BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
AND
NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE
On May 4, 2021, Southwest Gas Corporation (“SWG”) filed with
the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“Commission”) an Application,
designated as Docket No. 21-05001, for approval of its Conservation and
Energy Efficiency (“CEE”) Plan for the period 2022-2024 (“Application”).
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.
SWG filed the Application pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes
(“NRS”) and the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”), Chapters
703 and 704, including, but not limited to NRS 704.992, NAC 704.9702
et seq., and NAC 703.535.
SWG requests the Commission: accept SWG’s CEE Plan and programs
as filed at the budget levels proposed in the Application for the threeyear
period of 2022-2024; authorize SWG to modify and distribute funding
levels between and amongst CEE programs or program measures;
and accept SWG’s 2020 Nevada CEE Program Report.
Interested and affected persons may file petitions for leave to
intervene pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 on or before
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 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 in this
docket to be held as follows:
MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2021
10:00 a.m.
Dial in by your location:
(775) 687-0999 (Northern Nevada)
(702) 486-5260 (Southern Nevada)
Parties will appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing conference
remotely via telephone. 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 in this matter must obtain an access code for this telephonic
hearing by emailing Commission Hearing Officer Samuel S. Crano at
scrano@puc.nv.gov no later than FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.
Parties should provide the title/role in associated business or organization,
and business address for each person who intends to participate in
the hearing.
The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate and simplify
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 filing is available for public viewing at the Commission’s website
at: http://puc.nv.gov.
A person must request in writing to be placed on the service list for
this proceeding to receive any further notices in this matter.
By the Commission,
/s/ TRISHA OSBORNE,
Assistant Commission Secretary
Dated: Carson City, Nevada
05/10/21
(SEAL)
Pub: May 20, 2021 Ad#13320
