Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79987 - Application for authorization of proposed transaction: Inclusion of information on effect on competition

Current through June 11,
			 2024
An application for the authorization of a proposed transaction
				must include information relating to the effect of the proposed transaction on
				competition in the markets for energy services and products in which the
				resulting energy utility will do business, including, without
				limitation:
1. An analysis of the
			 competitive effect of the transaction on competition in the market for each
			 energy service or product in which the resulting energy utility intends to do
			 business. The analysis must include, without limitation:
(a) An identification of the relevant
			 products and services that are sold and will be sold by the parties to the
			 proposed transaction before and after the completion of the proposed
			 transaction, including, without limitation, an identification of:
(1) Generation services sold at wholesale or
			 retail, including, without limitation, capacity, energy services and
			 coordination services;
(2) Gas
			 supply services, including, without limitation, services for:
(I) Baseload/swing (load following)
			 supplies;
(II) Peaking
			 supplies;
(III) Back-up service;
			 and
(IV) Balancing of supplies when
			 customers take delivery of gas from the distribution system or pipeline that is
			 not equal to the amount of gas scheduled to be delivered to the
			 customers;
(3)
			 Transmission services;
(4) Pipeline
			 transportation, including, without limitation:
(I) Firm transportation;
(II) Interruptible transportation;
			 and
(III) Storage;
(5) Generation services necessary
			 to support transmission service, including, without limitation, services for:
(I) Regulation and frequency response
			 pursuant to which adequate response capability is provided to balance the
			 supply resources continually with the load and to maintain scheduled
			 interconnection frequency within a control area over a single hour;
(II) Energy imbalance to be provided when a
			 difference occurs between the scheduled energy to be delivered and the amount
			 of energy actually delivered to a load located within a control area over a
			 single hour;
(III) Loss
			 compensation pursuant to which capacity and energy losses are compensated when
			 power is delivered for transmission or to distribution customers, or
			 both;
(IV) Reactive power and
			 voltage control pursuant to which reactive power from generation resources will
			 be provided to support the reliable operation of the transmission
			 system;
(V) Operating reserve -
			 spinning reserve, pursuant to which generation capacity will be synchronized to
			 the transmission system; and
(VI)
			 Operating reserve - supplemental reserve, pursuant to which generation capacity
			 will be provided that is not necessarily synchronized to the transmission
			 system but is capable of serving demand within 10 minutes;
(6) Retail electric services, including,
			 without limitation:
(I) Arranging for power
			 supplies;
(II) End-use metering,
			 including, without limitation:
(i) Ownership
			 of meters;
(ii) Operation and
			 maintenance of meters; and
(iii)
			 Reading of meters;
(III)
			 Financial arrangements for hedging prices;
(IV) Public good services, including, without
			 limitation, financial, technical and other services that are performed to
			 further public policies related to the provision of electric service;
(V) Services which are provided behind the
			 meter that are provided to end-use customers relating to appliances that use
			 natural gas, including, without limitation, sale, hook-up, repair and
			 maintenance of those appliances;
(VI) Customer accounting, including, without
			 limitation:
(i) Account services;
(ii) Customer information and data
			 processing;
(iii) Billing;
			 and
(iv) Collection and processing
			 of payments;
(VII)
			 Distribution services; and
(VIII)
			 Services related to the retail sale of gas;