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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS › Section 704.533 - Duties of operator

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. An operator
			 shall:
(a) Provide facilities and service
			 which are reasonably adequate at just and reasonable rates.
(b) Provide a method for receiving and acting
			 on complaints by customers in accordance with NAC 704.537.
(c) Design, install, construct, inspect,
			 test, operate and maintain the system in accordance with the applicable
			 regulations adopted pursuant to NAC 704.460 and 704.461.
(d) File with the Commission an annual report
			 for the reporting period in accordance with NAC 704.225 and 704.534.
(e) Provide each of the customers of the
			 system with a written explanation of the procedure for responding to an
			 emergency in accordance with NAC 704.535.
(f) Bill each of the customers of the system
			 for the amount of liquefied petroleum gas delivered. The names of the customer
			 and operator, the dates of the beginning and end of the billing period, the
			 meter readings for the dates of the beginning and end of the billing period,
			 the quantity consumed, the price of liquefied petroleum gas, any other
			 authorized charge, and the total charge must be clearly stated on the bill. The
			 format for the bill must make it possible for the customer to calculate easily
			 the total amount due as shown on the bill.
(g) Notify each of the customers of the
			 system in writing of any change in the charge for owning, operating and
			 maintaining the system or any change in the price of liquefied petroleum gas of
			 10 percent or more, not later than 5 days after the date on which the increase
			 becomes effective.
(h) Maintain for
			 not less than 3 years records of all expenditures and collections for liquefied
			 petroleum gas service.
(i) Maintain
			 records evidencing compliance with the requirements contained in the
			 regulations adopted pursuant to NAC 704.460 for at least the period specified
			 in those regulations or 3 years, whichever is longer.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS › Section 704.534 - Annual report

Current through June 11,
			 2024
In addition to the information required by NAC 704.225, an
				annual report must contain:
1. The
			 name, principal business address and telephone number of the
			 operator.
2. The name and title of
			 the person making the report.
3.
			 The location of the system.
4. The
			 size and number of liquefied petroleum gas containers used in serving the
			 system and the current number of customers, both active and inactive, served
			 from each container or group of containers.
5. The highest, lowest and last price charged
			 for liquefied petroleum gas service during the reporting period, including the
			 price of liquefied petroleum gas delivered per unit volume and the amount of
			 any other charges assessed to customers.
6. The highest, lowest and last price per
			 unit volume paid by the operator for delivery of bulk liquefied petroleum gas
			 to the system during the reporting period.
7. The name of the current supplier of bulk
			 liquefied petroleum gas to the system.
8. A summary of all expenditures and
			 collections for liquefied petroleum gas service during the reporting period,
			 including a summary of expenses of operation and maintenance.
9. A copy of the written explanation of the
			 procedure described in NAC 704.535.
10. The number of complaints related to
			 safety, service and billing received during the reporting period and a brief
			 explanation of the action that the operator took to respond to all such
			 complaints.
11. A brief explanation
			 of all action taken by the operator to correct any unsafe conditions which were
			 identified during the reporting period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, eff. 1-31-91; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R062-07,
				10-31-2007
NRS
				  703.025,
				  703.191,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS › Section 704.535 - Procedure for reporting emergencies

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. An operator of a
			 system shall furnish to each customer of the system a written explanation of
			 the procedure to be used to report gas leaks and other related emergencies. The
			 explanation must include:
(a) A telephone
			 number at which the operator can be contacted during regular working
			 hours;
(b) A telephone number for
			 reporting emergencies during nonworking hours;
(c) The telephone numbers of emergency
			 response agencies, including, without limitation, the local police and fire
			 departments; and
(d) The following
			 phone numbers of the Commission:
(1) Clark
			 County, (702) 486-6578.
(2) Washoe
			 County and Carson City, (775) 687-6004.
(3) All other areas in Nevada, (800)
			 992-0900.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS › Section 704.536 - Allowable charges; refund of overcharge

