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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Distribution Companies and Affiliates › Section 704.7913 - Affiliate: Standards of conduct

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. An affiliate:
(a) Shall not market or otherwise sell
				services jointly with the distribution company;
(b) Shall not use space in the correspondence
				of the distribution company or any other form of information about the
				distribution company for the purpose of advertising the services of the
				affiliate; and
(c) Shall not
				advertise its affiliation with the distribution company, unless the affiliate
				includes each of the following statements in a manner no less prominent than
				the statement of affiliation:
(1) (Name of
				the affiliate) is not the same corporation as (name of distribution company).
				(Name of affiliate) has separate management and separate employees.
(2) (Name of affiliate)'s affiliation with
				(name of distribution company) does not entitle (name of affiliate) to any
				special endorsement of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
(3) The safety, reliability and cost of
				distribution service received by customers of (name of affiliate) will be
				equivalent to that received by customers of nonaffiliated companies.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Distribution Companies and Affiliates › Section 704.7914 - Affiliate: Conditions for offering goods or services

Current
				through June 11, 2024
An affiliate of a distribution company shall not offer goods
				  or services until the affiliate satisfies any applicable requirements set forth
				  in NAC 704.789 to 704.792, inclusive, except the appointment of an auditor
				  pursuant to NAC 704.791.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R087-98, eff. 2-3-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Distribution Companies and Affiliates › Section 704.7915 - Violations: Generally

Current through June 11,
				2024
Each transaction that violates the provisions of NAC 704.789
				  to 704.792, inclusive, will be considered a separate violation.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R087-98, eff. 2-3-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Distribution Companies and Affiliates › Section 704.7916 - Violations: Procedures for processing complaints

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. A
				person or business may complain to the Commission or distribution company in
				writing, setting forth any act or thing allegedly done or not done by a
				distribution company or affiliate in violation of NAC 704.789 to 704.792,
				inclusive.
2. Upon request of a
				complainant who is a current or former employee of a distribution company or an
				affiliate, the Commission will maintain the confidentiality of the complainant
				until the end of any resulting investigation or longer if the Commission deems
				it necessary.
3. The distribution
				company shall refer all complaints, whether written or oral, to a designated
				representative of the distribution company, who shall:
(a) Acknowledge receipt of the complaint in
				writing to the complainant within 5 working days after receiving the
				complaint;
(b) Prepare a written
				summary of the complaint which must include, without limitation:
(1) The name of the complainant;
				and
(2) A detailed factual report
				of the complaint, including, without limitation:
(I) The relevant dates;
(II) The names of the companies
				involved;
(III) The names of the
				employees involved; and
(IV) The
				details of the claim;
(c) Conduct a preliminary investigation;
				and
(d) Communicate the results of
				the preliminary investigation, including, without limitation, a description of
				any course of action that was taken as a result of the investigation, in
				writing to the complainant not more than 20 business days after the designated
				representative received the complaint.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Distribution Companies and Affiliates › Section 704.7917 - Violations: Investigation of complaint; notice and hearing

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division of Consumer Complaint
				Resolution shall investigate any complaint concerning a violation of the
				provisions of NAC 704.789 to 704.792, inclusive, in the manner set forth in
				NRS
				703.310.
2. If the Division transmits a complaint to
				the Commission and the Commission determines that probable cause exists for the
				complaint, the Commission will:
(a) Order
				that a hearing be held;
(b) Provide
				notice of the hearing to the parties; and
(c) Conduct the hearing as it would any other
				hearing.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Distribution Companies and Affiliates › Section 704.7918 - Enforcement of provisions or order of Commission

Current through
				June 11, 2024
After a hearing has been held pursuant to NAC 704.7917, the
				  Commission, when enforcing the provisions of NAC 704.789 to 704.792, inclusive,
				  or an order of the Commission that relates to NAC 704.789 to 704.792,
				  inclusive, may, without limitation:
1.
				Terminate a transaction if the violation caused material harm to the
				competitive market;
2.
				Prospectively limit or restrict the amount, percentage or value of transactions
				entered into between a distribution company and its affiliates;
3. Assess a penalty pursuant to the
				provisions of NAC 704.7919; or
4.
				Apply any other remedy which is available to the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R087-98, eff. 2-3-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Distribution Companies and Affiliates › Section 704.7919 - Penalties: Generally

