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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Capacity Allocation for New Commercial and Industrial Businesses › Section 704.8955 - Discounted electric rates to be charged

Current through June 11,
				2024
The discounted electric rates that an electric utility shall
				  charge pursuant to the Program must be:
1. In the first and second year of a contract
				entered into pursuant to
				NRS
				704.7877, no reduction in the base tariff
				energy rate.
2. In the third and
				fourth year of a contract entered into pursuant to
				NRS
				704.7877, a reduction of 30 percent in the
				base tariff energy rate.
3. In the
				fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth year of a contract entered into pursuant to
				NRS
				704.7877, a reduction of 20 percent in the
				base tariff energy rate.
4. In the
				ninth and tenth year of a contract entered into pursuant to
				NRS
				704.7877, a reduction of 10 percent in the
				base tariff energy rate.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R072-13, eff. 12-23-2013; A by
				  R005-15,
				  eff. 6/26/2015; A by
				  R031-21A,
				  eff. 4/11/2022
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.7881,
				  as amended by section 46 of Senate Bill No. 448, chapter 552, Statutes of
				  Nevada 2021, at page 3801
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Capacity Allocation for New Commercial and Industrial Businesses › Section 704.8956 - Allocation of capacity to new customers

Current through June 11,
				2024
Each electric utility shall set aside 25 megawatts of
				  capacity for allocation to new customers pursuant to the Program. If an
				  electric utility enters into one or more contracts with an applicant for the
				  Program for the full allocation of 25 megawatts of capacity set aside by the
				  electric utility pursuant to this section, any unused capacity allocated to
				  another electric utility may be reallocated among the electric utilities by the
				  Commission to maximize participation in the Program.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R072-13, eff. 12-23-2013
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.7881
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Capacity Allocation for New Commercial and Industrial Businesses › Section 704.8957 - Duties of electric utility that provides discounted electric rates

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An electric utility that provides
				discounted electric rates pursuant to the Program shall:
(a) Establish a tariff pursuant to which a
				participant will be charged the discounted electric rates set forth in NAC
				704.8955. A tariff established pursuant to this paragraph must include a rate
				component which, when combined with the base tariff energy rate, will result in
				the required reduction in the base tariff energy rate. The inclusion of a rate
				component pursuant to this paragraph is not required to be listed separately in
				the utility's tariff.
(b) Recover
				the amount of any discount provided to a participant in the Program by
				recording the amount in the deferred energy balance.
(c) Distribute as payment to each of the
				utility's customers any amount recovered by order of the Commission pursuant to
				NRS
				704.7879, and record the amount in the
				deferred energy balance.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Capacity Allocation for New Commercial and Industrial Businesses › Section 704.8958 - Requirements for annual report to be submitted by electric utility

