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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION › Section 704A.260 - Extension of lines to development

Current through June 11, 2024
Any extension of a utility's lines from existing facilities to a new residential development must be constructed underground from the nearest line or source of sufficient capacity if the line or source is not more than 100 feet from the closest boundary of the development. The 100 feet must:
1. Be calculated on the basis of the most direct route from the nearest line or source of sufficient capacity to the closest boundary of the development; and
2. Exclude any portion of the extension which is a main or primary line and is to be installed under and across, as opposed to along, a public way or street.
Pub. Service Comm'n, Gen. Order 9 Rule I, eff. 11-1-69-NAC A 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION › Section 704A.270 - Ownership and maintenance of facilities

Current through June 11, 2024
The utility owns and shall install, operate and maintain all electric distribution facilities to and including the meter.
Pub. Service Comm'n, Gen. Order 9 Rule M, eff. 11-1-69-NAC A 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION › Section 704A.280 - Responsibility of utility and applicant for installation

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except for transformer vaults and pads, manholes and handholes, the utility is responsible for furnishing, installing, splicing and connecting all wire, cable, electric hardware, transformers and other appurtenances incident to the construction of an underground electric system, and all of the costs attributable to the utility's discharge of this responsibility may be included in the estimate upon which an advance is required under NAC 704A.240.
2. Within a new residential development, the applicant is responsible for furnishing and installing, at his expense, all transformer vaults and pads, manholes and handholes incident to the construction of an underground electric system.
Pub. Service Comm'n, Gen. Order 9 Rule F, eff. 11-1-69-NAC A 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION › Section 704A.290 - Trenches

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if an underground electric system is installed within a new residential development, the system must be installed in trenches used jointly with the facilities of other public utilities. This requirement does not apply with respect to main ( primary and secondary) lines leading to a new residential development if the utilities serving the development cannot approach it from the same direction.
2. The applicant, at his expense, shall perform all trenching, backfilling and paving within a new residential development and within the 100-foot allowance provided for in NAC 704A.260. The utility shall perform any trenching, backfilling or paving beyond the 100-foot allowance.
3. In the performance of all trenching, backfilling and paving, including the use of any select backfill materials, the utility is responsible for making inspections to ensure that appropriate separations are maintained between electric and telephone lines in conformance with the minimum construction standards set forth in the National Electric Safety Code.
Pub. Service Comm'n, Gen. Order 9 Rule E, eff. 11-1-69-NAC A 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION › Section 704A.300 - Conduits and preassembled cable in conduits

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except at intersections on main thoroughfares and in places where the use of conduits is required by state law or local ordinance, the utility or the applicant may elect to install underground electric systems in conduits or by preassembled cable in conduits, subject to the following conditions:
(a) If the utility elects to install a system in a conduit, all responsibility for the installation rests with the utility, and all costs attributable to its election to use a conduit must be borne by it without any refundable advance or nonrefundable contribution in aid of construction.
(b) The applicant may elect to have an underground electric system installed in a conduit only if his new residential development is scheduled for building and occupancy over a period of more than 1 year. If the applicant so elects, the furnishing and installation are the responsibility of the utility and at its expense, but all the costs attributable to the utility's discharge of the responsibility constitute appropriate items for inclusion in the estimate upon which a nonrefundable advance is required under NAC 704A.240.
(c) Only the utility may elect to install an underground electric system by preassembled cable in a conduit. If the utility so elects, the furnishing and installation are the utility's responsibility and at its expense. However, any cost attributable to the use of a preassembled cable in a conduit which exceeds the cost of making the installation by direct burial must be borne by the utility without any refundable advance or nonrefundable contribution in aid of construction.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION › Section 704A.310 - Duplication of lines prohibited

Current through June 11, 2024
Any unnecessary or unwarranted duplication of the utility's underground distribution lines in a public way or street is prohibited.
Pub. Service Comm'n, Gen. Order 9 Rule H, eff. 11-1-69
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION › Section 704A.320 - Exceptions for special circumstances

