Carson City legal - 13469

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA 

NOTICE OF APPLICATION 

AND 

NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE 

On May 4, 2021, Southwest Gas Corporation (“SWG”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“Commission”) an Application, designated as Docket No. 21-05001, for approval of its Conservation and Energy Efficiency (“CEE”) Plan for the period 2022-2024 (“Application”). 

This Notice serves only to notify the public that the Commission has received the above-referenced filing. It is the responsibility of interested persons to review the filing and monitor the proceedings to determine their desired levels of involvement based on how this matter may affect their unique situations. The details provided within this Notice are for informational purposes only and are not meant to be an all-inclusive overview of the filing. The Commission may consider and adopt alternative proposals not contained within the filing but which are related to the subject matter of the filing and supported by substantial evidence. 

SWG filed the Application pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”), Chapters 703 and 704, including, but not limited to NRS 704.992, NAC 704.9702 et seq., and NAC 703.535. 

SWG requests the Commission: accept SWG’s CEE Plan and programs as filed at the budget levels proposed in the Application for the three-year period of 2022-2024; authorize SWG to modify and distribute funding levels between and amongst CEE programs or program measures; and accept SWG’s 2020 Nevada CEE Program Report. 

Interested and affected persons may file petitions for leave to intervene pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 on or before WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021. 

A person who wishes to participate as a commenter may file written comments pursuant to NAC 703.491. A commenter is not a party of record and shall not take any action that only a party of record may take. Pursuant to NAC 703.500, only parties of record are entitled to enter an appearance, introduce relevant evidence, examine and cross-examine witnesses, make arguments, make and argue motions and generally participate in the proceeding. 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to NAC 703.655, the Commission has scheduled a PREHEARING CONFERENCE in this docket to be held as follows: 

MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2021 

10:00 a.m. 

Dial in by your location: 

(775) 687-0999 (Northern Nevada) 

(702) 486-5260 (Southern Nevada) 

Parties will appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing conference remotely via telephone. Members of the public can access the prehearing conference at the time noticed herein via the Commission’s live stream link on its website at http://puc.nv.gov. 

Parties in this matter must obtain an access code for this telephonic hearing by emailing Commission Hearing Officer Samuel S. Crano at scrano@puc.nv.gov no later than FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. Parties should provide the title/role in associated business or organization, and business address for each person who intends to participate in the hearing. 

The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate and simplify issues involved in this proceeding and set a hearing and procedural schedule. At the prehearing conference, the Commission may take any action authorized by NAC 703.655. 

The Commission is not responsible for providing clerical or administrative assistance or materials to parties during Commission proceedings. If such assistance is necessary, parties must make other arrangements for this type of assistance. 

The filing is available for public viewing at the Commission’s website at: http://puc.nv.gov. 

A person must request in writing to be placed on the service list for this proceeding to receive any further notices in this matter. 

By the Commission, 

/s/ TRISHA OSBORNE, 

Assistant Commission Secretary 

Dated: Carson City, Nevada 

05/10/21 

(SEAL) 

Pub: May 22, 2021 Ad#13469