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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA 

NOTICE OF RATE APPLICATION OF GAS UTILITY FOR AUTHORIZATION TO RECOVER THE COSTS OF GAS INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THROUGH THE 

GAS INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT MECHANISM 

AND NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE 

On September 30, 2021, Southwest Gas Corporation (“Southwest Gas”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“Commission”) an application, designated as Docket No. 21-09034 (“Application”), for authority to recover costs of gas infrastructure replacement projects through the gas infrastructure replacement (“GIR”) mechanism. 

Southwest Gas filed the Application pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”) Chapters 703 and 704, including, but not limited to, NAC 704.796 through 704.7985. 

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. 

In the Application, Southwest Gas seeks authority to establish GIR rates for its Northern Nevada and Southern Nevada rate jurisdictions to recover the revenue requirement associated with the amounts deferred for which the Commission previously granted regulatory asset treatment in Docket Nos. 16-10026 and 17-02040, as well as the GIR projects approved by the Commission in GIR Advance Applications in Docket Nos. 15-06001, 16-06001, 17-05027, and 18-06004. Southwest Gas seeks to establish a GIR rate of $(0.00246)/therm in the Southern Nevada rate jurisdiction and $0.00056/therm in the Northern Nevada rate jurisdiction. Southwest Gas states that these GIR rates would be applicable to all customers and rate classes, except for customers that maintain a negotiated rate contract with Southwest Gas, and requests that these GIR rates be effective on January 1, 2022. 

Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for leave to intervene pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 at either of the Commission’s offices on or before WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021. 

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. 

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, NOVEMBER 9, 2021 

9:00 A.M. 

VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS 

Parties will appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing conference remotely via Microsoft Teams. The participants 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 Hearing Officer David Noble at davidnoble@puc. nv.gov no later than FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. 

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. 

The public may also participate in person during the date and time noticed herein at the following location: 

Hearing Room A 

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada 

1150 East William Street 

Carson City, Nevada 89701 

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE TO 

Hearing Room A 

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada 

9075 West Diablo Drive, Suite 250 

Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 

The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate and simplify issues involved in this proceeding and set a hearing and 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. 

The Joint Application is available for public viewing on 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. 

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 

10/7/21 (SEAL) 

Pub: October 20, 2021 Ad#17974