Current through June 11, 2024
Each electric utility shall, on or before March 1 of each
				  year commencing March 1, 2015, file with the Commission a written report
				  concerning the Program. The report must include information concerning:
1. The electrical load in the immediately
				preceding calendar year of each participant with whom the utility has entered
				into a contract pursuant to the Program;
2. The annual load factor in the immediately
				preceding calendar year of each participant with whom the utility has entered
				into a contract pursuant to the Program;
3. The date on which each participant with
				whom the utility has entered into a contract pursuant to the Program began
				receiving electric service from the utility; and
4. Any other relevant information that the
				Commission deems necessary.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R072-13, eff. 12-23-2013
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.7881
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.Sec. 2.6 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
As used in sections 3 to 9, inclusive, unless the context
				  otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in sections 3 to 7, inclusive
				  have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n,
				  R073-21A,
				  eff. 9/8/2022
section 3 of Assembly Bill No. 173, chapter 96, Statutes of
					 Nevada 2021, at page 411 (NRS 703.1543)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.Sec. 3.6 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
"Engineered structures" means buildings, overpasses or water
				  crossings.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, eff.
				  1-5-89; A by
				  R073-21A,
				  eff. 9/8/2022
section 3 of Assembly Bill No. 173, chapter 96, Statutes of
					 Nevada 2021, at page 411 (NRS 703.1543)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.Sec. 4.5 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
"Gas pipeline facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in 49
				  U.S.C. § 60101.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n,
				  R073-21A,
				  eff. 9/8/2022
section 3 of Assembly Bill No. 173, chapter 96, Statutes of
					 Nevada 2021, at page 411 (NRS 703.1543)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.Sec. 5.5 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				"Peak shaving facility" means a pipeline storage facility designed to house
				natural gas or propane gas for reintroduction into a pipeline operator's system
				at times of peak demand and which may be used to store liquefied petroleum
				gas.
2. The term does not include:
(a) A facility that stores temporary
				compressed natural gas, renewable natural gas, liquid natural gas or hydrogen
				blending supply; or
(b) A virtual
				pipeline.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.Sec. 6.4 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
"Public agency" means an agency or political subdivision of
				  this State or the United States.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n,
				  R073-21A,
				  eff. 9/8/2022
section 3 of Assembly Bill No. 173, chapter 96, Statutes of
					 Nevada 2021, at page 411 (NRS 703.1543)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.Sec. 7.3 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
"Responsible charge of work" has the meaning ascribed to it
				  in NRS 625.080.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n,
				  R073-21A,
				  eff. 9/8/2022
section 3 of Assembly Bill No. 173, chapter 96, Statutes of
					 Nevada 2021, at page 411 (NRS 703.1543)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.Sec. 8.3 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
Any gas pipeline engineering plans or specifications for
				  engineering work or services to be performed by the employees of a natural gas
				  utility that supplies natural gas and is subject to the jurisdiction of the
				  Commission, which involves a gas pipeline facility and presents an elevated
				  risk to public safety pursuant to section 9 must:
1. Be produced by or under the supervision of
				a professional engineer who is licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS, has
				responsible charge of the work and has sufficient knowledge of the natural gas
				system of the natural gas utility; and
2. Except as otherwise provided in this
				subsection, bear the stamp of the professional engineer obtained pursuant to
				NRS 625.383. The stamp of
				the professional engineer is not required for plans and specifications for
				emergency work or services, except that a stamp is required after the emergency
				has been resolved if any of the remaining work or services to be performed
				under the plans or specifications is of a type identified as involving a gas
				pipeline facility and presenting an elevated risk to public safety pursuant to
				section 9.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n,
				  R073-21A,
				  eff. 9/8/2022
section 3 of Assembly Bill No. 173, chapter 96, Statutes of
					 Nevada 2021, at page 411 (NRS 703.1543)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.Sec. 9.3 - NEW

Current
				through June 11, 2024
The Commission hereby identifies the following types of work
				  and services as involving a gas pipeline facility and presenting an elevated
				  risk to public safety:
1. New
				installation of district pressure regulator stations, compressor stations or
				gate stations.
2. Reconfiguration
				or physical facility changes, other than routine operating adjustments and
				like-kind replacements, performed at district pressure regulator stations,
				compressor stations or gate stations that alter or modify the configuration or
				overpressure protection of equipment.
3. Installation, uprating, repair by
				replacement or abandonment of transmission pipelines.
4. Installation, repair by replacement or
				abandonment of high-pressure distribution pipelines operating at 200
				pound-force per square inch gauge and above and with a project length of 3,000
				feet or greater of installed, replaced or abandoned distribution
				pipeline.
5. Installation of
				distribution mains where such distribution mains attach to existing bridges or
				other engineered structures, except for newly designed or constructed bridges
				where the pipeline installation design was approved by the public agency
				undertaking the design or construction of the bridge.
6. Uprating of distribution
				pipelines.
7. Installation of a
				peak shaving facility, including any modification or reconfiguration that would
				alter such a facility's pressure delivery characteristics.
8. Installation of new permanent in-line
				inspection launchers and receivers.
Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n,
				  R073-21A,
				  eff. 9/8/2022
section 3 of Assembly Bill No. 173, chapter 96, Statutes of
					 Nevada 2021, at page 411 (NRS 703.1543)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9005 - Definitions: Terms used in regulation or resource plan

