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NV Rev Stat § 704.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.150 - Duty of connecting railroad to transfer car for just and reasonable charge.

All railroad corporations whose tracks connect shall transfer cars reciprocally from one railroad to the other upon demand of shippers or of the railroad concerned at just and reasonable charges to be fixed by the Commission.  [19:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3160; NCL § 6119]
NV Rev Stat § 704.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.160 - Duty of railroad to provide and maintain depots, stations and other facilities.

  1. Every railroad shall provide and maintain adequate depots and depot buildings at its regular stations and establish new stations wherever required, for the accommodation of passengers. Depot buildings shall be kept clean, well lighted and warm for the comfort and accommodation of the traveling public.  2. All railroads shall keep and maintain adequate and suitable freight depots, wherever needed, buildings, switches and sidetracks for the receiving, handling and delivering of freight transported or to be transported by such railroad.  [22:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3161; NCL § 6122]
NV Rev Stat § 704.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.170 - Duty of railroad to furnish freight cars to shippers; regulations.

  1. Every railroad shall, when within its power to do so, and upon reasonable notice, furnish suitable cars to any and all persons who may apply therefor, for the transportation of any and all kinds of freight in carload lots. In case of insufficiency of cars at any time to meet all requirements, such cars as are available shall be distributed among the several applicants therefor in proportion to their respective immediate requirements without discrimination between shippers or competitive or noncompetitive places. Preference may be given to shipments of livestock and perishable property.  2. The Commission shall have the power to enforce reasonable regulations for furnishing cars to shippers, and switching the same, and for the loading and unloading thereof, and the weighing of the cars and freight offered for shipment over any line of railroad.  [23:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3161; NCL § 6123]
NV Rev Stat § 704.175 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.175 - Compliance with standards for electrical construction; inspection; exemption.

  1. Except as provided in subsection 2, any public utility which installs or modifies any electrical supply line in any building or facility which it owns or operates, if the building or facility is open and accessible to the general public, shall perform such installation or modification as if the National Electrical Code adopted by the National Fire Protection Association applied to such work, and any local government which regulates electrical construction shall inspect such work within its jurisdiction for compliance with this section.  2. Communication equipment and related apparatus are exempted from the provisions of subsection 1 only if the equipment and apparatus are owned, installed, operated and maintained by a telecommunication provider under the jurisdiction of the Commission.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1493; A 2007, 701)
NV Rev Stat § 704.183 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.183 - Examination of certain public utilities.

