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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680464 - Eligibility of eligible telecommunications carrier to receive certain reimbursements

Current through June 11,
				2024
A provider of telecommunication service who is designated as
				  an eligible telecommunications carrier is eligible to receive:
1. Federal universal service support pursuant
				to
				47
				C.F.R. §
										54.201(a);
				and
2. Money from the fund to
				maintain the availability of telephone service for the purposes set forth in
				NAC 704.68043 and in accordance with the conditions set forth in NAC
				704.68046.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R006-09,
				  10-27-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680465 - Information to be filed with annual report by eligible telecommunications carrier

Current through June 11,
				2024
A provider of telecommunication service who is designated as
				  an eligible telecommunications carrier shall submit with the annual report
				  required pursuant to NAC
				  704.7483 an affirmation that the
				  provider has met the requirements set forth in NAC
				  704.680461 during the year for
				  which the report is submitted.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R058-17A,
				  eff. 11/13/2017
703.025, 704.040,
				  704.210,
				  704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680466 - Application for relinquishment of designation as eligible telecommunications carrier in certain service areas

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A provider of
				telecommunication service who is designated as an eligible telecommunications
				carrier may file with the Commission an application to relinquish that
				designation in any service area that is served by more than one eligible
				telecommunications carrier.
2. The
				Commission will approve an application filed pursuant to subsection 1 only if
				it determines that other eligible telecommunications carriers serving that
				service area are capable of and will provide continuous service to customers
				served by the applicant.
3. The
				Commission will issue an order approving or denying an application filed
				pursuant to subsection 1 within 90 days after receipt of the
				application.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680467 - Designation as eligible telecommunications carrier: Revocation

Current through June 11, 2024
The Commission may, upon its own motion or upon receipt of a
				  complaint filed by any person, revoke the designation of a provider of
				  telecommunication service as an eligible telecommunications carrier if the
				  Commission determines, after investigation and a hearing, that the provider of
				  telecommunication service has failed to meet the requirements set forth in NAC
				  704.680461 or 47 C.F.R. Part 54.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680468 - Application from eligible school or library for discounted rates for intrastate telecommunication service

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. An eligible
				school or library that wishes to receive discounts in the rates for intrastate
				telecommunication service must, in accordance with the procedures and
				requirements set forth in
				47 C.F.R. §
										54.504, apply for such discounts to the
				entity designated by the Federal Communications Commission. An eligible school
				or library must renew its request for discounted rates each year in accordance
				with the annual filing requirements set forth in
				47 C.F.R.
				§
										54.507(d).
2. An eligible school or library that applies
				for discounted rates pursuant to subsection 1 must, within 15 days after
				submitting the application to the entity designated by the Federal
				Communications Commission, file a copy of the application with the
				Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680469 - Conditions for provision of discounted rates for eligible school or library

Current through June 11,
				2024
A provider of telecommunication service who provides
				  intrastate telecommunication service to an eligible school or library shall
				  provide such service at discounted rates:
1. In accordance with the procedures and by
				the percentages set forth in
				47
				C.F.R. §
										54.505; and
2. To the extent that federal universal
				service support or money from the fund to maintain the availability of
				telephone service is available to reimburse the amount of the
				discount.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R006-09,
				  10-27-2009
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68047 - Application for disbursement from fund to provider of discounted rates for eligible school or library

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A provider of
				telecommunication service that provides intrastate telecommunication service to
				an eligible school or library at a discounted rate may file an application with
				the Commission requesting a disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the
				availability of telephone service for the amount of the discount if:
(a) The eligible school or library has met
				the requirements set forth in NAC 704.680468; and
(b) Federal universal service support is not
				available to pay the entire amount of the discount.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680471 - Application from provider of health care for discounted rates or discounted service