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. An operator
			 shall not charge a price for liquefied petroleum gas which exceeds its average
			 inventory price for the billing period.
2. In addition to the price charged for
			 liquefied petroleum gas and except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an
			 operator may assess just and reasonable margin rates. Except as otherwise
			 provided by subsection 3, the margin rates which an operator is authorized to
			 charge must be established in a general rate application proceeding before the
			 Commission pursuant to
			 NRS
			 704.110.
3. With the consent of the Commission, an
			 operator may adopt and use an alternative method to determine its margin rates
			 in lieu of filing a general rate application pursuant to
			 NRS
			 704.110. An operator who elects to use an
			 alternative method shall submit an application pursuant to section 3 for
			 determination by the Commission as to whether the margin rates charged by the
			 operator during the immediately preceding fiscal year were just and
			 reasonable.
4. A customer is
			 entitled to a refund of any overcharge. The operator shall refund the amount of
			 the overcharge plus interest as established by the Commission pursuant to
			 NRS
			 704.655 from the date the overcharge was paid
			 by the customer. The refund must, at the election of the operator, be made by
			 cash payment or by a reduction in the next billing after the overcharge is
			 discovered.
5. As used in this
			 section, "average inventory price" means the total cost of liquefied petroleum
			 gas available for sale, divided by the amount of liquefied petroleum gas
			 available for sale as calculated for each billing period. For the purpose of
			 this section, the liquefied petroleum gas available for sale is the amount on
			 hand at the beginning of the operator's billing period, plus the amount of
			 liquefied petroleum gas purchased by the operator during that period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, eff. 1-31-91; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R047-02,
				10-24-2002; A by
				R031-19A,
				eff. 10/30/2019
NRS
				703.025,
				704.097,
				704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS › Section 704.5364 - Application for approval of margin rates by operator who uses alternative method: Annual submission to Commission; contents

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
1. An
			 operator who pursuant to subsection 3 of NAC
			 704.536 obtains the consent of
			 the Commission to use an alternative method shall submit to the Commission, on
			 or before January 31 of each calendar year, an application for approval of the
			 margin rates assessed by the operator during the operator's immediately
			 preceding fiscal year. An operator who submits an application to the Commission
			 pursuant to this section may request that the application and information
			 included with the application not be disclosed and be made confidential
			 pursuant to NAC
			 703.5274.
2. An application submitted pursuant to this
			 section must include, without limitation:
(a)
			 Monthly billing data for the immediately preceding fiscal year for the captive
			 customers of the operator with service addresses in Nevada in the same customer
			 class for which the operator is seeking to use an alternative method;
(b) Monthly billing data for the immediately
			 preceding fiscal year for non-captive customers of the operator with service
			 addresses in Nevada that have liquefied petroleum gas tanks with a combined
			 nominal capacity of not less than 250 gallons and not more than 3,000 gallons
			 and who are in the same customer class for which the operator is seeking to use
			 an alternative method; and
(c) Such
			 information as is necessary to demonstrate that the margin rates assessed by
			 the operator were just and reasonable, which may include, without limitation,
			 information which justifies disparities in the margin rates, if any.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS › Section 704.537 - Complaints and inquiries

Current through June 11,
			 2024
An operator of a system shall advise customers of the system
				that complaints or inquiries concerning rates, billing, safety, and the
				provision of liquefied petroleum gas service generally should be directed to
				the operator. The operator shall establish a reasonable procedure for
				responding to these complaints and inquiries. The operator shall advise any
				customer who complains or inquires that he or she may bring the matter before
				the Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution of the Commission if the
				complaint cannot be resolved in a reasonable manner.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, eff. 1-31-91
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › General Provisions › Section 704.561 - Adoption by reference of Uniform System of Accounts for certain water and wastewater utilities

