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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7979 - Advance application: Costs proposed must be accounted for and readily identifiable

Current through June 11,
				2024
All costs of a replacement project proposed in an advance
				  application submitted to the Commission must be accounted for in the books and
				  records of a gas utility separately from amounts attributable to any other
				  activity. Each regulatory asset account must be maintained in a manner that
				  will allow costs to be readily identified.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.185,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.798 - Rate application: General provisions

Current through June
				11, 2024
1. The gas
				infrastructure replacement rate application must:
(a) Be filed:
(1) On or before October 1 of the next
				subsequent calendar year after a decision of the Commission regarding a gas
				infrastructure replacement advance application; or
(2) As otherwise provided by the
				Commission.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7981 - Replacement rate: Effective date

Current through June 11,
				2024
The replacement rate becomes effective on January 1 of the
				  first calendar year after a rate application is filed and approved.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7982 - Rate application: Statement regarding deviations from replacement projects approved in advance application

Current through June 11,
				2024
After the Commission has acted upon an advance application, a
				  gas utility may deviate from one or more replacement projects approved by the
				  Commission in the advance application if such deviation does not result in a
				  change of more than 20 percent in the total estimated costs of the replacement
				  projects approved by the Commission in the underlying advance application. For
				  any such deviation, a gas utility shall provide a statement with the rate
				  application explaining why the deviation is in the public interest.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				  Utilities Comm'n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014
NRS
					 703.025,
					 704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7983 - Request for waiver of requirement to file rate case

Current
				through June 11, 2024
1.
				A gas utility that has filed and received approval by the Commission for three
				gas infrastructure replacement rate applications is not eligible to file
				another gas infrastructure replacement advance application until such time as
				the utility has filed a general rate application pursuant to
				NRS
				704.110, unless the gas utility:
(a) Not earlier than 120 days before the date
				on which an applicant may file the advance application, requests a waiver of
				the requirement to file a rate case; and
(b) Provides proof satisfactory to the
				Commission demonstrating that the applicant is not earning more than its
				authorized rate of return and that approval of the waiver request by the
				Commission is in the public interest.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7984 - Requirements for seeking determination of prudency

Current through
				June 11, 2024
1. A
				Commission order approving or denying an advance application or a rate
				application is not a determination of prudency with respect to any replacement
				project set forth in such an application.
2. A gas utility shall seek a determination
				of prudency in the first general rate application filed pursuant to
				NRS
				704.110 after the costs of each replacement
				project are accounted for in a replacement rate. In the general rate
				application, the gas utility shall submit evidence in support of the recorded
				cost for each replacement project completed since the last general rate
				application filed by the gas utility, including, without limitation:
(a) Each invoice for each replacement
				project, including invoices segregated at the project level if blanket
				contracts or invoices were used by the gas utility;
(b) Each work order for each replacement
				project, including work orders segregated at the project level if blanket
				contracts or work orders were used by the utility;
(c) An accounting of the labor performed by
				outside contractors and the gas utility for each replacement project
				undertaken; and
(d) Any other
				evidence which demonstrates that the incurred costs of a replacement project
				were prudent, just and reasonable.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS SERVICE › Cost Recovery for Replacement of Existing Natural Gas Pipelines and Related Infrastructure › Section 704.7985 - Collection of replacement rate from customers; negotiated rate customers; exemptions