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A provider of
				health care that wishes to receive:
(a) The
				urban rate for an eligible telecommunications service, as determined pursuant
				to
				47 C.F.R. §
											54.605; or
(b) Access to an Internet service provider,
must, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set
				  forth in
				  47 C.F.R. §
												54.615, file an application for such
				  discounted service with the entity designated by the Federal Communications
				  Commission. A provider of health care must renew its application for discounted
				  rates each year in accordance with the annual filing requirements set forth in
				  47 C.F.R. §
												54.623(d).
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680472 - Conditions for provision of discounted rates or discounted service for public or private nonprofit provider of health care serving persons in rural area

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An eligible telecommunications carrier who
				provides telecommunication service to a public or private nonprofit provider of
				health care that serves persons in a rural area shall, to the extent that
				federal universal service support or money from the fund to maintain the
				availability of telephone service is available, charge that provider of health
				care rates for available intrastate eligible telecommunications services that
				are no higher than the urban rates for such services, as determined pursuant to
				47 C.F.R. §
										54.605.
2. A provider of telecommunication service
				who provides access to an Internet service provider to a public or private
				nonprofit provider of health care that serves persons in a rural area, shall
				provide credits for toll charges associated with such access.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R009-98, 4-17-98;
				  R006-09, 10-27-2009; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680473 - Application for disbursement from fund to provider of discounted rates or discounted service for provider of health care

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. A
				provider of telecommunication service who is designated as an eligible
				telecommunications carrier and who provides intrastate eligible
				telecommunications services to a provider of health care pursuant to NAC
				704.680472 may file an application with the Commission requesting a
				disbursement of money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone
				service for an amount equal to the difference between the urban rate and the
				rural rate for those services, as those rates are determined pursuant to
				47 C.F.R. §§
										54.605 and
				54.607.
2. Any telecommunications carrier who offers
				to a provider of health care intrastate access to an Internet service provider
				may file an application with the Commission requesting a disbursement of money
				from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for the costs
				of the toll charges for such access.
3. A disbursement of money from the fund to
				maintain the availability of telephone service will be made for the purposes
				set forth in subsections 1 and 2 only if:
(a)
				The provider of health care to whom the telecommunications carrier provides the
				discounted service meets the requirements set forth in NAC 704.680471;
				and
(b) Federal universal service
				support is not available to pay the entire amount of the discount or costs of
				the toll charges.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680474 - Criteria for eligibility as qualifying low-income subscriber; documentation of qualification; duties of eligibility responsibility party

Current through June 11, 2024
1. To be eligible as a qualifying low-income
				subscriber for the purposes of NAC
				704.680475 and
				704.680477, a prospective
				subscriber must not currently be receiving Lifeline service, there must not be
				any other person in the prospective subscriber's household who is currently
				receiving Lifeline service and:
(a) The total
				household gross income, as described in
				47 C.F.R. §
											54.400(f), of the
				prospective subscriber must not exceed 135 percent of the federally established
				poverty levels set forth for the number of persons in the household of that
				prospective subscriber; or
(b) The
				prospective subscriber, one or more of the prospective subscriber's dependents
				or the prospective subscriber's household must receive benefits from one or
				more of the following programs of assistance:
(1) Medicaid;
(2) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
				program;
(3) The Supplemental
				Security Income Program;
(4)
				Federal public housing assistance;
(5) Veterans and Survivors Pension
				benefit;
(6) Bureau of Indian
				Affairs general assistance;
(7)
				Tribally administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;
(8) Head Start; or
(9) The Food Distribution Program on Indian
				Reservations.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804742 - Maintenance and provision of lists of certain persons by Department of Health and Human Services; exception

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. If the
				Department of Health and Human Services maintains a list of persons who are
				eligible to receive benefits from one or more of the following programs of
				assistance:
(a) Medicaid;
(b) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
				program;
(c) The Supplemental
				Security Income Program;
(d)
				Federal public housing assistance;
(e) Veterans and Survivors Pension benefit;
(f) Bureau of Indian Affairs
				general assistance;
(g) Tribally
				administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;
(h) Head Start; or
(i) The Food Distribution Program on Indian
				Reservations, the Department may, consistent with the provisions of
				NRS
				707.485, provide to the eligibility
				responsibility party a list of such persons for the exclusive purpose of
				determining or verifying the status of a qualifying low-income
				subscriber.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804743 - Recertification of continued eligibility as qualifying low-income subscriber

