AB449
AN ACT relating to public utilities; revising provisions governing certain procedures or methodologies for changing rates or fees for certain public utilities; revising provisions authorizing certain public utilities to submit letters of advice for certain proposed changes in schedules of rates or services in lieu of filing an application with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to public utilities; revising provisions governing certain procedures or methodologies for changing rates or fees for certain public utilities; revising provisions authorizing certain public utilities to submit letters of advice for certain proposed changes in schedules of rates or services in lieu of filing an application with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, March 17, 2025
Primary Sponsor
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Public exhibits
3
Support 3 · Opp 0 · Neutral 0
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to public utilities; revising provisions governing certain procedures or methodologies for changing rate
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations which provide simplified procedures or methodologies for a change of rates for those public utilities which furnish water or services for the disposal of sewage, or both, and which: (1) serve 3,000 or fewer persons; and (2) had during the immediately preceding 12-month period gross sales for water or services for the disposal of sewage amounting to $2,000,000 or less. Existing law also requires the regulations adopted by the Commission to authorize public utilities that satisfy those requirements to file letters of advice to change rates based on a nationally recognized inflation index approved by the Commission. (NRS 704.095) Section 1 of this bill instead requires the regulations adopted by the Commission to provide for simplified procedures or methodologies for a change of any rates or for public utilities which furnish water or services for the disposal of sewage, or both, and which: (1) serve 4,000 or fewer persons; and (2) had during the immediately preceding 12-month period gross sales for water or services for the disposal of sewage amounting to $4,000,000 or less. In addition to providing for the filing of letters of advice to change rates based on an approved nationally recognized inflation index, section 1 requires those regulations to provide for the filing of letters of advice to change fees, as authorized by the Commission, based on such an index. Existing law generally requires
NELIS exhibits (3 on file)
Support (3)
- Gordon DePaoli — Edgewood Water Company (Letter)
- (combined) (Testimony)
- Pahrump Utility Company Inc (Testimony)
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