New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 12 - WATER SERVICES › Part 810 - PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF RATES PROPOSED BY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS › Section 17.12.810.10 - NOTICE TO TAXPAYER-ELECTORS PRIOR TO FILING OF PROPOSED RATES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. On or before the
				date a district files its proposed rates with the commission the district shall
				notify in writing its taxpayer-electors of the proposed rates. The notice may
				be mailed to the taxpayer-electors with their billings or
				independently.
B. The notice to
				taxpayer-electors shall include the following information:
(1) the amount of the increase requested in
				both dollar amounts and percentage increase;
(2) the customer classifications to which the
				new rates apply;
(3) the present
				rates, the proposed rates, the percentage difference between the present and
				proposed rates for each customer class, the number of customers in each class
				to which the proposed rates would apply, and, for residential customers, the
				present rates, the proposed rates and the percentage difference between the
				present bill and the anticipated bill for each of the following levels of
				consumption--0 gallons, 2,000 gallons, 3,000 gallons, 4,000 gallons, 5,000
				gallons, 6,000 gallons, 7,000 gallons, 8,000 gallons, 9,000 gallons, 10,000
				gallons, 15,000 gallons, 20,000 gallons, 25,000 gallons, and 30,000 gallons,
				and the highest level of consumption of any residential ratepayer using in
				excess of 30,000 gallons in any billing period in the twelve (12) months prior
				to preparation of this notice by the utility;
(4) the date on which the district is filing
				the schedule proposing the new rates;
(5) a statement that the new rates will be
				subject to review and approval by the New Mexico public regulation commission
				only if a protest is filed with the commission by twenty-five (25) of the
				district's taxpayer-electors or five percent (5%) of the district's
				taxpayer-electors, whichever is less, no later than thirty (30) days after the
				district has filed with the commission the schedule proposing the new rates,
				together with a statement of the total number of taxpayer-electors in the
				district and the number of those required to meet the requirements for a valid
				protest and a statement in all capital letters that if a hearing is held by the
				public regulation commission any costs incurred by the district may be included
				in the district's future rates, following the district's next rate
				case;
(6) a statement that
				procedures for protesting proposed rates are set forth in 17.12.810 NMAC, a
				copy of which can be obtained upon request from or inspected at the main office
				of the district or the offices of the commission in Santa Fe, and that forms
				for protests are available from either the district or the commission, and
				indicating the telephone numbers and addresses of both the district and the
				commission;
(7) a statement that
				any interested person may examine the rate filings, together with any exhibits
				and related papers that may be filed, at the main office of the district or at
				the offices of the commission in Santa Fe; and
(8) a statement that further information may
				be obtained by contacting either the district or the commission.