Current through June 11, 2024
In unusual circumstances, if adherence to NAC 704A.020 to 704A.310, inclusive, becomes impractical or impossible for either person, then the utility or the applicant, before commencement of construction or installation, may refer the matter to the Commission for a special ruling or for the approval of special conditions that have been mutually agreed upon.
Pub. Service Comm'n, Gen. Order 9 Rule N, eff. 11-1-69
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.350 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704A.360 to 704A.570, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704A.360 to 704A.420, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.360 - "Cable" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Cable" means a single conductor or a combination of conductors insulated from one another.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.370 - "Commission" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Commission" means the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.380 - "Conduit" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Conduit" means a tubular runway and appurtenances thereto for telephone cables.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.390 - "Developer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Developer" means the developer of a residential subdivision.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.400 - "Development" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Development" means:
1. A tract of land whose development has been approved by the appropriate local government and which has been divided into lots as sites for the construction of new residential buildings; or
2. Land on which are constructed new buildings for multiple occupancy.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.410 - "Direct burial" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Direct burial" means the installation of cables directly in the earth and not enclosed in a protective conduit, except for incidental handholes and manholes.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.420 - "Dwelling" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Dwelling" means a single-family house, an apartment, a condominium, a mobile home or other single residence for which telephone service would normally be provided.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.430 - Applicability

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NAC 704A.350 to 704A.570, inclusive, apply to any extension of telephone facilities to and within a new residential development where underground construction of those facilities is required by:
(a) An ordinance or regulation of the local government having jurisdiction; or
(b) An agreement between the developer and the telephone company which is to provide service for the development.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.440 - Extension of facilities to development; preliminary plans and estimates

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The extension of telephone facilities to a development must be along the most direct and economically feasible route to it from the nearest existing facility which is:
(a) In the same exchange or wire center; and
(b) Of sufficient capacity, or capable of being reinforced to provide sufficient capacity, to provide the required service.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.450 - Placing of facilities; rights-of-way and easements

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In extending telephone facilities to and within a development, the telephone company shall place the facilities:
(a) Along and across public streets, roads or highways which it has the right to occupy; or
(b) In and along easements across public or private land which it deems satisfactory for the purpose.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.460 - Information furnished by developer; advances; schedule of construction

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The developer shall furnish the telephone company:
(a) An approved plat of the development;
(b) A written statement of the number and type of dwellings to be served within the development; and
(c) A written statement or a map which shows the zoning applicable to the development.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.470 - Selection of material used in construction

Current through June 11, 2024
The telephone company is entitled to select the size, type and quality of all material to be used in the construction of underground telephone facilities.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.480 - Trenching

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The developer is responsible for all trenching inside the development and within the part of the extension of the telephone facilities which is within 100 feet of the boundary of the development, unless he requests the telephone company to accept responsibility for that trenching and the company so accepts. If the company so accepts, the developer shall advance to it a cash payment of the estimated cost of that trenching. After the company completes that trenching, the developer shall, upon demand, pay to it in cash any amount by which the actual cost has exceeded the advance. The company shall refund to the developer any part of the advance which exceeds the actual cost.
2. The responsibility for trenching includes the responsibility for:
(a) Excavating;
(b) Breaking and repairing pavement where necessary;
(c) Backfilling, including the supply of materials to be used as backfill;
(d) Compacting; and
(e) Restoring the landscaping, where applicable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.490 - Joint trenches and separate trenches

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Whenever practicable, a telephone company's extension of its facilities to and within a development must be installed in trenches used jointly with the facilities of other public utilities.
2. The developer shall provide a separate trench for any telephone facilities which are inside the development or not more than 100 feet from it if joint trenching is not technically possible or economically feasible.
3. Separations between the facilities of various public utilities in a joint trench must be maintained in conformance with the minimum standards of construction set forth in Part 3 of the National Electric Safety Code, which the Commission has adopted by reference in NAC 704.450.
4. The telephone company may place conduits in trenches inside or not more than 100 feet from a development to serve customers who reside more than 100 feet from the development if:
(a) The conduits are installed at the same time as the underground facilities which will serve the residents in the development; and
(b) The placement does not require the developer to perform additional excavation or supply additional material for backfill.
The telephone company is not required to pay the developer for such an additional use of these trenches.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.500 - Direct burial; conduits

