reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9225 - Forecasts of peak demand and annual energy consumption: General requirements

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A utility's resource plan must contain a
				series of forecasts of the peak demand and annual energy consumption that
				represent the range of future load which its system may be required to serve.
				The range of future peak demand and energy consumption must be based upon and
				consistent with the upper and lower limits of expected economic and demographic
				change in the utility's service territory in the next 20 years, commencing with
				the year following the year in which the resource plan is filed, as follows:
(a) A forecast of high growth;
(b) A forecast of base growth; and
(c) A forecast of low growth.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.923 - Periods to be covered by resource plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
The periods that must be covered by the utility's resource
				  plan are as follows:
1. For historical
				data, the 10-year period preceding the year in which the resource plan is
				filed. If estimated data are used, the utility shall identify such data and
				describe the procedure by which the estimates were made.
2. For the forecasts of peak demand and
				energy consumption, the 20-year period beginning with the year in which the
				resource plan is filed.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9235 - Formats for information included in resource plan

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. A
				utility shall, in consultation with the staff and subject to the approval of
				the Commission, develop suitable formats to be used for all information
				required in the resource plan of the utility.
2. Graphical and tabular information must be
				accompanied by explanatory narratives.
3. A resource plan may include text which is
				not specifically related to those formats but is of importance to the resource
				plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9237 - Requirements and contents of distributed resources plan; identification and justification of certain changes of methodology; public posting of update to hosting capacity analysis

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The resource plan
				of a utility must contain a distributed resources plan for the 3 years covered
				by the action plan of the utility. The distributed resources plan of a utility
				must be consistent with the action plan of the utility.
2. The distributed resources plan must:
(a) Identify and evaluate the locational
				benefits and costs of distributed resources. The evaluation must be based on:
(1) Reductions or increases in local
				generation capacity needs;
(2)
				Avoided or increased localized investments in distribution
				infrastructure;
(3) Reductions or
				increases in safety benefits of the electric grid;
(4) Reductions or increases in the
				reliability benefits of the electric grid;
(5) Any other localized savings that the
				distributed resources provide to the electric grid; and
(6) Any other costs that distributed
				resources impose on customers of the electric utility or
				utilities.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9238 - Deviation from and amendment of distributed resources plan

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Notwithstanding the approval of the
				Commission of the distributed resources plan of a utility, the utility may
				deviate from the approved distributed resources plan to the extent necessary to
				respond adequately to any significant change in circumstances not contemplated
				by the distributed resources plan. A significant change in circumstances
				includes, without limitation:
(a) A material
				change in net system, feeder or nodal customer load or demand;
(b) A material difference between the
				estimated and actual locational net benefit results for any or all resources
				analyzed in the grid needs assessment;
(c) A material difference between estimated
				and actual in-service dates or performance of the distributed resources
				analyzed and selected pursuant to the distributed resources plan; and
(d) Any other circumstance that the utility
				demonstrates to the Commission warrants a deviation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9239 - Update of distributed resources plan: Filing; requirements

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Beginning in calendar year 2020, on or
				before September 1 of the first and second years after the action plan of a
				utility is filed, the utility shall file an update of the distributed resources
				plan that will be applicable for each year remaining in the period covered by
				the action plan.
2. The update of
				the distributed resources plan must comply with the requirements of NAC
				704.9237.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-2019
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9241 - Update of distributed resources plan: Action by Commission

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Commission will conduct a hearing
				within 60 days after a utility files an update of its distributed resources
				plan pursuant to NAC 704.9239 and issue an order within 120 days after the
				filing of that update by the utility.
2. The Commission will conduct its evaluation
				of the update of the distributed resources plan in accordance with subsection 5
				of NAC 704.9494 and issue an order
				approving the update as filed, modifying the update or specifying any portions
				of the update that the Commission deems to be inadequate.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-2019
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9245 - Normalizing forecast values of peak demand and energy consumption to account for normal weather conditions

Current through June 11,
				2024
All forecast values of peak demand and energy consumption
				  must be normalized to account for normal weather conditions within the service
				  territory of the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.925 - Resource plan: Inclusion, contents and evaluation of forecasts of energy consumption and peak demand; consideration of certain impacts; identification of change in methodology of forecasting