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The Commission
				hereby adopts by reference the Uniform System of Accounts for:
(a) Class A Water Utilities, 1996 edition,
				which is available for the price of $30.00.
(b) Class B Water Utilities, 1996 edition,
				which is available for the price of $24.00.
(c) Class C Water Utilities, 1996 edition,
				which is available for the price of $18.00.
(d) Class A Wastewater Utilities, 1996
				edition, which is available for the price of $31.20.
(e) Class B Wastewater Utilities, 1996
				edition, which is available for the price of $25.20.
(f) Class C Wastewater Utilities, 1996
				edition, which is available for the price of $19.20.
A copy of the publications may be obtained from the National
				  Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 1101 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,
				  Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20005, or at the Internet address
http://naruc.org/Store
.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.565 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.565 to 704.5688, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.5651 to
				  704.5658, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5651 - "Action plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Action plan" means a detailed specification of the actions
				  that a utility intends to take to meet its water demand, supply and wastewater
				  treatment requirements during the 3 years immediately following the year in
				  which its resource plan is filed with the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5652 - "Conservation plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Conservation plan" means the plan developed by a utility for
				  water conservation for the term of a resource plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5653 - "Funding plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Funding plan" means the plan developed by a utility that
				  demonstrates the financial impact of an action plan on the utility and its
				  customers.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5654 - "Resource plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Resource plan" means the plan developed by a utility for the
				  provision of water or services for the disposal of the sewage of its customers
				  for a period of 20 years immediately following the year in which the resource
				  plan is filed with the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5655 - "Utility" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Utility" means a public utility that is required to submit a
				  resource plan pursuant to
				  NRS
				  704.661.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5656 - "Wastewater treatment" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Wastewater treatment" means any service for the disposal of
				  sewage. The term includes, without limitation, the collection of sewage,
				  disposal of effluent and the reclamation of water.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5657 - "Water supply and wastewater treatment plan" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Water supply and wastewater treatment plan" means the plan
				  developed by a utility to meet its forecasted demand for water and requirements
				  for wastewater treatment during the term of a resource plan. The term includes
				  a wastewater treatment plan submitted by a utility that provides only services
				  for the disposal of sewage.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5658 - "Water year" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Water year" means the amount of precipitation recorded on an
				  annual basis by an entity in the region where the utility is located.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.566 - Provision of overview of resource plan to certain entities before filing

Current through June 11, 2024
A utility must, not later than 4 months before the date on
				  which the utility intends to file its resource plan with the Commission, meet
				  with the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General
				  and the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission and provide an overview
				  of the utility's resource plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5661 - Resource plan: Summary

Current through June 11,
				2024
The resource plan of a utility must be accompanied by a
				  summary that is suitable for distribution to the public. Any tables, graphs or
				  maps used in the summary must be easily interpretable by the public. The
				  summary must include, without limitation:
1. A brief introduction that describes the
				utility, its facilities and the purpose and duration of the resource
				plan;
2. A statement that
				identifies the issues relating to the supply of water and services for the
				disposal of sewage and the utility's strategy for addressing those
				issues;
3. A description of the
				criteria used by the utility to develop the resource plan, including, without
				limitation, a summary of each forecast prepared by the utility pursuant to NAC
				704.5667;
4. A statement that
				identifies the utility's current and projected requirements during the term of
				the resource plan for each of the following:
(a) Water supply;
(b) Water rights;
(c) Storage;
(d) Transmission and distribution
				system;
(e) Fire flows and fire
				hydrants;
(f) Wastewater treatment;
				and
(g) Water conservation;
				and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5662 - Resource plan: General requirements

Current through June 11,
				2024
The resource plan of a utility must include, without
				  limitation:
1. The current and
				historical ownership and organization of the utility;
2. The name and qualifications of each person
				who participated in the development of the resource plan;
3. A description of the manner in which the
				information in the resource plan is organized and a definition of each
				specialized term, acronym or abbreviation used in the resource plan;
4. A description of the utility's service
				area, including, without limitation, the number of customers in each class of
				service within the service area;
5.
				A statement identifying the issues relating to the supply of water and services
				for the disposal of sewage;
6. The
				objectives of the resource plan; and
7. A map that indicates the geographic areas
				included in the resource plan. Each map must indicate the portion of the
				service area of the utility indicated on the map:
(a) The service area of the utility included
				in the resource plan;
(b) The
				locations of the utility's facilities;
(c) The location of all water supplies that
				are owned by the utility or under contract to the utility;
(d) The interconnections between the
				utility's system and the systems of other utilities and suppliers of
				water;
(e) The utility's facilities
				for water transmission; and
(f) The
				location of each site for:
(1) The collection
				of sewage;
(2) The treatment of
				wastewater;
(3) The disposal of
				effluent;
(4) The reclamation of
				water; and
(5) Any other type of
				treatment of wastewater that is under contract to the utility.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5663 - Resource plan: Identification of inapplicable regulatory provisions