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. With the
				exception of transportation customers with contracts for special services, the
				replacement rate must be collected from all customers of the gas utility based
				upon consumption of gas by each customer class during the 12 months immediately
				preceding the filing of the rate application.
2. A transportation customer with a contract
				for special services may be required to pay a rate calculated separately that
				represents the costs associated with replacement of a pipeline segment or
				segments that benefit the transportation customer. For the purpose of
				determining whether a transportation customer with a contract for special
				services will be required to pay the applicable replacement rate, a gas utility
				shall file with each advance application:
(a)
				A list identifying each transportation customer with a contract for special
				services that would benefit from the replacement of a specific pipeline segment
				or segments proposed in the advance application;
(b) A list identifying each transportation
				customer with a contract for special services that should be exempt from paying
				the replacement rate pursuant to a contract with that transportation customer,
				and any evidence or legal arguments supporting any exemption claimed pursuant
				to this paragraph;
(c) A proposed
				rate for each transportation customer with a contract for special services that
				would benefit from replacement of a specific pipeline segment or segments
				proposed in the advance application;
(d) For each transportation customer with a
				contract for special services identified pursuant to this subsection, the
				consumption of gas by each such transportation customer during the 3 years
				immediately preceding the filing of the advance application received through
				the specific pipeline segment or segments proposed for replacement in the
				advance application that benefit the transportation customer; and
(e) Any other relevant evidence supporting
				the proposed rate to be charged to each transportation customer with a contract
				for special services.
The rate for a transportation customer with a contract for
				  special services identified pursuant to this subsection must be calculated
				  based upon a rolling 3-year average consumption by the transportation customer
				  from the specific pipeline segment or segments proposed for replacement in the
				  gas infrastructure replacement advance application that benefit the
				  transportation customer. The rolling 3-year average consumption will be
				  utilized to calculate an average consumption figure and will be compared to the
				  percentage of consumption on the same pipeline segment or segments for all
				  remaining gas utility customers as calculated pursuant to subsection 1.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79971 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.79971 to 704.79991, inclusive, unless the
				context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 704.79973 to
				704.79979, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				sections.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Utilities Comm'n by R128-98, eff. 12-3-99
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.329
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79973 - "Applicant" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Applicant" means a person seeking to merge with, acquire
				through a subsidiary or affiliate, or otherwise directly or indirectly obtain
				control of an energy utility doing business in this State or of an entity that
				holds a controlling interest in such an energy utility that has submitted an
				application to the Commission pursuant to
				NRS
				704.329 and NAC 704.79971 to 704.79991,
				inclusive.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Utilities Comm'n by R128-98, eff. 12-3-99
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.329
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79975 - "Energy utility" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Energy utility" means a public utility that is engaged in the
				provision of electric service or natural gas service.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Utilities Comm'n by R128-98, eff. 12-3-99
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.329
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79977 - "Parties to the proposed transaction" defined

Current through June
			 11, 2024
"Parties to the proposed transaction" means the persons that
				are the subjects of the proposed merger, acquisition or change in control of an
				energy utility, including the applicant, the energy utility and, if applicable,
				the entity that holds a controlling interest in the energy utility.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Utilities Comm'n by R128-98, eff. 12-3-99
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.329
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79979 - "Transaction" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Transaction" means a merger, an acquisition or a change in
				control of an energy utility that requires authorization by the Commission
				pursuant to
				NRS
				704.329.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Utilities Comm'n by R128-98, eff. 12-3-99
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.329
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79981 - Requirement to submit application

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. A person who
			 seeks to merge with, acquire through a subsidiary or affiliate, or otherwise
			 directly or indirectly obtain control of an energy utility doing business in
			 this State or of an entity that holds a controlling interest in such an energy
			 utility, must submit an application to the Commission pursuant to
			 NRS
			 704.329 that complies with NAC 704.79971 to
			 704.79991, inclusive.
2. If any
			 requirement set forth in NAC 704.79971 to 704.79991, inclusive, duplicates a
			 requirement in a filing submitted by an applicant to a regulatory body other
			 than the Commission, the applicant may satisfy the requirement set forth in NAC
			 704.79971 to 704.79991, inclusive, by providing a cross reference to the
			 location of the duplicated requirement in the filing submitted to the other
			 regulatory body.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Utilities Comm'n by R128-98, eff. 12-3-99
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210,
				  704.329
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79983 - Application for authorization of proposed transaction: General contents

