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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9506 - Update of energy supply plan: Filing; requirements

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				On or before September 1 of the first and second years after the action plan of
				a utility is filed, the utility shall file an update of the energy supply plan
				that will be applicable for each year remaining in the period covered by the
				action plan.
2. The update of the
				energy supply plan must comply with the requirements of subsections 1 to 5,
				inclusive, and 7 of NAC 704.9482, except that the load forecast must be the
				most recent forecast available at the time the plan is prepared.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9508 - Update of energy supply plan: Action by Commission

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				The Commission will conduct a hearing within 60 days after a utility files an
				update of its energy supply plan pursuant to NAC 704.9506 and issue an order
				within 120 days after the filing of that update by the utility pursuant to NAC
				704.9506.
2. The Commission will
				conduct its evaluation of the update of the energy supply plan in accordance
				with NAC 704.9494.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9512 - Submission to Commission of certain purchased power obligations; disclosure of certain affiliate relationships

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The utility
				shall submit to the Commission a copy of:
(a)
				Each long-term purchased power obligation; and
(b) Any other purchased power obligation for
				which the utility is seeking the approval of the Commission,
to which the utility is committed or plans to become
				  committed during the period covered by the action plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9514 - Preapproval of certain fuel and purchased power agreements

Current through June 11, 2024
To the extent the Commission deems appropriate, the
				  Commission may preapprove and deem prudent fuel and purchased power agreements
				  by a utility that are less than 3 years in duration.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9516 - Contents of amendment to action plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. An amendment to
				an action plan submitted by a utility pursuant to NAC 704.9503 must contain:
(a) A section that identifies the items for
				which the utility is requesting specific approval;
(b) A section that specifies any changes in
				assumptions or data that have occurred since the utility's last resource plan
				was filed;
(c) As applicable,
				information required in paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection 1 of NAC 704.9489,
				and subsections 3 and 4 of NAC 704.9489;
(d) As applicable, data and information
				required pursuant to NAC 704.922 to 704.948, inclusive, necessary to facilitate
				an evaluation of the items specified pursuant to paragraph (a) for which the
				utility is requesting specific approval;
(e) A current peak demand forecast;
(f) A table indicating the current loads and
				resources; and
(g) If the utility
				seeks an amendment related to a renewable energy contract or energy efficiency
				contract, information about the imputed debt mitigation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9517 - Contents of amendment of emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. An amendment to
				an emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan submitted by an
				electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties pursuant to
				NAC 704.95035 must contain:
(a) A section
				that identifies the items for which the utility is requesting specific
				approval;
(b) A section that
				specifies any changes in assumptions or data that have occurred since the
				utility's last resource plan was filed;
(c) As applicable, the information required
				by NAC 704.94893;
(d) As
				applicable, the data and information required pursuant to NAC 704.922 to
				704.948, inclusive, necessary to facilitate an evaluation of the items
				identified pursuant to paragraph (a) for which the utility is requesting
				specific approval; and
(e) If the
				utility seeks an amendment related to a renewable energy contract or energy
				efficiency contract, information about the imputed debt mitigation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9518 - Approval of amendment to action plan or energy supply plan

Current through June 11, 2024
1. For amendments filed pursuant to NAC
				704.9503 and in accordance with subsection 3 of NAC 704.9504, the Commission
				will issue an order approving the amendment as filed, modifying the amendment
				or specifying those parts of the amendment the Commission considers inadequate.
2. An amendment to an action plan
				shall be deemed to be approved by the Commission only as to that portion of the
				amendment to the plan accepted as filed or modified with the consent of the
				utility pursuant to subsection 2 of
				NRS
				704.751, as amended by section 3 of Senate
				Bill No. 87, chapter 230, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page
				1095.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004; A by
				  R110-15,
				  eff. 6/28/2016
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9519 - Approval of amendment to emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. For an amendment
				to an emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan filed pursuant
				to NAC 704.95035, the Commission will issue an order approving the amendment as
				filed, modifying the amendment or specifying those parts of the amendment the
				Commission considers inadequate.
2. An amendment to an emissions reduction and
				capacity replacement plan shall be deemed to be approved by the Commission only
				as to that portion of the amendment to the plan accepted as filed or modified
				with the consent of the utility pursuant to subsection 2 of
				NRS
				704.751, as amended by section 3 of Senate
				Bill No. 87, chapter 230, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page
				1095.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014; A by
				  R110-15,
				  eff. 6/28/2016
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.952 - Sessions for reviewing plans: Scheduling; procedure for resolving issues; summary of topics and conclusions; overview of anticipated filing or amendment of resource plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility may
				schedule sessions for reviewing plans and providing an opportunity for
				interested persons to:
(a) Learn of progress
				by the utility in developing plans and amendments to plans;
(b) Determine whether key assumptions are
				being applied in a consistent and acceptable manner;
(c) Determine whether key results are
				reasonable; and
(d) Offer
				suggestions on other matters as appropriate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9522 - Measurement and verification protocol for energy efficiency and conservation measures: Duties of utility provider