Current through June 11, 2024
If a utility believes that any provision of NAC 704.565 to
				  704.5688, inclusive, is not applicable to the utility, it must identify the
				  provision in its resource plan and demonstrate why the provision is not
				  applicable to the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5664 - Resource plan: Written testimony

Current through June 11,
				2024
The resource plan of a utility must include written testimony
				  in support of the resource plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5665 - Resource plan: Integrated analysis

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The resource
				plan of a utility must include and provide an integrated analysis of the
				utility's:
(a) Conservation plan;
(b) Water supply and wastewater treatment
				plan;
(c) Funding plan;
				and
(d) Action plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5666 - Resource plan: Technical appendix

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The resource
				plan of a utility must include a technical appendix. The appendix must be
				prepared in sufficient detail to enable a technically proficient person to:
(a) Understand how the resource plan,
				including, without limitation, the forecasts required pursuant to NAC 704.5667,
				was prepared;
(b) Verify the
				adequacy and accuracy of the data used to develop the resource plan;
				and
(c) Evaluate the validity of
				the assumptions and methods used to develop the resource plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5667 - Resource plan: Forecasts; inconsistent water sources; changes in methodology of forecasting

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The resource
				plan of a utility must include forecasts for the term of the resource plan of
				the utility's:
(a) Peak demand in summer and
				winter for water flows;
(b) Peak
				demand in summer and winter for wastewater flows;
(c) Annual water consumption;
(d) Annual wastewater flows; and
(e) Annual losses of water from the
				system.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5668 - Resource plan: Information concerning entire system of utility for 10 previous years

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The resource
				plan of a utility must include the following information for the entire system
				of the utility for each of the 10 years immediately preceding the year in which
				the resource plan is filed with the Commission:
(a) The recorded and coincident peak demand
				for water;
(b) The recorded sales
				of water and wastewater flows;
(c)
				The estimated or actual amount of water lost;
(d) The estimated or actual amount of water
				used;
(e) The estimated or actual
				amount of effluent disposed of by the utility; and
(f) The estimated or actual amount of
				reclaimed water sold or used by the utility.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5669 - Resource plan: Assessment of projected reliability of water service; population estimates

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The resource
				plan of a utility, other than a utility that provides only services for the
				disposal of sewage, must include an assessment of the projected reliability of
				the utility's water service to its customers. The assessment must compare the
				total projected water supply available to the utility with the total projected
				water use by the utility's customers during a normal water year, a single dry
				water year and 3 consecutive dry water years. The assessment must be provided
				for the 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th years of the resource plan.
2. A utility shall, in its resource plan, use
				estimates of population obtained from a state, regional or local agency within
				the service area of the utility.
3.
				As used in this section:
(a) "Dry water year"
				means a water year that has precipitation that is less than 80 percent of the
				precipitation in a normal water year.
(b) "Normal water year" means a water year
				that has precipitation equal to the average precipitation calculated by an
				entity in the region where the utility is located.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.567 - Conservation plan: General requirements

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The conservation
				plan of a utility must include, without limitation:
(a) A description of each program of water
				conservation that the utility has implemented, is implementing or proposes to
				implement, including, without limitation:
(1)
				Water surveys for single-family residential customers and multifamily
				residential customers;
(2) Programs
				to encourage retrofitting of residential plumbing;
(3) Water audits, leak detection and
				repair;
(4) The use of water meters
				with commodity rates for new connections and the retrofitting of existing
				connections;
(5) Incentives and
				other programs of water conservation for golf courses, parks, school grounds
				and other large landscapes;
(6)
				Rebates or other incentives for the purchase of high-efficiency washing
				machines;
(7) Programs of public
				information;
(8) Educational
				programs in schools;
(9)
				Conservation programs for commercial, industrial, governmental and other
				customers;
(10) The use of
				conservation pricing;
(11)
				Employment of a person to coordinate the utility's programs of water
				conservation;
(12) Prohibitions
				against wasting water and measures for the enforcement of those
				prohibitions;
(13) A program to
				encourage residential customers to replace existing toilets with
				ultra-low-flush toilets; and
(14)
				Incentives for the reclamation of water and the use of reclaimed
				water;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5671 - Conservation plan: Analysis for potential water shortages