Current
				through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.9005 to
				  704.9525, inclusive,
				  and sections 2 to 5, inclusive, of this regulation, and when used in a
				  utility's resource plan, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and
				  terms defined in NAC
				  704.9006
				  to
				  704.9173,
				  inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				  sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 5-14-86; 2-18-88; 7-31-91; A by Pub. Utilities
				  Comm'n by R004-04, 5-25-2004; R167-05, 2-23-2006; A by
				  R027-20A,
				  eff. 10/9/2021
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
				  and
				  704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9006 - "Action plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Action plan" means a detailed specification of the actions a
				  utility intends to undertake to meet its demand and energy requirements during
				  the 3 years immediately following the year in which its resource plan is
				  filed.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9007 - "Affiliate" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Affiliate" means any entity that controls, is controlled by
				  or is under common control with any other entity.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 7-31-91
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9015 - "Analysis of sensitivity" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Analysis of sensitivity," sometimes known as "sensitivity
				  analysis" means a set of methods or procedures which results in a determination
				  or estimation of the sensitivity of a result to a change in given data or a
				  given assumption.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9023 - "Capacity" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Capacity" means the rated continuous load-carrying ability,
				  expressed in watts or volt-amperes, of generation, transmission or electrical
				  equipment.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9024 - "Coal-fired electric generating capacity" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Coal-fired electric generating capacity" means the planning
				  capacity of a coal-fired electric generating plant or coal-fired electric
				  generating unit as depicted in the loads and resources table that was included
				  in the most recent resource plan filed by an electric utility that primarily
				  serves densely populated counties and accepted by the Commission pursuant to
				  NRS
				  704.751 before June 11, 2013.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.90243 - "Coal-fired electric generating plant" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Coal-fired electric generating plant" has the meaning
				  ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.7312.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.90247 - "Coal-fired electric generating unit" defined

