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Old 06-13-2009, 10:31 AM
 
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Hi, my dad's a Canadian citizen who has bought a condo in Nevada.

We're looking for advice with respect to Nevada Energy. Can anyone explain in simple terms how a non-US citizen who holidays in Nevada goes about getting Nevada Power to hook them up?

The amount of hoops my dad's had to jump through with these people has been insane, and have been totally fruitless so far. .

AT THEIR REQUEST, he's sent them faxed copies of his notarized driver's licence and Canadian birth certificate (faxed copies of notarized documents? Kinda defeats the purpose, but it's what they asked for). But now they're saying the documentation THAT THEY REQUESTED is insufficient and that he needs some sort of US immigration document (proof of citizenship, or landed immigrant status) in order to get his power hooked up.

They also asked for his US social security number (which, being a Canadian, he obviously doesn't have)... He didn't need ANY of this info in order to BUY the damn condo... why the hell should he need it to get power hooked up?!

Can anybody offer advice on how the hell to deal with these people? Or how he can get power legally hooked up without having to become a friggin' US citizen? Nevada Energy seems a little ridiculous with the information they're requesting.

Thanks for your time.
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Old 06-13-2009, 03:05 PM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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Because Nevada Power is run by a bunch of fruitloops the feel the GOD GIVEN right to do anything they want to do .....good luck.......
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Old 06-13-2009, 04:19 PM
 
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I beleve the Social Security Administration can issue a SS# for the purposes of things like this and setting up bank accounts for part time residents. I remember when I was going to school I worked at a bank where we had alot of Canadian snowbirds, and the had SS cards that said something like "not valid for employment" on the cards after the number. I think they call it a taxpayer ID number. Here's a Canadian government brochure about living in the us:

http://www.realtorwinnie.com/UploadFile/DownFile/canadian_residents_going_south.pdf (broken link)
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