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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Unless otherwise specified, as used in this rule:
A.
"budget billing plan"
means
				an agreement between a customer and a dealer intended to levelize or average
				the monthly billing for propane and propane services;
B.
"customer"
means a purchaser
				of propane who purchases propane from a dealer to heat the interior of a
				dwelling or structure or to heat water, is legally liable for the payment of
				those purchases and does not purchase propane for resale;
C.
"customer rate variation"
means a variation of prices charged by a propane dealer to customers;
D.
"dealer"
means a retail
				distributor of propane who delivers propane to customers' premises and fills
				propane tanks at those premises;
E.
"delinquent"
means the status of a bill rendered to a customer
				for propane service which remains unpaid after the due date of the
				bill;
F.
"important
				Information for New Mexico propane consumers (IINMPC)"
means a document
				in Spanish and English for residential customers created and updated by the
				commission and posted on its website that shall contain at a minimum:
(1) the toll-free telephone number of the
				commission's consumer relations division;
(2) information regarding LIHEAP application
				forms, qualification requirements, application procedures and locations at
				which residential customers may submit LIHEAP applications;
(3) information regarding New Mexico
				energy$mart application forms, qualification requirements, application
				procedures and locations at which residential delivery customers may submit
				energy$mart applications; and
(4)
				other information as may be specified by the commission from time to time such
				as:
(a) tips for new and existing
				consumers;
(b) a description of
				propane;
(c) questions consumers
				may ask dealers;
(d) service
				termination rights and obligations as set forth in this rule;
(e) tips for budget billing plans;
				and
(f) payment plans and
				payments;
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.8 - VARIANCE

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Dealers or customers seeking a variance from this rule shall
				  follow the commission's procedure in
				  1.2.2.40
				  NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.9 - TANK RENTAL, OWNERSHIP AND REMOVAL

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A.
Rentals:
a dealer shall
				disclose to customers, in writing, upon initiation of service and upon request,
				all annual tank rental fees, including fees for tank removal, propane pump-out,
				minimum fills and partial fills.
B.
Ownership:
a customer may use his own tank and
				regulator.
C.
Removal of
				rental tank:
a customer may change propane dealers for any reason,
				absent a contractual agreement to the contrary. When a customer who rents a
				tank from a dealer lawfully changes dealers, the first dealer shall remove its
				rental tank from the customer's property within thirty (30) days after
				receiving written notice of the change and shall issue a refund within thirty
				(30) days for the unused propane and tank rental balances due under terms of
				the tank rental agreement.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.10 - BUDGET BILLING PLANS

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A. A
				dealer should offer reasonable budget billing plans to its residential
				customers. The offer of budget billing plans shall not be unreasonably
				withheld.
B. Budget billing plans
				shall be binding contracts under New Mexico law and shall be in writing. The
				pricing and time period language shall be printed in no less than 12-point
				boldface type of uniform font.
C.
				Budget billing plans may include a requirement for a deposit sufficient to
				ensure full payment to the dealer.
D. A budget billing plan shall provide that
				if a credit remains at the end of the budget billing plan term, that credit,
				including any deposit, shall be reimbursed to the residential customer not
				later than thirty (30) days after the end date of the plan, unless the dealer
				and residential customer agree otherwise.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.11 - PAYMENTS AND PAYMENT AGREEMENTS

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A. A dealer shall make a reasonable effort to
				enter into a payment agreement with a residential customer with a delinquent or
				past due account.
B. Payment
				agreements shall be binding contracts under New Mexico law and shall be in
				writing. The pricing and time period language shall be printed in no less than
				12-point boldface type of uniform font.
C. A dealer shall make reasonable efforts to
				provide service to a residential customer who offers cash payments.
D. A dealer shall make reasonable efforts to
				incorporate LIHEAP payments, if applicable, into payments and payment
				plans.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.12 - CONTENTS OF BILLS AND METERED FUEL TICKETS

