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NRS 703.010 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
NRS 703.020 - Creation. - The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada is hereby created. [Part...
NRS 703.023 - Seal. - The Commission shall have a seal upon which must be...
NRS 703.025 - Reorganization of Commission; duties of Commission relating to reorganization; Commission authorized to adopt regulations for operation and enforcement of laws; plan for reorganization. - 1. The Commission, by majority vote, shall organize the Commission...
NRS 703.030 - Commissioners: Appointment; terms; qualifications. - 1. The Commission consists of three Commissioners appointed by the...
NRS 703.040 - Commissioners: Additional qualifications; restrictions on other employment. - 1. All of the Commissioners shall be persons who are...
NRS 703.050 - Commissioners: Oaths. - 1. Before entering upon the duties of office, each Commissioner...
NRS 703.060 - Commissioners: Removal. - The Governor shall have the power to remove any Commissioner...
NRS 703.070 - Commissioners: Designation of Commissioner to serve as Chair. - The Governor shall designate one of the Commissioners to be...
NRS 703.080 - Commissioners: Unclassified service of State; Acting Commissioners not entitled to participate in certain programs or receive certain benefits. - 1. The Chair and the other Commissioners, including any Acting...
NRS 703.085 - Commissioners: Number required to act; number required to enter final order; appointment, powers and duties, terms of service and reappointment of Acting Commissioners. - 1. All Commissioners are required for the Commission to act...
NRS 703.100 - Suits by and against Commission. - The Commission may sue and be sued in the name...
NRS 703.110 - Hearings and meetings open to public; exceptions. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all hearings and...
NRS 703.120 - Principal and secondary offices; filing of documents at secondary office. - 1. The Commission shall keep its principal office at Carson...
NRS 703.130 - Personnel and consultants; Executive Director; Secretary and Assistant Secretary; clerks, experts and engineers; hearing officers; regulations concerning appeals of decisions of hearing officers. - 1. The Commission shall, within the limits of legislative appropriations...
NRS 703.140 - Expenses of Commissioners and employees: Sworn statement and approval required. - The expenditures of each Commissioner and employee of the Commission...
NRS 703.145 - Expenses of investigations, inspections, audits and appearances made outside State. - 1. Any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the...
NRS 703.147 - Public Utilities Commission Regulatory Fund. - 1. The Public Utilities Commission Regulatory Fund is hereby created...
NRS 703.148 - Expenditure of money from reserve account to provide education and informational services to public; use of independent contractor to provide such services. - The Commission may expend money from its reserve account to...
NRS 703.150 - General duties. - The Commission shall supervise and regulate the operation and maintenance...
NRS 703.151 - Duties of Commission in adopting regulations relating to provision of electric service. - In adopting regulations pursuant to this title relating to the...
NRS 703.152 - Legislative findings on cost of energy in Nevada; Commission authorized to represent State before Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or court in matters affecting development, transmission, use or cost of energy in Nevada. - 1. The Legislature finds that the cost of energy in...
NRS 703.153 - Commission authorized to enter agreement to conduct inspections to ensure compliance with federal statutes and regulations governing safety of certain storage facilities and interstate pipelines. - The Commission may enter into an agreement with the Secretary...
NRS 703.154 - Regulations to ensure safe operation and maintenance of certain storage facilities and intrastate pipelines; Commission has final authority to regulate such facilities and pipelines; administrative fine. - 1. The Commission may adopt such regulations as are necessary...
NRS 703.1543 - Regulations prescribing work requiring employee of certain public utilities to hold license as professional engineer. - The Commission shall adopt regulations that prescribe the types of...
NRS 703.1545 - Commission required to enter agreement that authorizes Commission to participate in federal program of safety relating to railroads; acceptance and expenditure of federal money; regulations concerning safety of railroads in State. - The Commission shall: 1. Enter into an agreement with the...
NRS 703.160 - Place of session or hearing. - The Commission may hold sessions or hearings at its office...
