Public Utilities Commission approves NV Energy clean transition tariff with timing clarifications

At a meeting of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada held in Carson City and Las Vegas, commissioners voted unanimously to accept an all-issues stipulation and issue an order approving a clean transition tariff (CTT) proposed by Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company, both doing business as NV Energy.

The commission’s action covers advice letter filings to implement tariff schedule CTT, a mechanism intended to allow eligible customers to receive bundled electric service for new clean energy resources. Commissioners said they added on-the-record edits to the draft order to clarify when the commission’s findings take effect and to avoid accepting additional CTT applications before a framework is filed in an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) or IRP amendment.

Commissioners said the CTT touches rate-allocation and cost-allocation questions that affect both…