Certificate of public convenience and necessity: Hearing; considerations; terms and conditions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 708.035
in effect1. Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the Commission shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon, and shall proceed in the manner according to the provisions of the laws of this state made applicable thereto.
2. Before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity to an applicant, the Commission shall take into consideration:
(a) Other authorized facilities in the territory for which a certificate is sought;
(b) The public necessity and convenience to be accorded by the service offered by such applicant; and
(c) Whether the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform the services of a common carrier.
3. The Commission may, under such rules of procedure governing the application therefor as it may prescribe, issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to an oil pipeline carrier, or issue it for the partial exercise only of the privilege sought, and may attach to the exercise of the rights granted by such certificate such terms and conditions as, in its judgment, the public convenience and necessity may require.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-708.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026