NRS 703.164 - Employment of legal counsel; duties of Attorney General and district attorneys. - 1. The Commission may employ, or retain on a contract...
NRS 703.168 - Cooperation with federal agencies; conferring with regulatory agencies of other states; joint hearings and conferences. - The Commission may, in carrying out its duties: 1. Cooperate...
NRS 703.172 - Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution: Establishment; duties. - 1. A Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution is hereby established...
NRS 703.175 - Request from certain regulatory agencies to disconnect telephone number: Commission to issue order to appropriate provider of service; good faith compliance with order constitutes complete defense to action arising from termination of s... - 1. Upon receiving a request to disconnect a telephone number...
NRS 703.180 - Biennial report of Commission. - The Commission shall make and publish biennial reports showing its...
NRS 703.190 - Records of Commission open to public inspection; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all biennial...
NRS 703.191 - Duty of public utilities and certain entities to furnish information and annual reports; regulations. - 1. Each public utility that is regulated by the Commission...
NRS 703.193 - Annual reports, records and statements to be submitted under oath. - Every annual report, record or statement required by law to...
NRS 703.195 - Examination of records and other property of public utilities and certain entities; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any Commissioner,...
NRS 703.196 - Disclosure and confidentiality of records and other property of public utilities and certain entities subject to examination. - 1. Any books, accounts, records, minutes, papers and property of...
NRS 703.197 - Fees for filing documents; exceptions. - 1. The Commission may collect fees for the filing of...
NRS 703.205 - Publication of pamphlets. - The Commission shall prepare and publish pamphlets and other descriptive...
NRS 703.301 - Rights of Regulatory Operations Staff to appear and participate in contested case and to be represented by legal counsel; restrictions on certain communications between Commissioner and Regulatory Operations Staff. - 1. In any contested case pending before the Commission, the...
NRS 703.310 - Complaint against public utility or alternative seller: Investigation by Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution; notice and hearing. - 1. When a complaint is made against any public utility...
NRS 703.320 - Notice and hearing: Duty of Commission to provide notice of certain pending matters; regulations regarding notice; hearing required in certain pending matters; power of Commission to dispense with hearing in certain pending matters. - Except as otherwise provided in subsections 9 and 11 of...
NRS 703.330 - Record of hearings: Recording and transcription of testimony; costs; copies available to parties; confidentiality. - 1. A complete record must be kept of all hearings...
NRS 703.340 - Order for appearance of witnesses or production of books, papers or documents containing material testimony; payment of fees and mileage for witnesses. - 1. Either party is entitled to an order by the...
NRS 703.350 - Order for production of books, accounts, papers or records kept by regulated person outside state. - The Commission may require, by order to be served on...
NRS 703.360 - Issuance of subpoena by clerk of district court for service to witness failing to appear on Commission’s order; contempt. - 1. If any person ordered to appear before the Commission...
NRS 703.370 - Enforcement of subpoenas issued by Commission. - 1. The district court for the county in which any...
NRS 703.373 - Judicial review: Petition; participation of Commission and parties of record; transmission of record; service and filing of memoranda; scope of review; burden of proof; precedence of action; grounds for setting aside decision of Commiss... - 1. Any party of record to a proceeding before the...
NRS 703.374 - Judicial review: Requirements for injunction; burden of proof; filing bond to place into effect proposed changes in schedule of rates. - 1. A court of competent jurisdiction, after hearing, may issue...
NRS 703.375 - Judicial review: Refund of excess payment; report of refund; claims for refunds; escheat of unclaimed money. - 1. If a court determines that the rate or rates...
NRS 703.376 - Judicial review: Appeal to appellate court. - Any party to the action, within 60 days after the...
NRS 703.377 - Certificate, permit or license not franchise or irrevocable; procedure for revocation of certificate, permit or license; judicial review. - 1. Any certificate of public convenience and necessity, permit or...
NRS 703.380 - Administrative fines. - 1. Unless another administrative fine is specifically provided, a person,...