Nev. Admin. Code § 704.810 - Announcements to eligible customers: Estimates of savings in cost of energy
1. In a utility's announcement of its program
for conserving energy in residential buildings, each of its estimates of
savings in the cost of energy must be expressed as a percentage of the total
amount of energy consumed in a typical single-family dwelling located in the
area served by the utility.
2. A
typical building in northern Nevada:
(a) Is
one story.
(b) Is of wood frame
construction.
(c) Has 1,800 square
feet of floor area.
(d) Has 8-foot
walls.
(e) Has 1,800 square feet of
attic area.
(f) Has a crawl space
beneath the floor.
(g) Has ceiling
insulation rated as R-30.
(h) Has
wall insulation rated as R-13.
(i)
Has between 50 and 60 square feet of window area facing south.
(j) Has 20 square feet of door
area.
(k) Has all its heating and
cooling ducts in unconditioned areas.
(l) Exchanges air 1.5 times each
hour.
(m) Has a gas-fired heating
system whose average seasonal level of efficiency is at least 74 percent and
whose best practices efficiency is 94 percent, as determined by the
International Energy Conservation Code as adopted by reference
pursuant to NAC 704.803.
3. A typical building in southern Nevada:
(a) Is one story.
(b) Is of wood frame construction.
(c) Has 1,800 square feet of floor
area.
(d) Has 8-foot
walls.
(e) Has 1,800 square feet of
attic area.
(f) Is constructed on a
concrete slab.
(g) Has ceiling
insulation rated as R-30.
(h) Has
wall insulation rated as R-13.
(i)
Has between 50 and 60 square feet of window area facing south.
(j) Has 20 square feet of door
area.
(k) Has all its heating and
cooling ducts in unconditioned areas.
(l) Exchanges air 1.5 times each
hour.
(m) Has a gas-fired heating
system whose average seasonal level of efficiency is at least 74 percent and
whose best practices efficiency is 94 percent, as determined by the
International Energy Conservation Code as adopted by reference
pursuant to NAC 704.803.
(n) Has an
electric air-conditioning system whose energy efficiency ratio is 7.
4. The estimates must be based on
calculations contained in the Energy Standard 90.1, User's
Manual, as adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 704.803, or on other
calculations which produce results within 20 percent of those produced through
use of the Energy Standard 90.1, User's Manual.
5. After presenting its estimates of savings,
the utility shall add the following caveat:
ENERGY SAVINGS DEPEND UPON MANY FACTORS. THE ESTIMATES CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES FOR TYPICAL HOUSES. YOUR ACTUAL SAVINGS IN THE COST OF ENERGY MAY BE LESS THAN THE ESTIMATES PROVIDED HERE IF YOUR HOUSE IS OF A DIFFERENT SIZE OR IF YOUR HABITS OF USING ENERGY ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ASSUMED. THE INSPECTION WHICH WE OFFER WILL PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC ESTIMATES FOR YOUR HOUSE.
Notes
NRS 703.025, 704.210
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