NAC704.7984. Requirements for seeking determination of prudency.

     1. A Commission order approving or denying an advance application or a rate application is not a determination of prudency with respect to any replacement project set forth in such an application.

     2. A gas utility shall seek a determination of prudency in the first general rate application filed pursuant to NRS 704.110 after the costs of each replacement project are accounted for in a replacement rate. In the general rate application, the gas utility shall submit evidence in support of the recorded cost for each replacement project completed since the last general rate application filed by the gas utility, including, without limitation:

     (a) Each invoice for each replacement project, including invoices segregated at the project level if blanket contracts or invoices were used by the gas utility;

     (b) Each work order for each replacement project, including work orders segregated at the project level if blanket contracts or work orders were used by the utility;

     (c) An accounting of the labor performed by outside contractors and the gas utility for each replacement project undertaken; and

     (d) Any other evidence which demonstrates that the incurred costs of a replacement project were prudent, just and reasonable.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R020-13, eff. 2-26-2014)