SB 326 — Requires certain public utilities to submit an annual report to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada relating to the infrastructure of the public utility. (BDR 58-1084)

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326–SENATOR C RUZ -CRAWFORD M ARCH 11, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure SUMMARY—Requires certain public utilities to submit an annual report to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada relating to the infrastructure of the public utility.

(BDR 58-1084) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

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Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations which provide simplified procedures or methodologies for a change of rates for public utilities which furnish water or services for the disposal of sewage, or both, to persons within this State for compensation, and which:

(1) serve 3,000 sewage, considered separately, amounting to $2,000,000 or fewerless persons;for the immediatelyf preceding 12-month period.

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This bill requires the report to be submitted each year on or before a date established by the Commission and to include, without limitation:

(1) information concerning the adequacy of the infrastructure of the public utility, including, without limitation, the adequacy of the infrastructure to furnish a reasonably any water rights that are necessary to provide service;

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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3.in a county whose population is 700,000 or more and which servested at least 250 persons shall, each year on or before a date established by the Commission, submit to the Commission a report that includes, without limitation:

A public utility described in subsection 1 which is located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more and which serves at least 250 persons shall, each year on or before a date established by the Commission, submit to the Commission a report that includes, without limitation:

and (b) Any other information related to the infrastructure of the public utility that the Commission may require by regulation.

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