Current through June 11, 2024
An application for authorization of a proposed transaction must
				include general information regarding the parties to the proposed transaction,
				including, without limitation:
1. The
			 names, addresses and telephone numbers of the parties to the proposed
			 transaction.
2. A description of
			 the business activities and corporate affiliations of the parties to the
			 proposed transaction.
3. The number
			 of customers, sorted by class, of the parties to the proposed transaction that
			 are within the jurisdiction of the Commission, if any.
4. A general description of any facilities
			 owned, operated or controlled by the parties to the proposed transaction, or by
			 a parent company, a subsidiary or an affiliate of any of the parties, that are
			 within the jurisdiction of the Commission.
5. A description of the geographic areas that
			 will be affected by the proposed transaction.
6. Organizational charts that show:
(a) The current corporate structure of the
			 parties to the proposed transaction before the completion of the proposed
			 transaction; and
(b) The planned
			 corporate structure of the surviving entity or entities, as applicable, after
			 the completion of the proposed transaction.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79985 - Application for authorization of proposed transaction: Inclusion of information on effect on costs and rates

Current through June 11,
			 2024
An application for the authorization of a proposed transaction
				must include information relating to the anticipated effect of the proposed
				transaction on the costs and rates, including, without limitation:
1. A detailed description and explanation of
			 all of the costs related to the proposed transaction, including, without
			 limitation:
(a) The cost of the transaction,
			 the cost for transition and any premium for the acquisition; and
(b) The manner in which the parties to the
			 proposed transaction propose to treat such costs for the purposes of accounting
			 and determining rates.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79989 - Application for authorization of proposed transaction: Inclusion of information on facilities

Current through June 11,
			 2024
An application for authorization of a proposed transaction must
				include information relating to the facilities of the parties to the proposed
				transaction, including, without limitation:
1. If the proposed transaction involves the
			 disposition of physical facilities:
(a) Maps
			 that show the locations of the assets which will be disposed.
(b) A plan that sets forth the manner in
			 which the facilities will be disposed. The plan must include, without
			 limitation:
(1) A detailed description of the
			 methods that the parties to the proposed transaction will use to identify and
			 select buyers, and to determine the purchase price, including a chronology of
			 the steps that the parties to the proposed transaction will take;
(2) An evaluation of whether the disposition
			 of the assets will result in a purchase that is above or below the book cost of
			 the assets;
(3) A proposal
			 regarding the manner in which the parties to the proposed transaction will
			 allocate any overage or underage of the sales price, in relation to the book
			 cost of the assets, between ratepayers and shareholders of the parties and
			 among classes of ratepayers of the parties; and
(4) An explanation of the effect of the
			 disposition on bondholders of the parties to the proposed transaction,
			 including, without limitation, a detailed explanation of any of the rights of
			 the bondholders that will be affected by the disposition and the manner in
			 which those rights will be honored.
(c) If authorization of the proposed
			 disposition by any municipal, state or federal regulatory body other than the
			 Commission is required, a copy and an explanation of all state statutes and
			 rules with which the parties to the proposed transaction and the purchasers of
			 the disposed assets will be required to comply.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › ENERGY UTILITIES: AUTHORIZATION OF MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS OR CHANGES IN CONTROL › Section 704.79991 - Order from Commission for changes or additions

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
1. If the
			 Commission finds that a proposed transaction is not in the public interest, the
			 Commission:
(a) Will not authorize the
			 proposed transaction; or
(b) Will
			 issue an order that specifies the changes in or additions to the proposed
			 transaction that the parties to the proposed transaction must make before the
			 Commission will authorize the proposed transaction.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.800 - Applicability

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The provisions of NAC 704.800 to 704.876,
			 inclusive, apply to Nevada Power Company, Sierra Pacific Power Company and
			 Southwest Gas Corporation.
2.
			 Utilities which have overlapping areas of service may enter into reasonable
			 agreements to reduce or eliminate duplication of efforts in undertaking
			 services pursuant to NAC 704.800 to 704.876, inclusive.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.802 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 704.800 to 704.876, inclusive, unless the
				context otherwise requires:
1.
			 "Eligible customer" means a person who:
(a)
			 Owns or occupies a residential building or a dwelling unit therein, except that
			 the owner of the common areas in a residential building containing five or more
			 dwelling units is not an eligible customer for the purposes of the common
			 areas; and
(b) Receives a bill from
			 a utility for electricity or fuel used in such a building.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.803 - Adoption by reference of certain publications

