BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION OF NEVADA
NOTICE OF REPORT ON THE PROGRESS
OF NATURAL DISASTER
PROTECTION PLAN
On August 30, 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”) a
second Action Plan Progress Report (the
“Report”), designated as Docket No. 24-
08030, on the progress of its Natural Disaster
Protection Plan (“NDPP”) for the 2024-2026
Action Plan (the “Action Plan”) regarding all
approved projects and programs.
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 10 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 provides an update to
the Enhanced Fire Season Protocols it filed
with the Commission on July 3, 2024, in
Docket No. 24-07003. NV Energy explains
that the Report specifically includes updated
information regarding: (1) Public Safety
Outage Management Plan; and (2) the new
Emergency De-Energization Wildfire Policy
extend emergency de-energization protocols
statewide. This Action Plan provides progress
on the plan outside of any requests for funding,
which such requests will be addressed in
a future filing of a First Amendment.
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 16, 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 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
09/20/24
(SEAL)
Pub Date: October 2, 2024 Ad # 46789
