§ 5.90.230. Payment of quarterly fee on discretionary natural gas purchases.

(a) Commencing with the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2015, every end-use customer purchasing natural gas to be consumed within the city limits of Reno, Nevada from a discretionary natural gas service provider licensed pursuant to NRS 704.997 or NRS 704.998 shall pay a fee as follows:

(1)

Pursuant to NRS 704.9901, the fee shall be collected by the provider of the discretionary natural gas service and remitted quarterly to the city within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter.

(2)

The fee shall be calculated by multiplying the franchise fee adopted in Reno Municipal Code, Chapter 5.90, Article VI, Section 5.90.450 by the total gross revenue earned from the provision of discretionary natural gas service to an end-use customer located within the city. This gross revenue pre-calculation may be offset by: (1) the amount of tax paid by the end-use customer to a public utility holding a franchise agreement in the city and (2) the amount of any taxes paid by the end-use customer on such gas to another state or governmental entity with the submission of proof of payment of said taxes.

(3)

Each provider of discretionary natural gas service collecting the fee shall ensure that the amount which the end-use customer must pay pursuant to this section is set forth as a separate item or entry on each bill submitted to the end-use customer.

(b)

Compliance with this ordinance shall satisfy the obligations of the end-use customer and the provider of discretionary natural gas service contained in NRS 704.9901.

(c)

City shall provide 90 days' advance notice to each provider of discretionary natural gas service remitting the fee collected pursuant to this ordinance and each end-use customer of any change in the city's franchise fee adopted in RMC Section 90.450.

(Ord. No. 6375, § 1, 9-9-15, eff. 9-11-15)