New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 11 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Part 23 - RETAIL SERVICE PRICING STANDARDS FOR MID-SIZE CARRIERS › Section 17.11.23.9 - TARIFFS, PRICE LISTS AND NOTICE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Tariffs. A mid-size carrier shall maintain
				a tariff on file with the commission that contains the price ceiling and
				effective price by service area for each basic service, non-basic service,
				package and bundle offered by the mid-size carrier.
B. Changes to Terms and Conditions. A
				mid-size carrier may propose non-price related changes to terms and conditions
				in its tariffs by filing commission notice and tariff sheets reflecting the
				modified terms and conditions. Subject to commission suspension under
				17.11.23.10 NMAC, the modified terms and conditions of such non-price related
				changes shall become effective ten days after a mid-size carrier files such
				commission notice and tariff sheets.
C. Notice of Price Ceiling Changes and
				Effective Price Changes.
(1) Notice. Subject
				to commission suspension under 17.11.23.10 NMAC, a mid-size carrier may change
				the effective price or the price ceiling of a basic service, non-basic service,
				package or bundle by providing notice as provided in this subsection.
(2) Notice of changes in price ceilings. No
				less than ten days prior to the effective date of an increase in a price
				ceiling, the mid-size carrier shall provide notice to the commission and to the
				New Mexico Attorney General and shall cause notice of the increase to be
				published in a newspaper with statewide circulation. For decreases to price
				ceilings, commission notice shall be made no less than one day prior to the
				effective date of the new price ceiling. No customer notice of decreases in
				price ceilings is required.
(3)
				Notice of changes in effective prices. Commission notice of increases in
				effective price shall be made not less than ten days prior to the effective
				date of the new price. Commission notice of decreases in effective price shall
				be made no less than one day prior to the effective date of the new price.
				Consumer notice of effective price increases shall be made not less than ten
				days or more than seventy-five days prior to the effective date of the new
				price. No consumer notice of decreases in effective prices is
				required.
(4) Website posting of
				changes in effective price. Each change in effective price shall be reflected
				on a mid-size carrier's website on or before the date the change becomes
				effective.
(5) Affidavit Required.
				Any tariffed change in the effective price or the price ceiling of a basic
				service, non-basic service, package or bundle must be accompanied by an
				affidavit, signed by a person with personal knowledge, stating that the
				effective price is above or equal to the price floor for the service.
(6) Cost Studies. Upon request of the
				commission or commission staff, a mid-size carrier shall produce a cost study
				demonstrating how the mid-size carrier calculated the cost of a
				service.