Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 704 - Regulation of Public Utilities Generally
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN RESIDENCES
Section 704.806 - Announcements to eligible customers: List of measures to conserve energy

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 704.806

Current through September 16, 2024

A utility's announcement to be made pursuant to NAC 704.804 must include the following items in its list of measures which an eligible customer may take to conserve energy in a residential building or dwelling unit:

1. Reducing the passage of air and moisture by filling small gaps around the fixed joints of window and door frames (caulking).

2. Reducing the passage of air and moisture by the installation of weather stripping over or in movable joints of windows and doors.

3. Modifying the system used for heating the building, by:

(a) Replacing an electric furnace, boiler or heat pump with similar but more efficient equipment or with a gas-fired system if it has a lower cost of operation;

(b) Replacing a furnace or boiler which is fired by natural gas with a more efficient furnace or boiler fired by natural gas; or

(c) Replacing an oil burner with a more efficient oil burner or with a gas-fired system if it has a lower cost of operation. As used in this paragraph, an oil burner is a device which atomizes fuel oil, mixes it with air and ignites the mixture and is an integral part of an oil-fired furnace or boiler, including the combustion chamber.

4. Replacing a central air conditioner with a more efficient air conditioner.

5. Placing insulation or increasing existing insulation:

(a) Between the conditioned area of the building and an unconditioned attic to achieve an effective R-value of at least R-30.

(b) Within or on the walls between conditioned and unconditioned areas of the building or the outside.

(c) Between the first conditioned level of the building and an unconditioned basement, a crawl space or open area beneath the building.

(d) On the surface of a heating or cooling duct in an unconditioned area of the building.

(e) On the exterior surface of a hydronic heating or cooling pipe in an unconditioned area of the building.

(f) On the exterior surface of the casing of a water heater.

6. Installing insulated skirting to enclose the space between a mobile home and the ground.

7. Placing window or glazing material outside or inside an ordinary or prime window to create an air space between the windows or glazing materials and provide greater resistance to the flow of heat, that is, installing a storm window.

8. Installing a thermal window, consisting of two or more sheets of glazing material affixed to a window frame to create one or more air spaces between the glazing materials and provide greater resistance to the flow of heat.

9. Installing heat-reflective or heat-absorbent glazing material in windows or doors or applying reflective or absorptive films or coatings to existing windows or doors.

10. Installing a programmable thermostat which will reduce the consumption of energy in a heating or cooling system by switching the temperature in interior spaces automatically from one level to another.

11. Installing insulated shutters and shades on the inside or outside of existing windows to reduce the loss or gain of heat.

12. Replacing a water heater which operates by electric resistance with a gas water heater.

13. Using an insulating cover on a heated swimming pool during the night.

14. Installing a solar water heating system or photovoltaic panels.

Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm'n, 1-19-84, eff. 5-17-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R058-06, 6-28-2006

NRS 703.025, 704.210

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