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NV Rev Stat § 704.033 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.033 - Levy and collection; limitations.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the Commission shall levy and collect an annual assessment from all public utilities, providers of new electric resources, providers of discretionary natural gas service and alternative sellers subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, the annual assessment must be:  (a) For the use of the Commission, not more than 3.50 mills; and  (b) For the use of the Consumer’s Advocate, not more than 0.75 mills,  on each dollar of gross operating revenue derived from the intrastate operations of such utilities, providers of new electric resources, providers of discretionary natural gas service and alternative sellers in the State of Nevada. The total annual assessment must be not more than 4.25 mills.  3. The levy for the use of the Consumer’s Advocate must not be assessed against railroads.  4. The minimum assessment in any 1 year must be $100.  5. The gross operating revenue of the utilities must be determined for the preceding calendar year. In the case of:  (a) Telecommunication providers, except as provided in paragraph (c), the revenue shall be deemed to be all intrastate revenues.  (b) Railroads, the revenue shall be deemed to be the revenue received only from freight and passenger intrastate movements.  (c) All public utilities, providers of new electric resources, providers of discretionary natural gas service and alternative sellers, the revenue does not include the proceeds of any commodity, energy or service furnished to another public utility, provider of new electric resources, provider of discretionary natural gas service or alternative seller for resale.  6. Providers of commercial mobile radio service are not subject to the annual assessment and, in lieu thereof, shall pay to the Commission an annual licensing fee of $200.  7. "Provider of new electric resources" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704B.130.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 1113; A 1965, 543; 1969, 1001; 1971, 726; 1973, 331, 1832; 1975, 907; 1977, 548; 1981, 1678; 1983, 531; 1989, 618; 1997, 1906; 2001, 1762, 3244, 3272; 2003, 235; 2007, 694; 2009, 1393, 2017; 2019, 3514)
NV Rev Stat § 704.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.050 - Special contract rates.

  1. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent concentration, commodity, transit and other special contract rates, but all such rates shall be open to all shippers of a like kind of traffic under similar circumstances and conditions, and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter as to the printing and filing of the same.  2. All such rates shall be under the supervision and regulation of the Commission.  [16:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3159; NCL § 6115]
NV Rev Stat § 704.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.060 - Charge for shorter haul included within longer haul.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed:  1. To allow any railroad to charge more for a shorter than for a longer haul, either for passengers or freight, when the shorter haul is included within the longer; or  2. To authorize the Commission to allow such charge to be made.  [20:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3161; NCL § 6120]
NV Rev Stat § 704.061 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.061 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 704.061 to 704.110, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.062, 704.065 and 704.066 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 3243; A 2013, 740)
NV Rev Stat § 704.062 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.062 - "Application to make changes in any schedule" and "application" defined.

Application to make changes in any schedule and "application" include, without limitation:  1. A general rate application;  2. An application to recover the cost of purchased fuel, purchased power, or natural gas purchased for resale;  3. An annual deferred energy accounting adjustment application; and  4. An annual rate adjustment application.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 3243; A 2007, 2978; 2011, 384)
NV Rev Stat § 704.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.065 - "Rate" defined.

Rate means any individual or joint rate, toll or charge imposed by a public utility for a service performed or product furnished by the public utility.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 3243)
NV Rev Stat § 704.066 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.066 - "Schedule" defined.

Schedule means any schedule that establishes or otherwise sets the rates for a public utility and any individual or joint rule, regulation, practice, classification or measurement that in any manner affects those rates.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 3243)
NV Rev Stat § 704.068 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.068 - Acts deemed to be change in schedule.

