NAC703.580. Persons entitled to file petition.

     1. Any person who claims to have a direct and substantial interest in a proceeding and desires to participate in it as an intervener must file a petition for leave to intervene with the Commission requesting an order permitting the intervention.

     2. A person has a direct and substantial interest in a proceeding if:

     (a) A statute explicitly confers on the person a right to intervene; or

     (b) The person claims an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the proceeding and the person is so situated that the disposition of the proceeding will, as a practical matter, impair or impede the ability of the person to protect that interest, unless the person is adequately represented by existing parties.

     3. A person does not have a direct and substantial interest in a proceeding if the person claims an interest that is:

     (a) Based on a speculative business or marketing plan;

     (b) Based solely on a person’s involvement in a proceeding in another unrelated docket;

     (c) Based on an interest that is irrelevant to the proceeding; or

     (d) Based solely on a desire to monitor the proceeding or to obtain information from the proceeding.

     [Pub. Service Comm’n, Gen. Order 3 § 6.010, eff. 1-1-79]—(NAC A 1-6-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R047-02, 10-24-2002; R010-05, 9-7-2005)