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NM Stat § 62-16A-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16A - New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act|Section 62-16A-10 - New Mexico renewable energy transmission authority act is full authority for issuance of bonds; bonds are legal investments.

A. The New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act is, without reference to any other act of the legislature, full authority for the issuance and sale of renewable energy transmission bonds, which bonds shall have all the qualities of investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code [Chapter 55 NMSA 1978] and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect or be contestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders thereof for value. B. The bonds are legal investments for any person or board charged with the investment of any public funds and are acceptable as security for any deposit of public money. History: Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 10. ANNOTATIONSEffective date. — Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 19 made Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 10 effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 62-16A-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16A - New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act|Section 62-16A-11 - Suit may be brought to compel performance of officers.

Any holder of bonds or any person or officer being a party in interest may sue to enforce and compel the performance of the provisions of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act. History: Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 11. ANNOTATIONSEffective date. — Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 19 made Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 11 effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 62-16A-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16A - New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act|Section 62-16A-12 - Renewable energy transmission bonds tax exempt.

All renewable energy transmission bonds are exempt from taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions. History: Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 12. ANNOTATIONSEffective date. — Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 19 made Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 12 effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 62-16A-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16A - New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act|Section 62-16A-13 - Renewable energy transmission authority operational fund.

The "renewable energy transmission authority operational fund" is created in the authority. The fund shall consist of money appropriated and transferred to the fund. Earnings from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the authority for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert. The authority is authorized to establish procedures required to administer the fund in accordance with the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act and state law. History: Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 13; 2011, ch. 33, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, eliminated the requirement that disbursement of funds be made on warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration, and authorized the authority to establish procedures to administer the fund.
NM Stat § 62-16A-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16A - New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act|Section 62-16A-14 - Report to legislature.

The authority shall submit a report of its activities to the governor and to the legislature not later than December 1 of each year. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations for the previous fiscal year. History: Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 14. ANNOTATIONSEffective date. — Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 19 made Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 14 effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 62-16A-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16A - New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act|Section 62-16A-15 - Legislative oversight.

A. In addition to its other duties, the New Mexico finance authority oversight committee [6-21-30 NMSA 1978] shall: (1) monitor and oversee the operation of the authority; (2) meet on a regular basis to receive and review reports from the authority on implementation of the provisions of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act and to review rules proposed for adoption pursuant to that act; (3) review and provide assistance and advice to the authority before the authority enters into a project; (4) undertake an ongoing examination of the statutes, constitutional provisions, regulations and court decisions governing energy transmission and renewable energy development; and (5) report its findings and recommendations, including recommended legislation or necessary changes, to the governor, to the public regulation commission and to each session of the legislature. The report and proposed legislation shall be made available on or before December 15 of each year. B. Once each calendar quarter, the authority shall report to the legislative finance committee on all expenditures made and activities conducted in the fiscal year to date pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act. History: Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 15. ANNOTATIONSEffective date. — Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 19 made Laws 2007, ch. 3, § 15 effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 62-16A-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16A - New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act|Section 62-16A-16 - Proprietary information.

Information obtained by the authority that is proprietary technical or business information shall be confidential and not subject to inspection pursuant to the Inspection of Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 3 NMSA 1978]. Proprietary confidential information includes power purchase agreements, costs of production, costs of transmission, transmission service agreements, credit reviews, detailed power models and financing statements. History: Laws 2011, ch. 33, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 33, § 6 made Laws 2011, ch. 33, § 5 effective July 1, 2011.
NM Stat § 62-16B-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16B - Community Solar|Section 62-16B-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 9 [8] [62-16B-1 to 62-16B-8 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Community Solar Act."History: Laws 2021, ch. 34, § 1. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material "[8]", was inserted by the compiler to correct a typographical error and is not part of the law.Effective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 34 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 62-16B-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16B - Community Solar|Section 62-16B-3 - Community solar facility requirements.

A. A community solar facility shall:(1) have a nameplate capacity rating of five megawatts alternating current or less;(2) be located in the service territory of the qualifying utility and be interconnected to the electric distribution system of that qualifying utility;(3) have at least ten subscribers;(4) have the option to be co-located with other energy resources, but shall not be co-located with other community solar facilities;(5) not allow a single subscriber to be allocated more than forty percent of the generating capacity of the facility; and(6) make at least forty percent of the total generating capacity of a community solar facility available in subscriptions of twenty-five kilowatts or less.B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a native community solar project; provided that a native community solar project shall be located in the service territory of a qualifying utility and be interconnected to the electric distribution system of that qualifying utility.History: Laws 2021, ch. 34, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 34 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 62-16B-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16B - Community Solar|Section 62-16B-4 - Ownership of community solar facilities.