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility's
				resource plan must include forecasts of energy consumption and the peak demand
				for summer and winter for the system, disaggregated by rate schedule, for the
				20-year period beginning with the year following the year in which the resource
				plan is filed. The utility may combine rate schedules if necessary to protect
				the confidentiality of individual customers.
2. The utility shall identify components of
				residential and commercial energy and demand for which initiatives for energy
				efficiency and conservation are applicable. The utility shall include in its
				forecast an assessment of the impacts of such initiatives on the identified
				components and on overall levels of energy consumption and demand by
				residential and commercial customers.
3. The utility's forecast must include:
(a) Estimated annual losses of energy on the
				system for the 20-year period of the resource plan; and
(b) Estimated annual energy to be used by the
				utility for the 20-year period of the resource plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9281 - Resource plan: Contents of data relating to peak demand and energy consumption

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The historical
				data relating to peak demand and energy consumption submitted in a utility's
				resource plan must contain:
(a) The recorded
				and coincident peak demand, normalized for weather, in the summer and winter
				for the total system for the 10-year period immediately preceding the year in
				which the resource plan is filed;
(b) The recorded and annual sales of energy
				consumption, normalized for weather, for the total system for each year of the
				10-year period immediately preceding the year in which the resource plan is
				filed;
(c) The estimated losses of
				energy for the system for each year of the 10-year period immediately preceding
				the year in which the resource plan is filed; and
(d) The estimated or actual amount of
				electric energy used by the utility in the operation of its business for each
				year of the 10-year period immediately preceding the year in which the resource
				plan is filed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9321 - Resource plan: Reliability of assumptions, forecasts, conclusions and information; adjustments to forecasts; maps of covered areas; supportive testimony

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. To the extent
				consistent with cost-effective procedures generally accepted by the industry,
				all assumptions, forecasts, conclusions and information used by a utility in
				its resource plan must be:
(a) Based on
				substantially accurate data;
(b)
				Adequately demonstrated and defended; and
(c) Adequately documented and
				justified.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.934 - Preparation, contents and submission of demand side plan; annual analyses regarding programs for energy efficiency and conservation

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. As part
				of its resource plan, a utility shall submit a demand side plan that is cost
				effective as a whole.
2. The demand
				side plan must include:
(a) An identification
				of end-uses for programs for energy efficiency and conservation.
(b) An assessment of savings attributable to
				technically feasible programs for energy efficiency and conservation, as
				determined by the utility. The programs must be ranked in a list according to
				the level of savings in energy or reduction in demand, or both.
(c) An assessment of technically feasible
				programs to determine which will produce benefits in peak demand or energy
				consumption. The utility shall estimate the cost of each such program. The
				methods used for the assessment must be stated in detail, specifically listing
				the data and assumptions considered in the assessment.
(d) An energy efficiency plan which complies
				with the requirements of
				NRS
				704.7836, and which includes any additional
				goals for energy savings established by the Commission.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9355 - Analyses of options for supply

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility shall
				develop a set of analyses of its options for supply to be considered for
				meeting the expected future demand on its system. These analyses must include
				an examination of the environmental impact of each option, taking into account
				the best available technologies and the environmental benefit of renewable
				resources. The options to be analyzed must include:
(a) Construction or acquisition of new
				generation facilities or upgrades to existing generation facilities, including
				retrofitting existing facilities with more efficient systems or converting to
				other fuels;
(b) Construction of new
				transmission facilities or upgrades to existing transmission
				facilities;
(c) Purchase of
				long-term transmission rights on transmission facilities owned by other
				persons;
(d) Improvements in the
				efficiency of operations and scheduling, including, without limitation,
				improvements that are attributable to the proposed implementation of new
				digital and computer information system technologies;
(e) Options of low carbon dioxide emissions;
				and
(f) Transactions with other
				utilities, independent producers and utility customers for:
(1) Pooling of power;
(2) Purchases of power; or
(3) Exchanges of
				power.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9357 - Analysis of net economic benefits to State

Current through June
				11, 2024
1. An analysis
				of the changes that result in net economic benefits to Nevada from
				electricity-producing or electricity-saving resources must be conducted by the
				utility in selecting a resource option. The net economic benefit to the State
				must be quantified to reflect both the positive and negative changes and must
				include the net economic impact of renewable resources. The projected present
				worth of societal cost of a competing resource plan must be within 10 percent
				of the lowest societal costs plan before proceeding with an analysis of the
				economic benefits to Nevada.
2. The
				economic benefits analysis must be achieved by calculating the portion of the
				present worth of future requirements for revenue that is expended within the
				State, including the following for both the construction and operation phases
				of any project:
(a) Capital expenditures for
				land and facilities located within the State or equipment manufactured in the
				State;
(b) The portion of the cost
				of materials, supplies and fuel purchased in the State;
(c) Wages paid for work done within the
				State;
(d) Taxes and fees paid to
				the State or subdivisions thereof; and
(e) Fees paid for services performed within
				the State.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9359 - Determination of environmental costs to State

