BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA
NOTICE OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES’ JOINT INTEGRATED RESOURCE
PLAN AND
PREHEARING CONFERENCE
On June 1, 2021, Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (“NPC”)
and Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (“SPPC”) (together,
“NV Energy”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
(“Commission”) a joint application, designated as Docket No. 21-06001
(“Joint Application”), for approval of their 2022-2041 Triennial Integrated
Resource Plan (“IRP”), 2022-2024 Action Plan, and 2022-2024 Energy
Supply Plan (“ESP”).
This Notice serves only to notify the public that the Commission has
received the above-referenced filing. It is the responsibility of interested
persons to review the filing and monitor the proceedings to determine
their desired levels of involvement based on how this matter may affect
their unique situations. The details provided within this Notice are for
informational purposes only and are not meant to be an all-inclusive
overview of the filing. The Commission may consider and adopt
alternative proposals not contained within the filing, but which are related
to the subject matter of the filing and supported by substantial evidence.
NV Energy filed the Joint Application pursuant to the Nevada
Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”)
Chapters 703 and 704, including, but not limited to, NRS 704.741 and
NAC 704.9005 through 704.9525. NV Energy requests confidential
treatment of certain information contained within its Joint Application
pursuant to NRS 703.190.
In its Joint Application, NV Energy seeks approval of its 2022-2041
IRP, its three-year Action Plan for 2022-2024, and its ESPs for 2022-
2024. The Joint Application requests that the Commission find that the
cost of energy from two new company-owned renewable projects with
battery storage capacity are just and reasonable and approve the network
upgrades associated with the new renewable projects, in addition to
approval of requests included, but not limited to, grid-tied battery storage
energy systems, turbine upgrades at certain generating units, the demand
side plan for 2022-2024, and the distributed resource plan for 2022-2024.
Moreover, NV Energy requests expedited approval of upgrades to some
of its combustion turbine fleet and deviation from NAC 704.9237(2)(f) and
704.9237(3)(b).
Pursuant to NAC 703.740 and the Commission’s order in Docket
No. 19-07005, NV Energy requests that the Commission consolidate this
Docket with the application of SPPC for approval of its 2021 Natural Gas
Conservation and Energy Efficiency Plan.
Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for
leave to intervene electronically through the Electronic Filing System
on the Commission’s website or at either of the Commission’s offices
pursuant to NRS 704.746 or NAC 703.578 through 703.600 on or before
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021.
A person who wishes to participate as a commenter may file written
comments pursuant to NAC 703.491. A commenter is not a party of
record and shall not take any action that only a party of record may take.
Pursuant to NAC 703.500, only parties of record are entitled to enter an
appearance, introduce relevant evidence, examine and cross-examine
witnesses, make arguments, make and argue motions and generally
participate in the proceeding.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to NAC 703.655, the
Commission has scheduled a PREHEARING CONFERENCE to be held
as follows:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021
10:00 a.m.
VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS
The parties and potential intervenors will appear and otherwise
participate in the prehearing conference remotely via Microsoft Teams.
Members of the public can access the prehearing conference at the time
noticed herein via the Commission’s live stream link on its website at
http://puc.nv.gov.
Parties and petitioners seeking to intervene should provide the email
address, company position, and business address for each member
of their organization who intends to participate via Microsoft Teams to
Commission Administrative Attorney Georgina Zielinski at gzielinski@puc.
nv.gov no later than TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2021, by 2:00 p.m.
The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate and
simplify the issues involved in this proceeding and set a hearing and
procedural schedule. At the prehearing conference, the Commission may
take any action authorized by NAC 703.655.
The Commission is not responsible for providing clerical or
administrative assistance or materials to parties during Commission
proceedings. If such assistance is necessary, parties must make other
arrangements for this type of assistance.
The Joint Application is available for public viewing at the
Commission’s website: http://puc.nv.gov; and at the offices of the
Commission: 1150 East William Street, Carson City, Nevada 89701 and
9075 West Diablo Drive, Suite 250, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148. A person
must request in writing to be placed on the service list for this proceeding
in order to receive any further notices in this matter.
By the Commission,
/s/ TRISHA OSBORNE,
Assistant Commission Secretary
Dated: Carson City, Nevada
06/16/21 (SEAL)
Pub: June 24, 2021 Ad#14328
