BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA
AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION
AND
NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE
On July 27, 2021, Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV
Energy (“SPPC”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
(“Commission”) a petition to reopen Docket No. 20-06004 and obtain
authorization to resume cost recovery of the entire amount of the One
Nevada Transmission Line (“ON Line”) revenue requirement through
rates effective January 1, 2022.
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.
SPPC filed the petition pursuant to the Nevada Revised
Statutes (“NRS”) and the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”),
Chapters 703 and 704, including, but not limited to, NAC 703.540.
In its petition, SPPC seeks to reopen Docket No. 20-06004
and obtain authorization to recover the entirety of costs associated with
the reallocated portion of the ON Line revenue requirement starting on
January 1, 2022. SPPC provides that in the Commission’s December
23, 2020, Order in Docket No. 20-06004, the Commission deferred
the inclusion of the reallocated costs into rates on the basis of COVID
impacts. SPPC states that the deferral is no longer needed because
there are fewer uncertainties associated with COVID-19, and key
indicators demonstrate current levels of economic activity are on par
with pre-COVID levels. Therefore, SPPC requests that the reallocated
portion of ON Line be put back into rates effective January 1, 2022.
SPPC further requests that the ON Line costs recovered
through rates in 2022 include (1) the amount of the ON Line regulatory
asset as of December 31, 2021, which is projected to equal $18.3
million, and (2) the ongoing revenue requirement associated with
the reallocated portion of the ON Line costs. SPPC provides that
without the cost recovery starting in 2022, the ON Line regulatory
asset balance is projected to increase to $28.4 million by the end of
2022 – an over $10 million increase including an estimated additional
$1.6 million in carrying charges, which could be avoided by starting
rate recovery on January 1, 2022. SPPC states that by starting its
proposed one-year amortization in 2022, customers would save an
estimated $4.46 million compared to the next rate cycle recovery.
Any interested and affected person who is not already a
party to Docket No. 20-06004 may file a petition for leave to intervene
in this matter pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 on or before
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021.
Also on or before WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021, all interested
and affected persons, including existing parties to Docket No. 20-
06004, may file comments addressing SPPC’s procedural request to
reopen Docket No. 20-06004.
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, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
1:30 p.m.
Dial in by your location:
(775) 687-0999 (Northern Nevada)
(702) 486-5260 (Southern Nevada)
The parties will appear and otherwise participate in the
prehearing conference 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 http://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 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.
The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate
and simplify issues involved in this proceeding and to discuss a
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.
SPPC’s petition is available for public viewing at 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.
By the Commission,
/s/ TRISHA OSBORNE,
Assistant Commission Secretary
Dated: Carson City, Nevada
08/12/21
(SEAL)
Pub: August 21, 2021 Ad#16155