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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 550 - FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.550.12 - CALCULATION OF FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT FACTOR; PURPOSE OF BALANCING ACCOUNT

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A.
				Calculation of a factor shall be made using the methodology, required format
				and data calculations approved for the utility by the commission, and shall be
				submitted on commission-approved forms. A sample format is provided in
				17.9.550.20 NMAC of this rule. A utility's methodology for calculation of its
				factor shall be proposed in its initial tariff filing or continuation filing
				pursuant to 17.9.550.16 and 17 NMAC of this rule. A methodology approved by the
				commission may be based on monthly, rolling average, or fixed period
				calculations. Where applicable, a utility's methodology shall take into
				consideration the utility's multi-state and jurisdictional operations and shall
				identify any allocation factors applied by the utility. Costs associated with
				an investor-owned utility's long term purchase power contracts with a term of
				two or more years may be recovered through the utility's FPPCAC if consistent
				with all commission orders or rules regarding such contracts or with commission
				approval.
B. Unless otherwise
				ordered by the commission the methodology for calculating a monthly-adjustable
				factor shall employ the use of a balancing account. The purpose of the
				balancing account is to insure that only the appropriate revenue is recovered
				through the application of the factor. The balancing account shall compensate
				for under-collections and over-collections of revenue by increasing or
				decreasing the factor for the next following billing month. A utility may make
				additional adjustments to the factor to mitigate the effect on customers of
				monthly changes in the balancing account, and the adjusted factor shall go into
				effect unless suspended by the commission. Additional amounts may be applied to
				the balancing account as the commission may authorize or direct. These
				additional items may include such amounts as refunds received by the utility or
				extraordinary payments by the utility, provided that these payments have
				received written approval of the commission prior to inclusion in the balancing
				account.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 550 - FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.550.14 - ELIMINATION OR IMPOSITION OF CONDITIONS

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The commission may eliminate or impose conditions on a
				  particular FPPCAC if it finds such action is consistent with the purposes of
				  the Public Utility Act, including serving the goal of providing reasonable and
				  proper service at fair, just and reasonable rates to all customer classes;
				  provided however that no such elimination or imposition of conditions shall be
				  ordered if to do so would place the affected utility at a competitive
				  disadvantage. The commission may provide for separate examination of a
				  utility's FPPCAC based upon that utility's particular operating
				  characteristics.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 550 - FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.550.15 - RENDITION AND STATEMENT OF FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT FACTOR

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The factor shall be expressed in dollars per kWh, and the
				  resultant monthly charge or credit shall be shown on each customer's monthly
				  bill.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 550 - FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.550.16 - INITIAL TARIFF FILING

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A. No
				utility shall have a FPPCAC included in its tariff unless it complies with the
				requirements of 17.9.550 NMAC in the design of its FPPCAC and tariff and files
				an application with the commission requesting approval of its use of a FPPCAC.
				The utility shall submit testimony along with its initial tariff filing and
				application under 17.9.550 NMAC showing that all of the objectives stated in
				17.9.550.6 NMAC are met by its tariff and that:
(1) the costs of fuel and purchased power are
				a significant percentage of the total cost of service;
(2) the costs of fuel and purchased power
				periodically fluctuate and cannot be precisely determined in a rate
				case;
(3) the utility's fuel and
				purchased power policies and practices are designed to assure that electric
				power is generated and purchased at the lowest reasonable cost.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 550 - FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.550.17 - CONTINUATION FILINGS

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A. Each
				utility operating with a FPPCAC as part of its tariff shall file an application
				for continued use of its FPPCAC at intervals of no more than four (4) years
				from the date the FPPCAC is approved or continued by the commission. The
				application must address the considerations described in Paragraphs (1) through
				(4) of Subsection E of
				62-8-7
				NMSA 1978. A utility may elect to satisfy this requirement by submitting its
				continuation filing as part of a general rate proceeding that is subject to
				hearing by the commission or in a separate filing. Failure to file the
				application required in this paragraph by the prescribed time may, after notice
				and hearing, result in appropriate orders or sanction under the Public Utility
				Act, including termination of the utility's FPPCAC.
B. All applications required by this section
				shall be accompanied by a revenue and expense statement that shall contain, at
				minimum, an analysis of costs and revenues included in or affected by the
				operation of the utility's FPPCAC. In addition, the utility shall make the same
				showings required of an initial tariff filing set out in 17.9.550.16
				NMAC.
C. A continuation filing
				shall be deemed approved thirty (30) days after filing unless suspended by the
				commission. Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, an existing FPPCAC
				shall remain in effect pending the outcome of a proceeding in which a request
				for continued use of an FPPCAC has been suspended.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 550 - FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.550.18 - REFUNDS RIGHT