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A.
Bills for propane goods, services
				and equipment shall include:
(1) the
				number of gallons metered;
(2) the
				date the bill is due;
(3) the
				amount due for, and explanation of, special services and fees including but not
				limited to, hazardous materials and environmental fuel surcharges;
(4) the total amount due for a previous
				balance separately presented from the current charges;
(5) gross receipts taxes and any other taxes,
				if not part of the base rate;
(6)
				the address and phone number of the dealer designating where the customer may
				initiate an inquiry or complaint regarding the bill as rendered of the service
				provided;
(7) the toll-free number
				of the consumer relations division of the commission, together with a statement
				advising customers that they may contact the commission if they are unable to
				resolve a billing dispute with the dealer; and
(8) a current copy in English and Spanish of
				the document IINMPC to be provided upon initiation of service for new
				customers, and annually in October for existing customers.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.13 - PUBLIC NOTICE OF CUSTOMER RIGHTS

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A dealer shall display a current copy of the IINMPC document
				  in English and Spanish at all of its retail locations and on its website if
				  applicable, and shall make this information available to the general public
				  upon request. The document shall contain the telephone number for filing a
				  complaint with the consumer relations division of the
				  commission.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.14 - NOTICE, AVAILABILITY AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO SCHEDULE OF CHARGES

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A dealer shall keep for at least ninety (90) days and provide
				  public access to, its current charges for service, including the current price
				  of propane and pricing categories used to establish customer rate variations.
				  This information shall be available to customers and potential customers upon
				  request. The dealer shall make this information available in writing to new
				  customers before an agreement is entered to commence propane service and to
				  existing customers with the next propane delivery after the effective date of
				  this rule. A dealer is not required to disclose prices under special
				  agreements.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.15 - REPORTS TO THE COMMISSION

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A dealer shall report the information required by Section
				  17.10.2.14
				  NMAC within ten (10) business days upon commission request.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.16 - QUOTED PRICES AND CHARGES

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When a customer places a valid order for propane, the dealer
				  shall honor the quoted price for the requested delivery, even if the actual
				  delivery is at some other date for reasons not caused by the
				  customer.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.17 - MINIMUM QUANTITY REQUIREMENT

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Prior to delivery, a dealer shall notify customers of the
				  minimum quantity of propane required for their tank size, and of the charges
				  for that minimal fill and for partial fills below the minimal amount. A dealer
				  shall use reasonable efforts to help a customer maintain an adequate supply of
				  propane. A dealer shall not require a customer to make a minimum purchase of
				  more than 100 gallons at a time or more than the total capacity of the
				  customer's existing tank, whichever is less, unless the customer and the dealer
				  have entered into a budget billing plan. This applies to all deliveries,
				  including the initial installation.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.18 - CUSTOMER RECORDS

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A. Upon
				request, a dealer shall furnish to the customer copies of the customer's
				records for the prior twelve months. A dealer may charge a reasonable fee for
				copying these records.
B. A dealer
				shall furnish copies of a customer's records relevant to a matter in dispute to
				anyone authorized in writing by the customer to receive these
				records.
C. A dealer shall correct
				any non-disputed mistakes in a customer's payment history that are brought to
				its attention.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 2 - PROPANE CUSTOMER PROTECTION › Section 17.10.2.19 - COMPLAINTS

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A. A dealer shall
				fully and promptly investigate and respond to all oral and written complaints
				made directly to the dealer by customers or prospective customers. The dealer
				shall make a good faith attempt to resolve the complaint and shall promptly
				notify the customer of its proposed disposition of the complaint, but no later
				than thirty (30) business days after the complaint was made. The dealer shall
				send written confirmation of its proposed disposition of the complaint to the
				customer.
B. If a dealer cannot
				resolve a complaint to a customer's satisfaction, the dealer shall provide the
				complainant with the name, address and current local or toll-free telephone
				number of the consumer relations division of the commission.
C. At any time, a customer may file an
				informal complaint against a dealer by contacting the consumer relations
				division or may file a formal complaint with the commission, as stated in
				1.2.2.13 NMAC through 1.2.2.15 NMAC. For Native Americans requesting help with
				translation, commission staff should contact the appropriate tribal or pueblo
				official for assistance.
D. Nothing
				in this rule shall bar customers or the attorney general from pursuing remedies
				for complaints under the Unfair Practices Act, Sections
				57-12-1
				through
				57-12-26
				NMSA 1978. Nothing in this rule shall bar customers from pursuing remedies for
				disputes in New Mexico courts.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 620 - RETIREMENT UNITS OF PROPERTY FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.620.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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New Mexico Public Service Commission [New Mexico Public
				  Regulation Commission].
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 620 - RETIREMENT UNITS OF PROPERTY FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.620.8 - LIST OF RETIREMENT UNITS OF PROPERTY FOR GAS UTILITIES

