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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.7472 - Application for certificate of public convenience and necessity filed by competitive supplier: Contents; applicable provisions

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				An application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity filed by a
				competitive supplier must contain all the following information, either in the
				application or as exhibits attached to it:
(a) The type of service, if any, presently
				being provided by the applicant, or being proposed to be provided by the
				applicant, and a general description of the service.
(b) The most recent annual financial
				statements of the applicant or, if annual financial statements are not
				available, financial statements of the most recent quarterly period.
(c) A copy of the certificate issued by the
				Secretary of State which acknowledges that the competitive supplier has filed
				its articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State.
(d) Proof that a performance bond has been
				obtained in an amount which is sufficient to cover deposits and advance
				payments paid by customers.
(e) The
				toll-free telephone number that the customers will be given for contacting the
				competitive supplier regarding the establishment of service, complaints, and
				queries about service and billing, and all other customer service
				matters.
(f) Facts sufficient to
				establish that the competitive supplier possesses the necessary technical
				capability to provide the proposed service.
(g) If the competitive supplier is doing
				business or intends to do business in this State under an assumed or fictitious
				name:
(1) A copy of each certificate that the
				competitive supplier has filed or intends to file pursuant to chapter 602 of
				NRS with the county clerk of each county in which the competitive supplier is
				doing business or intends to do business; or
(2) A statement that conforms to the
				requirements of
				NRS
				602.020, if the competitive supplier is not
				otherwise subject to the provisions of chapter 602 of NRS.
(h) The areas to be served, including,
				without limitation, an identification of the certificated service areas served
				by a small-scale provider of last resort.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.7473 - Application for certificate of public convenience and necessity filed by competitive supplier: Protests

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Protests against
				an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity filed by a
				competitive supplier must be filed with the Commission within 20 days after
				publication of the notice issued by the Commission. The Commission will act
				upon an application within 60 days after it is filed.
2. A protest filed against an application of
				a competitive supplier other than a reseller must be sufficient to support a
				finding of the Commission that the:
(a)
				Applicant does not possess the technical capability to provide the proposed
				service; and
(b) Public interest
				will be substantially harmed by granting the certificate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.7475 - Discretionary services: Schedule of rates, charges, terms and conditions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A small-scale provider of last resort
				which offers services classified as discretionary must file with the Commission
				a schedule of rates, charges, terms and conditions, which must include the
				minimum and maximum range of rates for each intrastate service provided and a
				list of each specific rate currently in effect.
2. The initial minimum and maximum rates must
				be established in accordance with NAC 704.68076.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 9-13-85; A 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R136-07, 1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.7477 - Discretionary services: Establishment or change of schedule of minimum and maximum rates or terms and conditions; protests; changes within approved range

Current through June 11, 2024
1. When a small-scale provider of last resort
				proposes to establish or change its schedule of minimum and maximum rates or
				the terms and conditions for a new or existing discretionary service, it shall
				file with the Commission, along with the proposed schedule, a document
				containing a:
(a) Summary of the proposed
				schedule and any changes therein; and
(b) Statement of facts sufficient to
				establish and support the schedule and changes.
The applicant has the burden of demonstrating that the
				  application of the price range will not unfairly or unreasonably impede
				  competition.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.7483 - Annual reports of certain financial information and information regarding provision of services

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 2, every telecommunication provider shall
				submit, on May 15 of each year, a report which:
(a) Includes a statement of income, a balance
				sheet, a statement of cash flow of the provider relating to the total
				operations of the provider and a statement of the intrastate revenues of the
				provider. The report must also identify the location where any working papers
				supporting the report may be reviewed.
(b) Identifies the exchanges, routes or other
				geographic areas of this State where it is providing, or expects to provide,
				services and the types of the services being provided. The report must include
				the number and type of customers being served, by service and geographic
				area.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.7485 - Discontinuance of single offering or feature of service

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				If a telecommunication provider other than a reseller proposes to discontinue a
				single offering or feature of service to existing customers, it shall notify
				the public of the change resulting from the discontinuance:
(a) By advertising it in a quarter page of a
				newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the change;
				or
(b) By otherwise notifying the
				affected members of the general public,
at least 30 days before the discontinuance takes
				  effect.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.7487 - Discontinuance of total service to geographic area

