PUCN accepts phase‑1 stipulation in NV Energy rate case; public speakers urge rejection of daily demand charge and 15‑minute netting

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada on the record accepted a phase‑1 stipulation in NV Energy’s general rate case and granted the company’s applications as modified by the commission’s draft order. The dockets identified in the proceeding were presented as the company’s applications to adjust annual revenue requirements and to implement a revised net‑metering schedule.

The commission’s action came after more than a dozen public commenters in Carson City and Las Vegas criticized portions of the draft order, particularly a proposed daily demand charge for residential customers and a shift from monthly netting to a 15‑minute interval for net metering. Lina Tanner, representing the Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability, told the commission that “the proposal clearly contemplates monthly netting of net excess electricity” and urged the body to uphold monthly netting and consumer equity. Janet Carter, vice chair of the Sierra Club Toiyabe…