Title 58

NRS 704.880 Power of Commission to dispense with hearing for certain applications; practice and procedure at hearings. The Commission, in its discretion, may dispense with the hearing on the application if, upon the expiration of the time fixed in the notice thereof, no protest a…

NRS 704.885 Parties to proceeding for permit; limited appearance; intervention. 1. The parties to a permit proceeding include: (a) The applicant. (b) The Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (c) Each local government …

NRS 704.890 Grant or denial of permit: Required findings; conditions and modifications. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Commission may not grant a permit for the construction, operation and maintenance of a utility facility, either as proposed or as modified …

NRS 704.8905 Grant or denial of application: Time within which Commission and other permitting entities must act; determination upon record; terms, conditions and modifications; service of Commission order. 1. Except as otherwise required to comply with federal law: (a) Not later…

NRS 704.891 Reports to be filed with Commission by person holding permit who is not public utility. 1. Any person other than a public utility who receives a permit issued by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.820 to 704.900, inclusive, shall, as provided in subsection 2, file wit…

NRS 704.893 Limitations on purchase of capacity of utility facility by certain public utilities. No public utility which has a parent or an affiliated corporation or a subsidiary of that parent or affiliated corporation with an interest in the ownership of a utility facility, may…

NRS 704.895 Rehearing; judicial review. 1. Any party aggrieved by any order issued by the Commission on an application for a permit may apply for a rehearing within 15 days after issuance of the order. Any party aggrieved by the final order of the Commission on rehearing may obta…

NRS 704.897 Effect of provisions on jurisdiction of Commission over public utilities serving retail customers in State. Nothing in the provisions of NRS 704.820 to 704.900, inclusive, may be construed as limiting the jurisdiction of the Commission over public utilities which serv…

NRS 704.900 Cooperation with other states and Federal Government. The Commission, in the discharge of its duties under NRS 704.820 to 704.900, inclusive, or any other law, shall, to the extent practicable, make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the State…

NRS 704.905 Definitions. As used in NRS 704.905 to 704.960, inclusive: 1. “Alternative seller” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.994. 2. “Company town” means a community whose primary purpose is to provide housing to employees of a person who owns not less than 70 percent…

NRS 704.910 Applicability of provisions to manufactured home parks and mobile home parks; utility or alternative seller prohibited from selling to landlord at higher rate. 1. The provisions of NRS 704.905 to 704.960, inclusive, apply to manufactured home parks governed by the pro…

NRS 704.920 Applicability of provisions to company towns; examination and testing of lines and equipment by utility or alternative seller which provides services to manufactured home park, mobile home park or company town; payment of costs of such examination and testing by owner…

NRS 704.930 Manner of provision and interruption of service by landlord of manufactured home park or mobile home park or owner of company town; notice of proposed increase in rates. If a utility or an alternative seller provides a utility service to a manufactured home park, mobi…

NRS 704.940 Rates; service charges; proration and limitations on certain charges for water; itemization of charges; retention of copy of billings; transfer of balance by landlord upon termination of interest in manufactured home park or mobile home park; authority of Commission t…

NRS 704.950 Complaints: Investigation by Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution; action by Commission; enforcement of order. 1. The tenant of a lot in a manufactured home park or mobile home park or occupant of a dwelling in a company town who believes that the landlord or own…

NRS 704.960 Annual report to be filed by landlord of manufactured home park or mobile home park or owner of company town; regulations. Each landlord of a manufactured home park or mobile home park or owner of a company town who is billed by a utility or an alternative seller and …

NRS 704.964 Lease of tank for storage of liquefied petroleum gas: Removal of tank upon request; requirements for refund; penalty. 1. Each dealer who leases a tank for the storage of liquefied petroleum gas to a customer shall, upon the request of a customer, remove the tank from …

NRS 704.9901 Collection of taxes, fees and assessments from customers: Duties of providers; billing requirements; disciplinary action for failure to comply. 1. Each provider of discretionary natural gas service shall: (a) Collect from each customer who is purchasing natural gas f…

NRS 704.9903 Definitions. As used in NRS 704.9903 to 704.99041, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.99031 to 704.99038, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2025, 2890)

NRS 704.99031 “Alternative rate-making mechanism” defined. “Alternative rate-making mechanism” means a rate-making mechanism in an alternative rate-making plan and includes, without limitation, performance-based rates, formula rates, multi-year rate plans, an earnings-sharing mec…

NRS 704.99032 “Alternative rate-making plan” defined. “Alternative rate-making plan” means a plan that would implement one or more alternative rate-making mechanisms to be used in addition to or in place of the rate-making process established by NRS 704.110. (Added to NRS by 2025…

NRS 704.99033 “Decoupling mechanism” defined. “Decoupling mechanism” means a mechanism that disassociates a natural gas utility’s financial performance and results from the sales of natural gas by the natural gas utility. (Added to NRS by 2025, 2890)