For the purposes of NRS 704.061 to 704.110, inclusive, a public utility shall be deemed to make changes in a schedule if the public utility implements a new schedule or amends an existing schedule.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 3243; A 2013, 740)
NV Rev Stat § 704.069 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.069 - Commission required to conduct consumer session for certain rate cases; Commission required to conduct general consumer session annually in certain counties.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 9 and 11 of NRS 704.110, the Commission shall conduct a consumer session to solicit comments from the public in any matter pending before the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.061 to 704.110, inclusive, in which:  (a) A public utility has filed a general rate application, an application to recover the increased cost of purchased fuel, purchased power, or natural gas purchased for resale, an annual deferred energy accounting adjustment application pursuant to NRS 704.187 or an annual rate adjustment application; and  (b) The changes proposed in the application will result in an increase in annual gross operating revenue, as certified by the applicant, in an amount that will exceed $50,000 or 10 percent of the applicant’s annual gross operating revenue, whichever is less.  2. In addition to the case-specific consumer sessions required by subsection 1, the Commission shall, during each calendar year, conduct at least one general consumer session in the county with the largest population in this State and at least one general consumer session in the county with the second largest population in this State. At each general consumer session, the Commission shall solicit comments from the public on issues concerning public utilities. Not later than 60 days after each general consumer session, the Commission shall submit the record from the general consumer session to the Legislative Commission.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 3243; A 2005, 1919; 2007, 2978; 2011, 384; 2013, 740)
NV Rev Stat § 704.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.070 - Public utility required to file current schedules with Commission and to post current schedules at certain offices; public inspection of current schedules.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 704.075, 704.095, 704.097 and 704.68861 to 704.68887, inclusive:  1. Each public utility shall file with the Commission, within a time to be fixed by the Commission, a copy of all schedules that are currently in force for the public utility. Such schedules must be open to public inspection.  2. A copy of each schedule that is currently in force for the public utility, or so much of the schedule as the Commission deems necessary for inspection by the public, must be:  (a) Printed in plain type and posted in each office of the public utility where payments are made to the public utility by its customers; and  (b) Open to inspection by the public and in such form and place as to be readily accessible to and conveniently inspected by the public.  [Part 14:109:1919; A 1933, 228; 1931 NCL § 6113] — (NRS A 1985, 1126; 1989, 1834; 2001, 3245; 2007, 696)
NV Rev Stat § 704.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.075 - Separate standards for rates for natural gas supplied to commercial and industrial customers; exemption from certain provisions concerning rates.

  1. As used in this section, with respect to the sale of natural gas:  (a) "Generating customer" means a customer who generates electricity by burning natural gas.  (b) "Industrial customer" means a customer engaged primarily in manufacturing or processing which changes raw or unfinished materials into another form or creates another product.  (c) "Large commercial customer" means a customer whose requirements equal or exceed 50,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day on any day and which is an institution, an agency of federal, state or local government, or engaged primarily in renting out offices or other commercial space, in providing lodging or in the sale of other goods or services.  2. The Commission shall establish standards for the setting, increase or decrease of rates for natural gas to generating, industrial and large commercial customers. These standards must authorize increases or decreases on less than 30 days’ notice. Establishing different classes of customers, and charging different rates to customers of the same class, for these customers do not violate this chapter.  3. The Commission may, for sales to generating, industrial and large commercial customers:  (a) Exempt the rates for natural gas from those provisions of NRS 704.070, 704.100 and 704.110 that the Commission determines are not needed to protect the public interest.  (b) Authorize the establishment of different classes of customer or the charging of different rates for customers of the same class, based on value of the service and on the customer’s ability to change from one fuel to another.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 1125; A 2001, 3246)
NV Rev Stat § 704.085 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.085 - Electric utility prohibited from making change in schedule or imposing rate which requires residential customer to purchase electric service based on time of usage; exceptions.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an electric utility shall not make changes in any schedule or impose any rate, and the Commission shall not approve any changes in any schedule or authorize the imposition of any rate by an electric utility, which requires a residential customer to purchase electric service at a rate which is based on the time of day, day of the week or time of year during which the electricity is used or which otherwise varies based upon the time during which the electricity is used, except that the Commission may approve such a change in a schedule or authorize the imposition of such a rate if the approval or authorization is conditioned upon an election by a residential customer to purchase electric service at such a rate.  2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any changes in a schedule or rates imposed on a customer-generator.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Customer-generator" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.768.  (b) "Electric utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.187.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 740; A 2015, 2149)
NV Rev Stat § 704.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.095 - Simplified procedures or methodologies for changing rates for certain public utilities furnishing water or services for sewage.

