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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