Douglas County legal - 22311

 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA 

NOTICE OF JOINT APPLICATION AND PREHEARING CONFERENCE 

On March 1, 2022, 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. 22-03006 (“Joint Application”), for approval of the cost recovery of the regulatory assets relating to the development and implementation of their 2021 Natural Disaster Protection Plan (“NDPP”). 

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 704.061 to 704.068, 704.100, and 704.7983, NAC 703.115, 703.375 to 703.410, 703.530 to 703.577, 703.710, and 703.715, and the regulations approved by the Commission in Docket No. 19-06009 and filed with the Secretary of State by the Legislative Counsel Bureau on February 27, 2020, in LCB File No. R085-19. Pursuant to NRS 703.196 and NAC 703.5274(2), NV Energy requests confidential treatment of information submitted under seal with the Joint Application. 

NV Energy states that it created regulatory asset accounts as applicable for the 2021 NDPP expenditures. As of December 31, 2021, the collective balance NV Energy is seeking recovery of is $51,865,715, which includes the amounts in the regulatory asset, return on capital investments, and applicable carrying charges. 

In this docket NV Energy is proposing to establish the following NDPP charge for all of NV Energy’s customers: 

Present and Proposed NDPP Rates 

Current – per kWh	Proposed – per kWh	Increase
NDPP - NPC	$0.00056	$0.00148	$0.00092
NDPP - SPPC	$0.00060	$0.00155	$0.00095

 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. 

Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for leave to intervene pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 on or before WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022. 

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, APRIL 5, 2022 

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 https://puc.nv.gov. 

Parties in this matter must obtain an access code for this telephonic prehearing conference by emailing Commission Administrative Attorney Jared Aranda at jaranda@puc.nv.gov no later than MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2022, 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 prehearing conference. 

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: https://puc.nv.gov; and at the offices of the Commission: 1150 East William Street, Carson City, Nevada 89701 and 9075 West Diablo Dr. 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 

03/09/22 

(SEAL) 

Pub Date: March 16, 2022 

Ad # 22311