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility
				provider shall propose a measurement and verification protocol for all energy
				efficiency and conservation measures submitted pursuant to NAC 704.9005 to
				704.9525, inclusive.
2. The utility
				provider shall comply with, and shall ensure that all energy efficiency and
				conservation contracts entered into by the utility provider comply with, the
				most recent measurement and verification protocol approved by the
				Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R167-05, eff. 2-23-2006; A by R042-10,
				  7-22-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.95225 - Recovery of certain amounts based on measurable and verifiable effects of implementation of programs for energy efficiency and conservation

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An electric utility may recover an amount
				based on the measurable and verifiable effects of the implementation by the
				electric utility of programs for energy efficiency and conservation described
				in the demand side plan of the electric utility and approved by the Commission
				pursuant to NAC
				704.9494 as part of the action
				plan of the electric utility. The amount recovered must include:
(a) The costs reasonably incurred by the
				electric utility in implementing and administering the programs for energy
				efficiency and conservation, which are recovered pursuant to paragraph (a) of
				subsection 2 of NAC
				704.9523; and
(b) An amount equal to the costs reasonably
				incurred by the electric utility in implementing and administering the programs
				for energy efficiency and conservation multiplied by the electric utility's
				authorized overall rate of return grossed up for taxes applicable to the
				utility's equity portion of the authorized rate of return, which is recovered
				pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NAC
				704.9523.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9523 - Accounting for and recovery of costs of implementing programs for energy efficiency and conservation

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. All costs of
				implementing programs for energy efficiency and conservation calculated
				pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 and the amounts calculated pursuant
				to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 must be accounted for in the books and records
				of an electric utility separately from costs and amounts attributable to any
				other activity. All accounts must be maintained in a manner that will allow
				costs and amounts attributable to specific programs to be readily
				identified.
2. An electric utility
				may, pursuant to subsection 3, recover:
(a)
				All reasonably incurred costs of implementing programs for energy efficiency
				and conservation that have been described in the demand side plan of the
				electric utility and approved by the Commission pursuant to NAC
				704.9494 as part of the action
				plan of the electric utility, including, without limitation, the costs for
				labor, overhead, materials, incentives paid to customers, advertising,
				marketing, monitoring and evaluation.
(b) An amount equal to the costs calculated
				pursuant to paragraph (a) multiplied by the electric utility's authorized
				overall rate of return grossed up for taxes applicable to the utility's equity
				portion of the authorized rate of return.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9524 - Accounting for and recovery of amounts based on measurable and verifiable effects on revenue caused or created by implementation of programs for energy efficiency and conservation (Repealed)

Current through June 11,
				2024
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R042-10, eff. 7-22-2010; A by R058-13, 12-23-2013; R by
				  R046-15,
				  eff. 10/27/2015
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.785
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.95245 - Accounting for and recovery of costs of new utility facilities constructed or acquired and owned pursuant to emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. For each new
				utility facility constructed or acquired and owned by an electric utility that
				primarily serves densely populated counties pursuant to an emissions reduction
				and capacity replacement plan approved by the Commission, the utility shall
				create a regulatory asset or liability account for each facility at the time it
				is placed into operation before inclusion in general rates.
2. Within each such regulatory asset or
				liability account, the utility shall begin calculating and recording the
				following costs the month after the asset has been placed into plant in
				service:
(a) Carrying charges reflecting the
				most recently authorized rate of return on net plant balance of the facility
				constructed or acquired and owned;
(b) The depreciation expense recorded on that
				facility;
(c) All expenses incurred
				by the utility to operate and maintain the facility; and
(d) Carrying charges on the regulatory asset
				or liability balance which reflect the most recently authorized rate of
				return.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9525 - Severability