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A penalty
				assessed by the Commission must reflect the actual or potential injury, or
				both, to ratepayers and competitors, and the gravity of the
				violation.
2. Repeated violations
				will require more severe penalties.
3. In addition to any other penalties, the
				Commission may subject a distribution company to a penalty of not more than
				$20,000 for each time the distribution company:
(a) Violates a provision of NAC 704.789 to
				704.792, inclusive;
(b) Fails to
				perform a contractual duty; or
(c)
				Fails, neglects or refuses to obey an order, regulation, directive or
				requirement of the Commission.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Distribution Companies and Affiliates › Section 704.792 - Penalties: Repeated violations

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. If the
				Commission finds in two separate orders that a distribution company has
				materially violated the provisions of NAC 704.789 to 704.792, inclusive, more
				than twice in a period of 12 months, the distribution company may not, for 1
				year after the date of the findings by the Commission, enter into a transaction
				with an affiliate that was involved in the violations.
2. If a distribution company violates the
				provisions of subsection 1 by entering into a prohibited transaction with an
				affiliate, the Commission may:
(a) Extend the
				period in which the distribution company is prohibited from entering into a
				transaction with the affiliate; or
(b) Permanently prohibit the distribution
				company from entering into a transaction with the affiliate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.793 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.793 to 704.7947, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.7931,
				  704.7933 and 704.7935 have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7931 - "Effective competition" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Effective competition" means, with respect to a particular
				  service, a market structure and a process under which an individual seller is
				  not able to influence significantly the price of the service as a result
				  of:
1. The number of sellers of the
				service;
2. The size of each
				seller's share of the market;
3.
				The ability of the sellers to enter or exit the market; and
4. The price and availability of comparable
				substitutes for the service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7933 - "Person" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Person" means a natural person, corporation, partnership,
				  public utility, government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a
				  government.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7935 - "Potentially competitive service" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Potentially competitive service" has the meaning ascribed to
				  it in
				  NRS
				  704.996.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7937 - Applicability

Current through June 11, 2024
NAC 704.793 to 704.7947, inclusive, do not apply to services
				  provided to generating, industrial and large commercial customers pursuant to
				  NRS
				  704.075.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7939 - Requirements for classification of natural gas service as potentially competitive service

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A person may
				request that the Commission classify a natural gas service as a potentially
				competitive service.
2. A request
				made pursuant to subsection 1 must be submitted in writing to the Commission
				and must:
(a) Identify and fully describe the
				natural gas service to be classified as a potentially competitive service,
				including, without limitation, a description of:
(1) The technical and common names of the
				service;
(2) The facilities,
				personnel and any other resources that are being used or will be used to
				provide the service;
(3) Any other
				components of a natural gas service that are necessary to provide the service
				to be classified as a potentially competitive service;
(4) The geographic market area for which the
				classification is being sought;
(5)
				The nature and extent of the market in which the service is being provided or
				will be provided, including, without limitation:
(I) The classes of customers to whom the
				service will be provided; and
(II)
				The source of revenues for the service;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.794 - Classification of natural gas service as potentially competitive service limited to certain boundaries

Current through June 11,
				2024
The Commission will limit the classification of a natural gas
				  service as a potentially competitive service to the boundaries of the
				  certificated service area of a single natural gas utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7941 - Natural gas service is classified as potentially competitive service under certain circumstances

Current through June 11,
				2024
If the Commission receives a request to classify a natural
				  gas service as a potentially competitive service and the request satisfies the
				  requirements set forth in NAC 704.7939, the Commission will classify the
				  service as a potentially competitive service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7943 - Natural gas service is noncompetitive service under certain circumstances

Current through June 11, 2024
A natural gas service that is not classified as a potentially
				  competitive, competitive or discretionary service, or that has been determined
				  by statute or the Commission to be unsuitable for purchase by customers from
				  alternative sellers, is a noncompetitive service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7945 - Establishment of alternative plan of regulation