Current
				through June 11, 2024
The conservation plan of a utility must include an analysis
				  for potential water shortages. The analysis must include, without
				  limitation:
1. An outline of the
				specific water supply conditions that may apply at a 25 percent shortage in the
				water supply and a 50 percent shortage in the water supply, and a description
				of the actions that the utility proposes to take in response to a water
				shortage at each level.
2. An
				estimate of the minimum water supply that will be available to the utility
				during each of the 3 water years immediately following the year in which the
				resource plan is submitted. The estimate must be based on the driest 3
				consecutive water years that have been recorded for the utility's water
				supply.
3. A description of the
				actions that the utility proposes to prepare for and implement during a
				catastrophic interruption of water supplies, including, without limitation, a
				regional power outage, an earthquake or any other natural or human-caused
				disaster.
4. An analysis of the
				effect that each action and condition set forth in subsections 1, 2 and 3 is
				likely to have on the revenue and expenditures of the utility. The analysis
				must set forth the actions, including, without limitation, the development of
				reserves and the use of rate adjustments, that the utility proposes to take to
				mitigate those effects.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5672 - Conservation plan: Information about reclaimed water

Current
				through June 11, 2024
The conservation plan of a utility must provide, to the
				  extent practicable, information about reclaimed water and its potential for use
				  as a water source in the service area of the utility. The utility must
				  coordinate with local water, wastewater, groundwater and planning agencies that
				  operate within the utility's service area to acquire the information. The
				  information must include, without limitation:
1. A description of the systems of wastewater
				treatment in the utility's service area, including, without limitation:
(a) The quantities of sewage collected and
				wastewater treated by the utility; and
(b) The utility's methods for the disposal of
				effluent and the reclamation of water.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5673 - Water supply and wastewater treatment plan: Options for meeting demand for water and wastewater treatment

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The water supply
				and wastewater treatment plan of a utility must:
(a) Identify and analyze the utility's
				options for meeting the demand for water and wastewater treatment established
				in the forecasts prepared by the utility pursuant to NAC 704.5667;
				and
(b) Describe, for each option,
				the utility's facilities and any new facilities that may be required. The
				description must set forth the actual or proposed capacity of each facility and
				the actual or proposed resources available for each year of the water supply
				and wastewater treatment plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5674 - Water supply and wastewater treatment plan: Preferred plan

Current
				through June 11, 2024
The water supply and wastewater treatment plan of a utility
				  must include a preferred plan that sets forth the utility's selection of its
				  preferred options for meeting the demand for water and requirements for
				  wastewater treatment for the term of the resource plan. The preferred plan must
				  include an explanation of the criteria that the utility used to select its
				  preferred options. The explanation must include sufficient detail to enable the
				  Commission to determine whether the utility's selection is justified.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5675 - Water supply and wastewater treatment plan: Description of system and separate components; map of facilities; description of deficiencies

Current through June 11, 2024
The water supply and wastewater treatment plan of a utility
				  must include, without limitation:
1. A
				description of the utility's system and the separate components of the system.
				The description of each component must set forth, if applicable, the location,
				capacity, type and age of the component and include references to any
				applicable documentation or other information relating to the description of
				the component. The components that must be described include, without
				limitation:
(a) Sources of water supply,
				including, if the source is a well, its depth, casing depth, water zone, design
				capacity and capacity of the well;
(b) Water rights, including the volume of
				water established for each water right and its status;
(c) Water distribution and transmission
				lines;
(d) Lines for the collection
				of wastewater;
(e) Facilities for
				water storage;
(f) Emergency
				standby facilities, including, without limitation, power supplies for the
				production, treatment, storage and maintenance of water pressure;
(g) Pressure-reducing valve
				stations;
(h) Booster
				stations;
(i) Lift
				stations;
(j) Force
				mains;
(k) Facilities for
				wastewater treatment;
(l) Sites for
				the disposal of effluent;
(m) Sites
				for the reclamation of water;
(n)
				The utility's systems for supervisory control and data acquisition;
(o) Hydraulic profile;
(p) Operating and elevation levels;
(q) Operation and performance of the system;
				and
(r) Programs for the protection
				of the water supply;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5676 - Funding plan: Requirement for certain items identified in conservation plan or water supply and wastewater treatment plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
The resource plan of a utility must include a funding plan
				  for each item identified in the utility's conservation plan or water supply and
				  wastewater treatment plan for which the utility proposes to initiate
				  expenditures during the term of the action plan. The funding plan must include
				  the means the utility proposes to use to minimize the effect of the
				  expenditures on the:
1. Rates charged
				by the utility to its customers; and
2. Financial risk to the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5677 - Funding plan: Information concerning costs utility will incur during term of action plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
The funding plan of a utility must set forth information
				  concerning the costs that the utility will incur during the term of the action
				  plan, including, without limitation:
1. The estimated costs of any construction
				identified in the action plan, including, without limitation:
(a) Annual flows of expenditures with
				allowance for money expended during construction; and
(b) Annual flows of expenditures without
				allowance for money expended during construction; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5678 - Funding plan: Options for defraying expenditures