Current through June 11, 2024
The eligibility responsibility party shall, in the manner
				  prescribed in 47 C.F.R.
				  §§
										54.410(f) and
				  54.410(g),
				  recertify that each subscriber of the eligible telecommunications carrier who
				  receives Lifeline service remains eligible to receive that service. The
				  eligibility responsibility party shall, for each subscriber for whom an
				  eligible telecommunications carrier is the current carrier of record, provide
				  to the eligible telecommunications carrier copies of the recertifications and
				  any other information necessary for the eligible telecommunications carrier to
				  comply with 47 C.F.R. §
										54.416. The eligibility responsibility party
				  shall provide such information to the eligible telecommunications carrier at
				  least 30 days before the date of the annual filings required by federal law,
				  including the filing of FCC Form 555.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R051-05, eff. 9-7-2005; A by R006-09,
				  10-27-2009; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  R147-17AP,
				  eff. 8/30/2018
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.040,
				  704.210,
				  704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804745 - Certification of compliance with procedures for Lifeline and Tribal Link Up programs

Current through June 11,
				2024
An officer or other authorized representative of an eligible
				  telecommunications carrier shall certify that the eligible telecommunications
				  carrier is in compliance with the procedures for the Lifeline and Tribal Link
				  Up programs in this State or that the eligible telecommunications carrier has
				  relied upon the Eligibility Administrator to certify eligibility for all new
				  subscribers for the Lifeline and Tribal Link Up programs in this State and
				  shall make and submit to the Commission, under penalty of perjury, the annual
				  certifications required by
				  47
				  C.F.R. §
										54.416.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R051-05, eff. 9-7-2005; A by R006-09,
				  10-27-2009; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680475 - Offering of Lifeline and Tribal Link Up services by eligible telecommunications carrier

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. An eligible
				telecommunications carrier shall offer to subscribers within its service area
				the following services:
(a) Lifeline;
				and
(b) Tribal Link Up.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6804755 - Offering of toll limitation service by eligible telecommunications carrier

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An eligible telecommunications carrier is
				not required to offer toll limitation service if the Lifeline service offered
				by the eligible telecommunications carrier does not distinguish between toll
				and non-toll calls in the pricing of service.
2. If an eligible telecommunications carrier
				charges a fee for toll calls that is in addition to the per-month or
				per-billing cycle price of the Lifeline services provided to a qualifying
				low-income subscriber, the eligible telecommunications carrier shall offer toll
				limitation service at no charge to the qualifying low-income
				subscriber.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680477 - Charging of service deposit for initiation of Lifeline service

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
				2, an eligible telecommunications carrier shall not charge a service deposit to
				initiate service provided pursuant to a Lifeline program if the qualifying
				low-income subscriber elects voluntarily to receive toll blocking service from
				the carrier.
2. An eligible
				telecommunications carrier may charge a service deposit to initiate service
				provided pursuant to a Lifeline program if the qualifying low-income subscriber
				does not elect voluntarily to receive toll blocking service or if toll blocking
				service is unavailable.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R009-98, 4-17-98;
				  R051-05, 9-7-2005; A by
				  R143-13,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680478 - Request for disbursement from fund to eligible telecommunications carrier for reimbursement of costs of providing discount in rate for Lifeline service