Current through June 11, 2024
If any provision of NAC 704.9005 to 704.9525, inclusive, is
				  held invalid, the Commission intends that such invalidity not affect the
				  remaining provisions to the extent that they can be given
				  effect.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 5-14-86
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.953 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.953 to
				  704.9718, inclusive, and sections
				  2 and 3 , unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in
				  NAC 704.9534 to
				  704.9605, inclusive, have the
				  meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-06, 3-23-2007;
				  R095-08, 9-29-2008; R067-09, 11-25-2009; A by
				  R117-19A,
				  eff. 5/21/2020
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.991,
				  704.9997
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9534 - "Base tariff general rate" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Base tariff general rate" means the rate determined by the
				  Commission to collect all revenue other than revenue collected in the base
				  tariff energy rate, as defined in NAC 704.032, the deferred energy accounting
				  adjustment, as defined in NAC 704.037, the adjustment to the base tariff
				  general rate to recover accumulated deferred interest, as described in NAC
				  704.217, the general revenue decoupling adjustment set forth in NAC 704.9718
				  and any rate approved by the Commission in connection with a request for
				  approval submitted to the Commission pursuant to subsection 2 of
				  NRS
				  704.185.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R067-09, eff. 11-25-2009 ; A by
				  R003-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.954 - "Conservation" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Conservation" means improvements in efficiency in the
				  production, distribution or use of energy which results in a reduction in the
				  consumption of natural gas.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R095-08,
				  9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9541 - "Conservation and energy efficiency plan" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Conservation and energy efficiency plan" means a portfolio
				  of conservation and energy efficiency programs to reduce consumption or improve
				  energy efficiency in a cost-effective manner.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9543 - "Customer class" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Customer class" means the customer class categories in the
				  rate schedules under the Nevada tariff of a gas utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R067-09, eff. 11-25-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9545 - "Demand" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Demand" means the level at which natural gas is required by
				  a system, a part of a system or a piece of equipment, expressed in therms or
				  other suitable units, at a given instant or averaged over any designated
				  period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R095-08,
				  9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.95455 - "Energy efficiency" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Energy efficiency" means the use of products, services or
				  practices aimed at the economic use of energy in end-use applications which
				  results in a reduction in the consumption of natural gas.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.95457 - "Equity adder methodology" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Equity adder methodology" means the methodology applied by a
				  gas utility to ensure that the costs of providing service recovered by an
				  application filed pursuant to
				  NRS
				  704.110 are through an enhanced return on
				  equity on its investment in conservation and energy efficiency programs
				  included in the rate base.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9555 - "Forecast of base growth" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Forecast of base growth" means a forecast of the load on a
				  utility's system based on normal weather conditions and the most likely set of
				  future conditions or forces which would have an effect on that load, including,
				  but not limited to, conservation induced by price, conservation resulting from
				  laws and regulations and governmental programs, and conservation resulting from
				  existing programs sponsored by utilities.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9557 - "Forecast period" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Forecast period" means the 3 gas-year period beginning with
				  the gas year immediately following the gas year in which:
1. The informational report is filed;
				or
2. The resource plan is
				filed.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-06, eff. 3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9559 - "Gas utility" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Gas utility" means a public utility under the jurisdiction
				  of the Commission which purchases gas for resale.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9561 - "Gas year" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Gas year" means the yearly period used by a utility in its
				  planning process. The period may be a 1-year period beginning November 1 and
				  ending October 31 of the subsequent calendar year, or another yearly period
				  determined by the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-06, eff. 3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9562 - "General revenue" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"General revenue" means the revenue collected from the base
				  tariff general rate for the tracking period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R067-09, eff. 11-25-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9563 - "General revenue decoupling methodology" defined

Current
				through June 11, 2024
"General revenue decoupling methodology" means the mechanism
				  established pursuant to NAC 704.9716 to allow a gas utility to recover the base
				  tariff general rate revenue without regard to the difference in the quantity of
				  natural gas actually sold.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R067-09, eff. 11-25-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9566 - "Informational report" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Informational report" means the informational report which a
				  utility is required by
				  NRS
				  704.991 to submit annually to the
				  Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R047-02,
				  10-24-2002; R150-06, 3-23-2007-Substituted in revision for NAC
				  704.9585
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.957 - "Load management" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Load management" means a deliberate reshaping of the
				  customers' patterns of use in order to shift the time of use of natural gas and
				  reduce its consumption during the period of the utility's peak load.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9575 - "Major facilities for the supply of gas" defined

