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- ↑ "Commissioners". Nevada Public Utilities Commission. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
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- ↑ First Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Nevada (Report). Gazette Publishing Company. 1908. p. 6.
- ↑ First Annual Report of the Public Service Commission of Nevada (Report). Nevada State Printing Office. 1911. pp. 309–310.
- ↑ Biennial Reports of the Railroad and Public Service Commissions of Nevada (Report). Nevada State Printing Office. 1921. p. 3.
- ↑ "Chapter 109: An Act defining public utilities...". Statutes of the State of Nevada Passed at the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Legislature. Nevada State Printing Office. 1919. p. 198.
- ↑ "Deregulated market to arrive by 1999". Las Vegas Sun. July 17, 1997. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ↑ "Commissioners". puc.nv.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ↑ Walton, Robert (2017-08-30). "Nevada Gov. Sandoval taps cabinet member to replace former PUC head Paul Thomsen". Utility Dive. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
