NAC704A.290. Trenches.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if an underground electric system is installed within a new residential development, the system must be installed in trenches used jointly with the facilities of other public utilities. This requirement does not apply with respect to main ( primary and secondary) lines leading to a new residential development if the utilities serving the development cannot approach it from the same direction.

     2. The applicant, at his expense, shall perform all trenching, backfilling and paving within a new residential development and within the 100-foot allowance provided for in NAC 704A.260. The utility shall perform any trenching, backfilling or paving beyond the 100-foot allowance.

     3. In the performance of all trenching, backfilling and paving, including the use of any select backfill materials, the utility is responsible for making inspections to ensure that appropriate separations are maintained between electric and telephone lines in conformance with the minimum construction standards set forth in the National Electric Safety Code.

     [Pub. Service Comm’n, Gen. Order 9 Rule E, eff. 11-1-69]—(NAC A 3-15-84)