Current through June
			 11, 2024
The Commission hereby adopts by reference:
1.
Energy Standard 90.1, User's
			 Manual
, in the form most recently published by the American Society of
			 Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers. A copy of this
			 publication may be obtained from ASHRAE, Publication Sales Department, 1791
			 Tullie Circle, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329, or at the Internet address
http://www.techstreet.com/ashrae/
for the price of $98 for members and $115 for nonmembers.
2. The
International Energy
			 Conservation Code
, in the form most recently published by the
			 International Code Council. This code may be obtained from the International
			 Code Council, 500 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C.
			 20001-2070, by telephone at (800) 422- 7233 or at the Internet address
http://www.iccsafe.org
, for the
			 price of $44.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Utilities Comm'n by R058-06, eff. 6-28-2006; A by
				R011-15,
				eff. 10/27/2015
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.804 - Announcements to eligible customers: Distribution; contents

Current
			 through June 11, 2024
1.
			 Each utility shall distribute annually to each of its eligible customers an
			 announcement which contains:
(a) A list of
			 measures which may be taken to conserve energy in a typical residential
			 building located in the area served by the utility.
(b) A reasonable range of the estimated costs
			 of the measures and estimates of the savings in the cost of energy which are
			 likely to result in the first year after carrying out each of the measures in
			 such a building.
(c) A list of
			 practices for conserving energy in such a building.
(d) A reasonable range of estimates of the
			 savings in the cost of energy which are likely to result in the first year
			 after adoption of those practices.
(e) A description of each of the services to
			 be provided pursuant to NAC 704.800 to 704.876, inclusive, and an offer to
			 perform each of those services. The offer to inspect residential buildings may
			 be conditioned so that the utility may schedule its inspections in a particular
			 geographic area at or near the same time.
(f) A statement that federal tax credits may
			 be available as the result of expenditures incurred for installations to
			 conserve energy, and that the customer should communicate with the nearest
			 office of the Internal Revenue Service for additional information.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.806 - Announcements to eligible customers: List of measures to conserve energy

Current through June 11, 2024
A utility's announcement to be made pursuant to NAC 704.804
				must include the following items in its list of measures which an eligible
				customer may take to conserve energy in a residential building or dwelling
				unit:
1. Reducing the passage of air
			 and moisture by filling small gaps around the fixed joints of window and door
			 frames (caulking).
2. Reducing the
			 passage of air and moisture by the installation of weather stripping over or in
			 movable joints of windows and doors.
3. Modifying the system used for heating the
			 building, by:
(a) Replacing an electric
			 furnace, boiler or heat pump with similar but more efficient equipment or with
			 a gas-fired system if it has a lower cost of operation;
(b) Replacing a furnace or boiler which is
			 fired by natural gas with a more efficient furnace or boiler fired by natural
			 gas; or
(c) Replacing an oil burner
			 with a more efficient oil burner or with a gas-fired system if it has a lower
			 cost of operation. As used in this paragraph, an oil burner is a device which
			 atomizes fuel oil, mixes it with air and ignites the mixture and is an integral
			 part of an oil-fired furnace or boiler, including the combustion
			 chamber.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.808 - Announcements to eligible customers: List of practices to conserve energy