  1. The Commission may order an examination of the condition and management of any public utility under its jurisdiction which is a telephone company, electric light, heat and power company or a natural gas company.  2. The Commission and the public utilities shall establish, and revise annually, a list of not less than 20 persons qualified to conduct such examinations.  3. If an examination is ordered:  (a) The public utility shall select a person to conduct the examination from such list; and  (b) The Commission, the public utility and the person selected shall determine the manner, scope and cost of the examination and the content and form of reports issued at the conclusion of the examination.  4. Except where the Commission, after a hearing, determines that an examination of a public utility is in the public interest, the Commission shall not order an examination if a prior examination has been conducted within the preceding 5 years.  5. The costs of an examination are allowable expenses of the public utility for the purpose of rate making.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1375; A 1985, 2050)
NV Rev Stat § 704.1835 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|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 Commission shall adopt or amend regulations that:  (a) Establish the criteria that will be used to determine when a public utility is required to postpone its termination of utility service to the residence of a residential customer who has failed to pay for such service. Such criteria may be based in part upon the residential customer’s ability to pay.  (b) Require a public utility to postpone its termination of utility service to the residence of a residential customer who has failed to pay for such service if the residential customer satisfies the criteria established by the Commission and termination of the utility service is reasonably likely to threaten the health of an occupant of the residence of the residential customer.  2. In addition to the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1, for the purposes of regulating public utilities that provide gas, water or electricity to landlords who pay for the utility service and who distribute or resell the gas, water or electricity to one or more residential tenants, the Commission shall adopt or amend regulations to require a public utility to use its best efforts to post, in a conspicuous location, notice of the intent of the public utility to terminate utility service because the landlord has failed to pay for such service. Such notice must provide sufficient information to allow residential tenants or their occupants to contact the public utility if termination of the utility service is reasonably likely to threaten the health of an occupant of the residence of a residential tenant.  3. A public utility shall not terminate utility service for gas, water or electricity without complying with the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section.  4. As used in this section:  (a) "Gas" includes, without limitation, liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas.  (b) "Landlord" means a landlord who is subject, in whole or in part, to the provisions of chapter 118A or 118B of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 3242)
NV Rev Stat § 704.185 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|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 cost increases or decreases in the natural gas purchased for resale. Any public utility which uses deferred accounting to reflect changes in costs of natural gas purchased for resale shall include in its annual report to the Commission a statement showing the allocated rate of return for each of its operating departments in Nevada which uses deferred accounting.  2. A public utility which purchases natural gas for resale may request approval from the Commission to record upon its books and records in deferred accounts any other cost or revenue which the Commission deems appropriate for deferred accounting and which is not otherwise subject to the provisions of subsection 1. If the Commission approves such a request, the Commission shall determine the appropriate requirements for reporting and recovery that the public utility must follow with regard to each such deferred account.  3. When a public utility which purchases natural gas for resale files an annual rate adjustment application or an annual deferred energy accounting adjustment application, the proceeding regarding the application must include a review of the transactions and recorded costs of natural gas included in the application. There is no presumption of reasonableness or prudence for any transactions or recorded costs of natural gas included in the application, and the public utility has the burden of proving reasonableness and prudence in the proceeding.  4. A public utility which purchases natural gas for resale and which has received approval from the Commission to make quarterly adjustments to a deferred energy accounting adjustment pursuant to subsection 8 of NRS 704.110 is not eligible to request an adjustment to its deferred energy accounting adjustment in its annual rate adjustment application.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1560; A 1979, 1108; 1999, 3263; 2003, 1257; 2005, 1924; 2007, 556; 2011, 392)
NV Rev Stat § 704.195 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|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,  if the telephone call is received on a line specified for such telephone calls, the number of which is published in an appropriate telephone directory. The publication must contain a notice to callers that a telephone call received on that line concerning an emergency or relating to a service outage is subject to recording.  2. A telephone call made pursuant to subsection 1 is not a private conversation and the existence, content, substance, purport, effect or meaning of the conversation recorded may be disclosed by any person.  3. As used in this section, "record" means the acquisition of the contents of a wire communication through the use of a recording device.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 657)
NV Rev Stat § 704.197 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.197 - Public utility 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 administrator, deputy designated by the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, may submit a written request to a public utility for the name and address of a person listed in the records of the public utility if the information is necessary to assist the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, in carrying out the public administrator’s or person’s duties pursuant to chapter 253 of NRS.  2. Upon receipt of a written request pursuant to subsection 1, a public utility shall disclose the name and address of the person listed in the records of customers of the public utility to the public administrator, a deputy designated by the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable.  3. A disclosure made in good faith pursuant to subsection 1 does not give rise to any action for damages for the disclosure of the name and address of a customer by a public utility.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 921; A 2019, 1551)
NV Rev Stat § 704.201 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.201 - Investigation by law enforcement agency: Subpoena 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 command officer designated by the chief executive officer may issue a subpoena to a public utility for the name and address of a person listed in the records of the customers of the public utility.  2. The subpoena must:  (a) If available, contain the social security number of the person about whom the subpoena is made;  (b) Contain a statement that the subpoena is made to further a criminal or civil investigation being conducted by the agency; and  (c) Be signed by the chief executive officer of the law enforcement agency or the command officer designated by the chief executive officer.  3. As used in this section, "command officer" means an officer in charge of a department, division or bureau of the law enforcement agency.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 803; A 1991, 147; 1997, 102)
NV Rev Stat § 704.202 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.202 - Investigation by law enforcement agency: Disclosure of name and address of person listed in records of customers.

  1. Upon receipt of a subpoena by a law enforcement agency pursuant to NRS 704.201, a public utility shall disclose the name and address of the person listed in the records of customers of the public utility to the agency.  2. The public utility may charge a reasonable fee for any administrative expense related to the disclosure.  3. A disclosure made in good faith pursuant to subsection 1 does not give rise to any action for damages for the disclosure of the name and address of a customer by a public utility.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 803; A 1997, 102)
NV Rev Stat § 704.206 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.206 - Provision of list of customers for district judge or jury commissioner; reimbursement for cost of compiling list; immunity from liability for disclosure of list.

