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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA 

 AMENDED NOTICE OF CONSUMER SESSION 

AND 

NOTICE OF HEARING 

On March 10, 2021, Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (“NPC”) and Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (“SPPC”) (together, “NV Energy”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“Commission”) a joint application, designated as Docket No. 21-03004 (“Joint Application”), for approval of the cost recovery for the 2020 Natural Disaster Protection Plan (“NDPP”) regulatory asset account. NV Energy also has provided updated information in accordance with the December 22, 2020, Second Modified Final Order in consolidated Docket Nos. 20-02031 and 20-02032 (“Second Modified Final Order”) and is seeking a finding that it has complied with the compliances and directives in the Second Modified Final Order. 

NV Energy filed the Joint Application pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”) Chapters 703 and 704, including, but not limited to, NRS 704.061 to 704.068, 704.100, and 704.7983; and NAC 703.115, 703.375 to 703.410, 703.530 to 703.577, 703.710, and 703.715, and the NDPP Regulations. Pursuant to NRS 703.196 and NAC 703.5274(2), NV Energy requests confidential treatment of information submitted under seal with the Joint Application. 

NV Energy states in the Joint Application that Senate Bill (“SB”) 329, adopted by the 2019 Nevada Legislature and codified as NRS 704.7983, authorizes it to recover costs relating to the development and implementation of an NDPP and requires the amount charged to each customer to appear as a separate line item on the customer’s bill. 

Section 12 of the regulations adopted by the Commission in Docket No. 19-06009 and filed with the Secretary of State in Legislative Counsel Bureau File No. R085-19 on February 27, 2020 (“NDPP Regulations”), require that on or before March 1 of each year, the electric utility is required to submit an application to recover the cost of prudent and reasonable expenditures during the immediately preceding year to develop and implement the NDPP. Section 13 of the NDPP Regulations permits NV Energy to create a regulatory asset or liability account for capital projects constructed or acquired pursuant to the NDPP, as well as for other associated costs and to annually submit to the Commission a request to clear the accumulated balance in the regulatory asset or liability account. Pursuant to the NDPP Regulations, NV Energy created the regulatory asset accounts as applicable and ordered from the Second Modified Final Order for the 2020 NDPP expenditures. As of December 31, 2020, the collective balance NV Energy is seeking recovery of is $39,944,568.00, recorded in the regulatory asset accounts. NV Energy seeks a Commission finding that the costs recorded in its regulatory asset accounts and the calculation of the return on capital investments were prudently incurred and are reasonable. 

NV Energy states in the Joint Application that the Second Modified Final Order directed NV Energy to file an update to the NDPP addressing eight areas: (1) resiliency corridors; (2) line sectionalization; (3) public safety outage management thresholds; (4) 123 Line permitting; (5) copper wire replacements; (6) fire mesh pilot installation; (7) tree attachments; and (8) a proposed undergrounding plan. NV Energy filed the update in accordance with the Second Modified Final Order and seeks a Commission finding that it has complied with the compliances and directives in the Second Modified Final Order. 

In this docket NV Energy is proposing to establish the following single, statewide NDPP rate for all of NV Energy’s customers, effective October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022: 

NDPP Proposed Rate 

Current – per kWh                     $0.00025

NV Energy states that the NDPP proposed rate was calculated in the same manner as the rate that was approved by the Second Modified Final Order. 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Commission has scheduled a CONSUMER SESSION in this Docket to be held as follows: 

MONDAY, JULY 12, 2021 

6:00 p.m. 

Live telephone conference: 1-877-820-7831 

Conference ID: 581669 

Interested persons may appear telephonically and be heard regarding the above-captioned matter and the effect this matter may have on their utility service. A representative from NV Energy will be present telephonically at the consumer session to answer questions. Public comments may be limited to five minutes per person. 

Interested persons may also submit written comments in lieu of or in addition to participating in the consumer session for this Docket: 

Written comments via email: BPA@puc.nv.gov 

Written comments via U.S. Mail to be addressed as follows: 

PUCN 

Attn: Docket No. 21-03004 

1150 East William Street 

Carson City, Nevada, 89701 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Commission has also scheduled a HEARING in this Docket to be held as follows: 

TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 

10:30 a.m. 

VIA Microsoft Teams 

The Parties will appear and otherwise participate in the hearing remotely via Microsoft Teams. Members of the public can access the hearing at the time noticed herein via the Commission’s live stream link on its website at http://puc.nv.gov. 

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 Administrative Attorney Georgina Zielinski at gzielinski@puc.nv.gov no later than WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. 

The hearing may be continued from day to day as necessary. 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 filing is available for public viewing at the Commission’s website: http://puc.nv.gov. 

By the Commission,_ 

___________________________________ 

TRISHA OSBORNE, 

Assistant Commission Secretary 

Dated: Carson City, Nevada 

05/17/21 

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Pub: May 26, 2021                                                                                                                               Ad#13511