Current through June
				11, 2024
Once the Commission has classified a natural gas service as
				  potentially competitive, the Commission will establish an alternative plan of
				  regulation for the service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Potentially Competitive Services › Section 704.7947 - Determination of effective competition in market for natural gas service

Current through June 11, 2024
The Commission will:
1. Monitor the market for a natural gas
				service that it has classified as potentially competitive to determine whether
				effective competition is occurring in the market;
2. Classify a natural gas service as
				competitive upon determining that effective competition is occurring in the
				market for a natural gas service which the Commission has previously classified
				as potentially competitive; and
3.
				Remove any provisions contained in an alternative plan of regulation
				established pursuant to NAC 704.7945 that the Commission finds are no longer
				necessary upon determining that effective competition is occurring in the
				market for a natural gas service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R101-98, eff. 9-2-98
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79501 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.79501 to 704.79545, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.79503 to
				  704.79521, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79503 - "Affiliate" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Affiliate" means any entity which provides natural gas or
				  services related to the provision of natural gas in the United States and which
				  controls, is controlled by or is under common control with any other
				  entity.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79505 - "Alternative seller" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Alternative seller" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.994.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79507 - "Discretionary service" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Discretionary service" means the sale of natural gas to
				  end-use customers eligible to be served under a tariff for transportation
				  service approved by the Commission or under a schedule or contract pursuant to
				  NAC 704.518.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79509 - "End-use customer" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"End-use customer" means a retail customer of potentially
				  competitive service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79511 - "Generating customer" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Generating customer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.075.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79513 - "Industrial customer" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Industrial customer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.075.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79515 - "Large commercial customer" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Large commercial customer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.075.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79517 - "Local distribution company" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Local distribution company" means a public utility that
				  provides distribution services relating to natural gas within its authorized
				  service territory pursuant to its certificate of public convenience and
				  necessity.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79519 - "Potentially competitive service" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Potentially competitive service" has the meaning ascribed to
				  it in
				  NRS
				  704.996.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79521 - "Residential and small commercial customer" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Residential and small commercial customer" means any
				  customer other than a generating, industrial or large commercial
				  customer.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79523 - Application for license of certain alternative sellers of discretionary services

Current through June 11,
				2024
To obtain a license to provide discretionary service as an
				  alternative seller to generating, industrial or large commercial customers, an
				  applicant must submit an affidavit to the Commission which states that the
				  applicant will provide only discretionary services to generating, industrial or
				  large commercial customers.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79525 - Applicability of provisions

Current through June 11,
				2024
The provisions of NAC 704.79527 to 704.79545, inclusive,
				  apply to alternative sellers of potentially competitive services.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79527 - Application for license as alternative seller of potentially competitive service

Current through June 11,
				2024
A person who wishes to provide a potentially competitive
				  service as an alternative seller must apply to the Commission for a license to
				  be an alternative seller. The application must include:
1. The legal name of the applicant and all
				other names under which the applicant is doing business in the United
				States.
2. The current telephone
				number, mailing address and physical street address of the applicant.
3. The type of business entity that the
				applicant is organized as and the date on which, and the place where, the
				business entity was formed.
4. A
				copy of each business license and certificate issued by this State and any
				local government within this State authorizing the applicant to conduct
				business in this State.
5. A list
				and description of all affiliates of the applicant which provide natural gas or
				services related to the provision of natural gas in the United
				States.
6. The names and business
				addresses of:
(a) The officers, directors or
				partners of the applicant; or
(b)
				The members of the applicant, if the applicant is a limited-liability
				company.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79529 - Bond rating or security deposit requirement; amount of security deposit

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
				2, an alternative seller that provides gas supply or retail procurement service
				shall have and maintain a long-term bond rating, or other senior debt rating,
				of at least BBB- or an equivalent rating as determined by Standard & Poor's
				Ratings Services or another recognized debt rating service in the United States
				or Canada.
2. In lieu of having and
				maintaining the long-term bond rating or other senior debt rating required
				pursuant to subsection 1, an alternative seller that provides gas supply or
				retail procurement service may maintain a security deposit that is made payable
				to the Commission. The security deposit must be in the form of:
(a) A renewable surety bond issued by a major
				insurance company; or
(b) A
				guarantee with a guarantor possessing a credit rating of Baa2 or higher from
				Moody's Investor's Service or BBB or higher from Standard and Poor's Ratings
				Services, Fitch IBCA or Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Company, except that if
				the Commission determines that a material change in the creditworthiness of the
				guarantor has occurred, the Commission may require the alternative seller to
				use a different guarantor.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79531 - Acceptable securities: Amounts; adjustments

