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PUCNV approves transmission permits, quality-of-service metrics and utility plans in consent agenda
Summary
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved permit modifications, metric updates and utility plans across multiple dockets during its agenda meeting, voting to grant NV Energy and TransWest filing corrections and to accept a stipulation resolving Pahrump Utility’s wastewater plan.
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved a slate of orders and permit modifications in voice votes during its agenda meeting.
Key outcomes recorded by the commission:
- Docket 20-07025 (NV Energy, Greenlink West Transmission Line): The commission granted NV Energy’s motion to modify a prior order to create a Phase 5 that would include certain BLM-required activities and issued the draft order permitting that phase. Motion moved by Commissioner Cordova and seconded; vote carried.
- Docket 23-06046 (TransWest Express LLC, Trans West Desert Link interconnection): The commission granted TransWest’s motion to correct and update the legal description in the exhibit to its application and issued the draft order. Staff did not oppose. Motion moved by Commissioner Cordova and seconded; vote carried.
- Docket 24-4003 (NV Energy, annual quality-of-service report): The commission approved the utility’s annual report on quality-of-service metrics and adopted recommended metric changes and reporting directives from staff; the draft order phases in some metric updates and asks for additional information on outages and reliability. Motion moved by Commissioner Cordova and seconded; vote carried.
- Docket 25-02031 (Pahrump Utility Company Inc., 2025 Integrated Resource Plan for wastewater): Parties reached a stipulation resolving all issues; the commission accepted the stipulation, granted the application as described, and designated certain system-improvement projects as eligible for a system-improvement rate. Motion moved by Commissioner Brown and seconded; vote carried.
- Agenda items 3A–3E and 4A (Regulatory Operations staff items): The commission accepted staff recommendations and issued the appropriate orders en bloc; no items were pulled for separate consideration.
- Agenda item 2A (Approval of June 11, 2025 agenda meeting minutes): The commission approved the meeting minutes; motion carried.
All motions listed above were approved by voice vote with no recorded dissents in the transcript. Commissioners present and recorded in the meeting included Chair Haley Williamson, Commissioner Brown and Commissioner Cordova.
Several items were described in the draft orders as unopposed by staff and noncontroversial; the record shows limited public comment beyond the docket-specific comment related to docket 25-01017.