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The commission in its discretion may order refunds of charges
				  collected under the provisions of 17.9.550 NMAC to the customers of an electric
				  utility where the commission determines, after notice and hearing, that the
				  utility's collection of such amounts is contrary to the provisions of 17.9.550
				  NMAC, the previously approved adjustment factor, or otherwise is unfair, unjust
				  or unreasonable.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 550 - FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER COST ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.550.19 - PRUDENCE REVIEW

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The commission in its discretion may order that a prudence
				  review be conducted to assure that fuel and purchased power costs collected by
				  a utility through its FPPCAC are prudently incurred. Any prudence review shall
				  be conducted under such procedures as the commission may direct. Unless
				  otherwise ordered by the commission for good cause shown, the costs of the
				  prudence review shall be paid by the utility and the costs treated as a
				  regulatory asset, which shall accrue carrying costs at a rate to be set by the
				  commission in its order authorizing the prudence review, until included in base
				  rates and recovered in the utility's next general rate
				  proceeding.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS › Section 17.9.551.2 - SCOPE

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This rule applies to the investor owned electric utilities operating within New Mexico that are subject to the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public regulation commission and to purchased power agreements entered into after the effective date of this rule. This rule shall not supersede or modify requirements pertaining to an electric utility's purchased power agreements with its affiliates as set by New Mexico public regulation commission orders.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS › Section 17.9.551.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Public Regulation Commission Act, Section  62-19-9 NMSA 1978, Public Utility Act, Sections  62-3-1,  62-6-4, and  62-6-19 NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS › Section 17.9.551.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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July 31, 2012, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS › Section 17.9.551.7 - DEFINITIONS

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A. "
Capacity cost
" means a charge separately identified and incurred under a purchased power agreement for capacity or the reservation of capacity.
B. "
Commission
" means the New Mexico public regulation commission.
C. "
Electric utility
" means an entity certified by the commission to provide retail electric service in New Mexico pursuant to the Public Utility Act Sections  62-13-1, et seq. NMSA 1978, but does not include rural electric cooperatives.
D. "
Fixed cost
" means a charge separately identified and incurred under a purchased power agreement that does not vary with changes in amount used, volume consumed, or units purchased. A fixed cost includes, but is not limited to, administrative fees, accounting fees, facilitation fees, minimum payment amounts, and similar charges.
E. "
Long term purchased power agreement
" or "
LTPPA
" means a purchased power agreement with a term of five years or more and for which an electric utility seeks or intends to seek rate recovery from its New Mexico retail customers. The term shall be inclusive of the base term and any automatic or option extensions.
F. "
Purchased power agreement
" means an agreement for the purchase of energy or capacity, or both, by an electric utility with a term of any length and for which an electric utility seeks or intends to seek rate recovery from its New Mexico retail customers, but does not include agreements to purchase renewable energy subject to commission review and approval under the Renewable Energy Act Sections  62-16-1, et seq. NMSA 1978, or agreements to purchase energy or capacity from a qualifying facility pursuant to Section 17.9.570 NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS › Section 17.9.551.9 - RATEMAKING TREATMENT FOR ALL PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS

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A. The following ratemaking treatment shall
				apply to all purchased power agreements unless otherwise expressly authorized
				by order of the commission:
(1) energy costs
				incurred under a purchased power agreement are recoverable through a fuel and
				purchased power cost adjustment clause ("FPPCAC") according to the provisions
				of the FPPCAC approved for the electric utility; and
(2) capacity costs and fixed costs incurred
				under a purchased power agreement, as well as energy costs incurred by an
				electric utility without an approved FPPCAC, may be recoverable through base
				rates when the commission issues an order authorizing a change in base rates
				that includes recovery of the capacity costs and fixed costs, and energy costs
				in the case of an electric utility without an approved FPPCAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS › Section 17.9.551.10 - PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF A LONG-TERM PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENT

