Title 58

NRS 704.1835 Commission required to adopt or amend regulations relating to termination of utility service for gas, water or electricity. 1. For the purposes of protecting the health of residential customers who receive gas, water or electricity from public utilities, the Commissi…

NRS 704.185 Use of deferred accounting by certain natural gas utilities; procedure; limitations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8 of NRS 704.110, a public utility which purchases natural gas for resale may record upon its books and records in deferred accounts all …

NRS 704.187 Use of deferred accounting by certain electric utilities; procedure; limitations. 1. An electric utility that: (a) Purchases fuel or power shall use deferred accounting by recording upon its books and records in deferred accounts all increases and decreases in costs f…

NRS 704.188 Required notice to customer may be provided by electronic transmission if requested by customer and within utility’s capability. If notice is required to be provided by a public utility to a customer pursuant to this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto…

NRS 704.190 Report and investigation of accident or motor vehicle crash; regulations; forms; public inspection of report; inadmissibility of report in action for damages. 1. Every public utility operating in this State shall, whenever an accident or motor vehicle crash occurs in …

NRS 704.195 Recording of telephone call concerning emergency or service outage; disclosure. 1. A public utility may record any telephone call: (a) Concerning an emergency; or (b) Relating to a service outage, Ê if the telephone call is received on a line specified for such teleph…

NRS 704.197 Public utility required to provide name and address of person listed in records of utility upon request of public administrator or deputy or certain other persons performing duties of public administrator; immunity for disclosure made in good faith. 1. A public admini…

NRS 704.201 Investigation by law enforcement agency: Issuance of subpoena to public utility for name and address of person listed in records of customers. 1. To further a criminal or civil investigation, the chief executive officer of a law enforcement agency of this State or a c…

NRS 704.202 Investigation by law enforcement agency: Disclosure of name and address of person listed in records of customers by public utility upon receipt of subpoena; fee; immunity for disclosure made in good faith. 1. Upon receipt of a subpoena by a law enforcement agency purs…

NRS 704.206 Certain public utilities required to provide list of customers upon request of district judge or jury commissioner for use in jury selection; reimbursement for cost of compiling list; immunity for disclosure made in good faith. 1. A public utility, other than a public…

NRS 704.210 Powers of Commission: Adoption of regulations; supervision and regulation of public utilities; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Commission may: (a) Adopt necessary and reasonable regulations governing the procedure, administration and e…

NRS 704.215 Powers of Commission: Adoption of certain rules, regulations and rates by reference. 1. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Commission may adopt by reference all or part of any appropriate: (a) Rule, regulation or rate schedule relating to telecommunication…

NRS 704.220 Powers of Commission: Fixing standards for measurement of conditions pertaining to supply of product or service; prescribing regulations for examination and testing of product or service and measurement thereof; fees for testing. 1. The Commission may, when necessary:…

NRS 704.223 Purchase or transmission of electricity to certain businesses to reduce overall cost of electricity to business: Authorization; additional facilities; agreement; terms and conditions. 1. If a business with a new industrial load has been certified by the Office of Econ…

NRS 704.225 Regulations requiring lower rates for electricity for irrigation pumps: Interruptible service. 1. The Commission shall by regulation require each public utility which furnishes electricity to provide lower rates for electricity for irrigation pumps under a schedule wh…

NRS 704.230 Installation and use of water meters; separate rate for residential users. [Effective until certain conditions concerning agreement between Sierra Pacific Power Company and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe have been met.] 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or in…

NRS 704.235 Use by local government of facilities of public utility for treatment, transportation or exchange of water. 1. The Commission may, upon application of a local government which provides water services, issue an order directing a public utility which has facilities for …

NRS 704.240 Powers of Commission: Purchase of apparatus for examinations and tests; entry on premises to make examination and test; penalties for refusal to allow examination. 1. The Commission may, in its discretion, purchase such materials, apparatus and standard measuring inst…

NRS 704.250 Powers of Commission: Standards for maintenance, use and operation of electric poles, wires, cables and appliances. The Commission is authorized and directed to prescribe the standards for the maintenance, use and operation of electric poles, wires, cables and applian…

NRS 704.260 Powers of Commission: Requiring repair and construction of property and use of appliances for safety; regulations. The Commission shall have power, in the interest of safety or service, after hearing: 1. To determine and order required and necessary repairs, reinforce…

NRS 704.280 Powers of Commission: Regulation of lines and tracks; regulations; safety devices. The Commission may: 1. Regulate the manner in which power and telephone lines, pipelines and the tracks of any street, steam or electric railroad or other common carrier cross or connec…

NRS 704.285 Violation of law governing interception or disclosure of communications made by wire or radio: Investigation; hearing; orders to cease and desist. 1. The Commission, upon its own information or knowledge or upon a complaint by any person, firm, partnership or corporat…

NRS 704.300 Railroad crossings: Powers of Commission; payment of expenses. 1. After an investigation initiated either upon the Commission’s own motion or as the result of the filing of a formal application or complaint by the Department of Transportation, the board of county comm…

