CHAPTER 704 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES GENERALLY

NAC 704.9069 “Financial plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Financial plan” means a plan that demonstrates the financial impact of the preferred plan of a utility on the utility and its customers. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004)

NAC 704.9075 “Forecast of base growth” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Forecast of base growth” means a forecast of the peak demand and energy consumption for a utility’s bundled retail and wholesale customers that the utility has an obligation to serve, based on the mo…

NAC 704.9085 “Forecast of high growth” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Forecast of high growth” means a forecast of the peak demand and energy consumption for a utility’s bundled retail and wholesale customers that the utility has an obligation to serve, based on the hi…

NAC 704.9095 “Forecast of low growth” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Forecast of low growth” means a forecast of the peak demand and energy consumption for a utility’s bundled retail and wholesale customers that the utility has an obligation to serve, based on the lowe…

NAC 704.9099 “Fuel procurement plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Fuel procurement plan” means a plan which establishes the parameters of a fuel supply portfolio for a utility and which balances the objectives of: 1. Minimizing the cost of fuel; 2. Minimizing retail …

NAC 704.9101 “Grid needs assessment” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Grid needs assessment” means an assessment of the constraints on a utility’s electric grid and proposed solutions to those constraints. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-201…

NAC 704.9102 “Hosting capacity analysis” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Hosting capacity analysis” means the analysis to determine the amount of distributed resources that can be accommodated on a particular feeder section of the distribution system at a given time und…

NAC 704.9103 “Independent power producer” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Independent power producer” means a generating facility that is connected to the system but is not owned by a public utility. The term includes any qualifying cogeneration or small power productio…

NAC 704.9107 “Intermittent energy resources” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Intermittent energy resources” means those resources using renewable energy whose electrical output cannot be accurately forecasted for day-ahead scheduling. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Com…

NAC 704.9109 “Locational net benefit analysis” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Locational net benefit analysis” means a cost-benefit analysis of distributed resources that incorporates location-specific net benefits to the electric grid. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities …

NAC 704.9111 “Long-term avoided cost” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Long-term avoided cost” means the incremental costs of electric energy or capacity, or both, to a utility which, but for the purchase of electric energy or capacity from one or more qualifying facilit…

NAC 704.9113 “Long-term purchased power obligation” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Long-term purchased power obligation” means: 1. A long-term portfolio energy credits contract, long-term renewable energy contract or energy efficiency contract that must be submitted to…

NAC 704.9115 “Losses” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Losses” means the difference between the electric energy that is generated or purchased by a utility and the electric energy that is used or sold by the utility. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2…

NAC 704.9133 “Non-wires alternative” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Non-wires alternative” means a solution to an identified constraint on the utility’s electric grid which may include, without limitation, the deployment of a distributed resource or suite of distribute…

NAC 704.9135 “Normalized” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Normalized” means adjusted to reflect normal or representatively variable conditions. (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 6-7-84)

NAC 704.9147 “Planning capacity” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Planning capacity” means an amount of firm electric generating capacity required by an electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties to meet its peak load and provide a planning reserve margin …

NAC 704.915 “Pooling of power” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Pooling of power” means the coordinating of plans and operations by two or more electric utilities or independent power producers through the interconnection of their systems to supply power to their custome…

NAC 704.9152 “Preferred plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Preferred plan” means the selection by a utility of its preferred supply options for a 20-year period. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004)

NAC 704.9153 “Purchased power procurement plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Purchased power procurement plan” means a plan which establishes the parameters of a purchased power portfolio for a utility and which balances the objectives of: 1. Minimizing the cost of p…

NAC 704.9154 “Renewable energy” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Renewable energy” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7811. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004)

NAC 704.91541 “Renewable energy facility” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Renewable energy facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7315. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014)

NAC 704.91542 “Renewable energy zone transmission action plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Renewable energy zone transmission action plan” means the part of a utility’s action plan that identifies recommended action items for serving one or more of the renewable ene…

NAC 704.91543 “Renewable energy zone transmission plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Renewable energy zone transmission plan” means the part of a utility’s supply plan that addresses the construction or expansion of transmission facilities to: 1. Serve each of the re…

NAC 704.91544 “Renewable energy zones” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Renewable energy zones” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.741. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R088-10, eff. 12-16-2010)

NAC 704.9156 “Resource plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Resource plan” means the plan that a utility is required by NRS 704.741 to submit every third year to the Commission, that consists of, and provides an integrated analysis of: 1. A load forecast; 2. A demand s…