NRS 704.99034 “Earnings-sharing mechanism” defined. “Earnings-sharing mechanism” means a mechanism designed by the Commission that requires a natural gas utility to share earnings with its customers. (Added to NRS by 2025, 2890)

NRS 704.99035 “Formula rates” defined. “Formula rates” means rates that are periodically adjusted based on a predetermined formula approved by the Commission without the need for a natural gas utility to file a general rate application pursuant to NRS 704.110. (Added to NRS by 20…

NRS 704.99036 “Multi-year rate plan” defined. “Multi-year rate plan” means a rate mechanism under which the Commission sets rates and revenue requirements for a multi-year plan period of more than 36 months, including, without limitation, a plan which authorizes periodic changes …

NRS 704.99037 “Natural gas utility” defined. “Natural gas utility” means a public utility which purchases natural gas for resale. (Added to NRS by 2025, 2891)

NRS 704.99038 “Performance-based rates” defined. “Performance-based rates” means rates that are set or adjusted based on the performance of a natural gas utility, as determined by such performance metrics as the Commission may establish. (Added to NRS by 2025, 2891)

NRS 704.99039 Regulations establishing procedures to apply for approval of alternative rate-making plan; additional requirements for certain plans; Commission not required to accept applications to establish plan if certain criteria not met. 1. The Commission shall adopt regulati…

NRS 704.9904 Application for establishment of alternative rate-making plan; action by Commission on application; consumer session required; requirements if plan authorizes recovery of costs of capital expenditure; acceptance or rejection of modified plan by utility; investigation…

NRS 704.99041 Prohibition against construction limiting rate-making authority of Commission. The provisions of NRS 704.9903 to 704.99041, inclusive, must not be construed to limit the existing rate-making authority of the Commission. (Added to NRS by 2025, 2894) Resource Planning…

NRS 704.99051 Definitions. As used in NRS 704.99051 to 704.9925, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.99052 to 704.99059, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1524)

NRS 704.99052 “Carbon capture, use and storage” defined. “Carbon capture, use and storage” means the capture of greenhouse gas emissions, including, without limitation, through direct air capture, that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1524)

NRS 704.99053 “Carbon-neutral natural gas” defined. “Carbon-neutral natural gas” means natural gas accompanied by offsetting measures to balance greenhouse gas emissions generated when natural gas is combusted. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1524)

NRS 704.99054 “Carbon offset” defined. “Carbon offset” means a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions or an increase in carbon capture, use and storage used to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions that occur elsewhere. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1524)

NRS 704.99055 “Energy efficiency and conservation” defined. “Energy efficiency and conservation” means a reduction in energy intensity or energy consumption. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1524)

NRS 704.99056 “Greenhouse gas” defined. “Greenhouse gas” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445B.137. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1524)

NRS 704.99057 “Load management” defined. “Load management” means the practice of adjusting or reshaping energy usage from one period to another. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1524)

NRS 704.99058 “Responsibly sourced or transported natural gas” defined. “Responsibly sourced or transported natural gas” means geologic natural gas that is produced or transported with methane emission intensity levels that are below a certain threshold and using processes that d…

NRS 704.99059 “Significant operational or capital requirements” defined. “Significant operational or capital requirements” means the construction of a new transmission, distribution, compression or storage facility or the rehabilitation, replacement, modification, upgrade, uprate…

NRS 704.991 Plan to meet needs for natural gas at lowest reasonable cost: Triennial filing required; contents prescribed by regulation; requirement to provide overview to certain persons before filing. 1. To ensure all energy users continue to have access to safe, reliable, susta…

NRS 704.9913 Public hearing on adequacy of plan; determination by Commission. 1. After a public utility has filed its plan pursuant to NRS 704.991, the Commission shall convene a public hearing on the adequacy of the plan. 2. The Commission shall determine the parties to the publ…

NRS 704.9915 Order accepting or modifying plan or amendment to plan or specifying inadequacies; recovery of prudently incurred costs. 1. After a public utility has filed the plan required pursuant to NRS 704.991, the Commission shall issue an order accepting or modifying the plan…

NRS 704.9917 Filing of general rate application at certain times prohibited. A public utility which purchases natural gas for resale to 10 or more customers in this State shall not file a general rate application: 1. During the 180 days immediately preceding the date on which the…

NRS 704.992 Establishment of mechanism for recovery of costs by public utility without regard to difference in quantity of natural gas sold. The Commission shall adopt regulations to establish procedures for a public utility which purchases natural gas for resale to 10 or more cu…

NRS 704.9925 Authority for utility which purchases natural gas for resale to expand infrastructure consistent with program of economic development; procedures for recovery of costs associated with certain activities; regulations. 1. The Commission shall adopt regulations: (a) Aut…

NRS 704.993 Definitions. As used in NRS 704.993 to 704.999, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.994, 704.995 and 704.996 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1902; A 2003, 3030)