  1. A public utility, other than a public utility furnishing telephone services, shall provide a list of the names and addresses of the customers of the public utility upon the request of any:  (a) District judge; or  (b) Jury commissioner,  for use in the selection of jurors.  2. The court or jury commissioner who requests the list of customers shall reimburse the public utility for the reasonable cost of compiling the list.  3. A disclosure made in good faith pursuant to subsection 1 does not give rise to any action for damages for the disclosure of the name and address of a customer by a public utility.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 2041; A 2007, 240)
NV Rev Stat § 704.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|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 enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, subject to the provisions of NRS 416.060.  (b) Prescribe classifications of the service of all public utilities and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 704.075, fix and regulate the rates therefor.  (c) Fix just and reasonable charges for transportation of all intrastate freight and passengers and the rates and tolls for the use of telephone lines within the State.  (d) Adopt just and reasonable regulations for the apportionment of all joint rates and charges between public utilities.  (e) Consider the need for the conservation of energy when acting pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.  2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a competitive supplier.  [17:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3159; NCL § 6116] — (NRS A 1969, 1158; 1977, 552, 884; 1985, 1129; 1997, 1910; 2007, 702)
NV Rev Stat § 704.215 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|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 service issued by an agency of the Federal Government or of any state.  (b) Regulation proposed by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners or code issued by a national or state professional society.   2. A copy of each such rule, regulation, rate schedule or code adopted by the Commission pursuant to this section must be included with the regulations filed with the Secretary of State.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1000; A 1991, 515; 2007, 702)
NV Rev Stat § 704.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.220 - Powers of Commission: Fixing standards; examination and testing of product or service.

  1. The Commission may, when necessary:  (a) Ascertain and prescribe for each kind of public utility adequate, convenient and serviceable standards for the measurement of quality, pressure, voltage or other conditions pertaining to the supply of the product or service rendered by any public utility; and  (b) Prescribe reasonable regulations for the examination and testing of such products or service and for the measurement thereof.  2. Any consumer, user or person served may have the quality or quantity of the product or the character of any service rendered by any public utility tested upon the payment of fees fixed by the Commission, which fees, however, shall be paid by the public utility and repaid to the complaining party if the quality or quantity of the product or the character of the service be found by the Commission defective or insufficient in a degree to justify the demand for testing; or the Commission may apportion the fees between the parties as justice may require.  [Part 13:109:1919; A 1931, 320; 1955, 421]
NV Rev Stat § 704.223 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|NRS 704.223 - Authorization of purchase or transmission of electricity to certain businesses to reduce overall cost of electricity to business.

  1. If a business with a new industrial load has been certified by the Office of Economic Development pursuant to NRS 231.139, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada may authorize a public utility that furnishes electricity for the business to purchase or transmit a portion of the electricity provided to the business to reduce the overall cost of the electricity to the business. The purchases of electricity may be made by the business with the new industrial load, by agreement between the public utility and the business or by the public utility on behalf of the business, and must be made in accordance with such rates, terms and conditions as are established by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.  2. If additional facilities are determined by the affected utility to be required as the result of authorization granted pursuant to subsection 1, the facilities must be constructed, owned and operated by the affected utility. The business must agree as a condition to the authorization granted pursuant to subsection 1 to continue its business in operation in Nevada for 30 years. The agreement must require appropriate security for the reimbursement of the utility for the remaining portion of the value of the facilities which has not been depreciated by the utility and will not be mitigated by use of the facilities for other customers in the event that the business, or its successor in interest, does not remain in operation for 30 years.  3. Nothing in this section authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order the purchase or transmittal of electricity in the manner described in subsection 1.  4. All of the rules, regulations and statutes pertaining to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada and public utilities apply to actions taken pursuant to this section.  5. Any authorization granted by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada pursuant to this section must include such terms and conditions as the Commission determines are necessary to ensure that the rates or charges assessed to other customers of the public utility do not subsidize the cost of providing service to the business.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 817; A 1997, 1910; 2011, 3483)
NV Rev Stat § 704.225 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally|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 which:  (a) Will be applied:  (1) From March 1 to October 31, inclusive; and  (2) If the customer concedes to the utility a right to interrupt services to the customer’s irrigation pumps under conditions established by the utility and approved by the Commission.  (b) Provides for a maximum rate for interruptible service per kilowatt-hour of electricity used. The rate must be determined by dividing the sum of the lowest charge per kilowatt-hour offered by each public utility and each cooperative association under any of its rate schedules applicable to its residential, commercial or industrial customers or members in Nevada by the total number of public utilities and cooperative associations which furnish electricity in this State. No charges may be included for minimum billings or costs relating to standby, customers or demand. A public utility or cooperative association shall provide such information as is necessary for the Commission to determine the maximum rate for interruptible service pursuant to this section.  2. As used in this section:  (a) "Cooperative association" means a cooperative association, nonprofit cooperation or association or any other provider of services described in this chapter that supplies those services for the use of its members; and  (b) "Public utility" includes a municipal utility as defined in NRS 702.060.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1152; A 1987, 22; 2007, 2867)