1. "Public utility" or "utility" includes those public utilities defined in NRS 704.020 and not excluded by NRS 704.021 and any oil pipeline carrier described and regulated under chapter 708 of NRS.
2. "Public utility" does not include plants or equipment used to generate electrical energy that is wholly consumed on the premises of and by the producer thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 555; A 1973, 1035; 1983, 2003; 1985, 2051, 2298; 1987, 288; 1997, 1914)