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A. The commission may approve an application for approval of an LTPPA without a formal hearing if no protest is filed within 60 days after the date that notice is given pursuant to a commission order.
B. The commission shall issue its final order acting on the application within six months after the date the application was filed. A final order denying an application shall be without prejudice. The electric utility may re-file a previously denied application at any time after that denial. If the commission does not issue its final order within six months after the date that the application was filed by the electric utility, the application shall be deemed to be approved.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS › Section 17.9.551.11 - INFORMATIONAL FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR A PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENT WITH A TERM OF TWO YEARS OR MORE BUT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS

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A. An electric utility may, but is not required to, request approval or request ratemaking treatment other than as provided in Subsection A of 17.9.551.9 NMAC, for a purchased power agreement with a term of two years or more but less than five years, by filing the same type of application applicable to a LTPPA. The provisions in 17.9.551.10 NMAC shall apply to an application regarding a purchased power agreement with a term of two years or more but less than five years.
B. An electric utility entering into a purchased power agreement with a term of two years or more but less than five years for which the utility intends to seek rate recovery either in base rates or its fuel and purchased power cost adjustment clause, shall file with the commission a notice of purchased power agreement within 30 days of execution.
C. A notice of purchased power agreement shall include a copy of the agreement and:
(1) an explanation of the key terms and conditions of the agreement, including:
(a) its term;
(b) its size in MW of capacity and any conditions regarding the minimum or maximum amount of energy or capacity made available or required to be purchased;
(c) the price or pricing formula, including any escalation provisions, and, if applicable, any obligations of the utility to pay for any fixed or variable operation and maintenance costs incurred through the operation of any generation facility providing service under the agreement, including start-up costs, taxes, insurance, environmental or reclamation-related costs and fuel costs; and
(d) any other costs for which the public utility is obligated;
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS › Section 17.9.551.12 - VARIANCES

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A. An electric
				utility may file a request for a variance from the requirements of this rule
				with service of the request to the same parties on whom the application must be
				served; such request shall:
(1) identify the
				sections of this rule for which the variance is requested;
(2) describe the reasons for the
				variance;
(3) set out the effect of
				complying with this rule on the parties and the electric utility's customers if
				the variance is not granted;
(4)
				describe the expected result that the request will have if granted;
				and
(5) state how the variance will
				aid in achieving the purposes of this rule.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.2 - SCOPE

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17.9.560 NMAC shall apply to every electric utility
				  (investor-owned, rural electric cooperative, or municipal) operating within the
				  state of New Mexico and which is subject to the jurisdiction of the New Mexico
				  public regulation commission as provided by the public utility
				  act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Public Regulation Commission Act, Section
				  8-8-15
				  NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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November 10, 2020 unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.6 - OBJECTIVE

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17.9.560 NMAC is intended to promote safe and adequate
				  service to the public, to provide standards for uniform and reasonable
				  practices by utilities, and to establish a basis for determining the
				  reasonableness of such demands as may be made by the public upon the
				  utilities.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.9 - APPLICATION OF RULE

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A.
Modifications.
If unreasonable hardship to a utility or to a
				customer results from the application of any provision herein prescribed,
				application may be made to the commission for the modification of the provision
				or for temporary or permanent exemption from its requirements.
B.
Rule revisions.
17.9.560 NMAC
				establishes standards to be followed by every electric utility in providing
				service to customers who are not residential customers as defined in Subsection
				J of
				17.5.410.7
				NMAC of the commission's code of rules and regulations and in providing service
				to residential customers except to the extent inconsistent with 17.5.410 NMAC
				of the code; provided, however, that any electric utility may file rules
				inconsistent with the provisions herein established when permitted by the
				commission under the provisions of Subsection A of 17.9.560.9 NMAC above, or,
				for residential customers, to conform with the requirements of 17.5.410 NMAC
				and when so filed and approved by the commission such utility rules shall take
				precedence over the provisions herein established.
C.
Adoption.
The adoption of
				17.9.560 NMAC will in no way preclude the commission from altering or amending
				it or from making such modifications with respect to its application as may be
				found necessary to meet exceptional conditions.
D.
Duties.
These regulations
				shall in no way relieve any utility from any of its duties under the laws of
				this state.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.11 - METER REQUIREMENTS

