BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA
NOTICE OF RATE APPLICATION OF GAS UTILITY FOR
AUTHORIZATION TO RECOVER THE COSTS OF GAS
INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THROUGH THE
GAS INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT MECHANISM
AND NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE
On September 30, 2021, Southwest Gas Corporation (“Southwest
Gas”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“Commission”)
an application, designated as Docket No. 21-09034 (“Application”), for authority
to recover costs of gas infrastructure replacement projects through
the gas infrastructure replacement (“GIR”) mechanism.
Southwest Gas filed the Application pursuant to the Nevada
Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”)
Chapters 703 and 704, including, but not limited to, NAC 704.796 through
704.7985.
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.
In the Application, Southwest Gas seeks authority to establish GIR
rates for its Northern Nevada and Southern Nevada rate jurisdictions to
recover the revenue requirement associated with the amounts deferred
for which the Commission previously granted regulatory asset treatment
in Docket Nos. 16-10026 and 17-02040, as well as the GIR projects
approved by the Commission in GIR Advance Applications in Docket Nos.
15-06001, 16-06001, 17-05027, and 18-06004. Southwest Gas seeks
to establish a GIR rate of $(0.00246)/therm in the Southern Nevada rate
jurisdiction and $0.00056/therm in the Northern Nevada rate jurisdiction.
Southwest Gas states that these GIR rates would be applicable to all customers
and rate classes, except for customers that maintain a negotiated
rate contract with Southwest Gas, and requests that these GIR rates be
effective on January 1, 2022.
Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for
leave to intervene pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 at either
of the Commission’s offices on or before WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,
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:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021
9:00 A.M.
VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS
Parties will appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing conference
remotely via Microsoft Teams. The participants should provide
the email address, title/role in associated business or organization, and
business address for each person who intends to participate via Microsoft
Teams to Commission Hearing Officer David Noble at davidnoble@puc.
nv.gov no later than FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.
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.
The public may also participate in person during the date and time noticed
herein at the following location:
Hearing Room A
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
1150 East William Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701
VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE TO
Hearing Room A
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
9075 West Diablo Drive, Suite 250
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148
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 Joint Application is available for public viewing on 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
10/7/21 (SEAL)
Pub: October 21, 2021 Ad#18080