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A provider of telecommunication service
				who is designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier may file directly
				with the Fund Administrator a request for a disbursement of money from the fund
				to maintain the availability of telephone service for reimbursement of the
				costs of providing a discount in the rate for Lifeline service pursuant to NAC
				704.680475. The amount of reimbursement requested per line per month must not
				exceed $3.50 or the difference between the amount of the Lifeline discount
				offered by the provider pursuant to NAC 704.680475 and the amount of federal
				universal service support available for the discount pursuant to
				47 C.F.R. §
										54.403(a), whichever is
				less.
2. An eligible
				telecommunications carrier may seek reimbursement from the fund to maintain the
				availability of telephone service for only $3.50 per line per month or the
				portion of the discount in the rate for Lifeline service for which federal
				universal service support is not available, whichever is less.
3. Not later than 180 days before the
				beginning of the first period for which the eligible telecommunications carrier
				may seek reimbursement pursuant to this section, an eligible telecommunications
				carrier shall submit directly to the Fund Administrator a report which
				provides:
(a) An estimate of the amount of
				the reimbursement the eligible telecommunications carrier expects to request
				for the forecasted calendar year;
(b) The expected number of subscribers to the
				Lifeline service of the eligible telecommunications carrier for each month of
				the forecasted calendar year; and
(c) The amount of the Lifeline discount per
				line per month.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680479 - Information to be filed with administrator of federal universal service support by eligible telecommunications carrier

Current through June 11,
				2024
An eligible telecommunications carrier shall file with the
				  person designated by the Federal Communications Commission as the administrator
				  of federal universal service support, information that:
1. Demonstrates that the plan of the carrier
				for providing Lifeline service meets the criteria set forth in
				47 C.F.R. §§
										54.400 to
				54.409,
				inclusive; and
2. States the number
				of qualifying low-income subscribers served by the carrier and the amount of
				state assistance that the carrier receives for providing discounted service to
				those subscribers.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68048 - Qualification of small-scale provider of last resort for disbursement from fund; disputes regarding qualification; required return on common equity; audit

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. To qualify for
				money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service to keep
				basic service rates at an affordable level pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 of
				NAC 704.68043, a small-scale provider
				of last resort must meet the following requirements:
(a) Its rates for interstate and intrastate
				switched access must be in parity, or the small-scale provider of last resort
				must agree to carry out a plan approved by the Commission designed to achieve
				parity for those rates within the time specified by the Commission .
(b) Its monthly basic recurring flat rates
				for residential and business basic service must be reasonably comparable , as
				determined pursuant to subsection 3, to rates charged for similar services in
				urban areas . A small-scale provider of last resort may file to change its
				rates in accordance with paragraph (g) of subsection 1 of
				NRS
				704.100 with the Commission by July 1 of the
				same year for which the rates apply.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680481 - Small-scale provider of last resort: Determination of qualification for and amount of annual disbursement from fund

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Upon receiving a
				request from a small-scale provider of last resort for money from the fund to
				maintain the availability of telephone service pursuant to paragraph (a) or (c)
				of subsection 2 of NAC
				704.68048, the Commission will
				determine if the small-scale provider of last resort is qualified to receive
				money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for
				rural, insular and high-cost areas pursuant to subsection 3 of NAC
				704.68043.
2. If the Commission determines, based upon
				the request specified in subsection 1, that the small-scale provider of last
				resort is qualified, the Commission will:
(a)
				Approve the request for money from the fund to maintain the availability of
				telephone service received from a small-scale provider of last resort made
				pursuant to paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection 2 of NAC
				704.68048; and
(b) Pursuant to subsection 3, determine the
				annual amount of money the small-scale provider of last resort will receive
				from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680482 - Small-scale provider of last resort: Petition for waiver from requirement to file new request for money from fund after 5 years

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				A small-scale provider of last resort that receives money from the fund to
				maintain the availability of telephone service pursuant to paragraph (b) of
				subsection 2 of NAC
				704.68048 may file with the
				Commission a petition for a waiver of not more than 2 years from the
				requirement to file a new request pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of
				NAC 704.68048.
2. The Commission may grant the petition for
				a waiver filed pursuant to subsection 1 if:
(a) The small-scale provider of last resort
				meets the requirements in subsection 3; and
(b) The Commission determines, upon receiving
				the information set forth in subsection 4, that the small-scale provider of
				last resort is not collecting excess earnings.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.680483 - Small-scale provider of last resort: Requirements for adjustment application in amount of disbursement from fund