Current through June
				11, 2024
The environmental costs to the State associated with
				  operating and maintaining a supply plan or demand side plan must be quantified
				  for air emissions, water and land use. Environmental costs are those costs,
				  wherever they may occur, that result from harm or risks of harm to the
				  environment after the application of all mitigation measures required by
				  existing environmental regulation or otherwise included in the resource
				  plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 3-27-92; A 1-24-96; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9361 - Elimination or modification of environmental factors, emission rates and environmental costs

Current through June 11,
				2024
The emission rates and environmental costs set or otherwise
				  authorized by the Commission may be subject to elimination or modification, and
				  new factors may be added for consideration, as new scientific, engineering,
				  economic or other technical information becomes available to the Commission.
				  Information purporting to establish a need for the deletion or addition of any
				  environmental factor or the revision of any authorized emission rates or
				  environmental costs may be presented by any party at the time of a hearing on
				  the utility's resource plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 3-27-92; A 1-24-96
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.937 - Inclusion in supply plan of alternative plans and list of options for supply of capacity and electric energy; criteria for selection of options; comparison of and requirements for alternative plans; identification of preferred plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility's
				supply plan must contain a diverse set of alternative plans which include a
				list of options for the supply of capacity and electric energy that includes a
				description of all existing and planned facilities for generation and
				transmission, existing and planned power purchases, and other resources
				available as options to the utility for the future supply of electric energy.
				The description must include the expected capacity of the facilities and
				resources for each year of the supply plan. At least one alternative plan must
				be of low carbon dioxide emissions that:
(a)
				Uses sources of supply that result in, by 2050, an amount of energy production
				from zero carbon dioxide emission resources that equals the forecasted demand
				for electricity by customers of the utility;
(b) Includes the deployment of distributed
				generation; and
(c) If the plan is
				submitted on or before June 1, 2027, uses sources of supply that result in, by
				the year 2030, an 80 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from the
				generation of electricity to meet the demands of customers of the utility as
				compared to the amount of such emissions in the year 2005.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9378 - Supply plan: Time-line graphs for proposed resources for supply

Current through June 11, 2024
The supply plan must contain time-line graphs for the
				  utility's proposed resources for supply that include major activities,
				  milestones and points of decision. The following subjects must be included in
				  the time-line graphs for each proposed resource:
1. Preparation of any required environmental
				impact statements;
2. Applications
				for significant permits;
3.
				Commitments of significant expenditures;
4. Periods for construction; and
5. The commercial operation date.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9385 - Supply plan: Contents; tables; transmission plan; information regarding purchase of power; maps; conceptual renewable energy zone transmission plan

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The supply plan of the utility must
				develop and document the origins of:
(a) The
				assumptions, data and projections used by the utility to calculate the costs
				and benefits of its options.
(b)
				The assessment of current and anticipated electric market conditions by the
				utility for the region in which the utility operates.
(c) The basic economic and financial
				limitations of the utility.
(d) The
				assumptions used by the utility for developing the environmental costs and the
				net economic benefits to the State from each of the options of the utility for
				future supply.
(e) The criteria used
				by the utility for determining the reserve margin.
(f) The assumptions used by the utility for
				renewable resources.
(g) The
				assumptions used by the utility for independent power producers.
(h) The assumptions used by the utility for
				the reduction in demand and energy requirements associated with customers
				exiting service from the utility and customers utilizing distributed generation
				resources.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9395 - Resource plan: Information on financial and economic characteristics of planned facilities

Current through June 11,
				2024
A utility's resource plan must contain information on the
				  financial and economic characteristics of planned facilities. The information
				  must include:
1. The estimated costs
				of construction, including:
(a) Annual flows
				of expenditures with allowance for money expended during construction;
				and
(b) Annual flows of
				expenditures without allowance for money expended during
				construction;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9401 - Financial information and assumptions used to develop financial plan

