NAC703.595. Standards for granting petition; standards for dismissing intervener.

     1. If the petitioner is a person other than an association and the petition for leave to intervene shows that the petitioner has a direct and substantial interest in the subject of the proceeding, or any part of it, and the intervention would not unduly broaden the issues, the Commission will or the presiding officer may grant leave for the petitioner to intervene or otherwise to appear in the proceeding with respect to the matters set forth in the petition and subject to such reasonable conditions as may be prescribed by the Commission or presiding officer.

     2. If the petitioner is an association and:

     (a) The petition for leave to intervene shows that two or more members of the association have a direct and substantial interest in the subject of the proceeding, or any part of it;

     (b) The petitioner demonstrates, through its charter, a contract or some other document, that the purpose of the association is directly related to the subject of the proceeding and that the association is authorized to represent its members in the proceeding; and

     (c) The intervention would not unduly broaden the issues,

Ê the Commission will or the presiding officer may grant leave for the petitioner to intervene or otherwise to appear in the proceeding with respect to the matters set forth in the petition and subject to such reasonable conditions as may be prescribed by the Commission or presiding officer.

     3. If it appears during the proceedings that an intervener has no direct or substantial interest in the proceeding or otherwise does not satisfy the requirements to intervene in the proceeding, and that the public interest does not require his or her further participation, the Commission will or the presiding officer shall dismiss the intervener from the proceeding.

     [Pub. Service Comm’n, Gen. Order 3 § 6.040, eff. 1-1-79]—(NAC A 1-6-84; A by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R047-02, 10-24-2002)