Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 703.112 Severability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) If any provision of this chapter or any application thereof to any person, thing or circumstance is held invalid, the Commission intends that such invalidity not affect the remaining provisions, or their application, that can be gi…

NAC 703.115 Deviation from regulations. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The Commission or the presiding officer may allow deviation from the provisions of this chapter if: 1. Good cause for the deviation appears; 2. The person requesting the deviation provides a specific reference to each…

NAC 703.120 Computation and extension of time. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) Except as otherwise provided by law: 1. In computing any period prescribed or allowed by any regulation of the Commission, the day of the act, event or default from or after which the designated period begins t…

NAC 703.125 Fees and remittances. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A fee or remittance by money order, bank draft or check to the Commission must be made payable to the “Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.” A remittance in currency or coin is acceptable but is sent wholly at the risk of…

NAC 703.130 Public records. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all documents filed with the Commission become matters of public record as of the day and time of their filing. The Secretary, within reasonable limits of time and general expediency, shall…

NAC 703.132 Submission of documents: Format. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Any document submitted to the Commission must be either a system document or a nonsystem document. 2. A person may provide to the Commission, the staff of the Commission and any party of record to a proceeding…

NAC 703.134 System documents. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. All system documents must be submitted in accordance with the Electronic Filing User’s Guide. 2. The Commission will send an electronic mail verifying the submission of a system document to the person who submits the system …

NAC 703.136 Nonsystem documents. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in order for the Commission to scan a nonsystem document into the records management system, the document must: (a) Be typewritten in black ink or be prepared by another dupli…

NAC 703.138 Maintenance of documents in records management system. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) All documents submitted to the Commission will be maintained in the records management system, except those documents submitted pursuant to NAC 703.5274. (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm…

NAC 703.140 Rejection of documents; effect of acceptance. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A document which is not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter or applicable statutes may be rejected. If rejected, that document will be returned with an indication of its deficiencies. T…

NAC 703.145 Receipt of documents by Commission. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A document is considered officially received by the Commission only if it is: 1. Filed at the Commission’s office in Carson City or Las Vegas and addressed to the Secretary of the Commission; 2. Presented to t…

NAC 703.155 General duties of Secretary. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The Secretary has custody of the minutes of the Commission’s proceedings, of its regulations and of all other records of the Commission, including its administrative orders. Orders of the Commission will be authen…

NAC 703.158 Service lists. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The Commission will maintain one or more service lists for proceedings before the Commission, including, without limitation, a service list that applies to all proceedings before the Commission. 2. Except as otherwise provided …

NAC 703.160 Public notice of certain filings or proceedings. (NRS 703.025, 703.320, 703.380, 704.210) 1. The Secretary shall cause public notice of each filing or proceeding described in subsection 10 to be published in the manner prescribed in this section. If a notice is requir…

NAC 703.162 Inclusion of certain information in application, tariff, complaint or petition. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A person who causes an application, tariff filing, complaint or petition described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 10 of NAC 703.160 to be filed with th…

NAC 703.163 Informal discovery meetings concerning applications for certain adjustments. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) Not later than 14 days before a utility files: 1. An application for an adjustment to a general rate pursuant to NAC 703.2201 to 703.2481, inclusive, or 703.251 to 703.…

NAC 703.164 Consumer sessions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. In addition to the consumer sessions required by statute, the Commission may schedule one or more consumer sessions in any proceeding before the Commission, including, without limitation, any proceeding involving changes to…

NAC 703.170 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The provisions of NAC 703.170 to 703.205, inclusive, apply to an application by a public utility for a certificate to begin operations as a public utility or to construct or extend its plant or system in such a manner as to requir…

NAC 703.175 General requirements. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) An applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity must, in addition to complying with the provisions of NAC 703.530 to 703.615, inclusive, submit the following data, either in the application or as exhibits…

NAC 703.180 Specific requirements for small-scale providers of last resort that are not competitive suppliers. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) In the case of a small-scale provider of last resort that is not a competitive supplier, in addition to all other applicable requirements of NAC 7…

NAC 703.185 Specific requirements for electric companies. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) In the case of an electric company, in addition to all other applicable requirements of NAC 703.175, an application must include: 1. Load and resource data setting forth recorded and estimated loads …

NAC 703.190 Specific requirements for water utilities. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.355) 1. In the case of a water utility, in addition to all applicable requirements of NAC 703.175, an application must include the following information regarding its technical, managerial and finan…

NAC 703.195 Specific requirements for wastewater utilities. (NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.355) 1. In the case of a wastewater utility, in addition to all other applicable requirements of NAC 703.175, an application must include the following information regarding its technical, mana…

NAC 703.197 Specific requirements for annexations by existing water and wastewater utilities. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) In the case of an annexation by an existing water or wastewater utility, in addition to all other applicable requirements of NAC 703.175, an application for a cert…

NAC 703.199 Annual requirements for water and wastewater utilities. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) After obtaining an initial certificate of public convenience and necessity to begin operations as a public utility, a water or wastewater utility shall submit, with its annual report filed …