Current
				through June 11, 2024
"Major facilities for the supply of gas" means those
				  facilities for the production, transmission, compression or storage of natural
				  gas, or a combination of such facilities or substitutes for such facilities,
				  that are required to meet the demand imposed upon a utility's system. The term
				  includes major additions or modifications to the distribution system which are
				  planned to maintain adequate capacity and the cost of which exceeds
				  $10,000,000.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-06, eff.
				  3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.958 - "Normal weather conditions" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Normal weather conditions" means the average weather
				  conditions for the previous 30 years or another period, if justified.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9587 - "Sources of natural gas" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Sources of natural gas" means the physical locations or
				  regions where natural gas will be acquired or exchanged.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-06, eff. 3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.959 - "Storage facilities" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Storage facilities" means facilities for storing gas for the
				  primary purpose of balancing loads or shaving peak loads, or both.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9595 - "Substantially accurate data" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Substantially accurate data" means data:
1. Which a utility demonstrates has been
				gathered from the best sources of information available to it; or
2. Whose validity is inherently uncertain but
				whose use does not substantially contribute to the risk of incorrect
				conclusions.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9596 - "Substantive conservation and energy efficiency program" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Substantive conservation and energy efficiency program"
				  means, for a gas utility, a conservation and energy efficiency program included
				  in a conservation and energy efficiency plan accepted by the Commission for
				  which the energy savings can be demonstrated using industry standards.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9597 - "Total resource cost test" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Total resource cost test" means a measure of the overall
				  economic efficiency of a conservation and energy efficiency program from the
				  perspective of society which measures the net costs of a conservation and
				  energy efficiency program based on the total costs of the program, including
				  both participant and utility costs.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9598 - "Tracking period" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Tracking period" means the 12-month period used for a gas
				  utility's annual application filed pursuant to NAC 704.116.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R067-09, eff. 11-25-2009 ; A by
				  R003-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.960 - "Unaccounted for gas" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Unaccounted for gas" means the difference between the total
				  amount of gas delivered to a utility and the total amount of gas which is used,
				  sold, or delivered to other entities by the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9605 - "Weather at maximum design conditions" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Weather at maximum design conditions" means the coldest day
				  on record for the previous 30 years or another period, if justified.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.9608 - Adoption by reference of FERC Account No. 182.3 from Uniform System of Accounts of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Current through June 11,
				2024
The Commission hereby adopts by reference from the Uniform
				  System of Accounts of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the account
				  identified as Other Regulatory Assets, FERC Account No. 182.3. This account is
				  contained in 18 C.F.R. Parts 101 and 201, and the volume of the Code of Federal
				  Regulations containing these parts may be purchased by mail from the
				  Superintendent of Documents, United States 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
, for the
				  price of $68. The volume may be accessed free of charge on the Internet at
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008; A by R051-09,
				  1-28-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.Sec. 2.3 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				An application for approval of a renewable natural gas activity submitted to
				the Commission by a public utility which purchases natural gas for resale must
				be supported by sworn testimony and consist of all of the following:
(a) A description of the proposed renewable
				natural gas activity.
(b) To the
				extent applicable, an estimate of the costs associated with the proposed
				renewable natural gas activity and the revenue requirement for the proposed
				renewable natural gas activity.
(c)
				If the public utility which purchases natural gas for resale is applying for
				approval of a renewable natural gas activity that involves contracting with a
				producer of renewable natural gas to build and operate a renewable natural gas
				facility, a copy of the proposed contract. The applicant may request that the
				contract be kept confidential pursuant to subsection 2 of
				NRS
				703.190 and NAC
				703.527 to
				703.5282, inclusive.
(d) An explanation of the environmental
				benefits listed in subsection 2 of
				NRS
				704.9997 that the proposed renewable natural
				gas activity will provide in this State.
(e) A statement of the mechanism by which the
				applicant proposes to recover the costs associated with the proposed renewable
				natural gas activity.
(f) An
				explanation of the impact of the proposed renewable natural gas activity on the
				rates charged by the public utility which purchases natural gas for resale,
				including, without limitation, the estimated impact of the proposed renewable
				natural gas activity on the rate base, the base tariff energy rate and the
				total revenue requirement of the public utility, as applicable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › General Provisions › Section 704.Sec. 3.3 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
A gas utility shall include in its informational report an
				  update on the efforts of the gas utility to incorporate renewable natural gas
				  into its gas supply portfolio and the progress of the gas utility toward
				  meeting the goals for incorporating renewable natural gas into its gas supply
				  portfolio which are set forth in subsection 4 of
				  NRS
				  704.9997.
Added to
				  NAC by by
				  R117-19A,
				  eff. 5/21/2020
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.991,
				  704.9997
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.961 - Submission of informational report and updates

