Section 455.340 - Prehearing conference1. The Commission or presiding officer may, upon its or the presiding officer's own motion or a motion made by a party to the complaint, hold a prehearing conference to accomplish one or more of the following purposes:(a) Formulate or simplify the issues involved in the hearing.(b) Obtain admissions of fact or any stipulation of the parties.(c) Arrange for the exchange of proposed exhibits or prepared expert testimony.(d) Identify the witnesses and the subject matter of their expected testimony and limit the number of witnesses, if necessary.(e) Rule on any pending procedural motions, motions for discovery or motions for protective orders.(f) Establish a schedule for the completion of discovery.(g) Establish any other procedure that may expedite the orderly conduct and disposition of the proceedings.2. Notice of any prehearing conference must be provided to all parties to the complaint. Unless otherwise ordered for good cause shown, the failure of a party to the complaint to attend a prehearing conference constitutes a waiver of any objection to the agreements reached or rulings made at the conference.3. Unless otherwise ordered for good cause shown, the action taken and the agreements made at a prehearing conference:(a) Must be made a part of the record.(b) Control the course of subsequent proceedings unless modified at the hearing by the Commission.(c) Are binding upon all parties to the complaint and persons who subsequently become parties to the complaint.4. In any hearing, the Commission or presiding officer may call all the parties to the complaint together for a conference before the taking of testimony or may recess the hearing for such a conference to carry out the intent of this section.Nev. Admin. Code § 455.340
Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R156-03, eff. 8-25-2004; A by R029-11, 2-20-2013NRS 703.025, 704.260, 704.280