coal-fired electric generating plant” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7312. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014)

NAC 704.90247 “Coal-fired electric generating unit” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Coal-fired electric generating unit” means an electric generating unit which burns coal to produce electricity and which is owned, in whole or in part, by an electric utility that primarily serv…

NAC 704.9025 “Cogeneration” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Cogeneration” means the simultaneous generation of electric and thermal energy by a facility owned by a utility’s customer, where both forms of energy are put to beneficial use, whether or not the energy is use…

NAC 704.904 “Conservation” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Conservation” means improvements in efficiency in the production, distribution or use of energy that result in reductions in the consumption of electric power. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 6-7-84; …

NAC 704.9055 “Demand” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Demand” means the level at which electric energy is required by a system, a part of a system or a load, expressed in watts, at a given instant or averaged over any designated period. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Com…

NAC 704.9057 “Demand side plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Demand side plan” means the programs proposed by a utility to promote energy efficiency and conservation. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004; A by R042-10, 7-22-2010)

NAC 704.9058 “Distributed generation” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Distributed generation” means generation: 1. That is located on the property of a customer of a utility; 2. That is not owned by the utility; and 3. The output from which is ordinarily consumed locall…

NAC 704.90583 “Distributed resources” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Distributed resources” means distributed generation systems, energy efficiency, energy storage, electric vehicles and demand-response technologies, which may be located on the utility side or the cust…

NAC 704.90585 “Distributed resources plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Distributed resources plan” means the plan the utility is required to include in its resource plan pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 704.741. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R029-19, eff.…

NAC 704.9059 “Electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (c) of subsection 17 of NRS 704.110. (Added to NAC by …

NAC 704.90593 “Eliminate” and “elimination” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Eliminate” or “elimination” means the divestment by an electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties of an interest in a coal-fired electric generating plant or coal-fired electric g…

NAC 704.90595 “Emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan” means: 1. With respect to the initial emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan filed on or before M…

NAC 704.90597 “Emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7314. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014)

NAC 704.906 “End-use” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “End-use” means energy consumption by a specific type of appliance or equipment. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 6-7-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, 5-25-2004)

NAC 704.90605 “Energy efficiency” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Energy efficiency” means a modification of energy use patterns which results in the greater productive use of energy or a reduction in the consumption of electric power. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Co…