NAC 703.200 Specific requirements for water and sewer companies that are no longer exempt. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) In the case of an application by a water or sewer company that is no longer exempt under NRS 704.021, in addition to the information required by NAC 703.175 and 703.1…

NAC 703.205 Specific requirements for gas companies. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) In the case of a utility which transmits or distributes natural gas or liquefied petroleum, in addition to the information required by NAC 703.175, an application must include: 1. The estimated number of …

NAC 703.2201 Definitions. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) As used in NAC 703.2201 to 703.2481, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Uniform system of accounts” means uniform system of accounts prescribed for public utilities and licensees, classes A, B, C and D, which wer…

NAC 703.2205 Applicability. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The provisions of NAC 703.2201 to 703.2481, inclusive, apply to all public utilities: 1. Which produce, deliver or furnish electricity or gas; and 2. Which furnish water or services for the disposal of sewage, or both, and are no…

NAC 703.2206 Certain public utilities furnishing water for municipal, industrial or domestic purposes or services for disposal of sewage: Waiver of requirement to file general rate application. (NRS 703.025, 704.110, 704.210) The Commission may, upon the request of a public utili…

NAC 703.22065 Certain public utilities furnishing water for municipal, industrial or domestic purposes or services for disposal of sewage: Inclusion in general rate application of actual expenses to prepare and present application. (NRS 703.025, 704.110, 704.210) 1. A public util…

NAC 703.2207 Public utilities furnishing electricity, gas, or water or services for disposal of sewage: Notice of intent to file application for adjustments in rates. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A public utility that furnishes electricity, gas, or water or services for the disposal…

NAC 703.22073 Public utilities furnishing water or service for disposal of sewage: Meeting with Regulatory Operations Staff before filing notice of intent to file application for adjustments in rates. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 703.400, a public…

NAC 703.22075 Public utilities furnishing water or services for disposal of sewage: Use of certain factors in application; requests for certain rate increases and surcharges. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) A public utility that furnishes water or services for the disposal of sewage, or b…

NAC 703.2208 Public utilities furnishing electricity, gas, or water or services for disposal of sewage: Submission of master document for request of data. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A public utility that furnishes electricity, gas, or water or services for the disposal of sewage, …

NAC 703.2209 Public utilities furnishing electricity, gas, or water or services for disposal of sewage: Meeting with Consumer’s Advocate and Regulatory Operations Staff before filing application. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. A public utility that furnishes electricity, gas, or water…

NAC 703.2211 Information required in application. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) An application by a public utility for adjustments in rates or charges must include: 1. An exhibit in the format of a tariff showing in full the rates, fares or rules desired to be put into effect or the gen…

NAC 703.2215 Information to be filed with application. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) Except as otherwise provided pursuant to a meeting held pursuant to NAC 703.22073, the applicable statements and schedules prescribed under NAC 703.2265 to 703.2452, inclusive, and an index of these sta…

NAC 703.2221 Additional information. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) The list contained in NAC 703.2265 to 703.2452, inclusive, is not exclusive. Any additional information necessary to determine the fairness and reasonableness of the proposed change must be supplied upon request of the C…

NAC 703.2225 Illustrative format. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) Copies of illustrative statements and schedules will be available at the Commission’s offices during business hours for use by prospective applicants. [Pub. Service Comm’n, Gen. Order 3 Rule 16 § 5, eff. 10-14-82]

NAC 703.2231 Scope of presentation and preparation for hearing. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) An applicant must be prepared to go forward at a hearing on the data which have been submitted and to sustain the burden of proof of establishing that its proposed changes are just and reasonab…

NAC 703.2235 Format of statements and schedules. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) Statements and schedules must generally follow the illustrative examples mentioned in NAC 703.2225. Each item must be labeled, be mathematically correct, be properly cross-referenced and it must indicate the …

NAC 703.2241 Nonapplicable statements and schedules. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) All statements and schedules required to be submitted to the Commission pursuant to NAC 703.2265 to 703.2461, inclusive, must be in alphabetical sequence. If the applicant omits any required statement or …

NAC 703.2245 Recorded data and adjustments. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. Amounts which purport to represent recorded data and are included in a statement or schedule must be reported in a separate column or columns. Adjustments to recorded data must also be reported in a separate co…

NAC 703.2247 Statements of effects of expected changes in circumstances: Submission by certain natural gas utilities. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) If a public utility which purchases natural gas for resale elects, pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 704.110, to submit with its general rate…

NAC 703.2251 Reliance on other data. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) If the applicant has relied on data other than that presented in the statements and schedules prescribed by NAC 703.2201 to 703.2481, inclusive, such other data must be submitted in addition to the prescribed statements …

NAC 703.2255 Supporting data. (NRS 703.025, 704.210) 1. The data in support of the proposed change in rates must include the required recorded data, adjustments and other computations and information on which the applicant relies to justify the proposed rates. 2. Any data or summ…