Current through
				June 11, 2024
The funding plan of a utility must include options for
				  defraying the expenditures identified in the plan. Each option must include a
				  combination of:
1. Revenue from
				customer surcharges;
2. Revenue
				from customer hook-up fees;
3.
				Capital investment by the utility;
4. Debt financing by the utility;
				and
5. Other prudent and reasonable
				means of defraying the expenditures.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5679 - Funding plan: Estimates of financial information; assumptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The funding plan of a utility must include
				estimates of the following financial information for the term of the action
				plan:
(a) The present worth of revenue
				requirements;
(b) Revenue
				requirements by year;
(c) The total
				rate base by year; and
(d)
				Financial results attributable to the utility's strategy of risk
				management.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.568 - Action plan: General requirements

Current through June 11,
				2024
The action plan of a utility must include, without
				  limitation:
1. An introductory section
				that explains how the action plan relates to the long-term plans of the utility
				as set forth in its resource plan;
2. A section that identifies each action for
				which the utility requests the approval of the Commission;
3. A section that identifies each part of the
				utility's conservation plan that the utility proposes to carry out during the
				term of the action plan; and
4. A
				section that identifies each part of the utility's water supply and wastewater
				treatment plan that the utility proposes to carry out during the term of the
				action plan and includes, without limitation:
(a) For each facility for which construction
				will be performed during that term:
(1) The
				utility's plans for construction; and
(2) The utility's proposed schedule for
				construction, including, without limitation, the proposed dates for:
(I) The preparation of any environmental
				impact statements, if required;
(II) The application for and receipt of each
				significant permit;
(III) Entering
				into a commitment for each substantial expenditure; and
(IV) Placing the facility in commercial
				operation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5681 - Action plan: Budget of planned expenditures

Current through June
				11, 2024
The action plan of a utility must include a budget of its
				  planned expenditures. The budget must be prepared in a format that is:
1. Suitable for comparing its planned
				expenditures with its actual expenditures; and
2. Consistent with the format that the
				utility intends to use in other submissions to the Commission, if
				any.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5682 - Action plan: Action by Commission

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The Commission
				will:
(a) Issue an order approving the action
				plan of a utility as filed;
(b)
				Issue an order modifying the action plan of a utility; or
(c) Specify those parts of the action plan
				that the Commission considers inadequate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5683 - Action plan: Deviation from plan by utility

Current through June
				11, 2024
1.
				Notwithstanding the approval by the Commission of the action plan of a utility,
				the utility may deviate from the approved action plan to the extent necessary
				to respond to any significant change in circumstances that was not contemplated
				by the action plan. A significant change in circumstances includes, without
				limitation:
(a) A substantial change in the
				market price of water;
(b) An
				extended forced outage of a major facility of the utility;
(c) A substantial change in customer demand;
				or
(d) Any other circumstance that
				the utility demonstrates to the Commission requires a deviation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5684 - Action plan: Monitoring; conditions requiring amendment

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				A utility shall continually monitor its action plan and amend the action plan
				before it submits its next resource plan to the Commission if:
(a) The utility intends to submit an
				application for a permit to construct a utility facility pursuant to
				NRS 704.820 to
				704.890,
				inclusive, which was not approved as part of the action plan;
(b) The utility makes a commitment for the
				acquisition or construction of a facility that was not approved as part of the
				action plan;
(c) The utility makes
				a commitment for a long-term purchased water obligation which was not approved
				as part of the action plan;
(d) The
				utility is unable to place a resource in service or obtain a resource in
				accordance with the schedule for the resource that is included in the action
				plan which results in a significant deviation from the action plan;
(e) The utility makes a commitment for a
				resource that was not available when the action plan was approved; or
(f) The basic data used in the development of
				the resource plan requires substantial modification that affects the choice of
				a resource which was approved as part of the action plan.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5685 - Amendment to action plan: Provision of overview of proposed amendment to certain entities