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A.
Disposition of electricity:
(1)
				All electricity sold by a utility shall be on a basis of meter measurement
				except for service of installations where the load is constant and the
				consumption may be readily computed.
(2) Wherever practicable, consumption of
				electricity within the utility itself or by administrative units associated
				with it shall be metered.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.12 - CUSTOMER RELATIONS

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A.
Customer information:
Each utility shall:
(1) maintain up-to-date maps, plans, or
				records of its entire transmission and distribution systems with such other
				information as may be necessary to enable the utility to advise prospective
				customers and others entitled to the information as to the facilities for
				serving any locality;
(2) assist
				the customer or prospective customer in selecting the most economical rate
				schedule appropriate for their class of service;
(3) notify customers affected by a change in
				rates or schedule classification;
(4) post a notice in a conspicuous place in
				each office of the utility where applications for service are received
				informing the public that copies of the rate schedules and rules relating to
				the service of the utility as filed with the commission are available for
				inspection;
(5) upon request inform
				its customers as to the method of reading meters; and
(6) furnish such additional information as
				the customer may reasonably request.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.13 - ENGINEERING

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A.
Requirement for good engineering practice:
The electric plant of
				the utility shall be constructed, installed, maintained, and operated in
				accordance with accepted good engineering practice in the electric industry to
				assure, as far as reasonably possible, continuity of service, uniformity in the
				quality of service furnished, and the safety of persons and property.
B.
Acceptable standards:
Unless
				otherwise specified by the commission the utility shall use the applicable
				provisions in the latest edition of the publications listed below as standards
				of accepted good practice.
(1) National
				electric safety code as compiled by the national bureau of standards.
(2) National electrical code, NFPA No. 70,
				ANSI standard C-1.
(3) American
				standard code for electricity meters, ANSI standard C-12.
(4) American standard requirements,
				terminology and text code for instrument transformers, ANSI standard
				C-57.13.
(5) Preferred voltage
				ratings for A-C systems and equipment, EEI Pub. No. R-6, NEMA Pub. No. 117 ANSI
				standard C-84.1.
(6) Voltage levels
				on rural distribution system-REA bulletin 169-4.
(7) New Mexico state electrical
				code.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.14 - INSPECTION AND TESTS

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A.
Request tests:
Upon request by a customer the utility shall test
				the meter serving that customer. The utility shall advise such customer that
				they may be present during the meter test. If the meter has been tested within
				the last 18 months the utility may charge the customer the applicable amount
				provided for in its filed rules, such charge to be refunded to the customer
				whenever the meter proves to be in excess of two percent in error.
(1) The customer or their representative may
				be present when their meter is tested if such customer's request to be present
				is made at the time of their request for the meter test. The utility shall give
				the customer reasonable advance notification as to the day, time, and place of
				the test.
(2) A report of the test
				results shall be made to the customer within a reasonable time after the
				completion of test, and a record of the report together with a complete record
				of each test shall be kept on file at the office of the utility for as long a
				period as prescribed in Subsection K of 17.9.560.14 NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.15 - STANDARDS OF QUALITY OF SERVICES

