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2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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; liability for damage; person subject to same conditions and limitations as others; 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)
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.188 - Required notice to customer may be provided by electronic transmission if requested by customer and within utility’s capability.

If notice is required to be provided by a public utility to a customer pursuant to this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the notice may be provided to the customer, if requested by the customer and within the capability of the public utility, by electronic transmission to the most recent electronic mail address provided to the public utility by the customer.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 412)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.190 - Report and investigation of accident or motor vehicle crash; regulations; forms; public inspection of report; inadmissibility of report in action for damages.

1. Every public utility operating in this State shall, whenever an accident or motor vehicle crash occurs in the conduct of its operation causing death, give prompt notice thereof to the Commission, in such manner and within such time as the Commission may prescribe. If, in its judgment, the public interest requires it, the Commission may cause an investigation to be made forthwith of any accident or crash, at such place and in such manner as the Commission deems best.
2. Every such public utility shall report to the Commission, at the time, in the manner and on such forms as the Commission by its printed rules and regulations prescribes, all accidents or crashes happening in this State and occurring in, on or about the premises, plant, instrumentality or facility used by any such utility in the conduct of its business.
3. The Commission shall adopt all reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the administration and enforcement of this section. The rules and regulations must require that all accidents or crashes required to be reported pursuant to this section be reported to the Commission at least once every calendar month by such officer or officers of the utility as the Commission directs.
4. The Commission shall adopt and utilize all accident and crash report forms, which must be so designed as to provide a concise and accurate report of the accident or crash. The report must show the true cause of the accident or crash. The accident report forms adopted for the reporting of railroad accidents must, as near as practicable, be the same in design as the railroad accident report forms provided and used by the Surface Transportation Board.
5. If any accident or crash is reported to the Commission by the utility as being caused by or through the negligence of an employee and thereafter the employee is absolved from such negligence by the utility and found not to be responsible for the accident or crash, that fact must be reported by the utility to the Commission.
6. Each accident report required to be made by a public utility pursuant to this section must be filed in the office of the Commission and there preserved. Each accident or crash report required to be made by a public utility pursuant to this chapter and each report made by the Commission pursuant to its investigation of any accident or crash:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 703.190, must be open to public inspection; and
(b) Notwithstanding any specific statute to the contrary, must not, in whole or in part, be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any suit or action for damages arising out of any matter mentioned in:
(1) The accident or crash report required to be made by the public utility; or
(2) The report made by the Commission pursuant to its investigation.
[34:109:1919; A 1937, 404; 1931 NCL § 6134]—(NRS A 1967, 1384; 1997, 1630; 2001, 1764; 2015, 1698)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.197 - Public utility required 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.201 - Investigation by law enforcement agency: Issuance of subpoena to public utility 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)
2023 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 by public utility upon receipt of subpoena; fee; immunity for disclosure made in good faith.

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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.206 - Certain public utilities required to provide list of customers upon request of district judge or jury commissioner for use in jury selection; reimbursement for cost of compiling list; immunity for disclosure made in good faith.

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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.220 - Powers of Commission: Fixing standards for measurement of conditions pertaining to supply of product or service; prescribing regulations for examination and testing of product or service and measurement thereof; fees for testing.

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]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.223 - Purchase or transmission of electricity to certain businesses to reduce overall cost of electricity to business: Authorization; additional facilities; agreement; terms and conditions.

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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.235 - Use by local government of facilities of public utility for treatment, transportation or exchange of water.

