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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.191 - Duty of public utilities and certain entities to furnish information and annual reports; regulations.

1. Each public utility that is regulated by the Commission or elects to be regulated under an alternative plan of regulation pursuant to NRS 704.997, and each alternative seller, provider of discretionary natural gas service and provider of new electric resources shall:
(a) Keep uniform and detailed accounts of all applicable business transacted in this State as required by the Commission by regulation, and render them to the Commission or an affected governmental entity upon its request.
(b) Furnish an annual report, with respect to all applicable business transacted in this State, to the Commission and each affected governmental entity in the form and detail which the Commission prescribes by regulation.
2. The reports required by this section must be prepared for each calendar year and submitted not later than May 15 of the year following the year for which the report is submitted.
3. If the Commission or an affected governmental entity finds that necessary information with respect to applicable business transacted in this State is not contained in a report submitted pursuant to this section, the Commission or affected governmental entity may call for the omitted information at any time.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 243; A 1989, 1018; 1995, 2606; 1997, 1883, 2664; 1999, 492; 2003, 3026)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.195 - Examination of records and other property of public utilities and certain entities; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any Commissioner, any officer or employee of the Commission who is designated by the Commission, or any officer or employee of an affected governmental entity who is designated by the affected governmental entity may examine during regular business hours the books, accounts, records, minutes, papers and property of any public utility, alternative seller, provider of discretionary natural gas service or provider of new electric resources who does business in this State, with respect to such business, regardless of whether the book, account, record, minutes, paper or property is located within this State.
2. No personnel records of an employee may be examined pursuant to subsection 1 unless the records contain information relating to a matter of public safety or the Commission determines that the examination is required to protect the interests of the public.
3. As used in this section, "personnel records" does not include:
(a) The name of the employee who is the subject of the record;
(b) The gross compensation and perquisites of the employee;
(c) Any record of the business expenses of the employee;
(d) The title or any description of the position held by the employee;
(e) The qualifications required for the position held by the employee;
(f) The business address of the employee;
(g) The telephone number of the employee at the place of business of the employee;
(h) The work schedule of the employee;
(i) The date on which the employment of the employee began; and
(j) If applicable, the date on which the employment of the employee was terminated.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 243; A 1995, 386; 1997, 1884; 2003, 3026)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.196 - Disclosure and confidentiality of records and other property of public utilities and certain entities subject to examination.

1. Any books, accounts, records, minutes, papers and property of any public utility, alternative seller, provider of discretionary natural gas service or provider of new electric resources that are subject to examination pursuant to NRS 703.190 or 703.195 and are made available to the Commission, any officer or employee of the Commission, an affected governmental entity, any officer or employee of an affected governmental entity, the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General or any other person under the condition that the disclosure of such information to the public be withheld or otherwise limited, must not be disclosed to the public unless the Commission first determines that the disclosure is justified.
2. The Commission shall take such actions as are necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information, including, without limitation:
(a) Granting such protective orders as it deems necessary; and
(b) Holding closed hearings to receive or examine such information.
3. If the Commission closes a hearing to receive or examine such information, it shall:
(a) Restrict access to the records and transcripts of such hearings without the prior approval of the Commission or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction authorizing access to the records or transcripts; and
(b) Prohibit any participant at such a hearing from disclosing such information without the prior authorization of the Commission.
4. A representative of the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission and the Bureau of Consumer Protection:
(a) May attend any closed hearing held pursuant to this section; and
(b) Have access to any records or other information determined to be confidential pursuant to this section.
5. The Commission shall consider in an open meeting whether the information reviewed or examined in a closed hearing may be disclosed without revealing the confidential subject matter of the information. To the extent the Commission determines the information may be disclosed, the information must become a part of the records available to the public. Information which the Commission determines may not be disclosed must be kept under seal.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 385; A 1997, 1884; 2001, 3239; 2003, 3027)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.197 - Fees for filing documents; exceptions.