A. A community solar facility shall be owned or operated by a subscriber organization.B. Third-party entities or subscriber organizations developing projects on the land of an Indian nation, tribe, or pueblo are subject to tribal jurisdiction.C. Notwithstanding any provision of the Public Utility Act [Chapter 62, Articles 1 to 6 and 8 to 13 NMSA 1978] to the contrary, a person not otherwise a public utility shall not be deemed to be a public utility subject to the provisions of the Public Utility Act solely because the person owns, controls or operates all or any part of a community solar facility. History: Laws 2021, ch. 34, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 34 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 62-16B-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16B - Community Solar|Section 62-16B-5 - Subscription requirements.

A. A subscription shall be:(1) sized to supply no more than one hundred percent of the subscriber's average annual electricity consumption; and(2) transferable and portable within the qualifying utility service territory.B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a native community solar project; provided that subscriptions to a native community solar project shall be transferable and portable within the qualifying utility service territory.History: Laws 2021, ch. 34, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 34 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 62-16B-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16B - Community Solar|Section 62-16B-6 - Community solar program administration.

A. A qualifying utility shall:(1) acquire the entire output of a community solar facility connected to its distribution system; (2) apply community solar bill credits to subscriber bills within one billing cycle following the cycle during which the energy was generated by the community solar facility;(3) provide community solar bill credits to a community solar facility's subscribers for not less than twenty-five years from the date the community solar facility is first interconnected;(4) carry over any amount of a community solar bill credit that exceeds the subscriber's monthly bill and apply it to the subscriber's next monthly bill unless and until the subscriber cancels service with the qualifying utility; and(5) on a monthly basis and in a standardized electronic format, provide to the subscriber organization a report indicating the total value of community solar bill credits generated by the community solar facility in the prior month as well as the amount of the community solar bill credits applied to each subscriber.B. A subscriber organization shall, on a monthly basis and in a standardized electronic format, provide to the qualifying utility a list indicating the kilowatt-hours of generation attributable to each subscriber. Subscriber lists may be updated monthly to reflect canceling subscribers and to add new subscribers.C. If a community solar facility is not fully subscribed in a given month, the unsubscribed energy may be rolled forward on the community solar facility account for up to one year from its month of generation and allocated by the subscriber organization to subscribers at any time during that period. At the end of that period, any undistributed bill credit shall be removed, and the unsubscribed energy shall be purchased by the qualifying utility at its applicable avoided cost of energy rate as approved by the commission.D. The environmental attributes, including renewable energy certificates, associated with a community solar facility shall be owned by the qualifying utility to whose electric distribution system the community solar facility is interconnected; provided that environmental attributes associated with a native community solar project shall be owned by the owner of the native community solar project.E. Nothing in the Community Solar Act shall preclude an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo from using financial mechanisms other than subscription models, including virtual and aggregate net-metering, for native community solar projects.History: Laws 2021, ch. 34, § 6. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 34 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 62-16B-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 16B - Community Solar|Section 62-16B-8 - Rural electric distribution cooperatives.

A rural electric distribution cooperative may opt in to the community solar program and provide interconnection and retail electric services to community solar developments on a per-project or system-wide basis within its service territory. The decision of a rural electric distribution cooperative to opt in to the community solar program shall be in the sole discretion of the cooperative's governing board.History: Laws 2021, ch. 34, § 8. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 34 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 62-17-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 17 - Efficient Use of Energy|Section 62-17-1 - Short title.

Chapter 62, Article 17 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Efficient Use of Energy Act". History: Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 1; 2007, ch. 4, § 12. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, changed the reference from "Sections 1 through 11 of this act" to "Chapter 62, Article 17 NMSA 1978".
NM Stat § 62-17-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 17 - Efficient Use of Energy|Section 62-17-2 - Repealed.

History: Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 2; 2008, ch. 24, § 3; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 202, § 4. ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 202, § 4 repealed 62-17-2 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 2, relating to findings, effective June 14, 2019. For provisions of former section, see the 2018 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 62-17-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 17 - Efficient Use of Energy|Section 62-17-3 - Policy.

It is the policy of the Efficient Use of Energy Act that public utilities, distribution cooperative utilities and municipal utilities include all cost-effective energy efficiency and load management programs in their energy resource portfolios, that regulatory disincentives to public utility development of cost-effective energy efficiency and load management be removed in a manner that balances the public interest, consumers' interests and investors' interests and that the commission provide public utilities an opportunity to earn a profit on cost-effective energy efficiency and load management resources that, with satisfactory program performance, is financially more attractive to the utility than supply-side resources. History: Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 3; 2008, ch. 24, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 2008 amendment, effective May 14, 2008, provided that utilities may be permitted to earn a profit on cost-effective energy efficiency and load management resources that are financially more attractive than supply-side resources.
NM Stat § 62-17-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 17 - Efficient Use of Energy|Section 62-17-7 - Alternative energy efficiency provider.

With a public utility's consent, the commission may allow for an alternative entity to provide ratepayer-funded energy efficiency and load management to customers of that public utility. History: Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 7. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 13 made Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 7 effective April 7, 2005.
NM Stat § 62-17-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 17 - Efficient Use of Energy|Section 62-17-8 - Measurement and verification.

