Utility required to submit request to Commission to establish time-variant rate schedule designed to expand use of energy storage systems; review and approval or denial of request by Commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 704.7725
in effect1. An electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties shall, on or before August 1, 2017, file with the Commission in a manner authorized by NRS 704.110 a request that the Commission establish an optional time-variant rate schedule for customers, including, without limitation, customer-generators who acquire an energy storage system.
2. An electric utility that primarily serves less densely populated counties shall, on or before January 16, 2018, file with the Commission in a manner authorized by NRS 704.100 a request that the Commission establish an optional time-variant rate schedule for customers, including, without limitation, customer-generators who acquire an energy storage system.
3. A request filed pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 must be designed to expand and accelerate the development and use of energy storage systems in this State.
4. The Commission:
(a) Shall review each request filed pursuant to subsection 1 or 2;
(b) May approve each request that the Commission finds to be in the public interest; and
(c) Not later than March 15, 2018, shall issue a written order approving or denying each request filed pursuant to subsection 1 or 2.
5. As used in this section:
(a) Electric utility that primarily serves densely populated counties has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.110 .
(b) Electric utility that primarily serves less densely populated counties has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.110 .
(c) Energy storage system means any commercially available technology that is capable of retaining energy, storing the energy for a period of time and delivering the energy after storage, including, without limitation, by chemical, thermal or mechanical means.
(d) Time-variant rate schedule means a rate schedule that incorporates different rates for different times of day during which electricity may be used by a customer or fed back to the utility by the customer.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-704.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026