Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approves NV Energy permit changes, an energy supply agreement and AmeriGas margin rates

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada on April 29 unanimously approved a series of orders including a modification to NV Energy’s Comstock Meadows–West Tracy transmission project, acceptance of an amended energy supply agreement between NV Energy and Callisto Enterprises, and approval of AmeriGas Propane LP’s margin rates for the preceding fiscal year.

The actions came during a roughly 10-minute session in which commissioners heard brief staff presentations, asked no substantive follow-up questions, and voted 3-0 on each motion.

The commission granted Sierra Pacific Power Company, doing business as NV Energy, a motion to modify a prior order for the Comstock Meadows to West Tracy 345-kilovolt transmission project. Commissioner Brown said, “I’d make a motion the Commission grants Sierra’s motion to modify the order and issue the appropriate order.” The motion—seconded and approved—allows NV Energy to add a compliance item requiring special-use permits in Storey County for a small…