NAC538.410. Requirements of applicant for allocation of power from Commission.

An applicant for an allocation of power from the Commission must supply information as requested by the Commission and must:

     1. Be an entity to which the Commission is authorized by law to sell electricity or provide transmission service or distribution service, or both;

     2. Be able to receive energy from one or more of the Commission’s points of delivery, including, without limitation, Amargosa substation, Basic substation, Boulder City switchyard, Boulder City tap, Clark tie, Eastside substation, Mead substation or Newport substation;

     3. Be able to maintain a ratio between “real power” in kilowatts and “apparent power” in kilovoltamperes (“power factor”) within at least 95 percent, if called upon to do so;

     4. Meet the requirements for a program for integrated resource planning or a similar program, however designated, set forth as a condition to the purchase of power by:

     (a) Regulations adopted by Western pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7276;

     (b) Federal statute; or

     (c) The Commission; and

     5. If the applicant is an electric utility:

     (a) Have a principal load that:

          (1) Has a peak demand of at least 8 megawatts; and

          (2) Is located within Western’s marketing area in this State for power from the Boulder Canyon Project, Parker-Davis Project or Southern Division of the Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects; and

     (b) Be qualified to receive preference power under the applicable provisions of federal law relating to preference power when applying for electric power from the Parker-Davis Project or Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects.

     (Added to NAC by Colorado River Comm’n, eff. 9-13-85; A 12-17-87; R123-00, 2-15-2001; R108-06, 6-28-2006)