1. The Commission may, upon application of a local government which provides water services, issue an order directing a public utility which has facilities for the treatment and transmission of water to allow the local government to use the facilities to treat, transport or exchange water, or any combination thereof, to service connections not served by the public utility. The order may require the public utility to do everything reasonably necessary, as determined by the Commission, to treat, transport or exchange water. The Commission shall determine the rates and charges to be paid by the local government to the public utility for the services provided. In making this determination, the Commission shall consider all direct and indirect costs attributable to the treatment, transportation or exchange of water. The order may impose conditions and requirements on the local government and public utility to ensure that customers of the utility continue to receive at just and reasonable rates, an adequate supply of water.
2. A local government which files an application with the Commission pursuant to subsection 1 shall file a copy of that application with each city planning commission of an affected incorporated city and with the regional planning commission of an affected county, if one exists, for its review and comment.
3. The provisions of this section do not preclude any local government from bringing an action pursuant to chapter 37 of NRS for the same purpose for which a local government is allowed to use the facilities of a public utility pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 726)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.240 - Powers of Commission: Purchase of apparatus for examinations and tests; entry on premises to make examination and test; penalties for refusal to allow examination.

1. The Commission may, in its discretion, purchase such materials, apparatus and standard measuring instruments for such examination and tests as it deems necessary.
2. The Commission may enter upon any premises occupied by any public utility for the purpose of making the examination and tests provided for in this chapter and set up and use on the premises any necessary apparatus and appliances and occupy reasonable space therefor.
3. Any public utility refusing to allow the examination to be made as herein provided is subject to the penalties prescribed in NRS 703.380.
[Part 13:109:1919; A 1931, 320; 1955, 421]—(NRS A 1981, 1598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.250 - Powers of Commission: Standards for maintenance, use and operation of electric poles, wires, cables and appliances.

The Commission is authorized and directed to prescribe the standards for the maintenance, use and operation of electric poles, wires, cables and appliances of all public utilities within the State engaged in the business of furnishing electric power, light and energy.
[Part 13:109:1919; A 1931, 320; 1955, 421]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.260 - Powers of Commission: Requiring repair and construction of property and use of appliances for safety; regulations.

The Commission shall have power, in the interest of safety or service, after hearing:
1. To determine and order required and necessary repairs, reinforcements, construction and connection of property, lines, equipment, appliances, buildings, tracks and all property used or useful in public utility service.
2. To order the use of safety appliances in the interest of the public.
3. To make and enforce necessary rules and regulations.
[Part 18:109:1919; A 1925, 243; 1929, 73; NCL § 6117]—(NRS A 1973, 1024)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.280 - Powers of Commission: Regulation of lines and tracks; regulations; safety devices.

The Commission may:
1. Regulate the manner in which power and telephone lines, pipelines and the tracks of any street, steam or electric railroad or other common carrier cross or connect with any other such lines or common carriers.
2. Prescribe such regulations and safety devices, respectively, as may be necessary for the purpose of securing adequate service and for the protection of the public.
[Part 18:109:1919; A 1925, 243; 1929, 73; NCL § 6117]—(NRS A 1963, 813; 1981, 155; 2013, 1947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.285 - Violation of law governing interception or disclosure of communications made by wire or radio: Investigation; hearing; orders to cease and desist.

1. The Commission, upon its own information or knowledge or upon a complaint by any person, firm, partnership or corporation that any public utility is acting in violation of the provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, or NRS 200.610 to 200.690, inclusive, or is knowingly allowing another person to violate those provisions, shall proceed without notice to make an investigation of the information or complaint.
2. If, after its investigation, the Commission determines that there is probable cause to believe that the utility is acting in violation of the provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, or NRS 200.610 to 200.690, inclusive, or allowing another to act in violation of those provisions, the Commission shall forthwith issue a cease and desist order to the utility. The order is permanent unless the utility, within 20 days after receipt of the order, files a written request for a hearing with the Commission.
3. When a written request for a hearing is filed pursuant to subsection 2, the Commission shall conduct the hearing pursuant to the provisions of NRS 703.320 to 703.370, inclusive.
4. If, as the result of a hearing, it is determined that the utility is acting in violation of the provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, or NRS 200.610 to 200.690, inclusive, or allowing another to act in violation of those provisions, the Commission shall issue a permanent cease and desist order and notify the district attorney of the county where the violation occurred of its determination.
5. This section is applicable whether or not the utility involved is required to have a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 958; A 1969, 999; 1973, 1750; 1979, 247)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.300 - Railroad crossings: Powers of Commission; payment of expenses.