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. Any
				telecommunication provider other than a reseller proposing to discontinue total
				service to any city, town, county or other geographic area of the State must
				include in its notice to the Commission of the proposed discontinuance:
(a) Its proposed schedule;
(b) Its notice to the public of the
				discontinuance; and
(c) Evidence
				that sufficient alternative capacity exists to meet current demands to and from
				the area in which service is to be discontinued.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.74935 - Applicability of certain provisions

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The provisions
				of NAC 704.7475, 704.7477, 704.7485 and 704.7487 apply only to discretionary
				and competitive services provided by a small-scale provider of last
				resort.
2. The provisions of NAC
				704.7475, 704.7477, 704.7485 and 704.7487 do not apply to a competitive
				supplier.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Discretionary and Competitive Services › Section 704.7494 - Change of name, address or telephone number of telecommunication provider; change of address of Internet website of competitive supplier

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A telecommunication provider may not
				change its name or the name under which it conducts business in this State
				without obtaining prior authorization from the Commission.
2. A telecommunication provider which changes
				its:
(a) Address or telephone number;
				or
(b) Toll-free customer service
				number,
shall file with the Commission a notification of change not
				  later than 30 days after the provider makes that change.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Operator Services for Prison Inmate Phones › Section 704.7499 - Adoption by reference of standards of Federal Communications Commission

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Commission hereby adopts by reference:
(a) The operator services for prison inmate
				phones standards of the Federal Communications Commission,
				47 C.F.R. §
											64.710, and all definitions applicable to
				that section; and
(b) Any
				amendments made to those standards and definitions by the Federal
				Communications Commission.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7501 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.7501 to 704.7591, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.7505 to
				  704.7529, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; A 10-17-86, eff. 4-1-87; A by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R136-07, 1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7505 - "Exchange" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Exchange" means a specified area where local service is
				  provided by a single telephone service having its own switching
				  facilities.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7509 - "Interexchange carrier's charges for access" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Interexchange carrier's charges for access" means an amount
				  charged an interexchange carrier for use of the facilities of an intraexchange
				  carrier.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7513 - "Intrastate line for access" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Intrastate line for access" means a line, trunk, or other
				  facility consistent with the Federal Communications Commission's order in
				  docket No. 78-72 and provided by a telephone company pursuant to a general
				  tariff or a tariff for a local exchange, or both, if the facility is terminated
				  on a central office switch and may be used to make and receive local calls
				  within the exchange, intrastate calls between exchanges, or interstate calls,
				  whether or not the subscriber causes the line, trunk, or facility to be
				  arranged to prohibit any type of calls from being made or received.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7519 - "Rate per unit" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Rate per unit" is that rate which when multiplied by the
				  number of units within a given period results in the aggregate amount in
				  dollars applicable to that period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7521 - "Subscriber" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Subscriber" means a customer of a telecommunication provider
				  or a user of telecommunication service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; A 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R136-07, 1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7523 - "Subscriber's charges for access" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Subscriber's charges for access" means the amount of money
				  charged per line per month to a subscriber of a local exchange, Centrex or a
				  semipublic coin telephone service to the extent that the subscriber does not
				  pay charges for a carrier's common lines.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7527 - "Unit" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Unit" means the quantitative measurement of an item, or
				  level of use, consumption or effort.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7529 - "Universal service" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Universal service" means the availability of affordable
				  intraexchange service to as many customers in this State as is
				  practicable.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.75295 - Competitive suppliers: Provisions inapplicable; filing and approval of letter of advice

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The provisions
				of NAC 704.7501 to 704.7591, inclusive, do not apply to a competitive
				supplier.
2. A competitive supplier
				that is an incumbent local exchange carrier shall not change any rates,
				pricing, terms or conditions of intrastate switched or special access except
				upon the filing and approval of a letter of advice pursuant to subsection 3 of
				NRS
				704.68873. The letter of advice must include:
(a) Prices for intrastate switched or special
				access that do not exceed the interstate switched or special access prices
				charged by the competitive supplier as authorized by the Federal Communications
				Commission; and
(b) All the
				relevant information filed with the Federal Communications Commission which
				demonstrates that the proposed prices do not exceed the interstate switched or
				special access prices charged by the competitive supplier as authorized by the
				Federal Communications Commission.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7531 - General rate application not precluded by filing