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a telephone company shall install underground extensions of telephone facilities to and within developments by direct burial.
2. Under the following circumstances a telephone company may use conduits for all or a part of an extension of telephone facilities to and within a development:
(a) Within, along or across any public highway, street, road, alley or improved easement. The costs attributable to the use of these conduits must be borne by the company. The company shall install these conduits at such a time and in such a manner as does not delay the developer's schedule of construction.
(b) Across any existing or planned patio slab, pool decking, paved driveway, decorative planter, extensive landscaping or similar improvement where the crossing is in accordance with the company's design. The developer must bear the cost of these conduits.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.510 - Responsibility for construction; ownership and maintenance

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 704A.480, the telephone company is responsible for the construction of the extension of telephone facilities to and within a development.
2. The company owns and shall maintain the extension.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.520 - Advance of portion of estimated costs

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except for an extension made pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NAC 704A.500, the developer shall pay to the telephone company, in cash before construction is begun on the extension of telephone facilities to and within a development, 50 percent of the estimated costs of constructing the extension within the development and within 100 feet of its boundary, minus any amount previously paid pursuant to subsection 3 of NAC 704A.440.
2. The estimated costs must include the cost for preparation or the engineering drawings and designs.
3. The estimated costs must not include the cost of:
(a) Nonrefundable advances;
(b) Conduits and their installation; or
(c) Cable used to provide telephone service to persons who reside more than 100 feet from the development or the cost of installing that cable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.530 - Additional advances

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In addition to the payment required by NAC 704A.520, the developer shall pay to the telephone company in cash:
(a) The estimated cost of conduits and their installation across any existing or planned patio slab, pool decking, paved driveway, decorative planter, extensive landscaping or similar improvement, where the crossing is in accordance with the company's design;
(b) The estimated cost of conduits and their installation in any location for the benefit of the developer; and
(c) The cost of that part of the extension which is more than 100 feet from the subdivision.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.540 - Interest on refundable advance

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Interest accrues for the first 6 months on any refundable cash advance paid to the telephone company under NAC 704A.520.
2. The company has no obligation to pay interest to the developer on any other cash advance.
3. The interest is at an annual rate equal to the lowest daily prime rate at the three largest United States banking institutions on the day the company receives the advance.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.550 - Refunds of advances

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The telephone company shall annually notify the developer by registered or certified mail of the current status of his account. The notice must be sent to the developer's last known address.
2. The developer may give the telephone company a written notice once a month of the number of dwellings which have been completed within the development or which may be served from facilities for the development which are installed not more than 100 feet from it, as evidenced by copies of temporary or permanent certificates of occupancy. Within 45 days after the receipt of any copies of certificates of occupancy, the telephone company shall compute and pay to the developer refund of the advance paid pursuant to NAC 704A.520, as follows:
(a) If at any time within 10 years after the cash advance was paid, the number of completed dwellings in the development is at least 50 percent but less than 90 percent of the total number of dwellings approved for the development, the telephone company shall refund that amount of the advance which is equal to the proportion of the number of completed dwellings in excess of 50 percent of the total number of dwellings approved for the development to the number of dwellings which equals 50 percent of the total number of dwellings approved for the development, with interest at the rate established in NAC 704A.540; and
(b) If at any time within 10 years after the cash advance was paid, the number of completed dwellings is 90 percent or more of the total number of dwellings approved for the development, the telephone company shall refund all of the advance.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.560 - Records

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The telephone company shall make the following records available for the developer's inspection:
(a) A statement of the telephone company's estimated costs for the extension of telephone facilities and the allocation of its general and administrative costs; and
(b) An itemized breakdown of its costs for labor and material for the extension to and not more than 100 feet from the development.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › TELEPHONE FACILITIES › Section 704A.570 - Waivers

Current through June 11, 2024
Upon application, the Commission will waive compliance with a provision of NAC 704A.350 to 704A.560, inclusive, if it finds that compliance would be impracticable or imprudent under the particular circumstances.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 3-15-84
NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280, 704A.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704A - Facilities Placed Underground › MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 704A.600 - Burial of nonconductive subsurface installations

