Current through September 16, 2024
1. After a hearing,
the Commission may issue an order accepting or modifying an emissions reduction
and capacity replacement plan of an electric utility that primarily serves
densely populated counties if the emissions reduction and capacity replacement
plan or any modifications to the plan provide for:
(a) The retirement or elimination of
coal-fired electric generating capacity in a manner that is consistent with
paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of
NRS
704.7316.
(b) The issuance by the utility of requests
for proposals for electric generating capacity from new renewable energy
facilities in a manner that is consistent with paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of
NRS
704.7316.
(c) The construction or acquisition and
ownership by the utility of new renewable energy facilities with a nameplate
capacity of 50 megawatts in a manner that is consistent with subparagraph (6)
of paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of
NRS
704.7316.
(d) The construction or acquisition and
ownership by the utility of electric generating facilities with a planning
capacity of approximately 550 megawatts that the Commission has determined are
needed pursuant to subsection 6 of
NRS
704.751 in a manner that is consistent with
the provisions of
NRS 704.7311 to
704.7322, inclusive,
and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(e) If the plan includes the construction or
acquisition of one or more natural gas-fired electric generating plants, a
strategy for the commercially reasonable physical procurement of fixed-price
natural gas by the utility, as required by paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of
NRS
704.7316.
(f) A plan to account for the costs
associated with the retirement and decommissioning of the coal-fired electric
generating units identified for retirement or elimination under the emissions
reduction and capacity replacement plan and for all remediation
costs.
2. In considering
whether to accept or modify the emissions reduction and capacity replacement
plan of an electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties,
the Commission will consider the factors set forth in subsection 8 of
NRS
704.746 and the analyses related to those
factors which is provided by the utility pursuant to paragraph (b) of
subsection 7 of NAC 704.9453.
3. If
the Commission issues an order modifying the emissions reduction and capacity
replacement plan of an electric utility that primarily serves densely populated
counties, the utility may accept the modifications made by the Commission or
withdraw the emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan. If the utility
withdraws its emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan pursuant to
this subsection:
(a) The utility must file a
new emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan within 180 days after
withdrawing the plan or as directed by the Commission.
(b) The Commission may not impose an
administrative fine against the utility for failing to comply with the
requirements of
NRS 704.7311 to
704.7322, inclusive,
and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, if the utility files a new
emissions reduction and capacity replacement plan within the time frame set
forth in paragraph (a).
Added to NAC by Pub.
Utilities Comm'n by R131-13, eff. 3-28-2014
NRS 704.7322,
704.741