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A.
Standard frequency:
The
				standard frequency for alternating current distribution systems shall be 60
				cycles per second. The frequency shall be maintained within limits which will
				permit the satisfactory operation of customers' clocks connected to the
				system.
B.
Voltage
				limits:
Each utility shall adopt and file with the commission standard
				nominal service voltages and for each of the several areas into which its
				distribution system or systems may be divided.
(1) The variations of the voltage for the
				various classes of service, voltage spread, and extreme tolerable voltage
				limits shall be in accordance with the publication EEI No. R-6, NEMA No. 117,
				ANSI standard C-84.1, or voltage levels on rural distribution systems REA
				bulletin No. 169.4.
(2) For service
				rendered to public utilities and others for resale, the nominal voltage spread
				and extreme tolerable voltage limits shall be as mutually agreed upon by the
				parties concerned. These limitations do not apply to special contracts in which
				the customer specifically agrees to accept service with unregulated
				voltage.
(3) Exceptions to voltage
				requirements: Voltage outside the limits specified will not be considered a
				violation when the variations:
(a) arise from
				the action of the elements;
(b) are
				infrequent fluctuations not exceeding five minutes' duration;
(c) arise from service
				interruptions;
(d) arise from
				temporary separation of parts of the system from the main system;
(e) are from causes beyond the control of the
				utility.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 560 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 17.9.560.16 - SAFETY

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A.
Protective
				measures:
(1) Each utility shall
				exercise reasonable care to protect its employees, its customers, and the
				general public from hazards to which they may be subjected.
(2) The utility shall give reasonable
				assistance to the commission in the investigation of the cause of accidents and
				in the determination of suitable means of preventing accidents.
(3) Each utility shall maintain a summary of
				each accident arising from its operations and make such summaries available to
				the commission upon request.
(4) A
				utility shall not connect a new electric service unless the utility has the
				three copies of the application for electrical inspection. This subsection is
				not applicable to federal installations for which a state or local inspection
				is not required.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.2 - SCOPE

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A. This rule, and
				the definitions, standards, procedures and screening processes described herein
				apply to every electric utility including rural electric cooperatives and
				investor-owned utilities operating within the state of New Mexico that are
				subject to the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public regulation commission.
				These standards and procedures apply to both qualifying and non-qualifying
				facilities.
B. The standards and
				procedures described in this rule (17.9.568 NMAC) apply only to the
				interconnection of generating facilities with a nameplate rated capacity up to
				and including 10 MW. The standards and procedures described in 17.9.569 NMAC
				apply to the interconnection of generating facilities with a rated capacity
				greater than 10 MW and are unchanged by this rule.
C. Interconnection requests are reviewed
				based on the combined nameplate ratings of systems accounting for their export
				capacity and energy storage operating mode. For purposes of review screens,
				only the capacity that is designed to inject electricity to the utility's
				distribution or transmission system, other than inadvertent exports and fault
				contribution, will be used.
D. All
				interconnection contracts between a utility and an interconnection customer
				existing at the time 17.9.568 NMAC is revised and adopted shall automatically
				continue in full force and effect. Material modifications to existing
				facilities or operations require a new interconnection application and
				agreement and will be subject to review under the current conditions of the
				electric power system. Any changes made to existing interconnection agreements
				shall conform to the provisions of 17.9.568 NMAC in effect at the time
				modification is executed.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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This rule is adopted under the authority vested in this
				  commission by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Act, Section
				  8-8-1
et seq.
NMSA
				  1978, the Public Utility Act, Section
				  62-3-1
et seq.
NMSA 1978; the Energy Transition Act, 62-18-1
et seq.
NMSA
				  1978; the Grid Modernization Act, Section
				  62-8-13 NMSA 1978; and the
				  Community Solar Act, Section
				  62-16B-1 NMSA
				  1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.4 - DURATION

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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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February 14, 2023, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
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The purpose of this rule is to set forth common
				  interconnection requirements and a common interconnection process based on a
				  standard screening process for utilities and interconnection customers to
				  expeditiously interconnect generating facilities with a rated capacity up to
				  and including 10 MW in a safe and reliable manner.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.7 - DEFINITIONS

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Terms used in rule 17.9.568 NMAC shall have the following
				  meanings:
A.
Definitions
				beginning with "A":
(1)
Applicant
means a person or an entity that has filed an
				application to interconnect a generating facility to an electric power system.
				An applicant may include:
(a) A customer who
				applies for interconnection of a generating facility that will offset part or
				all of the load of a utility customer, the applicant is that customer, whether
				the customer owns the generating facility or a third party owns the generating
				facility.
(b) An owner of a
				generating facility that applies for interconnection of a generating facility
				that sells electric power to a utility.
(c) A subscriber organization as defined by
				the Community Solar Act, Subsection M. of Section
				62-16B-2 NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.8 - APPLICABILITY

