Nev. Rev. Stat. § 704.776

Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1

Section 704.776 - [Effective with respect to electricity customers in a service territory on the date on which the Legislature provides for an open, competitive retail electric energy market for all electricity customers within that service territory] Conditions and limitations on utilities and customer-generators in open, competitive retail electric energy market

If the Legislature provides by law for an open, competitive retail electric energy market for all electricity customers within a service territory:

1. Each person providing electric service in that service territory shall be deemed to be a utility for the purposes of NRS 704.766 to 704.776, inclusive;

2. The Commission or any other agency designated by law to regulate electric service in this State shall prohibit any person providing electric service in the service territory from impeding or interrupting the operation or performance or otherwise restrict the output of an existing net metering system; and

3. A customer-generator must be required to pay any costs charged to other customers of the person providing electric service to the customer-generator in the rate class to which the customer-generator would belong if the customer-generator did not have a net metering system.

NRS 704.776

Added to NRS by 2017, 4281; A 2019, 1203, effective with respect to electricity customers in a service territory on the date on which the Legislature provides for an open, competitive retail electric energy market for all electricity customers within that service territory

Amended by 2019, Ch. 215,§20.5, eff. 5/29/2019.

Added by 2017, Ch. 589,§28.7, eff. if the Legislature provides by law for an open, competitive retail electric energy market for all electricity customers within a service territory, as a result of the proposed state constitutional amendment known as the Energy Choice Initiative, this section becomes effective with regard to the customers within that service territory on the date on which such customers have the right to choose the provider of their electric utility service pursuant to that law. See 2017, Ch. 589,§34.