Current through June
				11, 2024
1. At least 10
				business days before filing its first service request form with a local
				distribution company, a licensed alternative seller must:
(a) Post a cash security deposit of $10,000
				with the local distribution company;
(b) Post a financial guarantee bond or other
				form of insurance in an amount of $10,000, which is payable to the local
				distribution company; or
(c) Open a
				customer trust account in the amount of $10,000, in a bank or other financial
				institution which is federally insured or otherwise authorized to do business
				in this State.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79533 - Documentation required before requesting payment or providing service

Current through June 11, 2024
1. At least 10 business days before
				requesting or accepting any fees, deposits or other payments of any kind from
				any residential or small commercial customer located in Nevada, a licensed
				alternative seller must file with the Commission proof that the local
				distribution company serving the territory in which the alternative seller
				intends to provide service has authorized the alternative seller to file
				service request forms pursuant to the distribution tariff of the local
				distribution company. Before providing any potentially competitive service, an
				alternative seller must file with the Commission any other documentation that
				the Commission requests regarding the provision of that service.
2. The provisions of this section do not
				preclude a licensed alternative seller from advertising or accepting
				enrollments for any service that it has been licensed by the Commission to sell
				before satisfying the requirements of subsection 1.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79535 - Contract with customer conditioned on compliance with provisions

Current through June 11, 2024
Any contract entered into by an alternative seller with a
				  customer must be conditioned on the compliance of the alternative seller with
				  NAC 704.79501 to 704.79545, inclusive.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79537 - Compliance with certain rules, procedures and obligations

Current through June 11, 2024
An alternative seller shall comply with all:
1. Applicable rules and procedures of any
				governmental or private institution charged with ensuring the reliability of
				the natural gas system; and
2.
				Obligations that the Commission may impose to ensure sufficient availability of
				capacity of the alternative seller.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79539 - Compliance with generally accepted technical protocols and regulations

Current through June 11, 2024
An alternative seller that applies to provide any potentially
				  competitive service shall comply with generally accepted technical protocols
				  and regulations relating to the provision of that service, as required by the
				  Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R103-99, eff. 12-2-99
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.997,
					 704.998
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79541 - Certain changes in application information to be reported to Commission; prior authorization required for change of business name

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A licensed alternative seller shall inform
				the Commission of any change in the name, address or telephone number of the
				licensed alternative seller, and of any change of its registered agent in
				Nevada for service of process, within 20 business days after the change
				occurs.
2. A licensed alternative
				seller shall update the information contained in its application within 20
				business days after a change in the information if the change:
(a) Materially reduces the financial
				condition or technical capabilities of the licensed alternative seller;
				or
(b) Involves any civil, criminal
				or regulatory sanctions or penalties that have been imposed by any state, or
				involves felony convictions in any state.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79543 - Grounds for denial, revocation, suspension or limitation of license; notification; hearing; determination of Commission; summary suspension; reapplication for license

