1. A planning commission or governing body that is required to prepare and adopt a master plan pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall develop and include in that plan an aboveground utility plan as described in subsection 2. The aboveground utility plan must:

(a) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, conform with the comprehensive regional policy plan developed pursuant to NRS 278.02528; and

(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000, conform with the comprehensive regional plan developed pursuant to NRS 278.0272.

2. An aboveground utility plan developed by a planning commission or governing body pursuant to this section must:

(a) Provide a process for the designation of corridors for the construction of aboveground utility projects;

(b) Be consistent with any transmission plan prepared by the Office of Energy;

(c) To ensure the continuity of transmission corridors, be consistent with the aboveground utility plan of each adjacent jurisdiction; and

(d) Be consistent with any resource management plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management applicable to the jurisdiction of the planning commission or governing body, including, without limitation, by ensuring that the aboveground utility plan developed by the planning commission or governing body provides for connectivity between any noncontiguous transmission corridors identified in the plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management.

3. In developing an aboveground utility plan, a planning commission or governing body shall:

(a) Cooperate with the Bureau of Land Management, the Office of Energy and the planning commission or governing body of each adjacent jurisdiction to ensure that the aboveground utility plan adopted by the planning commission or governing body is consistent with any resource management plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management, any transmission plan adopted by the Office of Energy and the aboveground utility plan developed by the planning commission or governing body of each adjacent jurisdiction; and

(b) Submit a copy of the aboveground utility plan, including all maps and exhibits adopted as part of the plan, to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada and the Office of Energy.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 3213)