Churchill County legal - 17128

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA 

AMENDED NOTICE OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES’ JOINT 

INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN 

AND 

PREHEARING CONFERENCE 

On June 1, 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. 21-06001 (“Joint Application”), for approval of their 2022-2041 Triennial Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”), 2022-2024 Action Plan, and 2022- 2024 Energy Supply Plan (“ESP”). 

On September 1, 2021, NV Energy filed with the Commission an amendment (“Amendment”) to the Joint Application to include the Transmission Infrastructure for a Clean Energy Economy Plan (“TICEEP”). 

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. 

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 704.741 and NAC 704.9005 through 704.9525. NV Energy requests confidential treatment of certain information contained within its Joint Application pursuant to NRS 703.190. 

In its Joint Application, NV Energy seeks approval of its 2022- 2041 IRP, its three-year Action Plan for 2022-2024, and its ESPs for 2022-2024. The Joint Application requests that the Commission find that the cost of energy from two new company-owned renewable projects with battery storage capacity are just and reasonable and approve the network upgrades associated with the new renewable projects, in addition to approval of requests included, but not limited to, grid-tied battery storage energy systems, turbine upgrades at certain generating units, the demand side plan for 2022-2024, and the distributed resource plan for 2022-2024. Moreover, NV Energy requests expedited approval of upgrades to some of its combustion turbine fleet and deviation from NAC 704.9237(2)(f) and 704.9237(3)(b). 

Additionally, NV Energy, in its Amendment to the Joint Application, is requesting that the Commission find that it has satisfied the requirements of Senate Bill 448 (2021) and find that the TICEEP is adequate. As part of the TICEEP, NV Energy is requesting that the Commission authorize NV Energy to commence the development and construction of the Fort Churchill to Robinson 525 kilovolt (“kV”) transmission line project estimated to cost $901.0 million, split 70 percent to NPC and 30 percent to SPPC and the Harry Allen to Northwest 525 kV transmission line project estimated to cost $143.1 million, split 70 percent NPC and 30 percent to SPPC. NV Energy is further requesting that the Commission designate the Greenlink North line and the Harry Allen to Northwest 525 kV project as critical facilities pursuant to NAC 704.9484. 

Pursuant to NAC 703.740 and the Commission’s order in Docket No. 19-07005, NV Energy requests that the Commission consolidate this Docket with the application of SPPC for approval of its 2021 Natural Gas Conservation and Energy Efficiency Plan Report. 

Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for leave to intervene, related to the Amendment and NV Energy’s new requests, electronically through the Electronic Filing System on the Commission’s website or at either of the Commission’s offices pursuant to NRS 704.746 or NAC 703.578 through 703.600 on or before WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 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 to be held as follows: 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021 

10:00 a.m. 

VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS 

The parties and potential intervenors will appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing conference remotely via Microsoft Teams. 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 and petitioners seeking to intervene should provide the email address, company position, and business address for each member of their organization who intends to participate via Microsoft Teams to Commission Administrative Attorney Georgina Zielinski at gzielinski@ puc.nv.gov no later than MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2021, by 2:00 p.m. 

The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate and simplify the 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 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. 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 

09/15/21 (SEAL) 

Pub: September 22, 2021 Ad#17128