Current through June
				11, 2024
"Coal-fired electric generating unit" means an electric
				  generating unit which burns coal to produce electricity and which is owned, in
				  whole or in part, by an electric utility that primarily serves densely
				  populated counties.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9025 - "Cogeneration" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Cogeneration" means the simultaneous generation of electric
				  and thermal energy by a facility owned by a utility's customer, where both
				  forms of energy are put to beneficial use, whether or not the energy is used
				  exclusively by the customer or is supplied to the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.904 - "Conservation" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Conservation" means improvements in efficiency in the
				  production, distribution or use of energy that result in reductions in the
				  consumption of electric power.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9055 - "Demand" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Demand" means the level at which electric energy is required
				  by a system, a part of a system or a load, expressed in watts, at a given
				  instant or averaged over any designated period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9057 - "Demand side plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Demand side plan" means the programs proposed by a utility
				  to promote energy efficiency and conservation.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004; A by R042-10,
				  7-22-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9058 - "Distributed generation" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Distributed generation" means generation:
1. That is located on the property of a
				customer of a utility;
2. That is
				not owned by the utility; and
3.
				The output from which is ordinarily consumed locally without flowing on the
				transmission system of the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.90583 - "Distributed resources" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Distributed resources" means distributed generation systems,
				  energy efficiency, energy storage, electric vehicles and demand-response
				  technologies, which may be located on the utility side or the customer side of
				  the meter of a utility customer.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-2019
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.90585 - "Distributed resources plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Distributed resources plan" means the plan the utility is
				  required to include in its resource plan pursuant to subsection 5 of
				  NRS
				  704.741.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-2019
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9059 - "Electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Electric utility that primarily serves densely populated
				  counties" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (c) of subsection 17 of
				  NRS
				  704.110.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.90593 - "Eliminate" and "elimination" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Eliminate" or "elimination" means the divestment by an
				  electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties of an
				  interest in a coal-fired electric generating plant or coal-fired electric
				  generating unit such that:
1. The
				utility no longer relies upon the plant or unit to provide service to its
				customers; and
2. The cost of the
				plant or unit, other than the costs described in paragraph (e) of subsection 2
				of
				NRS
				704.7316 and approved by the Commission to be
				included in the utility's rates in an application submitted to the Commission
				after the elimination of the plant or unit, is no longer included in the
				utility's rates.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.90595 - "Emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan"
				  means:
1. With respect to the initial
				emissions reduction and capacity replacement action plan filed on or before May
				1, 2014, by an electric utility that primarily serves densely populated
				counties as part of an amendment to the utility's resource plan, a detailed
				specification of the actions the utility intends to undertake to meet the
				requirements of its emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan during
				the period before the filing of its next resource plan.
2. With respect to any subsequent emissions
				reduction and capacity replacement action plan filed by an electric utility
				that primarily serves densely populated counties with the utility's resource
				plan, a detailed specification of the actions the utility intends to undertake
				to meet the requirements of its emissions reduction and capacity replacement
				plan during the 3 years immediately following the year in which the utility's
				resource plan is filed.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.90597 - "Emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan" has the
				  meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.7314.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.906 - "End-use" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"End-use" means energy consumption by a specific type of
				  appliance or equipment.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.90605 - "Energy efficiency" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Energy efficiency" means a modification of energy use
				  patterns which results in the greater productive use of energy or a reduction
				  in the consumption of electric power.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R042-10, eff. 7-22-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9061 - "Energy supply plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Energy supply plan" means a plan which:
1. Establishes the parameters of an energy
				supply portfolio for a utility for the 3-year period covered by its action plan
				and which balances the objectives of:
(a)
				Minimizing the cost of supply;
(b)
				Minimizing retail price volatility; and
(c) Maximizing the reliability of energy
				supply over the term of the energy supply plan; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9063 - "Environmental costs and economic benefits to the State" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
1. "Environmental costs and economic benefits
				to the State" means the costs and benefits that inure to the State from
				electric energy produced for consumption within the State whether or not the
				generation source is located in Nevada.
2. To calculate environmental costs of
				generation from sources outside the State, the cost should be calculated in the
				same manner as if the electric energy were generated in Nevada.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 3-27-92; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9067 - "Financial commitment" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. "Financial
				commitment" means a financial obligation of the developer of a proposed
				renewable energy project within a renewable energy zone that evidences and
				supports the developer's commitment and fitness to complete the construction of
				the renewable energy project, including, without limitation:
(a) An executed contract for the sale of
				energy from the project;
(b) An
				executed contract for the construction of the project;
(c) A land use application and permit
				submitted to and approved by the United States Bureau of Land Management or
				other appropriate government agency;
(d) The possession of ownership or leasehold
				rights in land or mineral rights necessary for the construction and operation
				of the project;
(e) A generator
				interconnection request;
(f) An
				executed transmission service agreement;
(g) An executed interconnection agreement;
				and
(h) A related cash deposit or
				letter of credit that secures:
(1) Contracts
				for the sale of energy from the project;
(2) Contracts for the construction of the
				project; or
(3) The construction of
				any required transmission facilities or transmission service to deliver the
				project's output to its purchaser.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9069 - "Financial plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Financial plan" means a plan that demonstrates the financial
				  impact of the preferred plan of a utility on the utility and its
				  customers.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9075 - "Forecast of base growth" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Forecast of base growth" means a forecast of the peak demand
				  and energy consumption for a utility's bundled retail and wholesale customers
				  that the utility has an obligation to serve, based on the most likely set of
				  future conditions or forces which would have an effect on such peak demand and
				  energy consumption.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9085 - "Forecast of high growth" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Forecast of high growth" means a forecast of the peak demand
				  and energy consumption for a utility's bundled retail and wholesale customers
				  that the utility has an obligation to serve, based on the highest rate of
				  growth consistent with the highest rates of economic and population growth that
				  can be reasonably expected to occur within the service territory of the utility
				  during the forecast period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9095 - "Forecast of low growth" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Forecast of low growth" means a forecast of the peak demand
				  and energy consumption for a utility's bundled retail and wholesale customers
				  that the utility has an obligation to serve, based on the lowest rate of growth
				  consistent with the lowest rates of economic and population growth that can be
				  reasonably expected to occur within the service territory of the utility during
				  the forecast period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9099 - "Fuel procurement plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Fuel procurement plan" means a plan which establishes the
				  parameters of a fuel supply portfolio for a utility and which balances the
				  objectives of:
1. Minimizing the cost
				of fuel;
2. Minimizing retail price
				volatility; and
3. Maximizing the
				reliability of fuel supply over the term of the energy supply plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9101 - "Grid needs assessment" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Grid needs assessment" means an assessment of the
				  constraints on a utility's electric grid and proposed solutions to those
				  constraints.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-2019
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9102 - "Hosting capacity analysis" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Hosting capacity analysis" means the analysis to determine
				  the amount of distributed resources that can be accommodated on a particular
				  feeder section of the distribution system at a given time under existing and
				  forecasted grid conditions and operations without adversely impacting safety,
				  power quality, reliability or other operational criteria.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-2019
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9103 - "Independent power producer" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Independent power producer" means a generating facility that
				  is connected to the system but is not owned by a public utility. The term
				  includes any qualifying cogeneration or small power production facility subject
				  to 18 C.F.R. Part 292, and any exempt wholesale generator as that term is
				  defined in 15 U.S.C. §
										79z-5a, that is connected to the system but
				  is not owned by a public utility. The term does not include distributed
				  generation.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9107 - "Intermittent energy resources" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Intermittent energy resources" means those resources using
				  renewable energy whose electrical output cannot be accurately forecasted for
				  day-ahead scheduling.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9109 - "Locational net benefit analysis" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Locational net benefit analysis" means a cost-benefit
				  analysis of distributed resources that incorporates location-specific net
				  benefits to the electric grid.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-2019
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9111 - "Long-term avoided cost" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Long-term avoided cost" means the incremental costs of
				  electric energy or capacity, or both, to a utility which, but for the purchase
				  of electric energy or capacity from one or more qualifying facilities, the
				  utility would generate itself or purchase from another source over a period
				  exceeding 1 year.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9113 - "Long-term purchased power obligation" defined

