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NV Rev Stat § 704.7314 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7314 - "Emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan" defined.

Emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan means a plan filed by an electric utility with the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.7316.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3074)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7315 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7315 - "Renewable energy facility" defined.

Renewable energy facility means an electric generating facility that uses renewable energy to produce electricity. As used in this section, "renewable energy" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7715.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3074; A 2019, 14)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7317 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7317 - Electric utility required to record certain amounts in regulatory asset.

An electric utility shall, upon the completion of construction or acquisition of any electric generating plant or other facility constructed or acquired pursuant to an emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan accepted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.751, begin recording in a regulatory asset, with carrying charges, an amount that reflects a return on the electric utility’s investment in the facility, depreciation of the utility’s investment in the facility and the cost of operating and maintaining the facility.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3076)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7318 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7318 - Sites used for production of electricity from coal-fired electric generating plant, natural gas electric generating plant or renewable energy facility: Remediation or reuse; regulation of emissions from electric generating plants constructed on certain sites.

  1. To ensure the remediation and, when possible, the reuse of any site used for the production of electricity from a coal-fired electric generating plant, natural gas electric generating plant or renewable energy facility in this State, the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has exclusive jurisdiction to supervise and regulate the remediation of such sites, including, without limitation, exclusive authority to regulate and supervise the remediation of surface water and groundwater and solid-waste disposal operations located at such a site.  2. The Division of Environmental Protection has exclusive authority to regulate emissions from any electric generating plant constructed on a site previously used for the production of electricity from a coal-fired electric generating plant.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3076; A 2015, 2215)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7319 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7319 - General rate proceedings filed before June 1, 2018, which include request to recover certain costs.

If, in any general rate proceeding filed by an electric utility before June 1, 2018, the utility includes a request for recovery of any amount related to the implementation of an emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan and recovery of such an amount would result in an increase in the electric utility’s total revenue requirement of more than 5 percent, the utility must propose a method or mechanism by which such excess may be mitigated. The Commission may accept or reject such a rate method or mechanism. If the mitigation method or mechanism is approved by the Commission, the utility shall record any deferred revenue in a regulatory asset account and may calculate carrying charges on the unamortized balance of the regulatory asset.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3076)
NV Rev Stat § 704.732 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.732 - Amendment to utility’s emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan required when utility requests approval and acceptance by Commission of contract with new renewable energy facility.

  1. An electric utility shall file with the Commission an amendment to the utility’s emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan each time the utility requests approval and acceptance by the Commission of any contract with a new renewable energy facility as the result of a request for proposals pursuant to the current emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Commission may approve and accept the renewable energy facility if the Commission determines that:  (a) The facility is a renewable energy system as defined in NRS 704.7815; and  (b) The terms and conditions of the contract are just and reasonable and satisfy the capacity requirements set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 704.7316.  2. In considering a contract pursuant to subsection 1, the Commission shall, in addition to considering the cost to customers of the electric utility, give consideration to those contracts or renewable energy facilities that will provide:  (a) The greatest economic benefit to this State;  (b) The greatest opportunity for the creation of new jobs in this State; and  (c) The best value to customers of the electric utility.  3. The Commission may approve a contract as the result of the issuance of a request for proposals after June 10, 2015, if the Commission:  (a) Authorizes the issuance of the request for proposals pursuant to a written order of the Commission issued after June 10, 2015; and  (b) Determines that the electric utility has satisfactorily demonstrated a need for the capacity that would be acquired or otherwise provided for pursuant to the contract.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3077; A 2015, 3656)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7321 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7321 - Commission may recommend to electric utility modification of or amendment to emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan.

If the Commission deems inadequate any portion of an emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan or any amendment to the plan, the Commission may recommend to the electric utility a modification of that portion of the plan or amendment, and the electric utility may:  1. Accept the modification; or  2. Withdraw the proposed plan or amendment.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3077)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7322 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7322 - Regulations.

The Commission shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 704.7311 to 704.7322, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 3077)
NV Rev Stat § 704.733 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.733 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 704.733 to 704.7341, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.7331 to 704.7337, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7331 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7331 - "Asset" defined.

Asset has the meaning ascribed to the term "generation asset" in NRS 704.7575 which contains 50 or more contiguous acres, and of which all real and personal property, including, without limitation, land, structures, equipment and transmission lines and switching stations directly associated with the generation asset, are located wholly or partially within this State.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7332 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7332 - "Decommissioned" defined.

Decommissioned means a surplus asset on which all operations have ceased and which has been cleared and environmentally remediated as necessary and which is ready for sale or disposal.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7333 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7333 - "Electric utility" defined.

Electric utility means any public utility that is in the business, on lands within this State, as sole owner or co-owner of an asset that provides sales or service of electricity to customers within or outside of this State.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7334 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7334 - "Operational" defined.

