Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 455.230. Conducting of activities near line: Authorization; powers and duties of public utility; payment of expenses for preventative measures
Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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1. A person may perform an act or operate equipment in closer proximity to an overhead line carrying high voltage than authorized by NRS 455.220 if, before performing the work:
(a) Notice of the work to be performed is provided to the public utility operating the overhead line carrying high voltage; and
(b) The public utility operating the overhead line carrying high voltage consents to the performance of the work.
2. If the work can be performed with reasonable safety, the public utility shall promptly consent to the performance of the work. As a condition of consent, the public utility may:
(a) Reasonably limit the time, place and manner of the work to preserve public safety.
(b) Place temporary mechanical barriers to separate and prevent contact between material, equipment or persons and the overhead line carrying high voltage.
(c) Temporarily disconnect power to the overhead line, ground the overhead line or relocate the overhead line.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the person responsible for performing the work in the vicinity of the overhead line carrying high voltage shall pay any actual expenses incurred by the public utility in carrying out the preventative measures required as a condition of consent pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection 2. If, at the time the public utility installed the overhead line involved, the structure on which the person is performing the work was within 10 feet of the overhead line, the public utility shall pay any actual expenses incurred by it in carrying out the preventative measures required as a condition of consent pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection 2.
4. The public utility may require that an agreement regarding payment be executed before the public utility carries out the preventative measures required as a condition of consent pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection 2.
5. The public utility shall initiate the provision of preventative measures required as a condition of consent pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection 2:
(a) If an agreement regarding payment for the preventative measures is required, within 5 working days after the date the agreement is executed.
(b) If an agreement regarding payment for the preventative measures is not required, within 5 working days after the date that the public utility receives notice of the work pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1.
The preventative measures must be completed as soon as practicable.
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