Title 58

NRS 704.9985 Collection of taxes, fees and assessments from customers: Duties of public utilities and alternative sellers; billing requirements; disciplinary action for failure to comply. 1. Each public utility that elects to be regulated under an alternative plan of regulation p…

NRS 704.999 Restoration of service: Conditions; tariffs. 1. A customer of natural gas within the service territory of a public utility that supplies natural gas who obtains his or her own supply of natural gas or capacity on a pipeline from a person other than the public utility …

NRS 704.9991 Definitions. As used in NRS 704.9991 to 704.9997, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.9992 to 704.9996, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 228)

NRS 704.9992 “Biogas” defined. “Biogas” means a mixture consisting primarily of methane and carbon dioxide that is produced by the anaerobic digestion with anaerobic bacteria or fermentation of biodegradable materials, including, without limitation, biomass, manure, plant materia…

NRS 704.9993 “Environmental attributes” defined. “Environmental attributes” means any credits, emissions reductions, offsets, allowances or any other benefits attributable to the production and delivery of renewable natural gas. (Added to NRS by 2019, 228)

NRS 704.9994 “Renewable energy” defined. “Renewable energy” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7811. (Added to NRS by 2019, 228)

NRS 704.9995 “Renewable natural gas” defined. “Renewable natural gas” means gas which: 1. Is produced by processing biogas or by converting electric energy generated using renewable energy into storable or injectable gas fuel, in a process commonly known as power-to-gas or electr…

NRS 704.9996 “Renewable natural gas facility” defined. “Renewable natural gas facility” means a facility or any part of the equipment located at a facility that is used to create biogas, create hydrogen for methanation, gather biogas, gather hydrogen, process biogas into renewabl…

NRS 704.9997 Regulations authorizing renewable natural gas activities; approval of activities; recovery of costs; activities authorized to be approved; incorporation of renewable natural gas into gas supply portfolio. 1. The Commission shall adopt regulations authorizing a public…

NRS 704A.010 Declaration of legislative findings and purpose. 1. The Legislature finds that in many areas of this state owners of real property, counties, cities and public utility corporations desire to construct new underground electric and communication services and to convert…

NRS 704A.020 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704A.030 to 704A.150, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in such sections. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1232)

NRS 704A.030 “Clerk” defined. “Clerk” means the de facto or de jure county clerk or city clerk, or such clerk’s successor in functions, if any. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1232)

NRS 704A.040 “Convert” and “conversion” defined. “Convert” or “conversion” means the removal of existing overhead electric and communication facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric and communication facilities constructed at the same or different location…

NRS 704A.050 “Electric and communication facilities” defined. “Electric and communication facilities” means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including but not limited to poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, …

NRS 704A.052 “Engineer” defined. “Engineer” means the de facto or de jure engineer of the municipality, or such engineer’s successor in functions, if any. (Added to NRS by 1973, 472; A 1975, 878)

NRS 704A.060 “Governing body” defined. “Governing body” means: 1. The city council, city commission, board of supervisors or other local legislative or governing body of an incorporated city if all or any part of the service district is located within the limits of such incorpora…

NRS 704A.070 “Lot” defined. “Lot” includes any portion, piece or parcel of land, but not property owned or controlled by any person as a right-of-way. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1233)

NRS 704A.073 “Mailed notice” and “notice by mail” defined. 1. “Mailed notice,” “notice by mail” or any phrase of similar import, except as otherwise qualified, means the giving by the municipal clerk, engineer, treasurer or other designated person, or any deputy thereof, as provi…

NRS 704A.077 “Municipality” and “municipal” defined. 1. “Municipality” means an incorporated city, including, without limitation, Carson City, in which is located wholly or in part the service district, or means the county in the unincorporated area of which is wholly located the…

NRS 704A.080 “New underground electric and communication service district” defined. “New underground electric and communication service district” means an area in which no existing electric and communication facilities are in place. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1233)

NRS 704A.090 “Overhead electric or communication facilities” defined. “Overhead electric or communication facilities” means electric or communication facilities located above the surface of the ground except as provided in NRS 704A.050 and 704A.150. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1233)

NRS 704A.100 “Owner” defined. “Owner” means: 1. The person in whom legal title appears by recorded deed; 2. The person in possession under claim of title; or 3. The person exercising acts of ownership on the person’s own behalf or as the personal representative of the owner, incl…

NRS 704A.110 “Public place” defined. “Public place” includes streets, alleys, roadways, sidewalks, rights-of-way, easements and similar properties as to which an incorporated city, an unincorporated town, a county, the State of Nevada or a public utility corporation may have a ri…