Current through
				June 11, 2024
The filing of an application pursuant to NAC 704.7501 to
				  704.7591, inclusive, does not preclude a telephone company from filing a
				  general rate application pursuant to NAC 703.2501 to 703.2711,
				  inclusive.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7533 - Application to establish or adjust charges or rates

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				An application by one or more intraexchange carriers to establish or adjust
				charges for access, rates for service between local areas of transport and
				access or other rates necessary to offset the loss of settlements from
				interstate or intrastate pools must include:
(a) An exhibit containing:
(1) A summary of the existing and proposed
				rates; and
(2) A brief description
				of each requested change in rates and a reference to the associated page of the
				tariff.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7535 - Information to be indexed and to accompany application; request for additional information

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. All applicable
				statements and schedules and related working papers must be indexed and must
				accompany the application when it is filed with the Commission.
2. Any additional information which is
				necessary to enable the Commission to determine the fairness and reasonableness
				of the proposed charges must be supplied upon request of the Commission's staff
				or the Consumer's Advocate.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7537 - Recorded data and adjustments

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Amounts which
				purport to represent recorded data and are included in a statement or schedule
				must be reported in a separate column. Adjustments to recorded data must also
				be reported in a separate column so that the recorded data, the adjustments,
				and the adjusted totals are clearly disclosed.
2. Each adjustment to recorded data must be
				supported by working papers which detail the calculations, units, rate per
				unit, and any other accounting or financial data necessary for a complete
				explanation and justification of the proposed adjustments. These papers must be
				filed with the application.
3. The
				applicant must calculate the adjustments so as to show the annual effect of the
				change in units or in the rate per unit, or both, upon the rate base or summary
				of earnings.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7539 - Additional data

Current through June 11,
				2024
If an applicant relies upon data other than that which NAC
				  704.7545 to 704.7561, inclusive, prescribe for the statements and schedules,
				  the other data must be submitted with the application.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7541 - Data supporting proposed rates; working papers; material available for verification

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The data in
				support of the proposed charges must include the recorded data, adjustments,
				and other computations and information on which the applicant relies to justify
				the proposed rates.
2. If any data
				or summaries included in the application reflect the applicant's book of
				accounts, the data or summaries must be supported by the accountant's working
				papers. The papers must contain all the necessary particulars from which an
				auditor may readily identify the data or summaries from the book of accounts
				which are included in separate columns and may verify that the data are in
				agreement with the applicant's book of accounts.
3. The applicant must:
(a) Prepare statements, schedules and working
				papers in accordance with the classifications provided in the Uniform System of
				Accounts; and
(b) Prepare and
				maintain working papers which are sufficient to support the application. Any
				failure of the applicant to file such papers with its application is a cause
				for the Commission to reject the application in its entirety.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7543 - Required statements and schedules

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. An application
				must include, in alphabetical sequence, statements A to F, inclusive, with
				their related schedules, in the form prescribed in NAC 704.7545 to 704.7561,
				inclusive. If a statement is omitted as not applicable, the applicant must
				submit a written explanation of the omission.
2. Each company which files an application
				must prepare statements and schedules with columns in the following sequence:
(a) Balances of all the accounts of the
				company's total operation;
(b)
				Balances of all the accounts of the total operations of the company within this
				State's jurisdiction;
(c) Balances
				of all accounts relating to tolls within this State's jurisdiction;
(d) Balances of all accounts relating to
				intraexchange service within this State's jurisdiction;
(e) Adjustments related to lost interstate
				revenues; and
(f) Adjusted balances
				for intrastate tolls and intraexchange services.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7545 - Statement A

Current through June 11, 2024
Statement A must:
1.
				Summarize the results of the total operations conducted during the test period,
				and the summary must be developed from the supporting statements and
				schedules.
2. Include the rate of
				return requested by the applicant and must apply that rate to its rate base for
				intrastate tolls.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7547 - Statement B