NRS 704.305 Railroad crossings: Apportionment of costs of construction, reconstruction and protective devices; maintenance of surface. 1. The entire cost of a new grade crossing or a new grade separation, including any automatic protection devices that may be required, where no e…

NRS 704.307 Railroads: Commission required to perform duties to ensure safety of equipment, facilities, rolling stock and operations and for State’s participation in federal safety program; regulations. The Commission shall: 1. Perform such duties and functions as are necessary: …

NRS 704.309 Railroads: Commission required to levy and collect annual assessments for railroad safety; fee for delinquent assessment; sale or transfer of certificate of public convenience and necessity; action for collection of assessment or fee. 1. The Commission shall levy and …

NRS 704.310 Sale of surplus light, heat or power by person not public utility: Application; approval of contract by Commission. 1. Whenever any person, company, corporation or association which is not engaged in business as a public utility as defined by this chapter, and which d…

NRS 704.320 Purchase of surplus water or electric current by public utility for resale; application filed with Commission; approval of application; seller not deemed public utility. 1. Every person, company, corporation or association which is engaged in business in this state as…

NRS 704.322 “Security” defined. As used in NRS 704.322 to 704.328, inclusive, “security” means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture or other evidence of interest in or indebtedness of a person, firm or corporation. (Added to NRS by 1957, 444)

NRS 704.323 Issuance of security or assumption of obligation by privately owned public utility subject to authorization by Commission; exceptions. 1. No privately owned public utility organized under the laws of and operating in the State of Nevada shall issue any security, or as…

NRS 704.324 Order authorizing issuance of security or assumption of obligation; variable-rate securities; supplemental order; findings; conditions. 1. Upon receipt of an application for an order authorizing the issuance of any security or the assumption of any obligation in respe…

NRS 704.325 Limitations on application of security or proceeds. No public utility shall, without the consent of the Commission, apply any security or any proceeds thereof to any purpose not specified in the Commission’s order, or supplemental order, or to any purpose in excess of…

NRS 704.326 Guarantee or obligation of State not implied. Nothing in NRS 704.322 to 704.325, inclusive, shall be construed to imply any guarantee or obligation on the part of the State of Nevada in respect of any securities to which the provisions of such sections relate. (Added …

NRS 704.327 Payment of necessary expenses of Commission by public utility. All necessary expenses incurred by the Commission in the administration of NRS 704.322 to 704.326, inclusive, shall be charged against and collected from the public utility by the Commission. (Added to NRS…

NRS 704.328 Inapplicability of NRS 704.322 to 704.326, inclusive, to certain public utilities. The provisions of NRS 704.322 to 704.326, inclusive, do not apply to: 1. A public utility engaged in: (a) Interstate commerce if 25 percent or more of the operating revenues of such pub…

NRS 704.329 Mergers, acquisitions or changes in control of public utility or entity that holds controlling interest in public utility: Authorization of Commission required; time within which Commission must act; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, a perso…

NRS 704.3296 “Electric utility” defined. As used in NRS 704.3296 to 704.410, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “electric utility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7571. (Added to NRS by 2001, 343; A 2007, 38, 494)

NRS 704.330 Public utility to obtain certificate of public convenience and necessity; exceptions; terms and conditions; orders to cease and desist; duplication of service; boundaries of certain service areas. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person owning, con…

NRS 704.340 Municipalities and certain trusts for furtherance of public functions not required to obtain certificates; approval and jurisdiction of Commission. 1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 3, a municipality constructing, leasing, operating or maintaining any public …

NRS 704.350 Prerequisites to issuance of certificate. Every applicant for a certificate of public convenience shall furnish such evidence of its corporate character and of its franchise or permits as may be required by the Commission. [Part 36 1/2:109:1919; A 1925, 243; 1947, 743…

NRS 704.355 Considerations for issuance of certificate to certain utilities providing water service or sewage service. In determining whether to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to a new public utility that authorizes the construction, ownership, control or…

NRS 704.360 Conduct of investigations and hearings. All hearings and investigations under NRS 704.3296 to 704.410, inclusive, shall be conducted substantially as is provided for hearings and investigations of tolls, charges and service. [Part 36 1/2:109:1919; A 1925, 243; 1947, 7…

NRS 704.370 Issuance or refusal of certificate: Terms and conditions; hearing required for certain applications; power of Commission to dispense with hearing for certain applications. 1. The Commission shall have the power, after hearing, to issue or refuse such certificate of pu…

NRS 704.380 Public utility beginning, prosecuting or completing new construction without certificate: Levy of tolls and charges prohibited and void; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any public utility beginning, prosecuting or completing any new constr…

NRS 704.390 Discontinuance, modification or restriction of service: Authorization of Commission required; hearing required for certain applications; power of Commission to dispense with hearing for certain applications. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 704.68861 to 704.6888…

NRS 704.400 Order of Commission prima facie lawful from date of order. Every order refusing or granting any certificates of public convenience, or granting or refusing permission to discontinue, modify or restrict service, as provided in NRS 704.3296 to 704.410, inclusive, is pri…