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A small-scale
				provider of last resort must include in the adjustment application filed
				pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NAC
				704.68056:
(a) The most recent estimated amount of High
				Cost Loop Support, as governed by 47 C.F.R. §§ 54.1301 to 54.1310,
				inclusive, for rural, insular and high-cost areas the small-scale provider of
				last resort expects to receive for the upcoming calendar year; and
(b) Financial data that supports the revenue
				requirement approved by the Commission in the most recent general rate case for
				the small-scale provider of last resort, or in the disbursement application of
				the small-scale provider of last resort approved by the Commission for calendar
				year 2016 funding, whichever is most current.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.6805 - Disbursement from fund to competitive supplier that is provider of last resort

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. After the
				Commission has conducted proceedings pursuant to NAC 704.68051, a competitive
				supplier that is a provider of last resort may file a petition with the
				Commission to receive money from the fund to maintain the availability of
				telephone service to keep its rates for basic services at an affordable level.
				The competitive supplier has the burden of demonstrating that circumstances
				exist which justify its eligibility to receive money from the fund to maintain
				the availability of telephone service.
2. The Fund Administrator may distribute
				money from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for a
				competitive supplier that is a provider of last resort pursuant to this section
				only to the extent authorized by the Commission.
3. A competitive supplier that is a provider
				of last resort that receives money from the Fund Administrator for the purposes
				set forth in subsection 1 or 2 of NAC 704.68043 shall certify to the Commission
				annually that the competitive supplier has used the money from the fund to
				maintain availability of telephone services for the purposes set forth in NAC
				704.68043 and
				47 U.S.C. §
										254. In the case of a monthly per-line
				reimbursement to recover the cost of providing service determined pursuant to
				subsection 2 of NAC 704.68051, the competitive supplier shall also provide to
				the Commission, on a form prescribed by and posted on the website of the
				Commission, a certification of the number of customers in high-cost areas that
				the competitive supplier served during each month of the reporting period
				established by the Commission. A corporate officer of the competitive supplier
				must affirm that the information submitted pursuant to this subsection is true
				and accurate by making a notarized attestation.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R136-07, 1-30-2008; R006-09, 10-27-2009; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.040,
					 704.210,
					 704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68051 - Proceedings by Commission to determine whether funding is required to ensure that rates charged do not adversely affect universal service

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A competitive supplier that is a provider
				of last resort may request that the Commission initiate proceedings to
				determine whether funding is required to fulfill the purpose of subsection 1 of
				NAC 704.68043. Any person who has made a payment to the fund to maintain the
				availability of telephone service pursuant to an assessment imposed pursuant to
				NAC 704.68054 may participate in the proceedings.
2. During the proceedings, the Commission
				will:
(a) Establish a model of costs to
				calculate the cost per line for the service area or other appropriate
				geographic area of the competitive supplier that is a provider of last
				resort;
(b) Adopt the appropriate
				benchmark using the cost per line to determine the cost of providing service to
				the high-cost area; and
(c)
				Determine the appropriate amount of money to provide service to the high-cost
				area, taking into consideration:
(1) The cost
				to maintain the availability of telephone service in rural, insular and
				high-cost areas while providing services that are reasonably comparable to
				those basic services available in urban areas at rates that are reasonably
				comparable to those rates charged in the urban areas in which the basic
				services are available; and
(2) The
				overall size of the fund to maintain the availability of telephone
				service.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Fund to Maintain the Availability of Telephone Service › Section 704.68054 - Assessment for support of fund

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The Commission
				will make an annual determination of the total amount of money required to
				support the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service for the next
				calendar year based on the recommendation of the Fund Administrator and any
				person given permission to intervene by the Commission. The Commission will
				then set the assessment based on a percentage rate on anticipated revenues from
				retail intrastate telecommunication service of all providers of
				telecommunication service required to recover this amount.
2. The assessment must be remitted to the
				Fund Administrator by a provider of telecommunication service on a quarterly
				basis not later than 30 days after the last day of the month in the calendar
				quarter.
3. Any shortfall or
				overage in the fund to maintain the availability of telephone service at the
				end of the calendar year must be carried forward to the following calendar year
				and used in establishing the rate for that year.
Added to
				  NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by
				  R150-97, 12-11-97; R187-05, 12-29-2005; R006-09, 10-27-2009 ; A by
				  R021-14,
				  eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				  R058-17A,
				  eff. 12/19/2017
703.025, 704.040,
				  704.210,
				  704.6873
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.6806 - Applicability