Current through June 11,
				2024
Before a utility files an amendment to its action plan, the
				  utility must meet with the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the
				  Attorney General and the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission to
				  provide an overview of the proposed amendment to the action plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5686 - Amendment to action plan: Required provisions

Current through June
				11, 2024
An amendment to an action plan must include, without
				  limitation:
1. A section that
				identifies each action for which the utility requests approval by the
				Commission;
2. A section that
				specifies any changes in assumptions or data that have occurred since the
				utility's last resource plan was filed with the Commission; and
3. If applicable, the information required in
				subsections 3 and 4 of NAC 704.568.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5687 - Amendment to action plan: Action by Commission

Current through June
				11, 2024
1. The
				Commission will:
(a) Issue an order approving
				the amendment to the action plan as filed;
(b) Issue an order modifying the amendment to
				the action plan; or
(c) Specify
				those parts of the amendment that the Commission considers
				inadequate.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.5688 - Accrual of expenses to develop resource plan in deferred account; recovery of expenses

Current through June 11,
				2024
A utility may, pursuant to
				  NRS
				  704.661, accrue its expenses to develop a
				  resource plan in a deferred account. The utility may request recovery of those
				  expenses in a subsequent general rate application.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.661
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Maintenance of Fire Hydrants › Section 704.569 - General requirements; adoption by reference of certain publications

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
				section, a public utility that is required to maintain a fire hydrant pursuant
				to
				NRS
				704.660 shall:
(a) Maintain the fire hydrant in compliance
				with:
(1) The
International Fire
				Code
; and
(2) The
Uniform Plumbing Code
.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Utilities That Service Limited Number of Customers: Rates and Service › Section 704.570 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.570 to 704.628, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.5705 to
				  704.5725, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Pub. Service Comm'n,
				  Gen. Order 26 § 4, eff. 8-6-80-NAC A 10-26-84; 11-5-93; A by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R079-99, 11-16-99; R047-02, 10-24-2002; R036-10,
				  12-16-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.095,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Utilities That Service Limited Number of Customers: Rates and Service › Section 704.5705 - "Affiliate" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Affiliate" means a person who, directly or indirectly
				  through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under
				  common control with a utility subject to the provisions of NAC 704.570 to
				  704.628, inclusive.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R036-10, eff. 12-16-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.095,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Utilities That Service Limited Number of Customers: Rates and Service › Section 704.5712 - "General rate change" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"General rate change" means an increase or decrease in rates
				  which is designed to produce gross annual operating revenue to cover a public
				  utility's cost to provide service to the public, exclusive of costs that are
				  otherwise specifically identified to be recoverable from special rate and
				  accounting mechanisms.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R036-10, eff. 12-16-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.095,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Utilities That Service Limited Number of Customers: Rates and Service › Section 704.5713 - "Gross domestic product deflator" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Gross domestic product deflator" means an economic metric
				  that accounts for the effects of inflation or deflation in the gross domestic
				  product for the current year by converting the value of that gross domestic
				  product to a value relative to the gross domestic product of a designated year.
				  For the purposes of NAC 704.570 to 704.628, inclusive, the gross domestic
				  product deflator is published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United
				  States Department of Commerce and is calculated by the following
				  formula:
Gross domestic product deflator = Nominal gross domestic
				  product X 100 / Real gross domestic product
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R036-10, eff. 12-16-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.095,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › WATER SERVICE AND SEWAGE SERVICE › Utilities That Service Limited Number of Customers: Rates and Service › Section 704.5714 - "Gross domestic product deflator advice letter" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Gross domestic product deflator advice letter" means a
				  letter that a utility files with the Commission to request an increase or
				  decrease, consistent with the percentage change in the gross domestic product
				  deflator, in the fee for basic service or the charges for a commodity provided
				  by the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R036-10, eff. 12-16-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.095,
					 704.210