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The assumptions and methodologies for
				modeling used to develop the utility's financial plan must be described in the
				resource plan of the utility. The following estimated financial information for
				the preferred plan must be included in the financial plan:
(a) Present worth of revenue
				requirements.
(b) Nominal revenue
				requirements by year.
(c) Average
				system rates per kilowatt-hour by year.
(d) Total rate base by year.
(e) Financial results attributed to the risk
				management strategy of the utility.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.944 - Supply plan: Discussion of alternative strategies

Current through
				June 11, 2024
A utility shall include in its supply plan a comprehensive
				  discussion of the alternative strategies that the utility would pursue if any
				  preferred resource or facility were not available as described in the supply
				  plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.945 - Resource plan: Inclusion of certain tables and graphs

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. A
				utility shall include in its resource plan a table of loads and resources for
				each supply plan analyzed. The table must include the following data for each
				year of the resource plan:
(a) The capacity
				provided by each supply resource;
(b) The total expected capacity of all
				resources;
(c) The forecasted peak
				demand;
(d) The estimated impact of
				new programs for energy efficiency and conservation;
(e) The expected capacity and energy provided
				by renewable resources, categorized by type;
(f) The required planning reserves;
(g) The total capacity required;
(h) The excess or deficiency of capacity
				without additional resources; and
(i) The excess or deficiency of capacity with
				additional planned resources.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9453 - Inclusion of emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan in supply plan of electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties; contents

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in this subsection, an electric utility that primarily
				serves densely populated counties shall include in its supply plan an emissions
				reduction and capacity replacement plan. The utility shall file its initial
				emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan on or before May 1, 2014, and
				shall file each subsequent emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan
				with its resource plan. The utility may amend its emissions reduction and
				capacity replacement plan in its resource plan or by filing an amendment to its
				resource plan.
2. With respect to
				the retirement or elimination of coal-fired electric generating capacity which
				must be provided for in the emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan
				of an electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties
				pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of
				NRS
				704.7316, the emissions reduction and
				capacity replacement plan of the utility must:
(a) Include a schedule specifying the date by
				which the utility proposes to retire or eliminate:
(1) Not less than 300 megawatts of coal-fired
				electric generating capacity, which must not be later than December 31,
				2014.
(2) Not less than 250
				megawatts of coal-fired electric generating capacity in addition to the
				generating capacity retired or eliminated pursuant to subparagraph (1), which
				must not be later than December 31, 2017.
(3) Not less than 250 megawatts of coal-fired
				electric generating capacity in addition to the generating capacity retired or
				eliminated pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2), which must not be later than
				December 31, 2019.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9457 - Acceptance or modification of emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. After a hearing,
				the Commission may issue an order accepting or modifying an emissions reduction
				and capacity replacement plan of an electric utility that primarily serves
				densely populated counties if the emissions reduction and capacity replacement
				plan or any modifications to the plan provide for:
(a) The retirement or elimination of
				coal-fired electric generating capacity in a manner that is consistent with
				paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of
				NRS
				704.7316.
(b) The issuance by the utility of requests
				for proposals for electric generating capacity from new renewable energy
				facilities in a manner that is consistent with paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of
				NRS
				704.7316.
(c) The construction or acquisition and
				ownership by the utility of new renewable energy facilities with a nameplate
				capacity of 50 megawatts in a manner that is consistent with subparagraph (6)
				of paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of
				NRS
				704.7316.
(d) The construction or acquisition and
				ownership by the utility of electric generating facilities with a planning
				capacity of approximately 550 megawatts that the Commission has determined are
				needed pursuant to subsection 6 of
				NRS
				704.751 in a manner that is consistent with
				the provisions of
				NRS 704.7311 to
				704.7322, inclusive,
				and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(e) If the plan includes the construction or
				acquisition of one or more natural gas-fired electric generating plants, a
				strategy for the commercially reasonable physical procurement of fixed-price
				natural gas by the utility, as required by paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of
				NRS
				704.7316.
(f) A plan to account for the costs
				associated with the retirement and decommissioning of the coal-fired electric
				generating units identified for retirement or elimination under the emissions
				reduction and capacity replacement plan and for all remediation
				costs.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9465 - Integrated analysis to establish priorities among options; consideration of results as basis for preferred plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The utility
				shall perform an analysis integrating:
(a)
				Planning based on demand;
(b)
				Planning based on supply;
(c)
				Financial planning; and
(d)
				Planning to meet other applicable regulatory constraints.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9475 - Analysis of sensitivity for major assumptions and estimates used in resource plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility shall
				conduct an analysis of sensitivity for all major assumptions and estimates used
				in its resource plan. The analysis must include the:
(a) Forecast of peak demand and energy
				consumption;
(b) Dates when
				proposed acquisitions will be in service;
(c) Unit availability;
(d) Costs of power plants;
(e) Prices of fuel;
(f) Amounts of purchased power and
				corresponding costs;
(g) Schedule,
				impact and costs of programs for energy efficiency and conservation;
(h) Capacity of plants in
				megawatts;
(i) Discount
				rates;
(j) Rate of
				inflation;
(k) Cost of
				capital;
(l) Environmental costs;
				and
(m) Economic benefit.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.948 - Analysis of decisions

