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 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA 

NOTICE OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES’ DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE PLAN UPDATE 

TO ITS JOINT INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN 

AND 

NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE 

On September 6, 2022, Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy and Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (together “NV Energy”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“Commission”) a joint application, designated as Docket No. 22-09001 (“Joint Application”), for acceptance of their 2022 Joint Distributed Resources Plan Update (“DRP Update”) as it related to their 2022-2041 Joint Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”). 

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. 

NV Energy filed the Joint Application pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”), Chapters 703 and 704, including but not limited to, NRS 704.741 and NAC 704.9239 and 703.535. Pursuant to NRS 703.190 and NAC 703.527 et seq., NV Energy requests that certain information in the Joint Application receive confidential treatment. 

NV Energy states that the Joint Application represents its compliance with NAC 704.9239 and covers 2023 and 2024, which are the remaining years of the three-year action plan that NV Energy filed as part of its IRP filed in Docket No. 21-06001. 

Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for leave to intervene made pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 on or before WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2022. 

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, OCTOBER 10, 2022 

1:30 p.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. Parties in this matter must obtain an access code for this telephonic prehearing conference by emailing Commission Administrative Attorney Jared Aranda at jaranda@puc.nv.gov no later than THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022, 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 prehearing conference. 

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 https://puc.nv.gov. During the date and time noticed herein, the public may listen to the prehearing conference in person at the following locations: 

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 

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 Notice is available for public viewing on the Commission’s website: https://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. 

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

By the Commission, 

______________________________________ 

TRISHA OSBORNE, 

Assistant Commission Secretary 

Dated: Carson City, Nevada 

09/13/22 

(SEAL) 

Pub: September 21, 2022 Ad#27762