Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 703 - Public Utilities Commission of Nevada › PRACTICE BEFORE COMMISSION › Hearings › Section 703.680 - Discovery

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In addition to the provisions of
				NRS
				703.195 and NAC 703.2208 and 703.2508, the
				parties to any matter that has been assigned a docket number may conduct
				discovery with regard to any information that is not privileged through written
				data requests and oral depositions that are reasonably calculated to obtain
				information that is relevant to the matter.
2. Upon motion and opportunity for response,
				the presiding officer may, for good cause shown, prohibit discovery or restrict
				or modify the scope of discovery. A motion to limit the number of data requests
				must be filed with the Commission and served upon all parties of record not
				later than 45 days after the opening of the docket.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
				4, a data request, a notice of deposition, and an objection or response to a
				discovery request must be served upon the appropriate party at the address,
				telephone number or electronic mail address designated in the application,
				petition or petition for leave to intervene and may be sent by United States
				mail, overnight delivery service, facsimile or electronic mail. All data
				requests must also be served upon the Regulatory Operations Staff and the
				Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General.
4. In lieu of service pursuant to subsection
				3, a responding party in a case with a significant volume of discovery
				responses may deposit those responses in a password-protected
				website.
5. A notice of deposition
				must state the date, time and location of the deposition and be served at least
				10 business days before the date of the deposition. The deposing party may
				enumerate in the notice any specific documents the deponent must bring to the
				deposition.
6. A party may object
				in whole or in part to a discovery request within 5 business days after
				receiving the request. An objection to a discovery request must be in writing
				and state the specific grounds for the objection.
7. Unless otherwise ordered by the presiding
				officer or agreed to by the parties, or unless a timely objection has been
				made, a response to a data request must be served on or otherwise made
				available to the requesting party not later than 10 business days after receipt
				of the request by the responding party, except that the responding party will
				be allowed an additional 5 business days within which to respond if the
				responding party timely notifies the requesting party of the need for the
				additional response time because the responding party is experiencing technical
				or practical difficulties in providing a thorough response within the 10-day
				period.
8. Except as otherwise
				provided in subsection 9, a response to a data request must be submitted in the
				following quantities to the following persons:
(a) Two copies must be submitted to the
				attorney of record of the Regulatory Operations Staff, unless directed
				otherwise by the Regulatory Operations Staff in the data request;
(b) Two copies must be submitted to the
				attorney of record of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the
				Attorney General; and
(c) One copy
				must be submitted to the requesting party.