  1. The Commission shall adopt regulations which provide simplified procedures or methodologies for a change of rates for those public utilities which furnish water or services for the disposal of sewage, or both, to persons within this State for compensation, and which:  (a) Serve 3,000 or fewer persons; and  (b) Had during the immediately preceding 12-month period gross sales for water or services for the disposal of sewage amounting to $2,000,000 or less. If a public utility furnishes both water and services for the disposal of sewage, its gross sales for each service must be considered separately for determining whether the public utility qualifies under this paragraph for either service.  2. The regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection 1 must provide, without limitation, for the filing of letters of advice to change rates based on a nationally recognized inflation index approved by the Commission.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1717; A 1987, 477; 1991, 144; 2001, 1764; 2009, 2470)
NV Rev Stat § 704.097 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.097 - Simplified procedure for obtaining certificate of public convenience and necessity and for changing rates for certain public utilities furnishing liquefied petroleum gas.

The Commission may adopt regulations which provide simplified procedures for obtaining certificates of public convenience and necessity and for changing rates for those public utilities which furnish only liquefied petroleum gas.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 1834)
NV Rev Stat § 704.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.120 - Commission may substitute just and reasonable rates, regulations, practices or services after investigation and hearing; exceptions.

  1. If, upon any hearing and after due investigation, the rates, tolls, charges, schedules or joint rates shall be found to be unjust, unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or to be preferential, or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the Commission shall have the power to fix and order substituted therefor such rate or rates, tolls, charges or schedules as shall be just and reasonable.  2. If it shall in like manner be found that any regulation, measurement, practice, act or service complained of is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, preferential, unjustly discriminatory or otherwise in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or if it be found that the service is inadequate, or that any reasonable service cannot be obtained, the Commission shall have the power to substitute therefor such other regulations, measurements, practices, service or acts and make such order relating thereto as may be just and reasonable.  3. When complaint is made of more than one rate, charge or practice, the Commission may, in its discretion, order separate hearings upon the several matters complained of and at such times and places as it may prescribe.  4. No complaint shall at any time be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.  5. The Commission may at any time, upon its own motion, investigate any of the rates, tolls, charges, rules, regulations, practices and service, and, after a full hearing as above provided, by order, make such changes as may be just and reasonable, the same as if a formal complaint had been made.  6. The provisions of this section do not apply to a competitive supplier, except that a competitive supplier that is an incumbent local exchange carrier is subject to the provisions of this section with regard to:  (a) The provision of basic network service until January 1, 2012; and  (b) Any general rate application filed by the competitive supplier pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 704.68877. If the competitive supplier files such a general rate application, the general rate case proceeding must be conducted by the Commission in accordance with this section and NRS 704.110.  7. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the Commission from authorizing an electric utility to provide reduced rates to low-income customers upon a hearing and after due investigation.  [27:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3163; NCL § 6127] — (NRS A 2007, 701; 2009, 616)
NV Rev Stat § 704.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.130 - Rates effective and regulations enforceable until modified by Commission or court.

  1. All rates, charges, classifications and joint rates fixed by the Commission are in force, and are prima facie lawful, from the date of the order until changed or modified by the Commission, or pursuant to NRS 703.373 to 703.376, inclusive.  2. All regulations, practices and service prescribed by the Commission must be enforced and are prima facie reasonable unless suspended or found otherwise in an action brought for the purpose, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 703.373 to 703.376, inclusive, or until changed or modified by the Commission itself upon satisfactory showing made, or by the public utility by filing a bond pursuant to NRS 703.374.  [32:109:1919; A 1955, 407] — (NRS A 1983, 968; 1997, 1909)
NV Rev Stat § 704.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.140 - Free or reduced rates for transportation unlawful; exceptions; penalty.