Current through
				June 11, 2024
"Long-term purchased power obligation" means:
1. A long-term portfolio energy credits
				contract, long-term renewable energy contract or energy efficiency contract
				that must be submitted to the Commission for approval pursuant to NAC 704.8885;
				and
2. Any other contract,
				including a multiple seasonal contract, with a term of more than 3
				years.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 7-31-91; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R144-01, 5-31-2002;
				  R004-04, 5-25-2004; R064-10, 10-15-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9115 - "Losses" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Losses" means the difference between the electric energy
				  that is generated or purchased by a utility and the electric energy that is
				  used or sold by the utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9133 - "Non-wires alternative" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Non-wires alternative" means a solution to an identified
				  constraint on the utility's electric grid which may include, without
				  limitation, the deployment of a distributed resource or suite of distributed
				  resources.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R029-19, eff. 10-30-2019
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9135 - "Normalized" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Normalized" means adjusted to reflect normal or
				  representatively variable conditions.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9147 - "Planning capacity" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Planning capacity" means an amount of firm electric
				  generating capacity required by an electric utility that primarily serves
				  densely populated counties to meet its peak load and provide a planning reserve
				  margin that is authorized by the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.915 - "Pooling of power" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Pooling of power" means the coordinating of plans and
				  operations by two or more electric utilities or independent power producers
				  through the interconnection of their systems to supply power to their customers
				  in a reliable and economical fashion.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9152 - "Preferred plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Preferred plan" means the selection by a utility of its
				  preferred supply options for a 20-year period.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9153 - "Purchased power procurement plan" defined

Current through June
				11, 2024
"Purchased power procurement plan" means a plan which
				  establishes the parameters of a purchased power portfolio for a utility and
				  which balances the objectives of:
1.
				Minimizing the cost of purchased power;
2. Minimizing retail price volatility;
				and
3. Maximizing the reliability
				of purchased power over the term of the energy supply plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9154 - "Renewable energy" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Renewable energy" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.7715.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004; A by
				  R027-20A,
				  eff. 10/9/2021
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
				  and
				  704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.91541 - "Renewable energy facility" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Renewable energy facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.7315.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.91542 - "Renewable energy zone transmission action plan" defined (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R088-10, eff. 12-16-2010; R by
				  R005-22A,
				  eff. 9/16/2022
NRS
					 703.025 and
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.91543 - "Renewable energy zone transmission plan" defined (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R088-10, eff. 12-16-2010; R by
				  R005-22A,
				  eff. 9/16/2022
NRS
					 703.025 and
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.91544 - "Renewable energy zones" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Renewable energy zones" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				  NRS
				  704.741.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R088-10, eff. 12-16-2010
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9156 - "Resource plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Resource plan" means the plan that a utility is required by
				  NRS
				  704.741 to submit every third year to the
				  Commission, that consists of, and provides an integrated analysis of:
1. A load forecast;
2. A demand side plan;
3. A supply plan;
4. A financial plan;
5. An energy supply plan; and
6. An action plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.91565 - "Retire" and "retirement" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Retire" or "retirement" means to withdraw a coal-fired
				  electric generating plant or coal-fired electric generating unit permanently
				  from service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9157 - "Risk management strategy" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Risk management strategy" means a systematic method utilized
				  by a utility to:
1. Identify risks
				inherent in procuring and obtaining a supply portfolio; and
2. Establish the means by which the utility
				plans to address and balance or hedge the identified risks related to cost,
				price volatility and reliability.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9161 - "Staff" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Staff" means persons employed by the Commission that are
				  assigned by the Commission to regulatory operations.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9163 - "Substantially accurate data" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Substantially accurate data" means data:
1. That a utility demonstrates has been
				gathered from the best sources of information available to it; or
2. The validity of which is inherently
				uncertain but the use of which does not substantially contribute to the risk of
				incorrect conclusions.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9166 - "Supply plan" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Supply plan" means a utility's plan for using existing and
				  proposed resources to meet its forecasted demand and energy
				  requirements.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9173 - "Year" defined