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The provisions of NAC 704.6806 to
				704.68076, inclusive, apply to any exchange of a small-scale provider of last
				resort that is not a competitive supplier.
2. The provisions of NAC 704.6806 to
				704.68076, inclusive, do not apply to a competitive supplier.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008; R040-08, 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.68062 - Request for classification or reclassification of service

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				Any person may request that the Commission classify a new service or classify
				or reclassify an existing service, which is provided by a small-scale provider
				of last resort, as essential, discretionary, competitive or deregulated. Such a
				request must be filed with the Commission in the form of an application or a
				letter of advice. The service to be classified or reclassified must be provided
				in a market whose size is no smaller than a wire center, and no larger than the
				entire area of service of the small-scale provider of last resort. The
				requester has the burden of demonstrating that the classification or
				reclassification will not unfairly or unreasonably impede competition. Except
				as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the request must:
(a) Fully identify and describe the service
				proposed to be classified or reclassified, including, without limitation, the:
(1) Technical and common names of the
				service;
(2) Number of units of the
				service currently provided within the market for which classification or
				reclassification is sought;
(3)
				Facilities and equipment used in providing the service;
(4) Nature and extent of the market in which
				the service is or will be provided, including, without limitation, the type of
				subscribers for that service, the source of revenues for that service and the
				geographic regions in which the service is or will be provided; and
(5) Current price which a subscriber is
				charged for that service.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.68064 - Time for action upon request and for filing of protest

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				The Commission will act upon a request filed pursuant to NAC 704.68062 within
				90 days after the request is filed unless a protest is received from:
(a) The staff of the Commission;
(b) A person given permission to intervene by
				the Commission;
(c) The Consumer's
				Advocate; or
(d) The small-scale
				provider of last resort that is providing the service to be reclassified.
If a protest is filed, the Commission will act upon the
				  request within 180 days after the date on which the request is filed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.68066 - Maintenance of separate accounting records for competitive and deregulated services

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A small-scale
				provider of last resort shall identify and keep separate all accounting
				records, pursuant to the Uniform System of Accounts, for the plant, expenses
				and all other activities that relate to the provision of a service that has
				been classified as competitive or deregulated.
2. The Commission will not classify a service
				as competitive or deregulated if the accounting records which relate to that
				service are not kept separate from the accounting records which relate to the
				regulated operations of the small-scale provider of last resort.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.68068 - Classification of service as discretionary

Current through June 11,
				2024
The Commission will classify a service which is provided by a
				  small-scale provider of last resort as discretionary if it finds that:
1. The service is not a basic network service
				or is not necessary to the provision of a basic network service;
2. The service is not necessary for other
				telecommunication providers, including hotels, motels, hospitals or other
				similar aggregators of telecommunication services for transient customers, to
				connect their transient customers with the public switched network;
3. The service is not reasonably necessary to
				the operations of a majority of subscribers to the service; and
4. Based on its consideration of all other
				matters considered to be relevant by the Commission, the service is deemed to
				be of a discretionary nature.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R136-07,
				  1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.6807 - Classification of service as competitive

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A person who
				requests that the Commission classify a service which is provided by a
				small-scale provider of last resort as competitive shall file the following
				information:
(a) The number of alternative
				providers of the service, or a comparable service, available in the relevant
				geographic market;
(b) The
				percentage of the households or businesses, or both, in the relevant geographic
				market which have the service, or a comparable service, available from
				alternative providers; and
(c) The
				percentage of the market share of the relevant geographic market held by
				alternative providers of the service and comparable services.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.68072 - Classification of service as discretionary or competitive based on classification of comparable service

