Current through September 16, 2024
1. The resource
plan of a utility must contain an energy supply plan for the 3 years covered by
the action plan of the utility. The resource plan of a utility must be
consistent with the action plan of the utility.
2. An energy supply plan must be developed by
a utility using its base forecast and target planning reserve margin.
3. As part of its energy supply plan, a
utility shall develop a purchased power procurement plan. The purchased power
procurement plan of a utility must include, without limitation:
(a) The proposed mix of purchased power
products by:
(1) Type of resource;
(2) Delivery profile; and
(3) The term that the utility considers
appropriate for the expected demand.
(b) A description of the criteria used to
determine the proposed mix of power products and the material factors
influencing the selection of the criteria.
(c) The proposed schedule for procuring the
purchased power products, including a description of any competitive
procurement processes to be undertaken.
(d) A regional assessment of the availability
of fuel and purchased power resources for the period covered by the energy
supply plan.
(e) A projection of
remaining capacity and energy requirements for each year of the period covered
by the energy supply plan, after accounting for all existing resources and
proposed long-term purchased power obligations.
(f) A description, by type and term, of each
existing purchased power contract with deliveries during the period covered by
the energy supply plan.
(g) A
description, by type, delivery profile and term, of the purchased power
products expected to be available to the utility during the period covered by
the energy supply plan.
4. As part of its energy supply plan, a
utility shall develop a fuel procurement plan for each fuel that the utility
uses to generate at least 5 percent of its annual energy requirements. The fuel
procurement plan must include, without limitation:
(a) For each year of the energy supply plan,
a projection of the quantity of each fuel the utility expects to use for each
generating unit owned or controlled by the utility.
(b) A description of each existing fuel
contract with deliveries during the period covered by the energy supply plan,
including the type of product, the quantity to be delivered, the delivery point
and the term of the contract.
(c) A
description of the fuel products available to the utility during the period
covered by the energy supply plan, including the type of product, the pricing
method, the delivery point and the term of the availability of the fuel
products.
(d) The proposed mix of
fuel products.
(e) A description of
the criteria used to determine the proposed mix of products and the material
factors influencing the selection of the criteria.
(f) The proposed schedule for procurement of
the fuel, including a description of any competitive procurement process to be
undertaken.
5. As part
of its energy supply plan, a utility shall include a risk management strategy
that includes, without limitation:
(a) A
description of how the risk management strategy was reflected in the
determination of the energy supply plan proposed by the utility.
(b) A description of the criteria used to
select the proposed risk management strategy and identification of the material
factors that influenced the selection of the criteria by the utility.
(c) A description of each technique for
mitigating risk that was considered.
(d) The criteria to be used to evaluate the
effectiveness of the risk management strategy.
6. A utility shall annually file with the
Commission an evaluation of its purchased power procurement plan, its fuel
procurement plan, its risk management strategy and, if applicable, the results
of any performance-based methodology for the recovery of costs for natural gas
for each year included in its deferred energy application filed pursuant to NAC
704.023 to 704.195, inclusive.
7.
The energy supply plan of a utility must include a technical appendix that
conforms to NAC 704.922.
Added to NAC by Pub.
Utilities Comm'n by R004-04, eff. 5-25-2004
NRS
703.025,
704.210,
704.741
