NAC704.8875. Calculations concerning compliance with portfolio standard: Eligible kilowatt-hours.

In calculating the total number of kilowatt-hours that a provider generates, acquires or saves from portfolio energy systems or efficiency measures during a compliance year, the provider may use the following kilowatt-hours if the provider has complied with all requirements for inclusion of the kilowatt-hours in its calculation:

     1. Any kilowatt-hours generated by the provider from its own renewable energy systems during the compliance year;

     2. Any kilowatt-hours acquired or saved by the provider during the compliance year pursuant to long-term portfolio energy credits contracts, long-term renewable energy contracts, short-term portfolio energy credits contracts, short-term renewable energy contracts or energy efficiency contracts;

     3. Any equivalent kilowatt-hours attributable to the provider during the compliance year from solar thermal systems;

     4. Any kilowatt-hours that are deemed to be electricity that the provider generated or acquired from a renewable energy system for the purposes of complying with its portfolio standard pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3 of NRS 704.775, subsection 3 of NRS 704.7821 or subsection 3 of NRS 704.78213 and any excess kilowatt-hours fed back to the provider during the compliance year from net metering systems used by customer-generators pursuant to NRS 704.766 to 704.775, inclusive;

     5. Any kilowatt-hours saved during the compliance year as a result of an energy efficiency measure, subject to the limitations set forth in NRS 704.7821 and 704.78213, as applicable;

     6. Any kilowatt-hours that the provider is authorized to carry forward from previous compliance years; and

     7. Any kilowatt-hours derived from portfolio energy credits issued to the provider by the Commission pursuant to NRS 701B.290, 701B.640 or 701B.870.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R144-01, eff. 5-31-2002; A by R167-05, 2-23-2006; R104-07, 1-30-2008; R064-10, 10-15-2010; R198-09, 1-13-2011)