Except as otherwise provided in subsections 9 and 11 of NRS 704.110:

1. In any matter pending before the Commission, if a hearing is required by a specific statute or is otherwise required by the Commission, the Commission shall give notice of the pendency of the matter to all persons entitled to notice of the hearing. The Commission shall by regulation specify:

(a) The manner of giving notice in each type of proceeding; and

(b) The persons entitled to notice in each type of proceeding.

2. The Commission shall not dispense with a hearing:

(a) In any matter pending before the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.7561 to 704.7595, inclusive; or

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS 704.100, in any matter pending before the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.061 to 704.110, inclusive, in which an electric utility has filed a general rate application or an annual deferred energy accounting adjustment application pursuant to NRS 704.187.

3. In any other matter pending before the Commission, the Commission may dispense with a hearing and act upon the matter pending unless, within 10 days after the date of the notice of pendency, a person entitled to notice of the hearing files with the Commission a request that the hearing be held. If such a request for a hearing is filed, the Commission shall give at least 10 days’ notice of the hearing.

4. As used in this section, “electric utility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.187.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 244; A 1997, 2666; 1999, 492; 2001, 343, 3240; 2005, 1918; 2007, 2977; 2011, 383; 2013, 739)