NRS354.59885. Limitations on fees applicable to public utilities: Submission of certain information by public utility before commencement of service; quarterly statements of revenue required; identification of customers provided to public utility; information included in bill.

  If a city or county adopts an ordinance imposing or increasing a fee:

      1.  Each public utility to which the ordinance applies or which intends to derive revenue from customers located within the jurisdiction of the city or county shall, not later than 60 calendar days after the effective date of the ordinance or 30 calendar days before the public utility begins to provide electric energy, gas or a telecommunication service to those customers, whichever occurs later, provide to the city or county:

      (a) An acknowledgment that the public utility is operating or intends to operate within the jurisdiction of that city or county; and

      (b) The date when the public utility began or intends to begin to derive revenue from customers located within the jurisdiction of the city or county.

      2.  In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, each public utility to which the ordinance applies shall, not later than 30 calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter, provide to the city or county a statement of the amount of revenue the public utility derived during that calendar quarter from the sale of electric energy, gas or a telecommunication service to each of its customers located within the jurisdiction of that city or county.

      3.  The city or county shall, at no charge, provide to each public utility to which the ordinance applies any information that is necessary to identify each customer that is affected by the fee imposed or increased by the city or county, including the address of each customer. If the public utility requests the city or county to provide the information in a specific form, the city or county may charge a fee for the cost of providing the information in that form.

      4.  Upon receipt of the information that the city or county is required to provide pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3, the public utility may indicate on the bills that it sends to its customers the fee that is imposed or increased by the city or county.

      5.  A public utility that indicates the fee on the bills it sends to its customers pursuant to the provisions of subsection 4:

      (a) Shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this section and NRS 354.59887; and

      (b) Is not liable to the city or county for any damages for the failure to comply with the provisions of this section and NRS 354.59887,

Ê if it reasonably relies upon the information that it receives from the city or county pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 2189; A 1997, 2743)