1. An applicant who wishes to participate in the Waterpower Demonstration Program must submit an application to a utility.

2. After reviewing an application submitted pursuant to subsection 1 and ensuring that the applicant meets the qualifications and requirements to be eligible to participate in the Program, a utility may select the applicant for participation in the Program.

3. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the utility selects an applicant, the utility shall provide written notice of the selection to the applicant.

4. After the utility selects an applicant to participate in the Program, the utility may approve the waterpower energy system proposed by the applicant. Upon the utility’s approval of the waterpower energy system:

(a) The utility shall provide to the applicant notice of the approval and the amount of incentive for which the waterpower energy system is eligible; and

(b) The applicant may construct the waterpower energy system.

5. Upon the completion of the construction of a waterpower energy system, the participant must submit to the utility an incentive claim form and any supporting information, including, without limitation, a verification of the installed cost of the project and a calculation of the expected system output.

6. Upon receipt of the incentive claim form and verification that the waterpower energy system is properly connected, the utility shall issue an incentive payment to the participant.

7. The amount of the incentive for which an applicant is eligible must be determined on the date on which the applicant is selected for participation in the Waterpower Demonstration Program, except that:

(a) An applicant forfeits eligibility for that amount of incentive if the applicant withdraws from participation in the Program or does not complete the construction of the waterpower energy system within 12 months after the date on which the applicant is selected for participation in the Program; and

(b) No payment may be made by a utility after December 31, 2025, or made if such payment would otherwise cause the utility to exceed the limitations prescribed by NRS 701B.005.

8. The total incentive paid to a participant in the Waterpower Demonstration Program must not exceed 50 percent of the total installed cost of the waterpower energy system of the participant.

9. An authorized representative of any public entity participating in the Waterpower Demonstration Program, including participation through a third-party ownership structure, shall provide the identifying number described in NRS 338.013 for such project and certify in the application and upon final completion of the waterpower energy system that the public entity has complied with all applicable requirements of this chapter and chapter 338 of NRS.

10. The Commission shall adopt regulations prescribing a process pursuant to which the utility must transmit to the Commission for inclusion in the public records of the Commission a copy of any application by a public entity or any related material requested by the Commission with any redacted personal identifying information of a customer.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 1382; A 2011, 1944, 2563; 2013, 3340, 3347, 3818)