NRS 704A.120 “Public utility corporation” defined. “Public utility corporation” means: 1. Any person or corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada which provides electric or communication service to the public by means of electric or comm…

NRS 704A.125 “Publication” and “publish” defined. 1. “Publication,” “publish” or any term of similar import, except as otherwise qualified, means publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and the service district pertaining thereto, for at l…

NRS 704A.130 “Real property” defined. “Real property” means real estate owned in fee, but not inclusive of any property owned or controlled as a railroad or street right-of-way. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1233)

NRS 704A.140 “Service district” defined. “Service district” means a new underground electric and communication service district as defined by NRS 704A.080, or an underground service district as defined by NRS 704A.150, as the case may be. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1233; A 1997, 2550…

NRS 704A.150 “Underground service district” defined. “Underground service district” means an area in which electric and communication facilities are to be placed underground, exclusive of: 1. Any lines or facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric ene…

NRS 704A.170 Petition by owners for study of costs to establish service district. 1. If not less than 60 percent of the owners of contiguous real property within a reasonably compact area of reasonable size, who own not less than 60 percent on a square foot basis of the real prop…

NRS 704A.180 Statement by governing body of basis for apportionment of costs by assessments; study of costs by public utility; joint report of results of study; costs of joint report. 1. Within 15 days after the receipt of a petition to establish a service district, each public u…

NRS 704A.190 Summary of estimate of costs to be assessed against each lot furnished to owner; joint summary. 1. A summary of the estimate of the costs to be assessed against each lot of real property located within the proposed service district for the new construction or convers…

NRS 704A.200 Petition for establishment of service district: Time and place of filing; number of petitioners required. 1. Within 90 days after the joint report referred to in NRS 704A.180 is made available to the petitioners, not less than 60 percent of the owners of real propert…

NRS 704A.210 Petition for establishment of service district: Manner of giving notice of hearing; payment of costs. 1. Upon receipt of a petition to establish a service district, the governing body shall set a date for a hearing on the petition, which date shall not be later than …

NRS 704A.220 Petition for establishment of service district: Contents of notice of hearing. The notice of the hearing shall: 1. State the time and place where the hearing will be held. 2. Describe the boundaries of the proposed service district. 3. State that the joint report of …

NRS 704A.230 Objections to establishment of service district. 1. Any person owning real property within the proposed service district who wishes to object to the establishment of the proposed service district or to the costs thereof as contained in the joint report pertaining to …

NRS 704A.240 Hearing on petition; findings of governing body; adoption and contents of ordinance; basis for apportioning assessments. 1. At the place, date and hour specified for the hearing in the notice or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be adjourned, the govern…

NRS 704A.250 Inclusion of additional territory: Notice and hearing. 1. If the governing body determines at the hearing that territory not included in the petition should be included within the service district the owners of real property within such territory shall be given notic…

NRS 704A.260 Addition to or alteration of boundaries of district. Additions to and alterations of the boundaries of an established service district shall be made in the manner provided for the establishment of a service district. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1237)

NRS 704A.270 Rehearings. 1. The public utility corporation or corporations involved and all owners of real property within the established service district shall be deemed parties to the proceedings for the purposes of applications for rehearings and appeals. 2. After an order is…

NRS 704A.280 Judicial review; objection to validity of action by governing body. 1. Any party to the proceedings aggrieved by an ordinance of the governing body establishing the service district, as amended, if amended, and filing a written objection as provided in NRS 704A.240 a…

NRS 704A.290 Time for commencement of construction or conversion. If the governing body enacts an ordinance establishing a service district, the public utility corporation is not required to commence construction or conversion until: 1. The time for applying for a rehearing has e…

NRS 704A.300 Placement of facilities. 1. The service facilities within the boundaries of each lot within an underground service district must be placed underground at the same time as or after the underground system in private easements and public places is placed underground. Th…

NRS 704A.310 Interim warrants. 1. For the purpose of paying any contractor or otherwise defraying any costs as they become due from time to time until money is available therefor from the levy and collection of assessments and any issuance of bonds, the governing body may issue i…

NRS 704A.312 Resolution determining total cost of construction or conversion and ordering preparation of assessment roll; validity of assessment; limitations on amount of assessment. 1. At any time after there occur the conditions stated in subsection 1 or in subsections 2 and 3 …

NRS 704B.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704B.020 to 704B.140, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2001, 3223; A 2003, 1260; 2019, 3522)

NRS 704B.020 “Ancillary services” defined. “Ancillary services” means those generation services that: 1. Are necessary to support the transmission of energy and capacity from resources to loads while maintaining reliable operation of the transmission system of the electric utilit…