NAC 704.91565 “Retire” and “retirement” defined. (NRS 704.7322, 704.741) “Retire” or “retirement” means to withdraw a coal-fired electric generating plant or coal-fired electric generating unit permanently from service. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R131-13, eff. 3-28…

NAC 704.9157 “Risk management strategy” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Risk management strategy” means a systematic method utilized by a utility to: 1. Identify risks inherent in procuring and obtaining a supply portfolio; and 2. Establish the means by which the utilit…

NAC 704.9161 “Staff” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Staff” means persons employed by the Commission that are assigned by the Commission to regulatory operations. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004)

NAC 704.9163 “Substantially accurate data” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Substantially accurate data” means data: 1. That a utility demonstrates has been gathered from the best sources of information available to it; or 2. The validity of which is inherently uncertain…

NAC 704.9166 “Supply plan” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Supply plan” means a utility’s plan for using existing and proposed resources to meet its forecasted demand and energy requirements. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004)

NAC 704.9173 “Year” defined. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) “Year” means a calendar year. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004)

NAC 704.9212 Goals for energy savings resulting from energy efficiency programs; modification of goal. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741, 704.7836) 1. Pursuant to NRS 704.7836, the goal for energy savings established by the Commission for each electric utility is: (a) For the period…

NAC 704.9215 Summary of resource plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. A utility’s resource plan must be accompanied by a summary that is suitable for distribution to the public. The summary must contain easily interpretable tables, graphs and maps and must not contain any com…

NAC 704.922 Technical appendix to resource plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. A utility’s resource plan must include a technical appendix. The appendix must contain sufficient detail to enable a technically proficient reader to understand how the resource plan and its forec…

NAC 704.9225 Forecasts of peak demand and annual energy consumption: General requirements. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. A utility’s resource plan must contain a series of forecasts of the peak demand and annual energy consumption that represent the range of future load whic…

NAC 704.923 Periods to be covered by resource plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) The periods that must be covered by the utility’s resource plan are as follows: 1. For historical data, the 10-year period preceding the year in which the resource plan is filed. If estimated data…

NAC 704.9235 Formats for information included in resource plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. A utility shall, in consultation with the staff and subject to the approval of the Commission, develop suitable formats to be used for all information required in the resource plan …

NAC 704.9237 Requirements and contents of distributed resources plan; identification and justification of certain changes of methodology; public posting of update to hosting capacity analysis. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. The resource plan of a utility must contain a distri…

NAC 704.9238 Deviation from and amendment of distributed resources plan. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. Notwithstanding the approval of the Commission of the distributed resources plan of a utility, the utility may deviate from the approved distributed resources plan to the e…

NAC 704.9239 Update of distributed resources plan: Filing; requirements. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. Beginning in calendar year 2020, on or before September 1 of the first and second years after the action plan of a utility is filed, the utility shall file an update of the…

NAC 704.9241 Update of distributed resources plan: Action by Commission. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. The Commission will conduct a hearing within 60 days after a utility files an update of its distributed resources plan pursuant to NAC 704.9239 and issue an order within 12…

NAC 704.9245 Normalizing forecast values of peak demand and energy consumption to account for normal weather conditions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) All forecast values of peak demand and energy consumption must be normalized to account for normal weather conditions within th…

NAC 704.925 Resource plan: Inclusion, contents and evaluation of forecasts of energy consumption and peak demand; consideration of certain impacts; identification of change in methodology of forecasting. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. A utility’s resource plan must include fo…

NAC 704.9281 Resource plan: Contents of data relating to peak demand and energy consumption. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. The historical data relating to peak demand and energy consumption submitted in a utility’s resource plan must contain: (a) The recorded and coincident …

NAC 704.9321 Resource plan: Reliability of assumptions, forecasts, conclusions and information; adjustments to forecasts; maps of covered areas; supportive testimony. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. To the extent consistent with cost-effective procedures generally accepted by …

NAC 704.934 Preparation, contents and submission of demand side plan; annual analyses regarding programs for energy efficiency and conservation. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741, 704.7836) 1. As part of its resource plan, a utility shall submit a demand side plan that is cost effec…

NAC 704.9355 Analyses of options for supply. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.741) 1. A utility shall develop a set of analyses of its options for supply to be considered for meeting the expected future demand on its system. These analyses must include an examination of the environment…