Operational means an asset which is actively utilized or operating at full capacity or reduced capacity.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7335 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7335 - "Post-operational reserve" defined.

Post-operational reserve means an asset which was formerly operational that is currently closed or temporarily out-of-service, and held for future energy generation.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7336 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7336 - "Pre-operational reserve" defined.

Pre-operational reserve means vacant land held for future energy generation or property in planning or under construction for future energy generation and intended for the creation of a future asset.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7337 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7337 - "Surplus" defined.

Surplus means an asset that is out-of-service and no longer needed, suitable or reasonably intended to be used to generate electricity.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7338 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7338 - Electric utility to file list of assets with Commission; contents of list.

  1. Each electric utility that is required to file a plan pursuant to NRS 704.741 shall include as part of that plan a list of all assets of the electric utility.  2. Each electric utility not specified in subsection 1 which holds a permit issued pursuant to NRS 704.870 shall, on or before January 31 of each year, file with the Commission a list of all assets.   3. Each electric utility not specified in subsection 1 or 2 which owns a utility facility, as defined in NRS 704.860, that was permitted by a local authority based on an application filed before July 1, 1971, shall file with the Commission a list of all assets of the electric utility.  4. The list of assets required by subsections 1, 2 and 3 must:  (a) Include a brief description of each asset;  (b) Include the output capacity of each asset;   (c) Classify each asset as operational, pre-operational reserve, post-operational reserve, surplus or decommissioned; and  (d) For each asset classified as pre-operational reserve or post-operational reserve, include a statement in a form approved by the Commission regarding the viability of the future use of the asset for energy generation.  5. Any asset with more than one owner must be included on the list of assets of each owner who is required to file a list pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2214)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7339 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7339 - Reclassification of asset as surplus.

For each asset classified by an electric utility as pre-operational reserve or post-operational reserve pursuant to:  1. Subsection 1 of NRS 704.7338, the Commission may, after notice and a hearing pursuant to NRS 704.746, reclassify the asset as surplus if the Commission determines that the asset is no longer used or useful to the customers of the electric utility.  2. Subsection 2 or 3 of NRS 704.7338, the Commission may, after notice and a hearing pursuant to NRS 703.320, reclassify the asset as surplus if the Commission determines that the asset is no longer utilized to produce or transmit electricity and that it is not reasonable to expect that the asset will be used to produce or transmit electricity in the future.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2215)
NV Rev Stat § 704.734 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.734 - Surplus asset retirement plans: Filing; contents.

  1. For each asset which has been classified as surplus by an electric utility pursuant to NRS 704.7338 or reclassified as surplus by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.7339, each electric utility which owns all or part of the asset shall file a surplus asset retirement plan with the Commission within 120 days after the asset has been classified or reclassified as surplus. Such a plan is subject to the approval of the Commission.  2. A surplus asset retirement plan must include:  (a) A brief description of the asset, including without limitation, its generating capacity, its current condition and any details regarding ownership.  (b) A plan for the decommissioning of the site, including without limitation, the closure of any remaining operational activities, any required environmental remediation, the removal and disposal of any physical assets deemed unsuitable for redevelopment and remediation, as determined by the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to NRS 704.7318, or, if decommissioning is underway or completed, a full description of the decommissioning program.  (c) A marketing plan for the sale of the asset, prepared in consultation with the Office of Economic Development, which must disclose any environmental issues or other restrictions and emphasize the value of the asset in its marketplace.  (d) A timeline for implementation of the plan, including without limitation, key dates for completion of benchmarks including a final sale date. To the extent reasonably possible, the timeline must indicate a final sale date that is within 30 months after commencement of the plan.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2215)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7341 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7341 - Duty of electric utility to carry out surplus asset retirement plan.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, each electric utility that owns all or part of an asset which has been classified as surplus by an electric utility pursuant to NRS 704.7338 or reclassified as surplus by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.7339 shall carry out the surplus asset retirement plan filed pursuant to NRS 704.734. The Commission may, for good cause, extend the projected final sale date or otherwise amend the surplus asset retirement plan.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2215)
NV Rev Stat § 704.736 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.736 - Applicability.

The application of NRS 704.736 to 704.754, inclusive, is limited to any public utility in the business of supplying electricity which has an annual operating revenue in this state of $2,500,000 or more.  (Added to NRS by 1983, 886; A 1995, 1105; 2009, 993; 2017, 938, 2472; 2019, 14)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7362 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7362 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 704.736 to 704.754, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.7364, 704.7366 and 704.7368 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 937; A 2019, 14)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7364 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7364 - "Cost effective" defined.

