704.68869 - Regulation of small-scale providers of last resort. - Nevada Statutes

704.68869  Regulation of small-scale providers of last resort.

      1.  A small-scale provider of last resort may apply to the Commission to be regulated as a competitive supplier pursuant to NRS 704.68861 to 704.68887, inclusive.

      2.  The Commission may grant the application if it finds that the public interest will be served by allowing the small-scale provider of last resort to be regulated as a competitive supplier.

      3.  If the Commission denies the application, the small-scale provider of last resort:

      (a) May not be regulated as a competitive supplier but remains subject to regulation pursuant to this chapter as a telecommunication provider; and

      (b) May not submit another application to be regulated as a competitive supplier sooner than 1 year after the date the most recent application was denied, unless the Commission, upon a showing of good cause or changed circumstances, allows the provider to submit another application sooner.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 688)