The Nevada Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection contends rate changes approved last month by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission as part of a $119 million rate hike for NV Energy are prohibited by state law. The BCP is one of several intervening parties now asking the PUC to reconsider its approval.

A hearing is set for Nov. 18 on the petitions for reconsideration.

The PUC approved a peak demand charge that allows NV Energy to impose a higher kilowatt (kW) rate for the 15-minute period of the day with the most energy use, according to Nevada Current . The change affects residential and small commercial customers in Southern Nevada.

Nevada law , the BCP notes in its petition for reconsideration , prohibits the PUC from approving a rate that “requires a resident

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