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility shall
				analyze its decisions, taking into account its assessment of risk and
				identifying particular risks with respect to:
(a) Costs;
(b) Reliability;
(c) Finances;
(d) The volatility of the price of purchased
				power and fuel; and
(e) Any other
				uncertainties the utility has identified.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9482 - Requirements for energy supply plan, purchased power procurement plan, fuel procurement plan and risk management strategy; consistency with action plan; annual filings

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The resource
				plan of a utility must contain an energy supply plan for the 3 years covered by
				the action plan of the utility. The resource plan of a utility must be
				consistent with the action plan of the utility.
2. An energy supply plan must be developed by
				a utility using its base forecast and target planning reserve margin.
3. As part of its energy supply plan, a
				utility shall develop a purchased power procurement plan. The purchased power
				procurement plan of a utility must include, without limitation:
(a) The proposed mix of purchased power
				products by:
(1) Type of resource;
(2) Delivery profile; and
(3) The term that the utility considers
				appropriate for the expected demand.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9484 - Critical facility: Procedure and purpose for designation; financial incentives

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The Commission
				may, upon the request of a utility or an intervening party pursuant to
				subsection 2 or upon its own motion, make a determination as to whether to
				designate a facility of the utility as a critical facility. Such a
				determination may be made in conjunction with an order issued by the Commission
				pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 704.9494 or in another proceeding on the
				matter.
2. A utility and any party
				granted intervener status may request that the Commission designate a facility
				of the utility as a critical facility for the purpose of:
(a) Protecting reliability;
(b) Promoting diversity of supply and demand
				side sources;
(c) Developing
				renewable energy resources;
(d)
				Fulfilling specific statutory mandates;
(e) Promoting retail price stability;
				or
(f) Any combination of
				paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive.
Such a request must be accompanied by supporting analysis
				  and documentation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9486 - Performance-based methodology for recovery of costs for natural gas used as fuel for generation: Proposal for establishment; report of results

