Section 704.9708 - Conservation and energy efficiency plan: Development and contents1. The conservation and energy efficiency plan must include, without limitation: (a) An identification of end-uses for conservation and energy efficiency programs;(b) An assessment of the savings attributable to technically feasible conservation and energy efficiency programs, as determined by the gas utility, which must rank the programs in lists according to the level of savings in gas consumption and according to the level of reduction in demand; and(c) An assessment of technically feasible programs to determine which will produce benefits in peak demand or gas consumption. The gas utility shall estimate the cost of each such program. The methods used for the assessment must be stated in detail, specifically listing the data and assumptions considered in the assessment.2. In developing its conservation and energy efficiency plan, a gas utility shall consider the impact of applicable new technologies on current options for the plan. The consideration of new technologies must include, without limitation, consideration of the potential impact of advances in digital technology and computer information systems.3. A gas utility shall include in its conservation and energy efficiency plan a program for residential customers which reduces the consumption of gas, electricity or any fossil fuel. The energy efficiency program must include the use of new solar thermal energy sources unless the gas utility has filed an application seeking the Commission's approval of a plan for a solar thermal program or the Commission has approved the gas utility's plan for a solar thermal program. As used in this subsection, "new solar thermal energy sources" means those sources installed after the effective date of the energy efficiency program that displace gas, electricity or any fossil fuel consumption by using solar radiation to heat water or provide space heating or cooling.4. The conservation and energy efficiency plan must include a list of the programs for which the gas utility is requesting the approval of the Commission. The list must include, without limitation: (a) An estimate of the reduction in the peak demand and gas consumption that would result from each proposed program, in therms saved, which lists the programs according to their expected savings and their contribution to a reduction in peak demand and gas consumption based upon realistic estimates of the penetration of the market and the average life of the programs;(b) An assessment of the costs of each proposed program and the savings produced by the program, including the savings in the costs of transmission and distribution if the program can be relied upon to reduce peak demand on a firm basis;(c) An assessment of the impact on the gas utility's load shapes of each proposed and existing conservation and energy efficiency program;(d) If a program is an educational program, the projected expenses of the gas utility for the educational program;(e) A complete life-cycle cost analysis of the costs and benefits of the program in the form of the total resource cost test for any conservation and energy efficiency program which reduces the consumption of gas, electricity or any fossil fuel; and(f) A discussion of the degree of coordination between any conservation and energy efficiency program of the gas utility with an electric utility serving the same area and any potential cost savings or improvements in cost-effectiveness resulting from such coordination.5. The gas utility shall include with its conservation and energy efficiency plan a report on the status of all conservation and energy efficiency programs that have been included in a plan accepted by the Commission. The report must include tables for each such program showing, for each year, the planned reduction in therms, the achieved reduction in therms and the cost of the program. The gas utility shall include other information not elsewhere required in this section as set forth in subsection 3 of NAC 704.9712.6. The gas utility shall provide with its conservation and energy efficiency plan any other information necessary to enable an informed reader to examine and verify the adequacy and accuracy of the data, assumptions and methods used in developing the plan.7. The gas utility shall provide with its conservation and energy efficiency plan a discussion of any change in risk for the gas utility, including, without limitation, stabilization of revenue for the gas utility.Nev. Admin. Code § 704.9708
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R095-08, eff. 9-29-2008; A by R003-14, eff. 10/24/2014NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.992