1. The Commission may collect fees for the filing of any official document required by this chapter and chapters 704, 704A, 704B, 705 and 708 of NRS or by a regulation of the Commission.
2. Filing fees may not exceed:
(a) For applications, $200.
(b) For petitions seeking affirmative relief, $200.
(c) For each tariff page which requires public notice and is not attached to an application, $10. If more than one page is filed at one time, the total fee may not exceed the cost of notice and publication.
(d) For all other documents which require public notice, $10.
3. If an application or other document is rejected by the Commission because it is inadequate or inappropriate, the filing fee must be returned.
4. The Commission may not charge any fee for filing:
(a) A complaint.
(b) A request for a refund pursuant to NRS 702.160.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 244; A 1985, 2047; 1997, 1885; 2001, 3240)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.205 - Publication of pamphlets.

The Commission shall prepare and publish pamphlets and other descriptive material which:
1. Contain information about the Commission and the public utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission.
2. Encourage the conservation of energy.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1375; A 1983, 201)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.301 - Rights of Regulatory Operations Staff to appear and participate in contested case and to be represented by legal counsel; restrictions on certain communications between Commissioner and Regulatory Operations Staff.

1. In any contested case pending before the Commission, the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission may, without filing a petition for leave to intervene:
(a) Appear and participate in the contested case as an independent party; and
(b) Be represented by legal counsel in the contested case.
2. A Commissioner may not discuss with a member of the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission any substantive issues of fact or law concerning a contested case pending before the Commission except upon notice to all parties to the contested case and an opportunity for all such parties to participate.
3. As used in this section, "contested case" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 233B.032.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 3237)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.310 - Complaint against public utility or alternative seller: Investigation by Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution; notice and hearing.

1. When a complaint is made against any public utility or alternative seller by any person, that any of the rates, tolls, charges or schedules for regulated services, or any joint rate or rates are in any respect unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or any regulation, measurement, practice or act affecting or relating to the production, transmission or delivery or furnishing of heat, light, gas, coal slurry, water or power, or any service in connection therewith or the transmission thereof is, in any respect, unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory, or that any service is inadequate, the Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution shall investigate the complaint. After receiving the complaint, the Division shall give a copy of it to the public utility or alternative seller against whom the complaint is made. Within a reasonable time thereafter, the public utility or alternative seller shall provide the Commission with its written response to the complaint according to the regulations of the Commission.
2. If the Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution is unable to resolve the complaint, the Division shall transmit the complaint, the results of its investigation and its recommendation to the Commission. If the Commission determines that probable cause exists for the complaint, it shall order a hearing thereof, give notice of the hearing and conduct the hearing as it would any other hearing.
3. No order affecting a rate, toll, charge, schedule, regulation, measurement, practice or act complained of may be entered without a formal hearing unless the hearing is dispensed with as provided in NRS 703.320.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 244; A 1981, 108; 1983, 201; 1987, 2255; 1995, 2606; 1997, 1886, 2020, 2665; 1999, 492)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.320 - Notice and hearing: Duty of Commission to provide notice of certain pending matters; regulations regarding notice; hearing required in certain pending matters; power of Commission to dispense with hearing in certain pending matters.

Except as otherwise provided in subsections 9 and 11 of NRS 704.110:
1. In any matter pending before the Commission, if a hearing is required by a specific statute or is otherwise required by the Commission, the Commission shall give notice of the pendency of the matter to all persons entitled to notice of the hearing. The Commission shall by regulation specify:
(a) The manner of giving notice in each type of proceeding; and
(b) The persons entitled to notice in each type of proceeding.
2. The Commission shall not dispense with a hearing:
(a) In any matter pending before the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.7561 to 704.7595, inclusive; or
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS 704.100, in any matter pending before the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.061 to 704.110, inclusive, in which an electric utility has filed a general rate application or an annual deferred energy accounting adjustment application pursuant to NRS 704.187.
3. In any other matter pending before the Commission, the Commission may dispense with a hearing and act upon the matter pending unless, within 10 days after the date of the notice of pendency, a person entitled to notice of the hearing files with the Commission a request that the hearing be held. If such a request for a hearing is filed, the Commission shall give at least 10 days’ notice of the hearing.
4. As used in this section, "electric utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.187.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 244; A 1997, 2666; 1999, 492; 2001, 343, 3240; 2005, 1918; 2007, 2977; 2011, 383; 2013, 739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.330 - Record of hearings: Recording and transcription of testimony; costs; copies available to parties; confidentiality.