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				As part of its energy supply plan, a utility may propose the establishment of a
				performance-based methodology for the recovery of costs for natural gas used as
				a fuel for generation. Any proposed performance methodology must be based upon
				objective standards and criteria.
2. A proposal for the establishment of a
				performance-based methodology for the recovery of costs for natural gas must
				include information sufficient to enable the Commission to evaluate the
				proposal, including, without limitation:
(a)
				The criteria to be used in measuring the performance of the utility;
(b) The rationale for using the selected
				criteria;
(c) If appropriate, the
				proposed sharing allocation between the utility and its consumers;
(d) The duration of the program;
				and
(e) Supporting
				documentation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9489 - Requirements for action plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Each resource
				plan of a utility must include a detailed action plan based on an integrated
				analysis of the demand side plan and supply plan of the utility. In its action
				plan, the utility shall specify all its actions that are to take place during
				the 3 years commencing with the year following the year in which the resource
				plan is filed. The action plan must contain:
(a) An introductory section that explains how
				the action plan fits into the longer-term strategic plan of the
				utility.
(b) A list of actions for
				which the utility is seeking the approval of the Commission.
(c) A schedule for the acquisition of data,
				including planned activities to update and refine the quality of the data used
				in forecasting.
(d) A specific
				timetable for acquisition of options for the supply of electric energy and for
				programs for energy efficiency and conservation.
(e) If changes in the methodology are being
				proposed, a description fully justifying the proposed changes, including an
				analysis of the costs and benefits. Any changes in methodology that are
				approved by the Commission must be maintained for the period described in the
				action plan.
(f) A section
				describing any plans of the utility to acquire additional modeling
				instruments.
(g) A section for the
				utility's program for energy efficiency and conservation, including:
(1) A description of continued planning
				efforts;
(2) A plan to carry out and
				continue selected measures for energy efficiency and conservation that have
				been identified as desirable; and
(3) Any impacts of imputed debt calculations
				associated with energy efficiency contracts in the preferred
				plan.
(h) A section for
				the utility's program for acquisition of resources for the supply of electric
				energy for the period covered by the action plan, including:
(1) The immediate plans of the utility for
				construction or acquisition of facilities or long-term purchases of
				power;
(2) The expected time for
				construction or acquisition of facilities and acquisition of long-term
				purchases of power identified in subparagraph (1);
(3) The major milestones of construction;
				and
(4) Any impacts of imputed debt
				calculations associated with renewable energy contracts or energy efficiency
				contracts in the preferred plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.94893 - Requirements for emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In addition to the action plan required by
				NAC 704.9489, an electric utility that primarily serves densely populated
				counties shall file with its resource plan an emissions reduction and capacity
				replacement action plan, except that the initial emissions reduction and
				capacity replacement action plan must be filed on or before May 1, 2014, as an
				amendment to the resource plan of the electric utility.
2. In its emissions reduction and capacity
				replacement action plan, an electric utility that primarily serves densely
				populated counties shall specify all the actions that are to take place during
				the 3 years commencing with the year following the year in which the resource
				plan is filed, except that in its initial emissions reduction and capacity
				replacement action plan, the utility shall specify all the actions that are to
				take place before the filing of its next resource plan. The emissions reduction
				and capacity replacement action plan must contain:
(a) An introductory section that explains how
				the emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan fits into the
				longer-term strategic plan of the utility.
(b) A list of actions for which the utility
				is seeking the approval of the Commission.
(c) A section for the utility's program for
				acquisition of resources for the supply of electric energy for the period
				covered by the emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan,
				including:
(1) The immediate plans of the
				utility for construction of facilities or long-term purchases of
				power.
(2) The expected time for
				construction of facilities and acquisition of long-term purchases of power
				identified in subparagraph (1).
(3)
				The major milestones of construction.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.94895 - Renewable energy zone transmission action plan: Acceptance of action items (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R088-10, eff. 12-16-2010; R by
				  R005-22A,
				  eff. 9/16/2022
NRS
					 703.025 and
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9492 - Rates for long-term avoided cost: Inclusion of certain information in resource plan; estimation; specification of proposed limits concerning availability

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility shall
				file, as part of its resource plan, the methodology for estimating the rates
				for long-term avoided cost of the utility, including the capacity and energy
				components. The rates for long-term avoided cost must be based upon the
				utility's preferred plan and be consistent with
				18 C.F.R. §
										292.304(a),
				(b), (c) and (e).
2. The estimated rate for long-term avoided
				cost must be established for various sizes of megawatt blocks, except that:
(a) If the utility has a peak demand of at
				least 1,000 megawatts, the stated blocks must not exceed 100 megawatts;
				and
(b) If the utility has a peak
				demand of less than 1,000 megawatts, the stated blocks must not exceed 10
				percent of the system peak.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9494 - Approval of action plan; determination that elements of energy supply plan are prudent; recovery of costs to carry out approved plans

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				The Commission will issue an order:
(a)
				Approving the action plan of the utility as filed;
(b) Modifying the action plan of the utility;
				or
(c) If the plan is not approved
				as filed or modified, specifying those parts of the action plan the Commission
				considers inadequate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9496 - Estimated rates for long-term avoided cost: General requirements; action by Commission; solicitation of proposals

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. In conjunction
				with the issuance by the Commission of a final order approving or modifying the
				action plan, the Commission will issue an order addressing the utility's
				proposed estimated rates for long-term avoided cost, including the methodology
				and limits to be used by the utility for its filing pursuant to NAC 704.9492.
				The Commission will consider the factors listed in
				18 C.F.R. §
										292.304(a),
				(b), (c) and (e) in its evaluation of the
				utility's proposed estimated rates for long-term avoided cost.
2. The utility shall file with the Commission
				the utility's estimated rates for long-term avoided cost within 60 days after
				the Commission issues its order pursuant to subsection 1 specifying the
				methodology for estimating the rates for long-term avoided cost.
3. The estimated rates for long-term avoided
				cost filed by the utility with the Commission pursuant to subsection 2 must:
(a) Be consistent with the methodology for
				estimating the long-term avoided cost approved by the Commission and be based
				upon the resource plan approved by the Commission.
(b) Unless otherwise ordered by the
				Commission, be consistent with the format set forth in subsections 2 and 3 of
				NAC 704.9492 and be limited to those rates proposed by the utility pursuant to
				subsection 5 of NAC 704.9492.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9497 - Approval of emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Commission will issue an order:
(a) Approving the emissions reduction and
				capacity replacement action plan of an electric utility that primarily serves
				densely populated counties as filed;
(b) Modifying the emissions reduction and
				capacity replacement action plan of an electric utility that primarily serves
				densely populated counties; or
(c)
				If the emission reduction and capacity replacement action plan of an electric
				utility that primarily serves densely populated counties is not approved as
				filed or modified, specifying those parts of the action plan the Commission
				considers inadequate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9498 - Report on progress of action plan: Filing; service; contents; form; hearing

