State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Nevada > Title-58 > Chapter-704 > Construction-of-utility-facilities-utility-environmental-protection-act > 704-897704.897 Effect of provisions on jurisdiction of Commission over public utilities serving retail customers in State. Nothing in the provisions of NRS 704.820 to 704.900, inclusive, may be construed as limiting the jurisdiction of the Commission over public utilities which serve retail customers in this state.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2297)
NRS 704.900 Cooperation with other states and Federal Government. 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)