1. A complete record must be kept of all hearings before the Commission. All testimony at such hearings must be taken down by the stenographer appointed by the Commission or, under the direction of any competent person appointed by the Commission, must be reported by sound recording equipment in the manner authorized for reporting testimony in district courts. The testimony reported by a stenographer must be transcribed, and the transcript filed with the record in the matter. The Commission may by regulation provide for the transcription or safekeeping of sound recordings. The costs of recording and transcribing testimony at any hearing, except those hearings ordered pursuant to NRS 703.310, must be paid by the applicant. If a complaint is made pursuant to NRS 703.310 by a customer or by a political subdivision of the State or municipal organization, the complainant is not liable for any costs. Otherwise, if there are several applicants or parties to any hearing, the Commission may apportion the costs among them in its discretion.
2. A copy of the proceedings and testimony must be furnished to any party, on payment of a reasonable amount to be fixed by the Commission, and the amount must be the same for all parties.
3. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the Commission from:
(a) Restricting access to the records and transcripts of a hearing pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3 of NRS 703.196.
(b) Protecting the confidentiality of information pursuant to NRS 704B.310 or 704B.325.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 245; A 1983, 967; 1995, 386; 2001, 3241; 2003, 1257; 2011, 937; 2019, 3513)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.340 - Order for appearance of witnesses or production of books, papers or documents containing material testimony; payment of fees and mileage for witnesses.

1. Either party is entitled to an order by the Commission for the appearance of witnesses or the production of books, papers and documents containing material testimony.
2. Witnesses appearing upon the order of the Commission are entitled to the same fees and mileage as witnesses in civil actions in the courts of the State, and the fees and mileage must be paid out of the State Treasury in the same manner as other claims against the State are paid. No fees or mileage may be allowed unless the Chair of the Commission certifies the correctness of the claim.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 245)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.350 - Order for production of books, accounts, papers or records kept by regulated person outside state.

The Commission may require, by order to be served on any person regulated by the Commission in the same manner as a subpoena in a civil action, the production at a time and place designated by the Commission of any books, accounts, papers or records kept by the person in any office or place outside this State, or verified copies in lieu thereof, if the Commission so directs, so that an examination may be made by the Commission or under its direction, or for use as testimony.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 245; A 1981, 109, 1598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.360 - Issuance of subpoena by clerk of district court for service to witness failing to appear on Commission’s order; contempt.

1. If any person ordered to appear before the Commission as a witness fails to obey the order, the Commission or any Commissioner or the Secretary of the Commission may apply to the clerk of the nearest district court for a subpoena commanding the attendance of the witness before the Commission.
2. The clerk shall issue the subpoena, and a peace officer shall serve it.
3. Disobedience to a subpoena is a contempt of court and must be punished accordingly.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 245)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.370 - Enforcement of subpoenas issued by Commission.

1. The district court for the county in which any investigation or hearing is being conducted by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this title may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers as required by any subpoena issued by the Commission.
2. If any witness refuses to attend or testify or produce any papers required by a subpoena the Commission may report to the district court for the county in which the investigation or hearing is pending by petition, setting forth:
(a) That due notice has been given of the time and place of attendance of the witness or the production of the books and papers;
(b) That the witness has been subpoenaed in the manner prescribed in this chapter; and
(c) That the witness has failed and refused to attend or produce the papers required by subpoena before the Commission in the investigation or hearing named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded to the witness in the course of the investigation or hearing,
and asking an order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or produce the books or papers before the Commission.
3. The court, upon petition of the Commission, shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in its order, not more than 10 days from the date of the order, and show cause why the witness has not attended or testified or produced the books or papers before the Commission. A certified copy of the order must be served upon the witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the Commission, the court shall thereupon enter an order that the witness appear before the Commission at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required books or papers, and upon failure to obey the order the witness must be dealt with as if in contempt of court.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.374 - Judicial review: Requirements for injunction; burden of proof; filing bond to place into effect proposed changes in schedule of rates.