Current through June 11, 2024
A utility's announcement to be made pursuant to NAC 704.804
				must include the following items in its list of practices which an eligible
				customer may adopt to conserve energy:
1. Subscribing to the time-of-use rate of the
			 electric utility and avoiding energy use during on-peak hours.
2. Cleaning and adjusting a gas or oil-fired
			 furnace to increase the efficiency of the combustion.
3. Regularly cleaning or replacing the air
			 filters on a forced-air heating or cooling system.
4. Lowering the setting of the bonnet or
			 plenum thermostat setting to 80 degrees Fahrenheit on a gas or oil-fired,
			 forced-air furnace.
5. Turning off
			 the pilot light on a gas-fired furnace during the summer.
6. Manually lowering the setting of the
			 thermostat for a furnace during the heating season to a maximum of 55 degrees
			 Fahrenheit during sleeping hours.
7. Limiting the maximum setting of the
			 thermostat for a furnace to 65 degrees Fahrenheit during the heating
			 season.
8. Setting the thermostat
			 for an air conditioner to 78 degrees Fahrenheit or higher during the cooling
			 season.
9. Placing a device on a
			 showerhead or faucet to limit the maximum flow to 2.5 gallons per minute, or
			 replacing existing showerheads or faucets with those having built-in provisions
			 for limiting the maximum flow to 2.5 gallons per minute.
10. Manually reducing the setting of the
			 thermostat for a water heater to 120 degrees Fahrenheit unless a higher setting
			 is required for proper operation of a dishwasher.
11. Reducing the use of heated water for
			 washing clothes.
12. Reducing the
			 thermostatic setting to 55 degrees Fahrenheit when a dwelling unit is empty for
			 4 hours or longer in a heating season.
13. Raising the setting of a thermostat for
			 an air conditioner to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the cooling season when no one
			 is in the dwelling unit.
14.
			 Turning an electric water heater off or a gas water heater to "pilot" when a
			 dwelling unit is vacant for 2 days or longer.
15. Installing insulation or other pliable
			 materials in gaps around pipes, ducts, fans or other equipment which enters the
			 attic or basement from a heated space.
16. Installing fireproof material to plug any
			 holes around a damper in a fireplace.
17. Adding insulation to an attic or basement
			 door.
18. Caulking any leak in a
			 heating or cooling duct.
19.
			 Tightening or plugging any leaky joints in hot water or steam pipes.
20. Replacing washers in leaky water
			 valves.
21. Using shades or drapes
			 to:
(a) Block sunlight from entering a
			 building in the cooling season;
(b)
			 Allow sunlight to enter a building during the heating season; and
(c) Cover windows tightly at night during the
			 heating season.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.810 - Announcements to eligible customers: Estimates of savings in cost of energy

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In a utility's announcement of its program
			 for conserving energy in residential buildings, each of its estimates of
			 savings in the cost of energy must be expressed as a percentage of the total
			 amount of energy consumed in a typical single-family dwelling located in the
			 area served by the utility.
2. A
			 typical building in northern Nevada:
(a) Is
			 one story.
(b) Is of wood frame
			 construction.
(c) Has 1,800 square
			 feet of floor area.
(d) Has 8-foot
			 walls.
(e) Has 1,800 square feet of
			 attic area.
(f) Has a crawl space
			 beneath the floor.
(g) Has ceiling
			 insulation rated as R-30.
(h) Has
			 wall insulation rated as R-13.
(i)
			 Has between 50 and 60 square feet of window area facing south.
(j) Has 20 square feet of door
			 area.
(k) Has all its heating and
			 cooling ducts in unconditioned areas.
(l) Exchanges air 1.5 times each
			 hour.
(m) Has a gas-fired heating
			 system whose average seasonal level of efficiency is at least 74 percent and
			 whose best practices efficiency is 94 percent, as determined by the
International Energy Conservation Code
as adopted by reference
			 pursuant to NAC 704.803.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.812 - Announcements to eligible customers: Limitation on advertisements

Current through June 11, 2024
A utility's announcement of its program to promote residential
				conservation of energy must not contain any advertisement for:
1. Sale of material or equipment by any
			 supplier;
2. Installations by any
			 contractor; or
3. Financing by any
			 lender,
including the utility, in connection with its program except
				for services or devices being offered as part of other programs for
				conservation approved by the Commission.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.814 - Inspections by utility; exceptions

