BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO CHANGE RATES
AND NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE
On September 15, 2023, Southwest Gas Corporation (“SWG”) filed with the Public Utilities
Commission of Nevada (“Commission”) an application, designated as Docket No. 23-09012
(“Application”), for authority to increase its retail natural gas utility service rates for Southern and
Northern Nevada.
This Notice serves only to notify the public that the Commission has received the abovereferenced
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 704.110,
NRS 704.992, and NAC 704.9716(5). Pursuant to NRS 703.190 and NAC 703.527 et seq., SWG
requests that certain material in the Application receive confidential treatment.
SWG states that the Application includes proposals it believes are necessary for the
provision of safe and reliable service at reasonable rates and requests authorization to
increase general rates to recover an annual revenue deficiency of approximately $61 million, or
approximately 6.61 percent, in Southern Nevada, and $8.8 million, or approximately 4.01 percent,
in Northern Nevada, based on a requested return on equity (“ROE”) of 10.00 percent.
Included in the request for general rate increase are the revenue requirement associated
with gas infrastructure replacement (“GIR”) and the revenue requirement associated with its
Mesquite Expansion Project that was previously approved by the Commission. SWG also seeks
a determination of prudency for the GIR projects and for the costs associated with the Mesquite
Expansion Project.
In addition to the request for authority to increase its retail natural gas rates, SWG requests
authority, pursuant to NAC 704.9716, to continue the general revenues decoupling methodology
in the form of the General Revenues Adjustment provision approved in Docket Nos. 09-04003,
12-04005, 18-05031, 20-02023, and 21-09001.
The table below summarizes SWG’s proposed increase/decrease in rates:
Customer Class Souther Nevada Norther Nevada
Single-Family Residential $8.14 $5.80
Multi-Family Residential $4.50 $2.53
General Gas Service - 1 $(5.17) $10.26
General Gas Service - 2 $(14.50) $5.15
General Gas Service - 3 $34.79 $112.42
General Gas Service - 4 $2,361.43 $1,259.50
SWG is proposing to maintain the currently effective residential rate structure, a monthly
basic service charge (“BSC”) and a per therm usage charge, with no changes in the BSC
amounts.
Interested and affected persons may file petitions for leave to intervene pursuant to NAC 703.578
through 703.600 at either of the Commission’s offices on or before WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18,
2023.
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:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2023
10:00 a.m.
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
And VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS
The parties will appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing conference either in
person or remotely via Microsoft Teams. The parties 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 Samuel S. Crano at
scrano@puc.nv.gov no later than WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2023, at 2:00 p.m.
Members of the public can access the prehearing conference at the time noticed herein
either in person or via the Commission’s live stream link on its website at https://puc.nv.gov.
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 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 Drive, Suite 250, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148.
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
09/26/23
(SEAL)
Pub Date: October 4, 2023 Ad # 37361
