"Electric and communication facilities" means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including but not limited to poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances, but:
1. "Communication facilities" does not include facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of intelligence by microwave or radio, apparatus cabinets or outdoor public telephones.
2. "Electric facilities" does not include any facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of electric energy at nominal voltages in excess of 25,000 volts or having a circuit capacity in excess of 12,000 kilovolt amperes.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1232)