PUCN accepts consent items and grants Southwest Gas territory expansion in unanimous votes

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted unanimously to approve routine consent items and a stipulation expanding Southwest Gas Corporation’s Northern Nevada service territory into areas of Lyon County.

Commissioners present — Chair (name not specified), Commissioner Cordova and Commissioner Brown — approved the March 11 meeting minutes and accepted the office of general counsel’s recommendations without discussion. Commissioner Brown presented Docket No. 24‑11001, an application by Southwest Gas Corporation to amend its certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPC 2627 sub 8) to extend service territory contiguous to its existing Northern Nevada territory in Lyon County. He said the signatories reached a stipulation that resolves all issues in the docket, and the order before the…