NAC704.240. Initial report: Submission; designated employee.

     1. At the earliest practicable moment following the discovery of an accident, but not later than 4 hours after discovery, a public utility shall submit an initial report of the accident to the person designated by the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission to receive such reports. The initial report must be submitted by telephone, electronic mail or a web-based reporting system established by the Regulatory Operations Staff of the Commission.

     2. Each utility shall have at least one employee designated to report accidents and, in the event that all designated employees are unavailable, shall designate a substitute.

     3. As used in this section, “discovery” means whenever any employee designated by the utility to report accidents to the Commission first obtains knowledge of an accident and has determined that the criteria for an accident have been satisfied.

     [Pub. Service Comm’n, Gen. Order 19 Rules 106 & 107, eff. 6-9-77]—(NAC A by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R084-10, 12-16-2010)