Current through June 11, 2024
Statement B must show in summary form the total rate base for
				  each company and, if an application is filed by joint applicants, the total
				  rate base for all companies in the aggregate for each account of primary plant
				  for the test period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; A 10-17-86, eff.
				  4-1-87
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7549 - Schedule B-1

Current through June 11, 2024
Schedule B-1 must show in summary the amount of each
				  applicant's total plant which is attributable to Nevada. If an application is
				  filed by joint applicants the schedule for intraexchange carriers in the
				  aggregate must be classified by each primary account as the accounts appear at
				  the end of the test period. The applicant must use the relationships derived
				  from the most recent study of costs used for settlements among companies. The
				  schedule must show in adjoining columns the claimed adjustments, if any, to the
				  balances in the books and the total cost of the applicant's plant. All
				  adjustments must be fully and clearly explained in the supporting
				  material.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; A 10-17-86, eff.
				  4-1-87
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7551 - Schedule B-2

Current through June 11, 2024
Schedule B-2 must show by primary accounts for each
				  intraexchange carrier and, if an application is filed by joint applicants, in
				  the aggregate, the accumulated provisions for depreciation, amortization, and
				  abandonment at the end of the test period. The applicant must use the
				  relationships developed from the most recent study of costs used for
				  settlements among companies. Any adjustments to these ending balances in its
				  books, as well as the total adjusted balances, must be shown in adjoining
				  columns. All adjustments must be clearly and fully explained in the supporting
				  material.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; A 10-17-86, eff.
				  4-1-87
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7553 - Schedule B-3

Current through June 11, 2024
Schedule B-3 must show the:
1. Recorded balances for each component of
				materials and supplies by month so that an allowance can be calculated for the
				average of 13 months' allocation of materials and supplies; and
2. Materials and supplies allocated for
				operations by the applicant which are under the jurisdiction of the
				Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7555 - Statement C

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Statement C must show the applicant's
				operating revenue during the test period. The revenue must be classified
				according to the standards governing accounts for operating revenue as
				prescribed in the Uniform System of Accounts.
2. The amounts shown for operating revenue
				must be adjusted to show the annual effect of changes in operations caused by
				factors that are subject to recovery costs pursuant to NAC 704.7501 to
				704.7591, inclusive.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7557 - Statement D

Current through June 11, 2024
Statement D must show the total operating expenses, federal
				  income taxes and other operating taxes of the applicant for the test period.
				  These expenses and taxes must be classified to conform to the Uniform System of
				  Accounts.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; A 10-17-86, eff.
				  4-1-87
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7559 - Statement E

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Statement E must contain the applicant's
				assurance to the Commission that the:
(a)
				Applicant has allocated its expenses, including all taxes and investment in the
				rate base, according to the standards set forth in
				47
				C.F.R. §§
											36.1 et seq., or as
				otherwise directed by the Commission. The Commission hereby adopts by reference
				47
				C.F.R. §§
											36.1 et seq., in the form
				most recently published by the United States Government Printing Office. The
				volume containing 47 C.F.R. Parts 20-39 is available by mail from the
				Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 979050,
				St. Louis, Missouri 63197-9000, by toll-free telephone at (866) 512-1800 or on
				the Internet at http://bookstore.gpo.gov [File Link Not Available], for the
				price of $52. The regulations may be accessed free of charge on the Internet at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys
.
(b) Studies of cost which it used in the
				preparation of the application are available for inspection at a single,
				identified location.
(c)
				Applicant's employees and consultants who participated in the preparation of
				the application will be made available, upon request, to aid the Commission's
				staff and the Consumer's Advocate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7561 - Statement F

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In statement F, the applicant must narrate
				the objectives and design of its proposed rates and must display its
				calculation of revenues by using proposed quantities and rates.
2. If a calculation of revenues is not
				required by any other section, the applicant must include in statement F a
				description and explanation of the method which it has used in deriving items
				such as the subscriber's charges for access. The derivation of each component
				of a computation must be fully explained and cross-referenced in the working
				papers to the sources of the data.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7563 - Statement that material constitutes complete case; burden of proof