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, each utility shall, upon request of
			 an eligible customer, perform an inspection of his or her residential building
			 or dwelling unit to obtain data on which to base specific suggestions or advice
			 for conserving energy.
2. A utility
			 need not conduct an inspection of any residential building or dwelling unit
			 therein if a similar inspection of the building or unit was made for the same
			 owner within the previous 12 months. If a similar inspection of the building or
			 unit was made for a previous owner, the utility must provide the eligible
			 customer with a copy of the data collected during the previous inspection and a
			 copy of the results of that inspection at no charge, and must provide the
			 eligible customer with all other services required to be provided by NAC
			 704.800 to 704.876, inclusive.
3.
			 If a residential building contains more than four dwelling units, the data and
			 results provided to the eligible customer may be based on a sampling of the
			 various types of dwelling units in the building.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.816 - Time for inspection; quarterly report

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. A utility shall
			 make the inspection of an eligible customer's residential building or dwelling
			 unit within 60 days after the date of the customer's request for the
			 inspection.
2. The inspection may
			 be conducted during daylight hours on the utility's normal working days unless
			 the customer requests that it be conducted during daylight hours on a
			 Saturday.
3. The utility shall file
			 with the Commission a quarterly report stating the number of inspections
			 performed by the utility in the previous quarter and the number of requests for
			 inspection which it was unable to fulfill in compliance with this section and
			 outlining proposed actions to ensure future compliance.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.818 - Qualifications of inspectors

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. Each inspector
			 who conducts an inspection pursuant to NAC 704.814 must have:
(a) Successfully completed a training program
			 reviewed and approved by the Commission and administered by the utility or by a
			 third person authorized by the utility or under contract with it;
(b) Passed a written test, approved by the
			 Commission, showing his or her proficiency to serve as an inspector;
			 or
(c) Been certified to perform
			 such inspections under another state's program of residential services for
			 conservation of energy.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.820 - Proposed methodology for performing inspections

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
1. Each
			 utility shall develop a proposed methodology for performing its residential
			 inspections and shall submit its proposed methodology to the Commission for
			 approval.
2. Except as otherwise
			 provided in NAC 704.822, the proposed methodology must require that:
(a) The inspector's calculations be based
			 upon data collected by him or her from actual measurements of the interior and
			 exterior of the building and inspection of the equipment used for heating and
			 cooling spaces and heating water.
(b) The data collected be in sufficient
			 detail to enable the inspector to provide the customer with the following
			 information:
(1) A reasonably accurate
			 estimate of the total cost, including materials and labor, to have an installer
			 install the appropriate material and equipment for each applicable measure for
			 conserving energy.
(2) A reasonably
			 accurate estimate of the total cost for the eligible customer to purchase and
			 install the appropriate material and equipment for each of those measures,
			 including replacing a central air conditioner, installing wall insulation, or
			 replacing or modifying a furnace, boiler or heat pump.
(3) A reasonably accurate estimate of the
			 total savings in energy, expressed in dollars and kilowatt hours of electric
			 energy or cubic feet of gas, which would be likely to occur during the first
			 year following completion of each appropriate measure.
(4) An estimate of the savings, after taking
			 into consideration any available federal tax credits, in cost of energy,
			 expressed in dollars, which would be likely to occur during the first year
			 following completion of all applicable measures, assuming that those measures
			 are carried out in the order of the shortest simple pay back, which is
			 calculated by dividing the estimated cost of installation by the estimated
			 saving from the measure in the first year.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.822 - Alternatives to actual measurements and inspection

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
In place of calculations based upon actual measurements and
				inspection as described in subsection 2 of NAC 704.820, a utility's proposed
				methodology may allow:
1. A measure
			 for conserving energy to be evaluated without the actual measurements if the
			 estimated costs of installation and the savings in energy which would result
			 from such an installation in the typical house within the applicable climatic
			 zone would not vary more than 15 percent from the costs and savings which would
			 be determined if actual measurements were used.
2. An inspector to use the
International Energy Conservation Code
, as adopted by
			 reference pursuant to NAC 704.803.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006; A by
				R011-15,
				eff. 10/27/2015
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.824 - Written assessment of appropriate practices

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
After the inspection of any residential building or dwelling
				unit, the inspector shall assess the applicability of each practice for
				conserving energy and inform the customer in writing of those practices which
				are appropriate for use in the customer's building or unit.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.826 - Measures for conservation: Determination of whether recommendation is appropriate