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. After notice and
				opportunity for hearing, the Commission may deny an application of an
				alternative seller for licensure, or if a license has been issued to the
				alternative seller, revoke, suspend or limit the license, or place the license
				on probationary status, if:
(a) The
				alternative seller, or any officer, director or executive of the alternative
				seller, provides information in its application that is materially incomplete,
				false or misleading, or fails to update the application in a timely
				manner;
(b) The alternative seller
				or any affiliate thereof, or any officer, director or executive of the
				alternative seller or affiliate, violates any applicable provision of
				NRS 704.993 to
				704.999,
				inclusive, or any applicable regulation of the Commission;
(c) The alternative seller or any affiliate
				thereof has engaged in any activity that is inconsistent with effective
				competition;
(d) The alternative
				seller or any affiliate thereof, or:
(1) Any
				officer, director or partner of the alternative seller or affiliate;
				or
(2) If the alternative seller is
				a limited-liability company, any member of the alternative seller,
violates any state or federal law relating to consumer
				  protection or is convicted of a felony related to the business of the
				  alternative seller or affiliate; or
(e) The alternative seller possesses physical
				or financial resources that are or have become inadequate to ensure compliance
				with all of its responsibilities pursuant to
				NRS 704.993 to
				704.999,
				inclusive, or any applicable regulation of the Commission, or if the services
				provided by the alternative seller under its license or its ability to perform
				the services which are the subject of its application are inadequate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Alternative Sellers › Section 704.79545 - Application signed by authorized officer of applicant attesting to truth of information contained therein

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. An application
				for a license as an alternative seller must be signed by an officer of the
				applicant who has appropriate authority attesting, under penalty of perjury,
				that all information supplied on the application is true and correct and that,
				once licensed, the officer will ensure, to the best of his or her ability, that
				the alternative seller will comply with all applicable regulations of the
				Commission.
2. The signature of the
				officer on an application constitutes a representation that:
(a) The person signing the application has
				read the application;
(b) To the
				best of his or her knowledge, there are good grounds to support the
				application; and
(c) The
				information in the application is true to the best of his or her knowledge and
				belief.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.796 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.796 to 704.7985, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.7961 to
				  704.7971, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7961 - "Early-vintage plastic pipe" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. "Early-vintage
				plastic pipe" means any natural gas pipeline which is composed of a material
				that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the United
				States Department of Transportation has prohibited from future use as a
				material in newly constructed pipeline, including, without limitation:
(a) Pipeline composed of acrylonitrile
				butadiene styrene, cellulose acetate butyrate, polybutylene, polyvinyl chloride
				or any other nonpolyethylene plastic used as a material for pipeline before
				January 1, 1990; and
(b) Century
				Utility Products medium-density polyethylene produced after January 1, 1970,
				and before January 1, 1975, DuPont Aldyl A medium-density polyethylene and 3306
				high-density polyethylene.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7962 - "Early-vintage steel pipe" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Early-vintage steel pipe" means any natural gas pipeline
				  composed of steel which was installed in a natural gas system before January 1,
				  1971.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7963 - "Gas infrastructure replacement" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Gas infrastructure replacement" means the proposed
				  replacement of any nonrevenue-producing natural gas pipeline through a gas
				  infrastructure replacement mechanism, including, without limitation, the
				  replacement of master meter systems, early-vintage plastic pipe, early-vintage
				  steel pipe or any other gas infrastructure replacement project authorized by
				  the Commission for the purpose of addressing a safety and reliability concern
				  that justifies replacement on an accelerated basis and that would otherwise
				  serve the public interest.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7964 - "Gas infrastructure replacement advance application" and "advance application" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Gas infrastructure replacement advance application" or
				  "advance application" means an application filed by a gas utility seeking a
				  determination by the Commission authorizing the recovery of the cost of one or
				  more gas infrastructure replacement projects through a gas infrastructure
				  replacement mechanism.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7965 - "Gas infrastructure replacement mechanism" and "replacement mechanism" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Gas infrastructure replacement mechanism" or "replacement
				  mechanism" means the accounting procedure through which a gas utility may,
				  between general rate cases, recover the revenue requirement associated with one
				  or more gas infrastructure replacement projects.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7966 - "Gas infrastructure replacement project" and "replacement project" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Gas infrastructure replacement project" or "replacement
				  project" means a project:
1. To engage
				in gas infrastructure replacement; and
2. That is incremental in nature and that is
				not undertaken by the utility as a project to replace existing infrastructure
				during the normal course of business.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7967 - "Gas infrastructure replacement project revenue requirement" and "revenue requirement" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. "Gas
				infrastructure replacement project revenue requirement" or "revenue
				requirement" means an amount equal to depreciation expense plus carrying costs,
				less the depreciation expense and carrying costs associated with the capital
				retirement of each gas infrastructure replacement project.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Carrying costs" means the return on a
				gas infrastructure replacement project, adjusted for accumulated depreciation
				and accumulated deferred income taxes, utilizing the gas utility's authorized
				pretax rate of return.
(b)
				"Depreciation expense" means the return on a gas infrastructure replacement
				project utilizing the gas utility's authorized rate of depreciation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7968 - "Gas infrastructure replacement rate" and "replacement rate" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Gas infrastructure replacement rate" or "replacement rate"
				  means the rate established by the Commission for the purpose of recovering the
				  following amounts:
1. The revenue
				requirement associated with the cumulative uncollected net book value of each
				gas infrastructure replacement project included in a gas infrastructure
				replacement rate application less the income taxes which are deferred for each
				such replacement project, calculated as of August 31 of the year in which a gas
				infrastructure replacement rate application is filed; and
2. The difference between the costs and
				revenues recorded in the gas infrastructure replacement regulatory asset
				account for each gas infrastructure replacement project included in a gas
				infrastructure replacement rate application, calculated as of August 31 of the
				year in which a gas infrastructure replacement rate application is
				filed.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7969 - "Gas infrastructure replacement rate application" and "rate application" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Gas infrastructure replacement rate application" or "rate
				  application" means an application filed by a gas utility to establish or adjust
				  a gas infrastructure replacement rate.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.185,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.797 - "Gas infrastructure replacement regulatory asset account" and "regulatory asset account" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Gas infrastructure replacement regulatory asset account" or
				  "regulatory asset account" means an account in which a gas utility records the
				  gas infrastructure replacement project revenue requirement for one or more new
				  gas infrastructure replacement projects, less the revenue the utility receives
				  from the gas infrastructure replacement rate.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7971 - "Master meter system" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Master meter system" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  49
				  C.F.R. §
										191.3.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7975 - Applicability

