NAC704A.300. Conduits and preassembled cable in conduits.

     1. Except at intersections on main thoroughfares and in places where the use of conduits is required by state law or local ordinance, the utility or the applicant may elect to install underground electric systems in conduits or by preassembled cable in conduits, subject to the following conditions:

     (a) If the utility elects to install a system in a conduit, all responsibility for the installation rests with the utility, and all costs attributable to its election to use a conduit must be borne by it without any refundable advance or nonrefundable contribution in aid of construction.

     (b) The applicant may elect to have an underground electric system installed in a conduit only if his new residential development is scheduled for building and occupancy over a period of more than 1 year. If the applicant so elects, the furnishing and installation are the responsibility of the utility and at its expense, but all the costs attributable to the utility’s discharge of the responsibility constitute appropriate items for inclusion in the estimate upon which a nonrefundable advance is required under NAC 704A.240.

     (c) Only the utility may elect to install an underground electric system by preassembled cable in a conduit. If the utility so elects, the furnishing and installation are the utility’s responsibility and at its expense. However, any cost attributable to the use of a preassembled cable in a conduit which exceeds the cost of making the installation by direct burial must be borne by the utility without any refundable advance or nonrefundable contribution in aid of construction.

     2. Under an intersection on a main thoroughfare or in a place where the use of a conduit is required by state law or local ordinance, the installation of an underground electric system must be made in a conduit by the utility at its expense, without any refundable advance or nonrefundable contribution in aid of construction.

     3. If neither the utility nor the applicant elects to have an underground electric system installed in a conduit or by preassembled cable in a conduit, or if a conduit is not required pursuant to subsection 2, the installation must be made by direct burial.

     [Pub. Service Comm’n, Gen. Order 9 Rule G, eff. 11-1-69; A 11-2-69]—(NAC A 3-15-84)