NRS 338.0182: Applicability to certain contracts for construction work awarded by public utility on significant operational or capital requirement project.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090, inclusive, apply to any contract for construction work awarded by a public utility to a contractor or subcontractor on a significant operational or capital requirement project when the construction work does not qualify as a public work as defined in NRS 338.010.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a contract awarded by an electric utility where the primary construction work will be performed by a contractor with:

(a) A collective bargaining agreement;

(b) A project labor agreement; or

(c) A worksite agreement that provides for the construction of a significant operational or capital requirement project, or for the maintenance of, or other ongoing work to be performed upon completion of, a significant operational or capital requirement project.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Electric utility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.7571.

(b) “Public utility” means a utility that purchases natural gas for retail or an electric utility.

(c) “Significant operational or capital requirement project” means:

(1) The replacement of a natural gas pipeline approved in a plan submitted pursuant to NRS 704.991; or

(2) The construction of a new generation electric utility facility of not less than 50 megawatts and that is approved in a plan submitted pursuant to NRS 704.741.