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. While inspecting
			 a residential building or dwelling unit, the inspector shall determine whether
			 it is appropriate to recommend a measure for conservation.
2. In determining whether it is appropriate
			 to recommend a measure, the inspector shall abide by the following criteria:
(a) It is not appropriate to recommend a
			 measure if it has already been carried out.
(b) It is not appropriate to recommend a
			 measure if the necessary installations would be in violation of any federal,
			 state or local law or regulation.
(c) It is not appropriate to recommend
			 putting insulation in walls unless there is no insulation in a substantial
			 portion of the exterior walls.
(d)
			 It is not appropriate to recommend putting insulation in floors unless the
			 building is in northern Nevada and there is no floor insulation
			 present.
(e) It is not appropriate
			 to recommend the installation of heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glass or
			 other material in windows or doors unless the building or unit has a central or
			 room air conditioner or an evaporative cooler and the windows and doors upon
			 which the heat-absorbing or heat-reflective material would be installed are not
			 shaded or facing within 45E of true North.
(f) Thermal windows are only appropriate as
			 determined in accordance with the provisions of NAC 704.862.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.828 - Measures for conservation: Suggestion; evaluation upon customer's request

Current through June 11, 2024
A utility may suggest measures for conserving energy but may
				select a measure to be evaluated only upon a customer's request. Such an
				evaluation must be based upon:
1. The
			 frequency of recommendations for installation of the measure made in prior
			 inspections;
2. All costs and
			 benefits;
3. The length of the
			 payback period; and
4. Special
			 conditions which affect savings in energy, cost-effectiveness and the
			 likelihood of the measure being installed by the customer after the
			 inspection.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.830 - Inspection if primary source of energy not sold by utility

Current
			 through June 11, 2024
If an inspector finds that a furnace, boiler or heat pump in a
				residential building or dwelling unit uses as its primary source of energy any
				fuel or source of energy other than a fuel or source of energy sold by the
				utility which serves the customer, the inspector shall not consider replacing
				the existing equipment with more efficient equipment unless the inspector first
				obtains the customer's signature to the following statement:
Although the (name of utility) has personnel qualified to
				conduct an inspection of your (furnace, boiler or heat pump), if your home is
				heated by a fuel or source of energy other than (types of fuels supplied by
				utility), the utility cannot inspect your furnace, boiler or heat pump unless
				you specifically request it to do so. Federal law requires that such a request
				be made in writing. If you want us to inspect your furnace, although we do not
				supply the fuel for it, please sign below.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.832 - Offer to supply certain equipment and to explain adjustment of thermostats to customer; restriction on supplying or installing material or equipment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. While inspecting a residential building or
			 dwelling unit for an eligible customer, the utility's inspector shall offer:
(a) To supply the customer, at no charge:
(1) An insulating jacket for the water heater
			 if, after inspecting the water heater, the utility's inspector determines that
			 an insulating jacket is an effective conservation measure; and
(2) Devices for limiting the maximum flow of
			 water through the showerheads to 2.5 gallons per minute; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.834 - Results of inspection; duties of inspector

Current through June
			 11, 2024
1. After
			 performing an inspection, the inspector shall furnish the customer a written
			 statement of the results of the inspection. The results must include the
			 appropriate information as described in NAC 704.820, 704.826 and 704.830 but
			 must not include information about a measure for conservation of energy unless
			 it is one of the measures listed in NAC 704.806. If the results are not given
			 in person, the inspector shall send the customer a written sample of the
			 typical format of the results and a brief explanation of how to interpret
			 them.
2. The inspector shall also:
(a) Explain to the customer how to select the
			 appliances which use energy most efficiently and how to improve the efficiency
			 of the existing appliances in the customer's household;
(b) Furnish the customer information on how
			 to install the appropriate material or equipment to accomplish measures,
			 including the replacement of a central air conditioner, installation of wall
			 insulation, or the replacement of or modifications to a furnace, boiler or heat
			 pump;
(c) Describe and explain to
			 the customer the benefits of any programs, administered by this State or
			 sponsored by the utilities, for making houses energy-efficient and
			 weather-tight and the availability of any similar assistance to persons of low
			 income, including the criteria for eligibility and the name and telephone
			 number of the appropriate local agency; and
(d) Give the customer a toll-free telephone
			 number of a representative of the utility who is available to provide:
(1) Consultation regarding the
			 results.
(2) A description and
			 explanation of the services available to aid the customer in arranging for the
			 installation and financing.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.836 - Retention of data and results

