PUCN outlines how Nevada utilities are regulated, how rates and long-range planning work

Feb 18, 2025

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada Executive Director Stephanie Mullen and General Counsel Garrett Weir told the Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure how the commission regulates electric, gas, water, telecommunications and rail safety and explained rate-case mechanics, fuel pass-throughs and long-term resource planning.

The full story

Stephanie Mullen, executive director of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN), and Garrett Weir, the commission’s general counsel, told the Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure in Carson City that the PUCN regulates electric, natural gas, water, telecommunications and rail safety and that its work balances consumer protection, safety and the need to attract capital for long-lived infrastructure.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in