New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 5 - UTILITY INTERCONNECTIVITY AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS › Part 440 - EXTENSIONS, SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS, ADDITIONS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN OR AMONG UTILITIES › Section 17.5.440.8 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Report
				requirements for extensions, system improvements, repairs or replacements, or
				additions:
(1) A public utility shall, prior
				to making any of the following described extensions, system improvements,
				repairs or replacements, or additions as set forth in Subparagraphs (a) through
				(e) of 17.5.440.8 NMAC below, file a
				report with the commission setting forth the character of the undertaking, the
				purpose sought thereby to be accomplished, the means by which that purpose is
				intended to be realized, the estimated costs involved in the employment of
				those means, the data upon which the engineering and economic feasibility of
				the undertaking is based, any reasonable alternatives to the proposed
				undertaking that have been considered, any system upgrades that may be needed
				due to the undertaking, and, if Subparagraph (a) of
				17.5.440.8 NMAC below is
				applicable, the name or names of the utility or utilities toward which the
				proposed extension is to be made.
(a) Any
				extension, of any electric facility outside the limits of a municipality to a
				point within one-half mile of the facilities of any other utility or utilities
				rendering electric service.
(b) Any
				extension, system improvement, repairs or replacements, or addition to any
				transmission or distribution line, plant, facility, or system, exclusive of
				generating facilities, which will have an estimated cost to the utility under
				the uniform system of accounts of $1,000,000 or more on a total company basis
				and for which the utility intends to seek rate recovery from its New Mexico
				customers, regardless of the location of the line, plant, facility, or system.
(i) In calculating the estimated cost, the
				utility shall include the cost of any system upgrades that are directly related
				to, or required as a result of, such addition, repair or replacement, or system
				improvement.
(ii) The estimated
				cost shall be reasonable and proposed in good faith.
(c) Any addition to, or repair or replacement
				of, or improvement of, any electric generating facility which will have an
				estimated cost to the utility under the uniform system of accounts of
				$2,000,000 or more on a total company basis and for which the utility intends
				to seek rate recovery from its New Mexico customers, regardless of the location
				of the electric generating facility.
(i) In
				calculating the estimated cost, the utility shall include the cost of any
				system upgrades that are directly related to, or required as a result of, such
				addition, repair or replacement, or system improvement.
(ii) The estimated cost shall be reasonable
				and proposed in good faith.
(d) Substantial system characteristic
				improvements involving a change in operating voltage of electric lines.
				Substantial system characteristic improvements involving reconductoring,
				rephasing (addition or deletion of phases) of electric lines resulting in a
				length of two miles or more. System improvements of an overall or system wide
				nature shall be submitted to the commission as an overall plan.
(e) Any extensions, system improvements,
				repairs or replacements, or additions for which the public utility claims or
				intends to claim safe harbor under
				17.9.592.15 NMAC that have an
				estimated cost to the utility under the uniform system of accounts of
				$1,000,000 or more on a total company basis and for which the utility intends
				to seek rate recovery from its New Mexico customers, regardless of the location
				of the undertaking.
(i) In calculating the
				estimated cost, the utility shall include the cost of any system upgrades that
				are directly related to, or required as a result of, such extension, system
				improvement, repair or replacement, or addition.
(ii) The estimated cost shall be reasonable
				and proposed in good faith.