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. Each utility
			 shall retain a copy of the data collected during each inspection of a
			 residential building or dwelling unit and a copy of the results furnished to
			 the eligible customer. The copies must be retained for 5 years after the date
			 of the inspection.
2. The utility
			 shall inform each new customer that such data and results for new residences
			 may be available.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.838 - Provision of information and assistance concerning bids, goods and services

Current through June 11, 2024
Each utility shall, upon the request of any customer whose
				residential building or dwelling unit has been inspected, provide information
				and assistance on the following matters:
1. How to obtain, accept and reject
			 bids.
2. How to interpret bids
			 received.
3. What a customer should
			 expect to receive in goods or services from a supplier or installer.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.856 - Supply and installation of material or equipment by utility: General requirements

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. A utility may
			 offer to arrange for the supply and installation of the material or equipment
			 needed to carry out a measure for conservation of energy. If the eligible
			 customer accepts, the utility may make the arrangement but only:
(a) Through a contract with a supplier or
			 installer who:
(1) Is not subject to the
			 utility's control, except for the performance of the contract, and is not an
			 affiliate or a subsidiary of the utility; and
(2) If selected by the utility, is selected
			 in a manner consistent with paragraph (b); and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.858 - Supply and installation of material or equipment by utility: Duties of utility

Current through June 11,
			 2024
In supplying or installing material or equipment for
				conservation of energy, a utility shall, except in supplying devices pursuant
				to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NAC 704.832:
1. Charge fair and reasonable prices and
			 interest rates and upon request of the Commission file a list of comparative
			 prices and interest rates.
2.
			 Conduct its activities in a manner which does not have a substantially adverse
			 effect upon competition or involve the use of unfair, deceptive or
			 anticompetitive acts or practices.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.860 - Prohibited discrimination

Current through June 11,
			 2024
A utility shall not unfairly discriminate:
1. Against any person in providing the
			 announcement of its program for conserving energy in residential buildings or
			 in the content of the announcement, including any advertising for sale or
			 installation by a supplier or contractor, including the utility.
2. Among eligible customers in providing
			 inspections of their residential buildings and dwelling units.
3. Among measures for conservation of
			 energy.
4. Among suppliers or
			 contractors in making recommendations to an eligible customer during an
			 inspection of his or her premises or in making arrangements for the
			 installation of material or equipment to carry out measures for conserving
			 energy.
Added to NAC by Pub.
				Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06,
				6-28-2006
NRS
				  703.025,
				  704.210
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally › CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES › Section 704.862 - Determination of levels of R-values for insulation of ceilings and appropriateness of thermal windows

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. The levels of
			 R-values for insulation of ceilings and the appropriateness of thermal windows
			 must be determined in accordance with the
International Energy
			 Conservation Code
, as adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
			 704.803.
2. For the purposes of
			 determining the levels of R-values for insulation in ceilings and the
			 appropriateness of thermal windows pursuant to subsection 1, residential
			 buildings are categorized according to use of fuel, as follows:
(a) Electricity: all residential buildings in
			 which the principal means of heating spaces is by a system of electric
			 resistance heating.
(b) Gas: all
			 residential buildings in which natural gas, propane or butane is the principal
			 fuel used for heating spaces.
(c)
			 Heat pump: all residential buildings in which the principal means of heating
			 spaces is by an electric heat pump.
(d) Oil: all residential buildings in which
			 heating oil or kerosene of grade number 2 is the principal fuel used for
			 heating spaces.
(e) Solar: all
			 residential buildings in which the principal means of heating spaces and water
			 is solar photovoltaic panels or solar thermal panels.