The Commission, in the discharge of its duties under NRS 704.820 to 704.900, inclusive, or any other law, shall, to the extent practicable, make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the State, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official or agency of any state or of the United States, whether in the holding of such investigations or hearings, or in the making of such orders, the Commission functions under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the United States, or otherwise. The Commission may, in the discharge of its duties under NRS 704.820 to 704.900, inclusive, negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts with agencies of other states, pursuant to any consent of the Congress, for cooperative efforts in permitting the construction, operation and maintenance of utility facilities in accord with the purposes of NRS 704.820 to 704.900, inclusive, and for the enforcement of the respective state laws regarding them.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 558; A 2001, 2990)