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PUCN accepts minutes, OKs Southwest Gas expansion and approves routine staff and counsel items
Summary
At its May 25 meeting the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved the March 11 minutes, accepted a stipulation granting Southwest Gas Corporation authority to expand its Northern Nevada service territory in Lyon County, and issued orders on a set of general counsel and regulatory operations items.
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted unanimously to approve several routine and substantive items during its meeting that included the commission accepting minutes from March 11 and approving a Southwest Gas Corporation application to extend part of its Northern Nevada service territory into contiguous areas of Lyon County.
Commissioner Brown presented Tocket number 20Four-eleven1, described in the record as "an application of Southwest Gas Corporation for authority to amend certificate of public convenience and necessity CPC 02/1927 sub 8 to extend its service territory to include areas contiguous to its existing Northern Nevada service territory located in Lyon County, Nevada." Brown said the signatories reached a stipulation resolving all issues and recommended the commission accept the stipulation and grant the application as modified by that stipulation.
The stipulation, as described on the record, requires Southwest Gas to file tariff sheets that reflect the proposed and existing service territory legal descriptions, and directs Southwest Gas to file an advice letter within 90 days of the Commission's final order making changes to Section 1.4 of PUCN Sheet No. 5.5. The record also states that future transportation‑service‑eligible customers in the expansion area who qualify for service under schedule NT‑1 must sign transportation service agreements while they remain transportation‑service‑eligible customers.
Commissioner Brown moved to accept the stipulation and grant the application; the motion was seconded and carried with all commissioners present voting aye. The commission also accepted the office of general counsel's recommendation for agenda item 3a and approved regulatory operations staff recommendations for agenda items 4a, 4b, 5a and 5b; each of those were moved and seconded and carried on voice vote with no discussion recorded on the items.
Votes at a glance: - Approval of March 11 meeting minutes: mover: Chair; second: Commissioner Brown; outcome: approved (all commissioners present voted aye). - Southwest Gas application (Tocket number 20Four-eleven1; CPC 02/1927 sub 8): mover: Commissioner Brown; second: not specified on the record; outcome: approved; key conditions: tariff sheets reflecting territory, advice letter within 90 days to amend Section 1.4 of PUCN Sheet No. 5.5; transportation customers in expansion area to sign schedule NT‑1 agreements. - Agenda item 3a (office of general counsel recommendation): mover: Chair; second: not specified; outcome: approved. - Agenda items 4a, 4b, 5a and 5b (regulatory operations staff recommendations): mover: Chair; second: not specified; outcome: approved (grouped staff items; no further discussion recorded).
No roll‑call tallies with named votes other than recorded voice votes were entered in the transcript; the meeting record indicates the commissioners present voted in favor of the listed motions.
