NAC704.567. Conservation plan: General requirements.

     1. The conservation plan of a utility must include, without limitation:

     (a) A description of each program of water conservation that the utility has implemented, is implementing or proposes to implement, including, without limitation:

          (1) Water surveys for single-family residential customers and multifamily residential customers;

          (2) Programs to encourage retrofitting of residential plumbing;

          (3) Water audits, leak detection and repair;

          (4) The use of water meters with commodity rates for new connections and the retrofitting of existing connections;

          (5) Incentives and other programs of water conservation for golf courses, parks, school grounds and other large landscapes;

          (6) Rebates or other incentives for the purchase of high-efficiency washing machines;

          (7) Programs of public information;

          (8) Educational programs in schools;

          (9) Conservation programs for commercial, industrial, governmental and other customers;

          (10) The use of conservation pricing;

          (11) Employment of a person to coordinate the utility’s programs of water conservation;

          (12) Prohibitions against wasting water and measures for the enforcement of those prohibitions;

          (13) A program to encourage residential customers to replace existing toilets with ultra-low-flush toilets; and

          (14) Incentives for the reclamation of water and the use of reclaimed water;

     (b) An estimate of the savings in water consumption or the reduction in the demand for water that is attributable to each program;

     (c) An estimate of the effect on the utility’s peak demand for water and water consumption for each program;

     (d) A schedule of implementation for each proposed program;

     (e) A description of the methods, if any, that may be used to evaluate the effectiveness of each program; and

     (f) An estimate of the cost of each program. The estimate must be supported by a statement that sets forth in detail the methods used to determine the estimate, including, without limitation, the data and assumptions used to determine the estimate.

     2. In developing its conservation plan, a utility must consider the effect that new technologies, including, without limitation, advances in digital and computer information system technologies, may have on current and future conservation programs.

     3. The conservation plan must:

     (a) Identify each program for which the utility requests the approval of the Commission; and

     (b) Include a report of the status of each program of water conservation that has been approved by the Commission. The report must provide a table for each program that indicates for each year of the program, the planned and actual reduction in water usage and the costs of the program.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R043-08, eff. 9-18-2008)