  1. It is unlawful for any person engaged in business as a public utility to give or furnish to any state, district, county or municipal officer of this State, or to any person other than those named herein, any pass, frank, free or reduced transportation, or for any state, district, county or municipal officer to accept any pass, frank, free or reduced transportation.  2. This section does not prevent the carriage, storage or hauling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof for charitable purposes.  3. This chapter does not prohibit a public utility from giving free or reduced rates for transportation of:  (a) Its own officers, commission agents, employees, attorneys, physicians and surgeons and members of their families, and pensioned ex-employees and ex-employees with disabilities, their minor children or dependents, or witnesses attending any legal investigation in which such carrier is interested.  (b) Inmates of hospitals or charitable institutions and persons over 65 years of age.  (c) Persons with physical or mental disabilities who present a written statement from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse to that effect.  (d) Persons injured in accidents or motor vehicle crashes and physicians and nurses attending such persons.  (e) Persons providing relief in cases of common disaster, or for contractors and their employees, in carrying out their contract with such carrier.  (f) Peace officers when on official duty.  (g) Attendants of livestock or other property requiring the care of an attendant, including return passage to the place of shipment, if there is no discrimination among such shippers of a similar class.  (h) Employees of other carriers subject to regulation in any respect by the Commission, or for the officers, agents, employees, attorneys, physicians and surgeons of such other carriers, and the members of their families.  4. This chapter does not prohibit public utilities from giving reduced rates for transportation to:  (a) Indigent, destitute or homeless persons, when under the care or responsibility of charitable societies, institutions or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation.  (b) Students of institutions of learning.  5. "Employees," as used in this section, includes furloughed, pensioned and superannuated employees, and persons who have become disabled or infirm in the service of any such carrier, and persons traveling for the purpose of entering the service of any such carrier.  6. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.  [21:109:1919; A 1928, 21; 1931, 18; 1947, 74; 1943 NCL § 6121] — (NRS A 1967, 655; 1969, 1157; 1971, 726; 1979, 203; 2015, 1698; 2019, 530)
NV Rev Stat § 704.143 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.143 - Persons with physical or mental disabilities entitled to full and equal enjoyment of facilities for public transportation; unlawful denial of services and facilities.

  1. All persons with physical or mental disabilities are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the facilities of any common carrier or other means of public conveyance and transportation operating within this State.  2. It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to deny any of the privileges granted by subsection 1.  3. It is unlawful for any common carrier or other means of public conveyance or transportation operating within this State, to deny the equal enjoyment of its services and facilities to a person with a physical disability by the arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable interference, direct or indirect, with the use of aids and appliances used by such person with a physical disability for purposes of mobility.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 587; A 1971, 1058; 1979, 204)
NV Rev Stat § 704.145 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.145 - Unlawful to refuse service of public transportation or charge additional fee or deposit to certain persons accompanied by service animal or service animal in training; exception; remedies.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for a common carrier or other means of public conveyance or transportation operating in this State to:  (a) Refuse service to a person with a disability because the person is accompanied by a service animal;  (b) Refuse service to a person who is training a service animal because the person is accompanied by the service animal in training; or  (c) Charge an additional fee or a deposit for a service animal or service animal in training.  2. A common carrier or other means of public conveyance or transportation is not required to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 with regard to a service animal or service animal in training that is a miniature horse if it determines that it is not reasonable to comply, using the assessment factors set forth in 28 C.F.R. § 36.302.  3. This section does not relieve a person with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal or a person who is accompanied by a service animal in training from liability for damage which may be caused by the service animal or service animal in training.  4. Persons with disabilities accompanied by service animals on common carriers or other means of public conveyance or transportation operating in this State are subject to the same conditions and limitations that apply to persons without disabilities who are not so accompanied.  5. A common carrier or other means of public conveyance or transportation operating in this State that violates any of the provisions of subsection 1 is civilly liable to the person against whom the violation was committed for:  (a) Actual damages;  (b) Such punitive damages as may be determined by a jury, or by a court sitting without a jury, which must not be more than three times the amount of actual damages, except that in no case may the punitive damages be less than $750; and  (c) Reasonable attorney’s fees as determined by the court.  6. The remedies provided in this section are nonexclusive and are in addition to any other remedy provided by law, including, without limitation, any action for injunctive or other equitable relief available to the aggrieved person or brought in the name of the people of this State or the United States.  7. As used in this section:  (a) "Service animal" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.097.  (b) "Service animal in training" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 426.099.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 587; A 1971, 1059; 1973, 1499; 1981, 1921; 1987, 825; 1995, 1996; 1997, 76; 2003, 2639, 2978; 2005, 634; 2015, 273)