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. If a small-scale
				provider of last resort requests that a service be classified as discretionary
				or competitive, the Commission may, in lieu of the factors specified in NAC
				704.68068 and 704.6807, consider whether a comparable service offered by
				another small-scale provider of last resort or a competitive supplier before
				May 31, 2007, has been classified as discretionary or competitive. If the
				requester can demonstrate that a comparable service provided by a small-scale
				provider of last resort or a competitive supplier before May 31, 2007, has been
				classified as discretionary or competitive, and that it is reasonable to apply
				that classification to service provided by the requester, the requested
				classification may be authorized. The requester has the burden of demonstrating
				that the classification will not unfairly or unreasonably impede
				competition.
2. A small-scale
				provider of last resort shall include in its regulated results of operation:
(a) All revenues and costs associated with
				services related to inside wiring pursuant to NAC 704.681 to 704.683,
				inclusive, and yellow pages; and
(b) All revenues and costs associated with
				services classified as discretionary or competitive pursuant to this
				section.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.68074 - Classification of service as deregulated

Current through June 11,
				2024
A service will be classified as a deregulated service
				  if:
1. Regulation of the service by
				the Commission has been preempted by state or federal law or regulation;
				or
2. The Commission finds through
				a hearing that classification of the service as deregulated is appropriate.
				Such a finding will be based on the information filed pursuant to NAC 704.6807
				and any other factors which the Commission determines to be relevant. The
				Commission will hold a hearing to determine if a service should be classified
				as deregulated in accordance with this subsection upon the request of any
				person pursuant to NAC 704.68062 or a motion of the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R186-97, 1-30-98;
				  R136-07, 1-30-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Classification and Provision of Services of Certain Small-Scale Providers of Last Resort › Section 704.68076 - Approval of rates, terms and conditions for discretionary service

Current through June 11, 2024
If the Commission authorizes a service to be classified as
				  discretionary, it will approve minimum and maximum rates, the rates to be
				  charged at the beginning of the service, and the terms and conditions of the
				  service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 10-25-95
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Additional Requirements for Certain Providers and Services › Section 704.68085 - Geographic averaging of rates

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The rates
				charged for intrastate interexchange toll service by a telecommunication
				provider must be geographically averaged throughout each LATA, or within such
				other smaller geographic area as the Commission deems appropriate to balance
				the interest of all customers and providers.
2. The rates charged for essential and
				discretionary services by a small-scale provider of last resort must be
				geographically averaged throughout the provider's service territory, or within
				such other smaller geographic area as the Commission deems appropriate to
				balance the interests of all customers and providers.
3. Any person may file an application with
				the Commission which requests that the rates charged for intrastate
				interexchange toll service by a small-scale provider of last resort be
				geographically averaged pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 within a geographic area
				which is smaller than the LATA in which the service is provided.
4. The applicant has the burden of
				demonstrating that the request for the deviation balances the interest of all
				customers and providers, and will not, if approved, unfairly and unreasonably
				impede competition. The application must:
(a)
				Fully identify and describe the service, including all of the information set
				forth in subsection 1 of NAC 704.68062;
(b) Specify the rate for the service and
				provide all facts necessary to support the appropriateness of the proposed
				rates, including those facts enumerated in subsection 5; and
(c) Specify the relevant market area of the
				service, in terms of the specific geographic boundaries, for the proposed
				deviation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES › Additional Requirements for Certain Providers and Services › Section 704.6809 - Provision of interconnection and access to certificated telecommunication providers

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A provider of
				last resort, or a competitive supplier in areas where a provider of last resort
				has no facilities, must provide interconnection to its networks to all
				certificated telecommunication providers.
2. The interconnection must be provided:
(a) By a provider of last resort, anywhere on
				the network of the provider of last resort that is technically feasible,
				including any central office or tandem office.
(b) By a competitive supplier, anywhere on
				the network of the competitive supplier within the area not served by a
				provider of last resort, or that is reasonably proximate to that area, that is
				technically feasible and reasonably convenient for the interconnecting party. A
				competitive supplier shall allow interconnection only to that portion of its
				network located in an area where a provider of last resort has no
				facilities.