1. After an investigation initiated either upon the Commission’s own motion or as the result of the filing of a formal application or complaint by the Department of Transportation, the board of county commissioners of any county, the town board or council of any town or municipality, or any railroad company, the Commission may order for the safety of the traveling public:
(a) The elimination, alteration, addition or change of a highway crossing or crossings over any railroad at grade, or above or below grade, including its approaches and surface.
(b) Changes in the method of crossing at grade, or above or below grade.
(c) The closing of a crossing and the substitution of another therefor.
(d) The removal of obstructions to the public view in approaching any crossing.
(e) Such other details of use, construction and operation as may be necessary to make grade-crossing elimination, changes and betterments for the protection of the public and the prevention of accidents and motor vehicle crashes effective.
2. The Commission shall order that the cost of any elimination, removal, addition, change, alteration or betterment so ordered must be divided and paid in such proportion by the State, county, town or municipality and the railroad or railroads interested as is provided according to the circumstances occasioning the cost in NRS 704.305.
3. If the Commission chooses to conduct a hearing before issuing an order pursuant to subsection 1, all costs incurred by reason of the hearing, including, but not limited to, publication of notices, reporting, transcripts and rental of hearing room, must be apportioned 50 percent to the governmental unit or units affected and 50 percent to the railroad or railroads.
[18A:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3160; NCL § 6118]—(NRS A 1963, 813; 1971, 573; 1979, 1816; 2007, 1772; 2015, 1699)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.307 - Railroads: Commission required to perform duties to ensure safety of equipment, facilities, rolling stock and operations and for State’s participation in federal safety program; regulations.

The Commission shall:
1. Perform such duties and functions as are necessary:
(a) To ensure the safety of railroad equipment, facilities, rolling stock and operations in this state.
(b) For this state to participate in any federal safety program relating to railroads.
2. Adopt such regulations as it determines are necessary in carrying out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1274)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › NRS 704.309 - Railroads: Commission required to levy and collect annual assessments for railroad safety; fee for delinquent assessment; sale or transfer of certificate of public convenience and necessity; action for collection of assessment or fee.

1. The Commission shall levy and collect an annual assessment from each railroad subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission that transports cargo into, out of or through this State to support the activities of the Commission relating to railroad safety.
2. The annual assessment levied on railroads:
(a) Must be equal to the costs incurred by the Commission that are not offset by the fees paid pursuant to NRS 459.512.
(b) Must be not more than 1 cent per ton of cargo transported by the railroads into, out of or through this State during the immediately preceding calendar year.
3. On or before September 1 of each year, the Commission shall:
(a) Calculate the amount of the assessment to be levied pursuant to this section for the previous fiscal year; and
(b) Mail to each railroad subject to the provisions of this section to the current address of the railroad on file with the Commission a notice indicating the amount of the assessment. The failure of the Commission to so notify a railroad does not invalidate the assessment.
4. An assessment levied pursuant to this section is due on or before November 1 of each year. Each railroad that is subject to the provisions of this section which fails to pay the assessment on or before December 1, shall pay, in addition to the assessment, a fee of 1 percent of the total unpaid balance for each month or portion thereof that the assessment is delinquent or $10, whichever is greater, except that no fee may exceed $1,000 for each delinquent payment.
5. If a railroad sells or transfers its certificate of public convenience and necessity or sells or transfers substantially all of its assets, the Commission shall calculate, levy and collect the accrued assessment for the current year not later than 30 days after the sale or transfer, unless the purchaser or transferee has assumed liability for the assessment. For the purposes of this subsection, the jurisdiction of the Commission over the sale or transfer of a railroad continues until the assessment of the railroad has been paid.
6. The Commission may bring an appropriate action in its own name for the collection of any assessment and fee that is not paid pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1496; A 2001, 1765; 2007, 37)