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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA

NOTICE OF JOINT APPLICATION

AND

PREHEARING CONFERENCE

On November 30, 2022, Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (“NPC”) and Sierra Pacific

Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (“SPPC”) (together, “NV Energy”) filed with the Public Utilities

Commission of Nevada (“Commission”) a joint application, designated as Docket No. 22-11032

(“Joint Application”), for approval of the fourth amendment to its 2021 Joint Integrated Resource

Plan (“IRP”).

This Notice serves only to notify the public that the Commission has received the abovereferenced

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.

NV Energy filed the Joint Application pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and

the Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”) Chapters 703, and 704, including, but not limited to,

NRS 704.741 and NAC 704.9005 et seq. Pursuant to NRS 703.190 and NAC 703.527 et seq.,

NV Energy requests that certain information in the Joint Application receive confidential treatment.

In its Joint Application, NV Energy states that it seeks approval of the fourth amendment to

its 2021 Joint IRP, which requests: 1) approval of a new fuel and purchase power price forecast;

2) to amend the Generation portion of the Supply Plan with the continued operation of existing

turbines at the Clark, Harry Allen, Chuck Lenzie, Silverhawk, Walter M. Higgins, Las Vegas,

and Sun Peak Generating Stations as well as the Clark Mountain units at the Tracy Generation

Station, and the addition of 400 megawatts of peaking combustion turbines at the Silverhawk

Generating Station; 3) to modify the approved Supply Plan to add to their portfolio two geothermal

energy power purchase agreements, a utility-owned battery storage facility, and a thermal

peaking project, and waiver of NAC 704.6546 to pass through to customers the full benefit of the

investment tax credits for the Valmy Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”) and Reid Gardner

BESS projects; and 4) to amend the Transmission Plan to interconnect the requested generation

projects to add capacitors to the Humboldt and Maggie Creek substations for static voltage

support in the Carlin Trend load pocket, to replace the Bordertown Substation’s Phase Shifting

Transformer (“PST”) with a new PST at the Hilltop Substation, and secure the necessary line

routing studies, substation sites, permitting, land rights, and long lead time materials for several

transmission projects that have been identified in multiple studies to ensure that the projects can

be built in a timely manner.

Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for leave to intervene

pursuant to NRS 704.746 or NAC 703.578 through 703.600 via the Electronic Filing System on

the Commission’s website or at either of the Commission’s offices on or before WEDNESDAY,

JANUARY 4, 2023.

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 to be held as follows:

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2023

10:00 a.m.

Hearing Room A

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada

1150 East William Street

Carson City, Nevada 89701

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE TO:

Hearing Room A

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada

9075 West Diablo Drive, Suite 250

Las Vegas, Nevada 89148

VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS

Participants may appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing conference either in

person or remotely via Microsoft Teams. Participants should provide the email addresses

for each member of their organization who intends to participate via Microsoft Teams to

Administrative Attorney Sierra Waechter at sfwaechter@puc.nv.gov no later than THURSDAY,

JANUARY 5, 2023, at 2:00 p.m.

Members of the public may view the prehearing conference in person at either of the

Commission’s offices or can access the prehearing conference at the time noticed herein via the

Commission’s live stream link on its website at https://puc.nv.gov.

The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate and simplify the 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 Joint Application is available for public viewing at the Commission’s website: http://puc.

nv.gov; and at the offices of the Commission: 1150 East William Street, Carson City, Nevada

89701 and 9075 West Diablo Drive, Suite 250, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148. A person must

request in writing to be placed on the service list for this proceeding in order to receive any further

notices in this matter.

By the Commission,

__/s/_______________________

TRISHA OSBORNE,

Assistant Commission Secretary

Dated: Carson City, Nevada

12/12/22

(SEAL)

Pub Date: December 21, 2022

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