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if an operator is burying a nonconductive subsurface installation, the operator shall place a tracer wire or other conductive marking tape or device with the subsurface installation.
2. If an operator is conducting minor repairs to an existing nonconductive subsurface installation, the operator may choose not to place a tracer wire or other conductive marking tape or device with the subsurface installation when burying the subsurface installation.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Operator" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 455.096.
(b) "Subsurface installation" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 455.101.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.010 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704B.020 to 704B.145, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001; A by R018-04, 11-17-2005
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.020 - "Ancillary services" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Ancillary services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704B.020.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.024 - "Application" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Application" means an application filed pursuant to this chapter and chapter 704B of NRS for approval from the Commission to purchase energy, capacity or ancillary services from a provider of new electric resources.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.028 - "Bureau of Consumer Protection" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Bureau of Consumer Protection" means the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.034 - "Capacity" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Capacity" means the rated continuous load-carrying ability, expressed in megawatts, of generation equipment.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R018-04, eff. 11-17-2005
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.044 - "Date of commencement" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Date of commencement" means the date on which an eligible customer begins or intends to begin purchasing energy, capacity or ancillary services from a provider of new electric resources pursuant to a proposed transaction.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.050 - "Electric utility" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Electric utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704B.050.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.060 - "Electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704B.060.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.080 - "Eligible customer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Eligible customer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704B.080.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.090 - "Energy" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Energy" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704B.090.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.094 - "Existing eligible customer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Existing eligible customer" means an eligible customer in the service territory of an electric utility that is purchasing energy, capacity or ancillary services from the electric utility or a provider of new electric resources.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.098 - "FERC" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"FERC" means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of the United States Department of Energy.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.100 - "Impact fee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Impact fee" means an amount assessed by the Commission against an eligible customer pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 704B.310, but does not include any payment required by subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 7 of NRS 704B.310.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R018-04, eff. 11-17-2005
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.104 - "Letter of intent" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Letter of intent" means a letter of intent that an eligible customer submits pursuant to NAC 704B.320.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.110 - "New electric resource" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"New electric resource" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704B.110.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.116 - "OATT" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"OATT" means the open access transmission tariff of an electric utility that is on file with FERC.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.130 - "Provider of new electric resources" and "provider" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Provider of new electric resources" and "provider" have the meaning ascribed to them in NRS 704B.130.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.136 - "Regulatory Operations Staff" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Regulatory Operations Staff" means the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.138 - "Ten-percent contract" and "10-percent contract" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Ten-percent contract" or "10-percent contract" means the contract required to be offered to an electric utility pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 704B.320.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R018-04, eff. 11-17-2005
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.140 - "Time-of-use meter" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Time-of-use meter" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704B.140.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.145 - "Underlying contract" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Underlying contract" means a contract or proposed contract between an eligible customer and a provider of new electric resources that is the subject of an application filed pursuant to NRS 704B.310.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R018-04, eff. 11-17-2005
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.170 - Effect of chapter on certain existing contracts

Current through June 11, 2024
The provisions of this chapter do not alter in any manner the terms and conditions of any existing contract between an eligible customer and an electric utility.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.170, 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 704B.175 - Deviation from provisions of chapter

Current through June 11, 2024
The Commission may allow deviation from the provisions of this chapter if:
1. Good cause for the deviation appears; and
2. The Commission finds the deviation to be in the public interest and not contrary to statute.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R018-04, eff. 11-17-2005
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.300 - Criteria for determining whether end-use customer has average annual load of 1 megawatt or more; each service location of certain entities treated as separate end-use customer

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If an end-use customer is a new end-use customer or has been an end-use customer for less than 12 months in the service territory of an electric utility, the Commission will consider the end-use customer to have an average annual load of 1 megawatt or more in the service territory of the electric utility only if the Commission determines the end-use customer will consume, during the 12 months immediately following the date of commencement, 8,760,000 kilowatt-hours or more of energy in the service territory of the electric utility.
2. For all other end-use customers in the service territory of the electric utility, the Commission will consider the end-use customer to have an average annual load of 1 megawatt or more in the service territory of the electric utility only if the end-use customer has consumed, during the most recent 12-month period, 8,760,000 kilowatt-hours or more of energy in the service territory of an electric utility.
3. The Commission will treat each service location of a nongovernmental commercial or industrial entity as a separate end-use customer.
4. As used in this section, "service location" means:
(a)A single point of delivery;
(b)Multiple points of delivery on contiguous property; or
(c)Multiple points of delivery that, as of the date on which the application is filed, have been treated as a single service location by the electric utility.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.310 - Application for approval of proposed transaction: General requirements; single application by multiple eligible customers; parties to proceedings