Current through June
				11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 2, a utility shall annually submit its
				informational report to the Commission:
(a)
				If the utility uses deferred energy accounting, with the filing of the
				utility's adjustment of its deferred energy account; or
(b) If the utility does not use deferred
				energy accounting, on any date before the first day of the first gas year of
				the forecast period.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.9615 - Comprehensive summary of informational report

Current through June
				11, 2024
Each informational report must include a comprehensive
				  summary of the report. The summary must include, without limitation:
1. A brief introduction, addressed to members
				of the general public, describing the utility, its facilities and the purpose
				of the informational report;
2. The
				forecast of base growth for the forecast period;
3. Forecasts of sales volumes and peak
				demands;
4. Projections of price
				trends for natural gas;
5. A list
				that includes, without limitation:
(a) Each
				major facility for the supply of gas which has been planned as an addition to
				the system for the forecast period, with its anticipated capacity, cost and
				date of initial service;
(b) Each
				program for conservation and load management that the utility has chosen to
				implement;
(c) The cost and impact
				on rates of each program for conservation and load management; and
(d) The forecasted reduction in the utility's
				load as a result of each program for conservation and load
				management;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.963 - Maps of major facilities for supply of gas and sources of natural gas

Current through June 11, 2024
Each utility shall provide with its informational report a
				  suitable map or maps to show its existing and planned major facilities for the
				  supply of gas and sources of natural gas.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-06,
				  3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.964 - Projection of future prices

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Each
				informational report must contain a projection of the future price of natural
				gas for each of the supply basins from which the utility purchases gas for each
				month of the forecast period. The informational report must explain the sources
				and methods used to develop the projection of the future price of natural
				gas.
2. If a projection of a
				national service or a published forecast is adjusted on the basis of factors
				specific to a utility, the adjustment must be explained.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-06,
				  3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.9645 - Forecasts of sales volumes and annual peak demand

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. A
				utility shall include in its informational report:
(a) Forecasts of sales volumes under normal
				weather conditions for each month of the forecast period; and
(b) Forecasts of the annual peak demand under
				weather at maximum design conditions.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.9655 - Forecast for base growth; assessments of base conservation; levels of energy savings or reduction in demand

Current through June 11,
				2024
Each informational report must include, without
				  limitation:
1. A forecast for base
				growth;
2. An assessment of base
				conservation which includes the effects, cost and impact on rates of each
				program for conservation and load management that the utility has chosen to
				implement; and
3. The level of
				energy savings or reduction in demand from each program for conservation and
				load management, or both.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-06,
				  3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.966 - Information regarding major facilities; consideration of options for major facilities

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Each
				informational report must contain a list of all its existing and planned major
				facilities for the supply of gas which it expects to be constructing, operating
				or utilizing in each gas year of the forecast period.
2. Each informational report must contain
				information on the financial and economic characteristics of planned major
				facilities for the supply of gas. The information must include, without
				limitation:
(a) The estimated costs of
				construction, purchases or acquisition of the rights to use the
				facilities;
(b) The estimated costs
				of operation by gas year;
(c) An
				assessment of the cost and reliability of its existing and planned major
				facilities for the supply of gas; and
(d) The criteria used in determining the
				nature and extent of planned additions to major facilities for the supply of
				gas.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.9665 - Criteria for retirement of major facilities

Current through June
				11, 2024
Each informational report must include, without limitation,
				  the criteria used in setting the dates for the retirement of its major
				  facilities for the supply of gas and the basis for the criteria.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-06,
				  3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.9675 - Discussion of alternative strategies

