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BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF NEVADA

NOTICE OF RATE APPLICATION OF GAS UTILITY FOR

AUTHORIZATION TO RECOVER THE COSTS OF GAS

INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THROUGH THE

GAS INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT MECHANISM

AND NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE

On September 30, 2021, Southwest Gas Corporation (“Southwest

Gas”) filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (“Commission”)

an application, designated as Docket No. 21-09034 (“Application”), for authority

to recover costs of gas infrastructure replacement projects through

the gas infrastructure replacement (“GIR”) mechanism.

Southwest Gas filed the Application pursuant to the Nevada

Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and Nevada Administrative Code (“NAC”)

Chapters 703 and 704, including, but not limited to, NAC 704.796 through

704.7985.

This Notice serves only to notify the public that the Commission has

received the above-referenced filing. It is the responsibility of interested

persons to review the filing and monitor the proceedings to determine

their desired levels of involvement based on how this matter may affect

their unique situations. The details provided within this Notice are for

informational purposes only and are not meant to be an all-inclusive

overview of the filing. The Commission may consider and adopt alternative

proposals not contained within the filing, but which are related to the

subject matter of the filing and supported by substantial evidence.

In the Application, Southwest Gas seeks authority to establish GIR

rates for its Northern Nevada and Southern Nevada rate jurisdictions to

recover the revenue requirement associated with the amounts deferred

for which the Commission previously granted regulatory asset treatment

in Docket Nos. 16-10026 and 17-02040, as well as the GIR projects

approved by the Commission in GIR Advance Applications in Docket Nos.

15-06001, 16-06001, 17-05027, and 18-06004. Southwest Gas seeks

to establish a GIR rate of $(0.00246)/therm in the Southern Nevada rate

jurisdiction and $0.00056/therm in the Northern Nevada rate jurisdiction.

Southwest Gas states that these GIR rates would be applicable to all customers

and rate classes, except for customers that maintain a negotiated

rate contract with Southwest Gas, and requests that these GIR rates be

effective on January 1, 2022.

Interested and affected persons may file comments or petitions for

leave to intervene pursuant to NAC 703.578 through 703.600 at either

of the Commission’s offices on or before WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,

2021.

A person who wishes to participate as a commenter may file written

comments pursuant to NAC 703.491. A commenter is not a party of

record and shall not take any action that only a party of record may take.

Pursuant to NAC 703.500, only parties of record are entitled to enter an

appearance, introduce relevant evidence, examine and cross-examine

witnesses, make arguments, make and argue motions and generally

participate in the proceeding.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to NAC 703.655, the

Commission has scheduled a PREHEARING CONFERENCE in this

docket to be held as follows:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021

9:00 A.M.

VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS

Parties will appear and otherwise participate in the prehearing conference

remotely via Microsoft Teams. The participants should provide

the email address, title/role in associated business or organization, and

business address for each person who intends to participate via Microsoft

Teams to Commission Hearing Officer David Noble at davidnoble@puc.

nv.gov no later than FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.

Members of the public can access the prehearing conference at the

time noticed herein via the Commission’s live stream link on its website at:

http://puc.nv.gov.

The public may also participate in person during the date and time noticed

herein at the following location:

Hearing Room A

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada

1150 East William Street

Carson City, Nevada 89701

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE TO

Hearing Room A

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada

9075 West Diablo Drive, Suite 250

Las Vegas, Nevada 89148

The purpose of the prehearing conference is to formulate and simplify

issues involved in this proceeding and set a hearing and procedural

schedule. At the prehearing conference, the Commission may take any

action authorized by NAC 703.655.

The Commission is not responsible for providing clerical or administrative

assistance or materials to parties during Commission proceedings.

If such assistance is necessary, parties must make other arrangements

for this type of assistance.

The Joint Application is available for public viewing on the Commission’s

website: http://puc.nv.gov; and at the offices of the Commission:

1150 East William Street, Carson City, Nevada 89701 and 9075 West

Diablo Drive, Suite 250, Las Vegas, Nevada 89148.

A person must request in writing to be placed on the service list for

this proceeding in order to receive any further notices in this matter.

By the Commission,

/s/ TRISHA OSBORNE,

Assistant Commission Secretary

Dated: Carson City, Nevada

10/7/21 (SEAL)

Pub: October 21, 2021 Ad#18080