Current through June 11,
				2024
"Year" means a calendar year.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9208 - Dates for certain utilities to file resource plans

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				The resource plans required to be submitted by Nevada Power Company pursuant to
				NRS
				704.741 must be filed on July 1, 1988, and
				every 3 years thereafter.
2. The
				resource plans required to be submitted by Sierra Pacific Power Company
				pursuant to
				NRS
				704.741 must be filed on July 1, 1989, and
				every 3 years thereafter.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Service Comm'n, eff. 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
				  5-25-2004
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210,
					 704.741
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.9212 - Goals for energy savings resulting from energy efficiency programs; modification of goal

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. Pursuant to
				NRS
				704.7836, the goal for energy savings
				established by the Commission for each electric utility is:
(a) For the period beginning on January 1,
				2022, and ending on December 31, 2024, an amount of energy savings resulting
				from the implementation of energy efficiency programs by the electric utility
				that results in an average reduction during the period of 1.1 percent of the
				forecasted weather normalized sales of the electric utility for the
				period.
(b) For any period
				beginning on or after January 1, 2025, an amount of energy savings resulting
				from the implementation of energy efficiency programs that is established by
				the Commission in an order denying, approving or modifying the most recent
				demand side plan submitted by the electric utility pursuant to NAC
				704.934.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ELECTRIC SERVICE › Resource Planning › Section 704.922 - Technical appendix to resource plan

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. A utility's
				resource plan must include a technical appendix. The appendix must contain
				sufficient detail to enable a technically proficient reader to understand how
				the resource plan and its forecasts were prepared and to evaluate the validity
				of the assumptions and the accuracy of the data used, including, without
				limitation, a list of the major assumptions used, a description of the
				forecasting methods employed and a description of the software
				utilized.
2. The appendix must
				contain sufficient information to enable a technically proficient reader to
				reproduce the results from the computations shown, including, without
				limitation:
(a) Citations to the sources of
				all significant information used in the resource plan.
(b) Descriptions of all data inputs to the
				models used in developing the resource plan accompanied by an explanation of
				any modifications made to the data.
(c) Characteristics of the generation
				operation of the utility, including the:
(1)
				Rates of forced outages;
(2) Rates
				of scheduled outages;
(3) Heat
				rates;
(4) Rates at which
				pollutants are emitted;
(5)
				Controls required to mitigate pollution at planned facilities and estimates of
				the costs of those controls; and
(6) Projections for the availability and
				price of fuels.
(d)
				Output characteristics or profiles of renewable resources for each type of
				renewable resource that is being considered as a resource option or that is
				currently owned or under contract with the utility.
(e) A summary of the impact of intermittent
				energy resources on the electric system of the utility.
(f) The final results derived from the
				models.
(g) Documentation of all
				models and formulas used consistent with any proprietary requirements imposed
				upon the utility by outside suppliers of the models.
(h) Such other information as is necessary to
				enable an informed reader to examine the resource plan and verify the adequacy
				and accuracy of the data, assumptions and methods used in developing the
				resource plan.