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An eligible customer may not file an application unless the eligible customer complies with all applicable provisions of this chapter and chapter 704B of NRS.
2. Multiple eligible customers within a single service territory may file a single application. If such an application is filed, each eligible customer named as an applicant must comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter and chapter 704B of NRS.
3. If an application is filed:
(a)Each eligible customer named as an applicant, each provider named in the application, the electric utility and the Bureau of Consumer Protection shall be deemed to have a direct and substantial interest in the proceedings on the application; and
(b)No other person or entity shall be presumed to have a direct and substantial interest in the proceedings on the application.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.320 - Letter of intent to file application: General requirements; contents; limitations on use of certain information by electric utility

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Not later than 30 calendar days before the date on which an eligible customer files an application, the eligible customer shall submit a letter of intent to file the application to:
(a)The electric utility that is serving the eligible customer;
(b)The Regulatory Operations Staff; and
(c)The Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.330 - Letter of intent to file application: Meetings and discussions; duty to provide and update certain data and information

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Approximately 15 calendar days before the date on which an eligible customer files an application, the eligible customer, the electric utility and the Regulatory Operations Staff shall meet, in person or telephonically, to discuss the information included with the letter of intent and to identify any issues of concern with respect to the proposed transaction. Not later than 5 working days before the date of the meeting, the Bureau of Consumer Protection must be notified of the meeting, and the Bureau of Consumer Protection may participate fully in the meeting.
2. The provisions of this section do not preclude the eligible customer, the electric utility, the Regulatory Operations Staff or the Bureau of Consumer Protection from meeting or conferring as often as they deem necessary to accomplish the objectives of this section.
3. The Regulatory Operations Staff shall identify any additional data and information that it will need from the electric utility and the eligible customer to carry out the provisions of this section and the format that the electric utility and the eligible customer must use to provide and update the data and information. The electric utility and the eligible customer shall provide and update the data and information in such manner and at such times as the Regulatory Operations Staff may request.
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R125-01, eff. 12-17-2001
NRS 704B.200
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.340 - Contents of application; protective orders; confidentiality

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If an eligible customer files an application, the eligible customer shall include with the application all the information that the eligible customer included with the letter of intent and all the following items:
(a)Information demonstrating that the eligible customer or the provider has the ability to enter into all transmission service agreements necessary for the provider to deliver energy to the distribution system of the electric utility, and the proposed rates, terms and conditions of each such agreement. The eligible customer shall be deemed to have met the requirements of this subsection if:
(1)The eligible customer or the provider demonstrates that transmission service agreements with the electric utility will not be necessary for the provider to deliver energy to the distribution system of the electric utility; or
(2)The eligible customer demonstrates that it is an eligible customer under the OATT of the electric utility and the eligible customer agrees, to the extent applicable, to pay all costs for system impact studies, costs for construction and other costs required under the OATT of the electric utility to obtain the necessary transmission service.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.350 - Analysis of proposed underlying contract; meetings and discussions; duty to provide and update certain data and information; methodology used by Regulatory Operations Staff

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Not later than 45 calendar days after the date on which the eligible customer files an application, the Regulatory Operations Staff shall:
(a)Perform its initial analysis of the proposed underlying contract to estimate the potential impacts of the proposed underlying contract on the electric utility and its remaining customers; and
(b)Release the results of its initial analysis to the eligible customer, the provider, the electric utility and the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.360 - Additional analysis of 10-percent contract; meetings and discussions; determination of best interest by Commission; consequences of determination

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In addition to the requirements of NAC 704B.350, if the eligible customer is a nongovernmental commercial or industrial end-use customer whose load is in the service territory of an electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties, not later than 15 calendar days after the date on which the eligible customer files a completed and fully executed underlying contract between the eligible customer and provider, the Regulatory Operations Staff shall:
(a)Perform its initial analysis of the 10-percent contract identified in the application pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NAC 704B.340. In its initial analysis, the Regulatory Operations Staff shall indicate whether the 10-percent contract will be beneficial or detrimental to the remaining customers of the electric utility and shall include a recommendation regarding whether the 10-percent contract should be assigned to the electric utility.
(b)Provide its initial analysis to the eligible customer, the provider, the Bureau of Consumer Protection and the electric utility.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.370 - Duty to file and serve certain agreements; limited review and use of certain underlying contracts; confidentiality; terms, conditions and compliance items; petition to reopen consideration of application; limitations on actions of Commission after approval of application