A. A public utility shall submit to the commission an annual report that provides information relating to the actions taken by the public utility to comply with the standards of the Efficient Use of Energy Act. The report shall include documentation of program expenditures, customer participation levels, estimated energy savings, demand reductions and customer monetary savings resulting from programs, evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of expenditures, evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of self-directed programs, a qualitative assessment of program effectiveness and any other information the commission may require pursuant to its rulemaking authority. B. At least every three years, a public utility shall submit to the commission a comprehensive measurement, verification and program evaluation report prepared by an independent program evaluator. In preparing the report, the independent program evaluator shall measure and verify energy and demand savings, determine cost-effectiveness of the programs, assess the performance of the public utility in implementing energy efficiency and load management programs and, as appropriate, provide recommendations on how program performance can be improved. C. The commission may direct a public utility to modify or terminate a particular energy efficiency or load management program if, after an adequate period for implementation of the program, the commission determines the program is not sufficiently meeting its goals and purposes. Termination of a program or programs shall be accomplished in a manner that allows the utility to fully recover its reasonable and prudent program costs. History: Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 8; 2008, ch. 24, § 8. ANNOTATIONSThe 2008 amendment, effective May 14, 2008, in Subsection A, provided that the report shall include customer participation levels, estimated energy savings, demand reductions and customer savings and a qualitative assessment program and added Subsection B.
NM Stat § 62-17-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 17 - Efficient Use of Energy|Section 62-17-9 - Self-directed programs for customers; exemptions.

A. A large customer shall receive approval for a credit for and equal to the expenditures that customer has made at its facilities on and after January 1, 2005 toward cost-effective energy efficiency and load management. To receive approval, the large customer must demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the utility or self-direct program administrator that its expenditures are cost-effective. Once approved, the credit may be used to offset up to seventy percent of the tariff rider authorized by the Efficient Use of Energy Act until the credit is exhausted. Eligible expenditures shall have a simple payback period of more than one year but less than seven years. Projects that have received rebates, financial support or other substantial program support from a utility are not eligible for a credit. B. A large customer shall receive approval for an exemption to paying seventy percent of the tariff rider if the customer demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the utility or self-direct program administrator that it has exhausted all cost-effective energy efficiency measures at its facility. As used in this section, "cost-effective" means all measures with a simple payback period of more than one year but less than seven years. C. Large customers shall seek and receive approval for credits and exemptions under this provision from the utility or a commission-approved self-direct program administrator. Approvals or disapprovals by the utility or administrator shall be subject to commission review. Any credit not fully utilized in the year it is received shall carry over to subsequent years. Implementation of credits shall be designed to minimize utility administrative costs. D. Except as otherwise provided in this section, projects, expenditures and exemptions under this section shall be evaluated by an independent program evaluator using the same measurement and verification standards applying to utility programs, subject to appropriate protections for confidentiality, by the utility or a commission-approved self-direct program administrator and reported in the annual report to the commission pursuant to the Efficient Use of Energy Act. History: Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 9. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 13 made Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 9 effective April 7, 2005.
NM Stat § 62-17-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 17 - Efficient Use of Energy|Section 62-17-11 - Distribution cooperative utilities.

A. Distribution cooperative utilities shall periodically examine the potential to assist their customers in reducing energy consumption or peak electricity demand in a cost-effective manner. Based on these studies, by January 1, 2009, distribution cooperative utilities shall establish energy efficiency and load management targets and begin to implement cost-effective energy efficiency and load management programs that are economically feasible and practical for their members and customers. Approval for such programs shall reside with the governing body of each distribution cooperative utility and not with the commission. B. Each distribution cooperative utility shall file with the commission concurrently with its annual report, a report that describes all of the distribution cooperative utility's programs or measures that promote energy efficiency, conservation or load management. The report shall set forth the costs of each of the programs or measures for the previous calendar year and the resulting effect on the consumption of electricity. In offering or implementing energy efficiency, conservation or load management programs, a distribution cooperative utility shall attempt to minimize any cross-subsidies between customer classes. C. Each distribution cooperative utility shall include in the report required by Subsection B of this section a description of all programs or measures to promote energy efficiency, conservation or load management that are planned and the anticipated date for implementation. D. Costs resulting from programs or measures to promote energy efficiency, conservation or load management may be recovered by the distribution cooperative utility through its general rates. In requesting approval to recover such costs in general rates, the distribution cooperative utility may elect to use the procedure set forth in Subsection G of Section 62-8-7 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 2005, ch. 341, § 11; 2008, ch. 24, § 9. ANNOTATIONSThe 2008 amendment, effective May 14, 2008, required distribution cooperative utilities to establish energy efficiency and load management targets and to implement programs by January 1, 2009.
NM Stat § 62-18-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities|Article 18 - Energy Transition|Section 62-18-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 23 [62-18-1 to 62-18-23 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Energy Transition Act". History: Laws 2019, ch. 65, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 65 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.