Current through June 11, 2024
The provisions set forth in NAC 704.796 to 704.7985,
				  inclusive, apply to any public utility that operates a natural gas system. The
				  Commission may, upon the request of a public utility that operates a liquid
				  petroleum gas system and for good cause shown, apply the provisions set forth
				  in NAC 704.796 to 704.7985, inclusive, to such utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7976 - Advance application: Dates on which deemed filed or denied

Current through June 11, 2024
A gas infrastructure replacement advance application must
				  be:
1. Filed on or before June 1 of
				each calendar year or as otherwise provided by the Commission.
2. Deemed denied if the Commission has not
				acted within 135 days after the date on which the advance application is
				filed.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7977 - Advance application: Required provisions

Current through June
				11, 2024
1. A gas
				infrastructure replacement advance application must provide sufficient evidence
				and be supported by sworn testimony to estimate the revenue requirement
				associated with each replacement project proposed in the advance application.
				The evidence must include, without limitation:
(a) The number of miles of pipeline proposed
				to be replaced;
(b) A detailed map
				of the proposed early-vintage steel pipeline to be replaced that includes
				mileposts or other relevant local and specific information, and a general map
				of the areas where early-vintage plastic pipe will be replaced during the next
				subsequent calendar year;
(c) The
				type of pipeline that is being replaced and the type of pipeline to be used in
				the replacement;
(d) The estimated
				cost of the materials to be used in each replacement project;
(e) The estimated labor costs of the gas
				utility for each replacement project;
(f) The estimated contractor costs for each
				replacement project;
(g) The
				estimated cost of loadings;
(h) The
				estimated costs of any permits, rights-of-way, studies or other governmental
				mandates required to replace the pipeline; and
(i) Any other estimate of costs incurred as a
				result of the replacement project.
An applicant who does not provide an estimate required by
				  paragraphs (d) to (i), inclusive, shall provide a statement in the advance
				  application as to the reasonableness of the exclusion of the estimate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7978 - Advance application: Calculation of regulatory asset account

Current through June 11, 2024
The calculation for the gas infrastructure replacement
				  regulatory asset account for a replacement project that is approved as part of
				  an advance application begins on the last day of the month following the
				  in-service date of the project and ends on the date on which the project is
				  accounted for in the rate base of the gas utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.185,
					 704.210