Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB452: Revises provisions relating to public utilities. (BDR 58-572)
Status: Chaptered, June 11, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to public utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to open one or more investigatory dockets to examine certain matters relating to a potential cost-sharing adjustment mechanism; requiring a utility to refund certain overcharges; revising provisions governing certain applications filed by a public utility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest.
From the enrolled text, May 27, 2025:
AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to open one or more investigatory dockets to examine certain matters relating to a potential cost-sharing adjustment mechanism; requiring a utility to refund certain overcharges; revising provisions governing certain applications filed by a public utility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Section 1.3 of this bill requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to open one or more investigatory dockets to examine certain matters relating to a potential cost-sharing adjustment mechanism for the recovery of costs for purchased fuel and purchased power and the sharing of such costs between an electric utility and its customers. Section 1.3 requires the Commission to submit periodic reports to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Growth and Infrastructure concerning the progress of each investigatory docket and, on or before July 1, 2026, submit a final report to the Legislative Commission on the outcomes of the investigatory dockets. Under section 1.3, the Commission is authorized to adopt regulations to establish a cost-sharing adjustment mechanism, if the Commission finds it is in the public interest as a result of the investigatory docket. If the Commission determines that a utility has charged a customer more than any applicable rate or tariff allows, section 1.7 of this bill requires a utility …
Sponsors
- Tracy Brown-May (D, 42) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor. Chapter 518.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : Senate Amendment No. 778 concurred in. To enrollment.
- : From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly.
- : Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 778.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- : Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.
Votes
- Senate (1st Reprint) (May 23, 2025): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly (1st Reprint) (April 22, 2025): 35 yea, 7 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB452?
- AB452 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to public utilities. (BDR 58-572).
- What does AB452 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to public utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to open one or more investigatory dockets to examine certain matters relating to a potential cost-sharing adjustment mechanism; requiring a utility to refund certain overcharges; revising provisions governing certain applications filed by a public utility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest.
- What is the status of AB452?
- Chaptered as of June 11, 2025. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 518. (June 11, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB452?
- Tracy Brown-May (D, 42).
- Where is the official record for AB452?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12684/Overview
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