Current through June 11,
				2024
Each informational report must include, without limitation, a
				  discussion of the alternative strategies the utility would pursue if any
				  preferred resource or facility were not available as described in the
				  informational report.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 4-18-90; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-06,
				  3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.968 - Plan for supply of gas; long-term arrangements for supply, storage and transportation of gas

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The informational report must include the
				utility's plan for the supply of gas which must include, without limitation, a
				discussion of the strategies which the utility intends to implement for its
				supply of gas, including, without limitation, a discussion of:
(a) The criteria used in determining the
				level and mix of the supply of gas planned;
(b) The criteria used to select the sources
				of the supply of gas and an assessment of the reliability of each of the
				sources of the supply of gas;
(c)
				Strategies for minimizing the cost, minimizing the retail price volatility and
				maximizing the reliability of the gas that the utility intends to employ for
				its supply of gas; and
(d) The
				procedures for curtailment which will be utilized if the supply or facilities
				are inadequate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Informational Reports › Section 704.9687 - Order accepting informational report or specifying inadequacies

Current through June 11, 2024
If a utility files an informational report as required
				  pursuant to
				  NRS
				  704.991, the Commission will issue an
				  order:
1. Accepting the informational
				report as filed; or
2. If the
				informational report does not contain the information required pursuant to
				NRS
				704.991 and NAC 704.961 to 704.9687,
				inclusive, specifying which portions of the informational report the Commission
				deems to be inadequate.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-06, eff. 3-23-2007
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.991
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Conservation and Energy Efficiency Programs › Section 704.9702 - Purpose; applicability

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The purpose of
				NAC 704.9702 to 704.9718, inclusive, is to establish methods and programs to
				remove financial disincentives that discourage a public utility which purchases
				natural gas for resale from planning and implementing substantive conservation
				and energy efficiency programs.
2.
				The provisions of NAC 704.9702 to 704.9718, inclusive, apply to all gas
				utilities that are under the jurisdiction of the Commission and have a budgeted
				portfolio of substantive conservation and energy efficiency programs.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.992
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Conservation and Energy Efficiency Programs › Section 704.9704 - Implementation of substantive programs using equity adder methodology for cost recovery

Current through June 11,
				2024
To remove financial disincentives that discourage a public
				  utility which purchases natural gas for resale from planning and implementing
				  substantive conservation and energy efficiency programs, a gas utility may
				  implement substantive conservation and energy efficiency programs using an
				  equity adder methodology for cost recovery. In an application pursuant to
				  NRS
				  704.110 to recover the costs to implement its
				  conservation and energy efficiency plan, the gas utility must calculate its
				  revenue requirements for program costs, as set forth in NAC 704.9714, to
				  include them in the rate base using the most recently authorized return on
				  equity plus 5 percent.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.992
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CERTAIN NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Conservation and Energy Efficiency Programs › Section 704.9706 - Conservation and energy efficiency plan: Submission; periodic filing; eligibility of programs to recover costs; order accepting plan or specifying inadequacies

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A gas utility
				applying to implement a portfolio of substantive conservation and energy
				efficiency programs must submit a plan for acceptance by the Commission in
				conjunction with a general rate case filed pursuant to
				NRS
				704.110 or in an application to implement its
				conservation and energy efficiency plan filed pursuant to NAC
				704.9704.
2. Every 3 years from the
				date of the final order in which the gas utility's plan was initially accepted,
				the utility shall file a conservation and energy efficiency plan with an
				application to implement its conservation and energy efficiency plan that meets
				the requirements of NAC 704.9704.
3. In the case of a gas utility which also
				provides electric service, the conservation and energy efficiency plan required
				in subsections 1 and 2 may be submitted in conjunction with the electric
				utility's resource plan, as defined in NAC 704.9156.
4. Only substantive conservation and energy
				efficiency programs in a conservation and energy efficiency plan accepted by
				the Commission are eligible to recover costs pursuant to NAC 704.9704 and
				704.9714.
5. Within 180 days after
				a gas utility has filed its conservation and energy efficiency plan, unless
				filed in conjunction with a general rate case, the Commission will issue an
				order accepting the plan as filed or specifying portions of the plan which the
				Commission deems to be inadequate.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.992