NAC704.7913. Affiliate: Standards of conduct.

     1. An affiliate:

     (a) Shall not market or otherwise sell services jointly with the distribution company;

     (b) Shall not use space in the correspondence of the distribution company or any other form of information about the distribution company for the purpose of advertising the services of the affiliate; and

     (c) Shall not advertise its affiliation with the distribution company, unless the affiliate includes each of the following statements in a manner no less prominent than the statement of affiliation:

          (1) (Name of the affiliate) is not the same corporation as (name of distribution company). (Name of affiliate) has separate management and separate employees.

          (2) (Name of affiliate)’s affiliation with (name of distribution company) does not entitle (name of affiliate) to any special endorsement of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

          (3) The safety, reliability and cost of distribution service received by customers of (name of affiliate) will be equivalent to that received by customers of nonaffiliated companies.

     2. For the purposes of this section, the term “advertise” does not include the use, pursuant to NRS 704.997, of the name or logo, or both, of the distribution company by the affiliate.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R087-98, eff. 2-3-99; A by R005-04, 6-21-2004)