1. A court of competent jurisdiction, after hearing, may issue an injunction suspending or staying any final order of the Commission if:
(a) The applicant has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction;
(b) The applicant has served the motion on the Commission and other interested parties within 20 days after the rendition of the order on which the complaint is based;
(c) The court finds there is a reasonable likelihood that the applicant will prevail on the merits of the matter and will suffer irreparable injury if injunctive relief is not granted; and
(d) The applicant files a bond or other undertaking to secure the adverse parties in such manner as the court finds sufficient.
2. The decision of the Commission on each matter considered shall be deemed reasonable and just until set aside by the court. In all actions for an injunction or for any other relief, the burden of proof is upon the party attacking or resisting the order of the Commission to show by clear and satisfactory evidence that the order is unlawful or unreasonable.
3. If an injunction is granted by the court and the order complained of is one which:
(a) Disapproves a public utility’s proposed changes in a schedule of rates, or any part thereof, pursuant to NRS 704.061 to 704.110, inclusive; or
(b) Otherwise prevents the proposed changes in the schedule, or any part thereof, from taking effect,
the public utility complaining may place into effect the proposed changes in the schedule, or any part thereof, pending final determination by the court having jurisdiction, by filing a bond with the court in such an amount as the court may fix, conditioned upon the refund to persons entitled to the excess amount if the proposed changes in the schedule, or any part thereof, are finally determined by the court to be excessive.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 965; A 1995, 2607; 1997, 1887, 2666; 1999, 492; 2001, 3241; 2013, 739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.375 - Judicial review: Refund of excess payment; report of refund; claims for refunds; escheat of unclaimed money.

1. If a court determines that the rate or rates considered by the Commission are excessive, and that the public utility has collected those excessive rates, the public utility shall compute and refund the excess or overpayment of the rate or rates pursuant to a plan approved by the Commission within 60 days after the entry of the final judgment of the court.
2. The public utility shall prepare and file with the Commission a statement and report in affidavit form stating that all money has been refunded according to the approved plan, and if there are persons to whom payment has not or cannot be made, the names, addresses and individual amounts of the refund must be listed in the report. The statement and report must be filed with the Commission within 90 days after the entry of final judgment. The public utility shall pay the aggregate amount of the unpaid refunds to the Commission.
3. The Commission shall:
(a) Retain the aggregate refunds in the Public Utilities Commission Regulatory Fund subject to the claim of each person entitled thereto for the person’s share in the refund; and
(b) Pay all valid claims which are presented for payment within 2 years after the date of the entry of final judgment of the court.
All claimants must identify themselves to the satisfaction of the Commission before payment may be made.
4. Any person has a right of action against the Commission in the event of a refusal of the Commission to pay the person’s claim if the person’s name appears in the report filed by the public utility. This action against the Commission must be brought within 6 months after the refusal to pay the claim.
5. The Commission shall investigate every case in which a claim is presented to it by a person claiming a refund under a plan submitted by a public utility which was approved by the Commission. If the investigation results in a refusal by the public utility to pay a valid claim, then the claimant has a right of action against the public utility.
6. Any unclaimed money which remains in the custody of the Commission at the expiration of the 2-year period escheats to this State.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 966; A 1995, 2607; 1997, 1888, 2667; 1999, 492)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.376 - Judicial review: Appeal to appellate court.

Any party to the action, within 60 days after the service of a copy of the order or judgment of the district court, may appeal to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution as in other civil cases.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 967; A 1997, 1889; 2013, 1796)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › NRS 703.377 - Certificate, permit or license not franchise or irrevocable; procedure for revocation of certificate, permit or license; judicial review.

