Douglas County legal - 45270

 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA 

NOTICE OF REPORT ON THE PROGRESS 

OF NATURAL DISASTER 

PROTECTION PLAN 

On July 5, 2024, Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy and Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (together, “NV Energy”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“Commission”) an Action Plan Progress Report (the “Report”), designated as Docket No. 24-07003, regarding its progress on its Natural Disaster Protection Plan (“NDPP”) for the 2024-2026 Action Plan (the “Action Plan”). 

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. 

NV Energy filed the Report pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”), Chapters 703 and 704, including, but not limited to, NRS 704.7983 and Section ten of the regulations approved by the Commission in Docket No. 19-06009. Pursuant to NAC 703.5274(2), NV Energy seeks confidential treatment of certain information included in the Report. 

In the Report, NV Energy explains that the Action Plan was first approved by the Commission in Docket No. 23-03003 as part of NV Energy’s triennial NDPP. NV Energy states that its Report is an informational update to 2024 fire season operating practices. NV Energy explains that the Report includes updated information regarding: (1) Fire season risk mitigation, including the Public Safety Outage Management Plan; (2) Enhanced seasonal protection settings and reclosers; and (3) De-energizing portions of the distribution and transmission system when those areas present a potential threat to public safety in cases of an active wildfire threat. NV Energy provides that the procedures to restore power to the system, and considers impacts for critical responders, and customer, stakeholder, and communication provider notification. 

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, AUGUST 14, 2024. 

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. 

This Report and Action Plan are 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 89701and 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 

07/18/24 

(SEAL) 

Pub Date: July 31, 2024 

Ad # 45270