Cost effective means an energy efficiency plan or energy efficiency program has a benefit-cost ratio of 1.0 or greater as determined by the Commission, using a test of the cost effectiveness of the plan or program that:  1. Is selected by the Commission; and  2. Accounts for any non-energy benefits of the plan or program.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 937)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7366 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7366 - "Energy efficiency and conservation program" defined.

  1. "Energy efficiency and conservation program" means a program designed, intended or used to improve energy efficiency by reducing the energy consumption by a retail customer of a utility which supplies electricity in this State.  2. The term includes, without limitation, a demand-side response program or load-limiting program that shifts the consumption of energy by a retail customer from one period to another period.  3. The term does not include the implementation or assessment of any rate which is based on the time of day, day of the week or time of year during which electricity is used or which otherwise varies based upon the time during which the electricity is used.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 938)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7368 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7368 - "Renewable energy facility" defined.

Renewable energy facility has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7315.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 10)
NV Rev Stat § 704.738 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.738 - Program of optional pricing for electricity generated from renewable energy: Authorization of Commission required; Commission may authorize higher rates.

  1. A utility which supplies electricity in this state may apply to the Commission for authority to charge, as part of a program of optional pricing, a higher rate for electricity that is generated from renewable energy.  2. The program may provide the customers of the utility with the option of paying a higher rate for electricity to support the increased use by the utility of renewable energy in the generation of electricity.  3. As used in this section, "renewable energy" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7715.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 1104; A 2001, 2530, 3253; 2019, 15)
NV Rev Stat § 704.744 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.744 - Utility required to provide overview of plan or amendment to plan to certain persons before filing such plan or amendment.

The Commission shall require each utility which supplies electricity in this State, not less than 4 months before filing a plan required pursuant to NRS 704.741, or within a reasonable period before filing an amendment to such a plan pursuant to NRS 704.751, to meet with personnel from the Commission and the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General and any other interested persons to provide an overview of the anticipated filing or amendment.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2471)
NV Rev Stat § 704.753 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.753 - Acquisition by utility of renewable energy facility from which utility was authorized to purchase electricity in plan approved by Commission.

A utility may, without any additional approval of the Commission, acquire an existing renewable energy facility or a renewable energy facility that is being developed if:  1. The Commission has accepted a provision of a plan or an amendment to a plan pursuant to NRS 704.751 that provides for the purchase of the electricity generated by the renewable energy facility pursuant to an agreement for the purchase of that electricity.  2. The utility provides a notice to the Commission which states:  (a) That the utility will not include the renewable energy facility in its rate base or expenses associated with the facility in its revenue requirement and, instead, will use the mechanism established by the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 704.752 to account for the electricity generated by the renewable energy facility and charge a just and reasonable price for that electricity to its customers through the deferred accounting mechanism set forth in NRS 704.187;  (b) The contract price originally approved by the Commission will be the just and reasonable price that the utility will charge its customers for electricity generated by the renewable energy facility pursuant to the accounting mechanism set forth in NRS 704.187;   (c) The utility agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the agreement for the purchase of the electricity that was accepted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.751 and acknowledges that, following the conclusion of the term of the agreement, the utility may not include:  (1) Any capital investment associated with the renewable energy facility in the utility’s rate base; or  (2) Any expense associated with the renewable energy facility in the utility’s revenue requirement; and  (d) That the utility acknowledges that, at the conclusion of the existing term of the agreement, the utility may not include a just and reasonable charge for the price of the electricity produced by the renewable energy facility in the deferred accounting mechanism set forth in NRS 704.187 unless the Commission approves a just and reasonable charge by reference to a competitive market price through a plan filed pursuant to NRS 704.741, or an amendment to such plan, filed by the utility pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 704.752.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 11)
NV Rev Stat § 704.754 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.754 - Reports regarding transmission plan.

On or before February 15 of each odd-numbered year, the Commission shall review, approve and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Legislature a written report compiling all information about any transmission plan proposed by, adopted by or made known to the Commission since the last report.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 992)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7561 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7561 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 704.7561 to 704.7595, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.7565 to 704.7581, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 343)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7565 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7565 - "Affiliate" defined.

Affiliate means a person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with an electric utility.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 343)
NV Rev Stat § 704.7568 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.7568 - "Dispose of a generation asset" defined.

Dispose of a generation asset means to:  1. Sell, lease, assign, transfer or divest an interest in a generation asset, in whole or in part, to another person; or  2. Perform any promise, covenant or obligation to sell, lease, assign, transfer or divest an interest in a generation asset, in whole or in part, to another person pursuant to the terms of a contract or agreement executed before, on or after April 18, 2001, unless, before April 18, 2001:  (a) All terms and conditions of the contract or agreement were satisfied; and  (b) All parties to the contract or agreement fully performed all promises, covenants and obligations under the contract or agreement.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 343)