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All generating facilities that operate in parallel with the
				  utility electric power system are required to have an interconnection review
				  and an interconnection agreement to ensure safety, system reliability, and
				  operational compatibility. These interconnection procedures are applicable to
				  all state-jurisdictional interconnections of generating facilities with a rated
				  capacity up to and including 10 megawatts (MW). Generating facilities with a
				  rated capacity greater than 10 megawatts (MW) shall be conducted pursuant to
				  17.9.569 NMAC. Neither these procedures nor the requirements included hereunder
				  apply to generating facilities interconnected or approved for interconnection
				  prior to the effective date of these procedures.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.9 - LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION

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If any part or application of this rule is held invalid, the
				  remainder of its parts and any other applications of the rule shall not be
				  affected.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.10 - APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS

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A.
				The interconnection customer shall install, operate, and maintain the
				generating facility and the interconnection equipment in a safe manner in
				accordance with the rules for safety and reliability set forth in the latest
				editions of the national electrical code, other applicable local, state, and
				federal electrical codes, and prudent electrical practices.
B. In order to qualify for any
				interconnection procedures, each generating facility generator shall be in
				conformance with the following codes and standards (or their successors) as
				applicable, unless otherwise provided by law:
(1) IEEE Std 1547T, IEEE standard for
				interconnection and interoperability of distributed energy resources with
				associated electric power systems interfaces, as amended by IEEE 1547aT-2020,
				including use of IEEE 1547.1T-2020 testing protocols to establish
				conformity;
(2) IEEE Std
				1547.1T-.2020T, standard conformance test procedures for equipment
				interconnecting distributed energy resources with electric power systems and
				associated interfaces;
(3) ANSI
				C84.1-2020, electric power systems and equipment - voltage ratings (60
				Hertz);
(4) IEEE Std 1547.2T-2008T,
				application guide for IEEE 1547 standard for interconnecting distributed
				resources with electric power systems;
(5) IEEE Std 1547.6T-2011T, IEEE recommended
				practice for interconnecting distributed resources with electric power systems
				distribution secondary networks;
(6) IEEE Std 1547.7T-2013T, IEEE guide for
				conducting distribution impact studies for distributed resource
				interconnection;
(7) IEEE
				C62,92.6T-2017 IEEE Guide for Application of Neutral Grounding in Electrical
				Utility Systems, Part VI - Systems Supplied by Current Regulated
				Sources;
(8) UL 1741, Edition 3,
				September 28, 2021 Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection
				System Equipment for Use with Distributed Energy Resources;
(9) NFPA 70, current version, National
				Electrical Code, including any NM or local modifications;
(10) IEEE C2, current version, National
				Electrical Safety Code, including any NM or local modifications;
(11) UL 1741 Certification Requirement
				Decision for Power Control Systems, March 8, 2019, Inverters, Converters,
				Controllers and Interconnection System Equipment for Use With Distributed
				Energy Resources.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.11 - IEEE 1547-2018 ADOPTION

