NRS 704.310 - Sale of surplus light, heat or power by person not public utility; approval by Commission.

NV Rev Stat § 704.310 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Whenever any person, company, corporation or association which is not engaged in business as a public utility as defined by this chapter, and which does not furnish, sell, produce or deliver to others light, heat or power, under a franchise received from this State or from any county or municipality within this State, is able, from any surplus beyond the needs or requirements of its own business, and desires to sell, produce, furnish and deliver to any other person, company, association or corporation any light, heat or power, the person, company, association or corporation shall apply to the Commission for authority to sell, produce, furnish or deliver any such surplus light, heat or power, and shall submit to the Commission the proposed contract by which such light, heat or power is to be sold, furnished, produced or delivered.

2. The Commission shall thereupon ascertain whether it is advisable in the public interest that the contract be executed and, if the Commission approves the contract, then the person, company, corporation or association has the right to furnish, sell, produce and deliver such light, heat or power in accordance with the terms of the contract, and does not thereby become a public utility within the meaning of this chapter, nor is it subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

[37:109:1919; 1919 RL p. 3166; NCL § 6138] — (NRS A 1997, 1911)

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