Current through June 11, 2024
1. To avoid delaying the Commission in its
				consideration of the proposed charges, an applicant must state that the
				material on which it relies is of such composition, scope, and format that the
				material would serve as its complete case if its rates are suspended and the
				matter is set for hearing.
2. The
				applicant must be prepared to go forward at such a hearing on the basis of the
				data which it has submitted and to sustain the burden of proof of establishing
				that its proposed charges for access will be just and reasonable and not unduly
				discriminatory or preferential.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7565 - Provision of documents to Commission; service upon Consumer's Advocate

Current through June 11, 2024
On the date of filing an application, the applicant must
				  furnish a complete set of the required statements, schedules and exhibits to
				  the Commission. The applicant must also serve a complete set upon the
				  Consumer's Advocate.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R107-07,
				  12-4-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7567 - Service of copies of application excluding working papers

Current through June 11, 2024
An applicant must serve a copy of its application, excluding
				  the working papers, upon:
1. Each
				party of record; and
2. Each county
				and city whose residents will be affected by the proposed change in
				rates.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7569 - Notice to subscribers

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Each individual
				applicant and all joint applicants must notify their subscribers who are
				affected by the proposed charges. The notice must describe the amount of the
				proposed change and the reasons for seeking the change. The notice must be
				given by two of the three following methods:
(a) Inclusion in the regular bill of charges
				sent to the applicant's subscribers.
(b) Separate mailing to each of the
				applicant's subscribers.
(c)
				Prominent presentation in:
(1) A
				newspaper.
(2) A television or
				radio broadcast.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7571 - Procedure for filing tariffs

Current through June 11,
				2024
The procedure for filing tariffs is as follows:
1. Each intraexchange carrier shall file
				intrastate tariffs with the Commission. The tariffs for charges for intrastate
				access may be parallel in structure to the tariffs for interstate access which
				it files with the Federal Communications Commission or be in such other form as
				the Commission prescribes.
2. Each
				intraexchange carrier which is concurring with another intraexchange carrier's
				tariff shall file an index in standard form of a tariff which cross-references
				each item of the tariff and the number of the page and lists the services which
				the company is not providing in its own area of local service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7573 - Time for filing application for adjustment

Current through June
				11, 2024
Any application for adjustment of a rate or charge pursuant
				  to NAC 704.7501 to 704.7591, inclusive, must be filed with the Commission after
				  July 1 of each year.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85; A 10-17-86, eff.
				  4-1-87
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7575 - Charges for subscribers' access

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Subscriber's
				charges for access may be assessed for each line between the subscriber's
				premises and the switching center where his or her loops are terminated and
				toll calls are switched through to called lines, if the line is or may be used
				for local calls.
2. Charges for
				access must be set at an amount so that the cost of service guides the setting
				of rates without unreasonably:
(a) Promoting
				the uneconomic bypassing of the assistance of an intraexchange carrier in
				either the originating or terminating exchange; or
(b) Discouraging universal service.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Adjustment of Intrastate Charges and Rates by Telephone Companies › Section 704.7591 - Variances

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If good cause appears, a hearing officer
				may grant to an applicant a variance, under the conditions set forth in this
				section, from compliance with one or more of the procedural requirements
				contained in NAC 704.7533 to 704.7591, inclusive.
2. An applicant must request a variance in
				writing and must set forth in the request the reasons and factual basis for the
				variance.
3. A variance must not be
				granted if it substantially impairs the rights of any other party in a
				proceeding conducted pursuant to NAC 704.7533 to 704.7591, inclusive.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, 7-16-85, eff. 8-1-85
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Payphone Service › Section 704.75911 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.75911 to 704.75918, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.75912 to
				  704.75915, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R189-97, eff. 3-30-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Payphone Service › Section 704.75912 - "Payphone" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Payphone" means a public telephone or semipublic
				  telephone.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R189-97, eff. 3-30-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Payphone Service › Section 704.75913 - "Payphone service" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Payphone service" means the provision of telecommunication
				  service and any ancillary service at a public telephone or semipublic
				  telephone.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R189-97, eff. 3-30-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Payphone Service › Section 704.75914 - "Public telephone" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Public telephone" means a telephone accessible to the
				  public, including, without limitation, any pay telephone owned by a
				  customer.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R189-97, eff. 3-30-98; A by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Payphone Service › Section 704.75915 - "Semipublic telephone" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Semipublic telephone" means a telephone made accessible to
				  the public by the subscribing customer. The term includes a telephone provided
				  for use by the occupant of a room in a hospital, hotel, motel or any other
				  facility in which the occupant is charged for the use of the telephone.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R189-97, eff. 3-30-98; A by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Payphone Service › Section 704.75916 - Access to service without charge