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, not later than 40 calendar days after the date on which the eligible customer files an application, the eligible customer shall file with the Commission the following agreements:
(a)A completed and fully executed distribution service agreement between the eligible customer and the electric utility. The distribution service agreement must include, without limitation:
(1)A list of each point of delivery at which the eligible customer intends to purchase energy from the provider and, for each such point of delivery:
(I)The physical location of the point of delivery; and
(II)The current account number for the point of delivery, the name on each such account and the current billing address and final billing address for each such account; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.380 - Proposed transaction between eligible customer and provider which relies exclusively on new electric resources currently in operation

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a proposed transaction between an eligible customer and a provider relies exclusively on new electric resources currently in operation:
(a)Not later than 20 calendar days after the date on which the Commission determines that the eligible customer has complied with all terms, conditions and compliance items imposed pursuant to NAC 704B.370, the eligible customer shall notify the electric utility and the Commission in writing as to whether the eligible customer intends to proceed with the proposed transaction and, if so, the date of commencement.
(b)The date of commencement must not be sooner than:
(1)Sixty calendar days after the date on which the eligible customer notifies the electric utility pursuant to this subsection; and
(2)One hundred eighty calendar days after the date on which the eligible customer files the application,
unless the Commission authorizes an earlier date of commencement.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.385 - Proposed transaction between eligible customer and provider which relies on new electric resources that will be constructed after application granted by Commission

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a proposed transaction between an eligible customer and a provider relies on new electric resources that will be constructed after the Commission has issued its order granting the application:
(a)The Commission will establish reasonable time intervals by which:
(1)The eligible customer must file, and the electric utility must process, documents required to determine if the eligible customer is in compliance with all the terms, conditions and compliance items imposed pursuant to NAC 704B.370; and
(2)The Regulatory Operations Staff must review and verify whether the eligible customer has complied with the order issued by the Commission.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.400 - Payment by eligible customer of load-share portion of unrecovered balance in deferred accounts of electric utility; refund of excessive amount

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If the Commission approves an application, the Commission will order the eligible customer to pay its actual load-share portion of any unrecovered positive balance in the deferred accounts of the electric utility existing as of the date of commencement. The amount to be paid by the eligible customer must be calculated by the electric utility and approved by the Commission.
2. Not later than 7 calendar days after receiving notification pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 704B.380 or subsection 1 of NAC 704B.385 that the eligible customer intends to proceed with the proposed transaction, the electric utility shall provide the eligible customer and the Commission with:
(a)An estimate of the amount to be paid by or refunded to the eligible customer based upon estimates by the electric utility of the load-share portion of the eligible customer and of the balances that will be in the deferred accounts of the electric utility as of the date of commencement; and
(b)All supporting data and calculations.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704B - Providers of New Electric Resources › TRANSACTIONS WITH ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS › Section 704B.405 - Approval of certain proposed transactions to purchase energy, capacity or ancillary services from alternative provider

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If an eligible customer that is purchasing energy, capacity or ancillary services from a provider intends to purchase the energy, capacity or ancillary services from an alternative provider pursuant to a proposed transaction in which the terms or conditions, other than price, do not conform with the terms and conditions originally approved by the Commission with respect to the eligible customer, the eligible customer shall submit its proposed transaction with the alternative provider to the Commission for approval pursuant to the provisions of this section.
2. To obtain approval of a proposed transaction between an eligible customer and alternative provider described in subsection 1, the eligible customer must give to the Commission and each party of record to the docketed matter in which the eligible customer's underlying contract was approved, notice of the eligible customer's intention to purchase energy, capacity or ancillary services from the alternative provider. The notice must:
(a)Be in writing;
(b)Contain the information relating to the supply of energy, capacity or ancillary services required for an application pursuant to NAC 704B.340; and
(c)Clearly identify each term and condition that the eligible customer believes does not conform to the terms and conditions of the underlying contract originally approved by the Commission.