1. Any certificate of public convenience and necessity, permit or license issued or transferred in accordance with the provisions of NRS 704.001 to 704.754, inclusive, is not a franchise or irrevocable.
2. Upon receipt of a written complaint or on its own motion, the Commission may, after investigation and hearing, revoke any certificate, permit or license, except that the Commission may not revoke the certificate of a public utility unless the Commission has arranged for another public utility to provide the service for which the certificate was granted.
3. If the Commission revokes any certificate, permit or license, the person who held the certificate, permit or license may seek judicial review pursuant to the provisions of NRS 703.373 to 703.376, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 967; A 1985, 316; 1989, 726; 1997, 1889; 2001, 3242)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.001 - Purpose and policy of Legislature in enacting chapter.

It is hereby declared to be the purpose and policy of the Legislature in enacting this chapter:
1. To confer upon the Commission the power, and to make it the duty of the Commission, to regulate public utilities to the extent of its jurisdiction;
2. To provide for fair and impartial regulation of public utilities;
3. To provide for the safe, economic, efficient, prudent and reliable operation and service of public utilities;
4. To balance the interests of customers and shareholders of public utilities by providing public utilities with the opportunity to earn a fair return on their investments while providing customers with just and reasonable rates; and
5. With regard to telecommunication service:
(a) To regulate competitive suppliers in a manner that allows customers to benefit from full competition regarding rates and services;
(b) To provide for basic network service to economically disadvantaged persons who are eligible for a reduction in rates for telephone service pursuant to NRS 707.400 to 707.500, inclusive; and
(c) To maintain the availability of telephone service to rural, insular and high-cost areas through:
(1) The levy and collection of a uniform and equitable assessment from all persons furnishing intrastate telecommunication service or the functional equivalent of such service through any form of telephony technology; and
(2) Payments to telecommunication providers from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 836; A 1997, 1904; 2007, 692)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.005 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.006 to 704.028, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1016; A 2001, 3244; 2007, 693; 2021, 1748)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.006 - "Basic network service" defined.

"Basic network service" means the provision of stand-alone telephone service furnished to a residential customer that:
1. Is not:
(a) Part of a package of services;
(b) Sold in a promotion;
(c) Purchased pursuant to a contract; or
(d) Otherwise offered at a discounted price; and
2. Provides to the customer:
(a) Voice-grade access to the public switched telephone network;
(b) Access to:
(1) Telephone relay services;
(2) Interexchange service; and
(3) Emergency 911 service;
(c) The first single-line directory listing; and
(d) Universal lifeline service for those eligible for such service.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 685; A 2013, 1947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.007 - "Biomass" defined.

"Biomass" means any organic matter that is available on a renewable basis, including, without limitation:
1. Agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues;
2. Wood and wood wastes and residues;
3. Animal wastes;
4. Municipal wastes; and
5. Aquatic plants.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 3242)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.011 - "Competitive supplier" defined.

1. "Competitive supplier" means a telecommunication provider that is subject to the provisions of NRS 704.68861 to 704.68887, inclusive.
2. The term does not include a small-scale provider of last resort unless the provider is authorized by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.68869 to be regulated as a competitive supplier.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 685; A 2013, 1947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.0135 - "Incumbent local exchange carrier" defined.

"Incumbent local exchange carrier" has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 U.S.C. § 251(h)(1), as that section existed on October 1, 1999, and includes a local exchange carrier that is treated as an incumbent local exchange carrier pursuant to that section.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 685)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.0136 - "Inmate calling service" defined.

"Inmate calling service" means a calling service that allows a person confined in a correctional facility to make intrastate calls to persons outside the correctional facility in which the person is being confined, regardless of the technology used to deliver the service.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1747)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.020 - "Public utility" or "utility" defined.