Current through June 11,
				2024
A provider of payphone service shall provide, without charge
				  to the caller:
1. Access to dial
				tone;
2. Emergency 911 service or
				equivalent emergency service;
3.
				The repair service of the provider of payphone service; and
4. Subscriber service for numbers with area
				code 800 and telecommunications and relay service for numbers with area code
				800 for persons with impaired hearing.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R189-97, eff. 3-30-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Payphone Service › Section 704.75917 - Display of information at or near payphone

Current through June
				11, 2024
At the commencement of providing payphone service at a
				  payphone, the provider of payphone service shall cause the following
				  information to be displayed conspicuously at or near the payphone:
1. The name and toll-free telephone number of
				the provider of payphone service for reporting and resolving any complaint
				regarding service;
2. The address
				and telephone number of the Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution of the
				Commission;
3. The telephone number
				and address or other description of location of the payphone;
4. The amount of the charge for a local call
				and local directory assistance and information relating to any time limits
				associated with the charge for a local call;
5. On payphones at which incoming calls are
				blocked, a notice printed in red and in boldface type which states that the
				payphone does not receive incoming calls; and
6. Dialing instructions for obtaining
				emergency service and repair service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R189-97, eff. 3-30-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Payphone Service › Section 704.75918 - Correction of failures in market for service

Current through June
				11, 2024
After the filing of a complaint and a public hearing
				  regarding the complaint or upon a motion of the Commission after an
				  investigation, the Commission may act, consistent with federal requirements, to
				  correct failures in the market for payphone service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R189-97, eff. 3-30-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Deregulation of Service Provided by Local Exchange Company › Section 704.7592 - Long-run incremental costs" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
As used in NAC 704.7592 to 704.7599, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires, "long-run incremental costs" include operating
				  expenses and capital costs over the long run caused by adding a new service or
				  avoided by eliminating a service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 1-23-87; A 1-11-91; 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n
				  by R136-07, 1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Deregulation of Service Provided by Local Exchange Company › Section 704.75925 - Applicability

Current through June 11, 2024
The provisions of NAC 704.7592 to 704.7599, inclusive, do not
				  apply to a competitive supplier.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R136-07, eff. 1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Deregulation of Service Provided by Local Exchange Company › Section 704.7593 - Application for approval to deregulate service

Current through
				June 11, 2024
Any person may apply to the Commission for approval to
				  deregulate any service provided by a local exchange company. The service to be
				  deregulated may involve an identifiable exchange or the entire area of service
				  of the local exchange company. The application must:
1. Fully identify and describe the service
				proposed to be deregulated including the:
(a)
				Technical and common names of the service;
(b) Number of the service;
(c) Facilities and equipment used in
				providing the service;
(d) Nature
				and extent of the market for the service such as the type of subscribers for
				that service, the source of revenues for that service, and the geographic
				regions served; and
(e) Current
				price charged a subscriber for that service.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Deregulation of Service Provided by Local Exchange Company › Section 704.75935 - Time for action upon application

Current through June 11,
				2024
The Commission will act upon an application filed pursuant to
				  NAC 704.7593 within 90 days after it is filed unless a protest is received
				  from:
1. The staff of the
				Commission;
2. A person given
				permission to intervene by the Commission; or
3. The Bureau of Consumer Protection within
				the Office of the Attorney General.
If a protest is filed the Commission will act upon an
				  application within 180 days after it is filed.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 1-11-91
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210