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A.
				Beginning on March 28, 2023 (or another date set by commission order),
				generating facilities shall be required to comply with IEEE 1547-2018, and
				shall conform with the following minimum requirements.
(1)
Abnormal performance
				requirements:
Category III ride through capabilities must be supported
				for inverter-based generating facilities. Rotating generating facilities must
				meet category I ride-through capabilities.
(2)
Normal performance
				requirements:
Inverter-based generating facilities shall meet reactive
				power requirements with category B. Rotating generating facilities must meet
				category A.
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A. Export Controls: If a DER uses any
				configuration or operating mode in subsection C to limit the export of
				electrical power across the point of interconnection, then the export capacity
				shall be only the amount of power capable of being exported (not including any
				inadvertent export). To prevent impacts on system safety and reliability, any
				inadvertent export from a DER must comply with the limits identified in this
				section. The export capacity specified by the interconnection customer in the
				interconnection application will be documented as the maximum allowed export
				capacity of the DER in the interconnection agreement.
B. An interconnection application proposing
				to use a configuration or operating mode to limit the export of electrical
				power across the point of interconnection shall include proposed control or
				protection settings.
C. Acceptable
				export control methods:
(1) Export control
				methods for non-exporting DER:
(a) Reverse
				power protection (Device 32R): To limit export of power across the point of
				interconnection, a reverse power protective function is implemented using a
				utility grade protective relay. The default setting for this protective
				function shall be one tenth percent (export) of the service transformer's
				nominal base nameplate rating, with a maximum two second time delay to limit
				inadvertent export.
(b) Minimum
				power protection (Device 32F): To limit export of power across the point of
				interconnection, a minimum import protective function is implemented utilizing
				a utility grade protective relay. The default setting for this protective
				function shall be five percent (import) of the generating unit's total
				nameplate capacity, with a maximum two second time delay to limit inadvertent
				export.
(c) Relative distributed
				energy resource rating: This option requires the DER facility's nameplate
				capacity to be no greater than fifty percent of the interconnection customer's
				verifiable minimum host load during DER operating hours over the past 12
				months. This option is not available for interconnections to area networks or
				spot networks.
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A.
				There are four interconnection review paths:
(1)
Simplified process
: For
				certified inverter-based generating facilities that have a nameplate rating
				that does not exceed 50 kilowatts (kW) and an export capacity that does not
				exceed 25 kilowatts (kW).
(2)
Fast track process
: For generating facilities that have a
				nameplate rating of up to 5 megawatts (MW), depending on the line capacity and
				distance from the substation. To qualify for fast track, the generating
				facility's export capacity shall not exceed the limits identified in the table
				below, which vary according to the voltage of the line at the proposed point of
				interconnection. Generating facilities located within 2.5 miles of a substation
				and on a main distribution line with minimum 600-amp capacity are eligible for
				the fast track process under higher thresholds. For purposes of the table
				below, a mainline is the three-phase backbone of a circuit. It will typically
				constitute lines with wire sizes of 4/0 American wire gauge, 336.4 kcmil, 397.5
				kcmil, 477 kcmil and 795 kcmil.
Line Voltage
Export Capacity for Fast Track
								Eligibility
Regardless of location
On > 600 amp line and < 2.5 miles from
								substation
5 kV
< 500 kW
< 500 kW
5 kV - 14 kV
< 2 MW
< 3 MW
15 kV - 30 kV
< 3 MW
< 4 MW
31 kV - 69 kV
< 4 MW
< 5 MW
(3)
Detailed study process:
For all generating facilities with a rated
				capacity 10 megawatts (MW) or less that do not qualify, or pass through, the
				simplified or fast track processes or subsequent supplemental review.
(4)
Case specific review
				process:
Generating facilities with a rated capacity greater than 10
				megawatts (MW) shall be reviewed pursuant to 17.9.569 NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES › Part 568 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A NAMEPLATE RATING UP TO AND INCLUDING 10 MW CONNECTING TO A UTILITY SYSTEM › Section 17.9.568.14 - OPTIONAL PRE-APPLICATION REPORT

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Potential applicants may request this optional report for a
				  specific site to get information about system conditions at their proposed
				  point of interconnection without submitting a full interconnection
				  application.
A. Potential applicants
				shall provide the following information to the utility to expedite its
				preapplication review:
(1) project contact
				information including name, address, phone number, and email address;
(2) project location (street address with
				nearby cross streets, and town/city);
(3) meter number, pole number, or other
				equivalent information (such as latitude and longitude coordinates) identifying
				the potential point of interconnection, if available;
(4) generator type (i.e., solar, wind,
				combined heat and power) and whether energy storage will be collocated with the
				generation;
(5) nameplate capacity
				(in alternating current kW);
(6)
				single or three phase generator configuration;
(7) stand-alone generator with no on-site
				load (yes or no?);
(8) whether new
				service is requested. If there is existing service, include the customer
				account number, site minimum and maximum existing or proposed maximum loads in
				kW and specify if the amount of any anticipated additional load is expected to
				change.