NV SB321

Increases civil penalties for natural gas pipeline safety violations from the current Nevada maximum of $200,000 per violation per day (capped at $2,000,000 total) to align with federal limits of $272,926 per violation per day (capped at $2,729,245 total)

Links Nevada's penalty amounts to federal law under 49 U.S.C. § 60122(a), including automatic adjustments for inflation under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015

Removes the provision allowing the State to deduct civil penalty amounts from sums owed to the violator

Retains the Public Utilities Commission's authority to compromise penalties based on business size, violation gravity, and good faith compliance efforts