1. "Public utility" or "utility" includes:
(a) Any person who owns, operates, manages or controls any railroad or part of a railroad as a common carrier in this State, or cars or other equipment used thereon, or bridges, terminals, or sidetracks, or any docks or wharves or storage elevators used in connection therewith, whether or not they are owned by the railroad.
(b) Any person, other than a provider of commercial mobile radio service, that provides a telecommunication service to the public, but only with regard to those operations which consist of providing a telecommunication service to the public.
(c) Any provider of commercial mobile radio service, but such providers:
(1) Must be regulated in a manner consistent with federal law; and
(2) Must not be regulated as telecommunication providers for the purposes of this chapter.
2. "Public utility" or "utility" also includes:
(a) Any plant or equipment, or any part of a plant or equipment, within this State for the production, delivery or furnishing for or to other persons, including private or municipal corporations, heat, gas, coal slurry, light, power in any form or by any agency, water for business, manufacturing, agricultural or household use, or sewerage service, whether or not within the limits of municipalities.
(b) Any system for the distribution of liquefied petroleum gas to 10 or more users.
The Commission may supervise, regulate and control all such utilities, subject to the provisions of this chapter and to the exclusion of the jurisdiction, regulation and control of such utilities by any municipality, town or village, unless otherwise provided by law.
3. The provisions of this chapter and the term "public utility" apply to all railroads, express companies, car companies and all associations of persons, whether or not incorporated, that do any business as a common carrier upon or over any line of railroad within this State.
[Part 7:109:1919; A 1925, 243; 1928, 58; NCL § 6106]—(NRS A 1963, 10, 811, 1115; 1967, 1230; 1969, 1155; 1971, 724; 1977, 630; 1981, 154; 1983, 154; 1985, 1016, 2049; 1987, 1541; 1997, 1904; 2003, 3036; 2007, 693, 1771)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.025 - "Telecommunication" defined.

"Telecommunication" means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user’s choosing, without change in the form or content of the information sent and received, regardless of the facilities, equipment or technology used.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 686)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.027 - "Telecommunication provider" or "telephone company" defined.

"Telecommunication provider" or "telephone company" means any person required to obtain from the Commission a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to NRS 704.330 to provide telecommunication service.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 686)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.028 - "Telecommunication service" or "telephone service" defined.

"Telecommunication service" or "telephone service" means the offering of telecommunication for a fee directly to the public, or such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the equipment, facilities or technology used.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 686)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.031 - Power to subpoena person claiming exemption.

The Commission may by subpoena require any person claiming to be exempt from regulation by reason of NRS 704.021 to appear before it with all of the person’s relevant books, papers and records, and to testify concerning the scope, nature and conduct of the person’s business.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 234)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.032 - Participation of Office of Economic Development in proceedings before Commission.

The Office of Economic Development may participate in proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada concerning a public utility in the business of supplying electricity or natural gas to advocate the accommodation of the State Plan for Economic Development developed by the Executive Director of the Office pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 231.053. The Office of Economic Development may intervene as a matter of right in a proceeding pursuant to NRS 704.736 to 704.754, inclusive, or 704.991.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 818; A 1997, 1906; 2011, 3483; 2017, 2471)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.033 - Levy and collection of and limitations on annual assessment; payment of annual licensing fee by providers of commercial mobile radio service.

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)
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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; 2021, 3791)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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 and to submit record from such session to Legislative Commission.

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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.075 - Separate standards for rates for natural gas supplied to generating, industrial and large commercial 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)
2023 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)
2023 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; regulations.

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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.097 - Simplified procedures for obtaining certificate of public convenience and necessity and for changing rates for public utilities furnishing only liquefied petroleum gas; regulations.

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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.102 - Procedure for changing schedule: No presumption that recorded expenses, investments or other costs included in application were prudently incurred; exception; burden of proof.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when the Commission reviews an application to make changes in any schedule, there is no presumption that any recorded expenses, investments or other costs included in the application were prudently incurred, unless the Commission has previously determined that such expenses, investments or other costs were prudently incurred. The public utility has the burden of proving that an expense, investment or cost was reasonably and prudently incurred.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3789)