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Not earlier than
				15 months and not later than 21 months after the date on which the utility
				files its action plan, the utility shall file a report on the progress of its
				action plan with the Commission and serve a copy of the progress report on all
				parties of record. The progress report must include:
(a) Information concerning the status of
				planned facilities approved by the Commission, including any cost or schedule
				variances;
(b) Information
				concerning the status of all programs for energy efficiency and conservation,
				including planned and achieved reductions in kilowatt-hours and reduction in
				demand in kilowatt-hours;
(c)
				Information concerning the status of the plan to accelerate transportation
				electrification, as required by NRS 704.7867, including, without limitation,
				progress achieved;
(d) A comparison
				of budgeted and actual costs for the entire action plan;
(e) An identification of and justification
				for any significant deviation from the approved action plan, including
				supporting information;
(f) An
				updated forecast of energy consumption and peak demand; and
(g) An updated table for loads and resources
				for the remaining years covered by the 20-year plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9503 - Monitoring and amendment of action plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in
				NRS
				704.871, a utility shall continually monitor
				its action plan and shall amend the plan before it submits its next action plan
				if any of the following circumstances exist:
(a) The utility anticipates submitting an
				application for a permit to construct a utility facility pursuant to
				NRS 704.820 to
				704.900,
				inclusive, which was not previously approved as part of the action
				plan.
(b) The utility makes a
				commitment for the acquisition or construction of a facility that was not
				previously approved as part of the action plan.
(c) The utility makes a commitment for a
				long-term purchased power obligation which was not previously approved as part
				of the action plan.
(d) The utility
				is unable to place a resource in service or secure a resource in accordance
				with the schedule for the resource that is included in the action plan approved
				by the Commission and the modified schedule results in a significant deviation
				from the planned reserve margin for any period in the 3-year action
				plan.
(e) The utility makes a
				commitment for an option that was not available at the time the action plan was
				approved.
(f) The basic data used
				in the formation of the plan requires significant modification that affects the
				choice of a resource which was approved as part of the action plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.95035 - Monitoring and amendment of emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. An electric
				utility that primarily serves densely populated counties shall continually
				monitor its emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan and shall
				amend the action plan before it submits its next emissions reduction and
				capacity replacement action plan if any of the following circumstances exist:
(a) The utility anticipates submitting an
				application for a permit to construct a utility facility pursuant to
				NRS 704.820 to
				704.900,
				inclusive, which was not previously approved as part of the emissions reduction
				and capacity replacement action plan.
(b) The utility makes a commitment for the
				acquisition or construction of a facility that was not previously approved as
				part of the emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan.
(c) The utility is unable to place a resource
				in service or secure a resource in accordance with the schedule for the
				resource that is included in the emissions reduction and capacity replacement
				action plan approved by the Commission.
(d) The utility makes a commitment for an
				option that was not available at the time the emissions reduction and capacity
				replacement action plan was approved.
(e) The basic data used in the formation of
				the emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan requires
				significant modification that affects the choice of a resource which was
				approved as part of the plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9504 - Deviation from and amendment of energy supply plan

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				Notwithstanding the approval by the Commission of the energy supply plan of a
				utility, the utility may deviate from the approved energy supply plan to the
				extent necessary to respond adequately to any significant change in
				circumstances not contemplated by the energy supply plan. A significant change
				in circumstances includes, without limitation:
(a) A material change in the market price of
				fuel or purchased power;
(b) An
				extended forced outage of a major generating unit of the utility;
(c) A material change in customer demand;
				and
(d) Any other circumstance that
				the utility demonstrates to the Commission warrants a deviation.