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All gas utilities subject to the Commission's jurisdiction
				  shall use and comply with the National Association of Railroad and Utilities
				  Commissioners' LIST OF RETIREMENT UNITS OF PROPERTY FOR GAS UTILITIES, 1961,
				  with any subsequent revisions by the National Association of Regulatory Utility
				  Commissioners.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 620 - RETIREMENT UNITS OF PROPERTY FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.620.9 - HISTORY

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NMPSC Case No. 2086, order dated June 30, 1988, unless
				  otherwise stated. Formerly First Revised NMPSC General Order No. 13, superseded
				  for purposes of rule reorganization and codification.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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New Mexico Public Service Commission [New Mexico Public
				  Regulation Commission].
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.2 - SCOPE

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The data requirements specified in Appendix A shall apply to
				  the investor-owned natural gas utilities doing business in New
				  Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The adoption by the New Mexico Public Service Commission [New
				  Mexico Public Regulation Commission] of the minimum data requirements specified
				  in Appendix A to NMPSC Rule 630 [17.10.630 NMAC], incorporated herein by
				  reference, is pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Commission by the
				  Public Utility Act, NMSA 1978, Section
				  62-3-1
et seq.,
and NMPSC Rules 110 and 210 [17.1.2 NMAC and
				  17.1.210 NMAC] and is for the purpose of defining and specifying the minimum
				  data requirements to be filed in support for a tendered new rate schedule or
				  rate schedule which will supersede, supplement, or otherwise change the
				  provision of a rate schedule required to be on file with this
				  Commission.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.7 - DEFINITIONS

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When used in Appendix A unless otherwise specified the
				  following definitions will apply:
A.
				"Accounting Method" means the uniform system of accounting prescribed by the
				Commission for natural gas utilities.
(1)
				"Functional Accounting" means the grouping of plant and expense accounts
				according to the specified function or purpose which the plant or expense
				performs in rendering the utility service; for example, intangible, gas
				production and gathering, products extraction, storage, transmission,
				distribution, and general.
(2)
				"Primary Account" means the grouping of plant and expenditures by balance sheet
				account number; for example, accounts 101, 102, 103, etc.
(3) "Detailed Account" means the breakdown of
				plant and expenditures into subaccounts, that is, gas plant accounts; for
				example: accounts 301, 302, 303, etc.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.8 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

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A.
				Purpose: [17.10.630.6 NMAC]
B.
				Applicability: [17.10.630.2 NMAC]
C. Definitions: [17.10.630.7 NMAC
D. Letter of Transmittal: [17.10.630.9
				NMAC]
E. Failure to Comply:
				[17.10.630.10 NMAC]
F. Variances:
				[17.10.630.11 NMAC]
G. Appendix A:
				Minimum Data Standard Filing Requirements: [17.10.630.12 and 17.10.630.13
				NMAC]
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.9 - LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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In the letter of transmittal the applicant shall:
A. notify the New Mexico Public Service
				Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation Commission] of the tendered rate
				schedules which will supersede, supplement, or otherwise change any provision
				of a rate schedule required to be on file with the Commission;
B. include copies of each tendered rate
				schedule which will supersede, supplement, or otherwise change the provision of
				a rate schedule required to be on file with the Commission;
C. state the date on which the applicant
				proposes to make the changes in service, rate, rule, or practice
				effective;
D. state a brief
				description of the proposed changes in service and/or rate, the reason for the
				proposed change, and shall show that all the requisite agreements to the
				proposed change, including any contract embodied therein, have in fact been
				obtained;
E. state that notice has
				been given or will be given as required by the Rules of the New Mexico Public
				Service Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation Commission];
F. list the documents submitted in support of
				the proposed changes.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.10 - FAILURE TO COMPLY

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The failure of the applicant to fulfill the minimum data
				  requirements specified herein shall constitute sufficient cause for the
				  Commission to reject the applicant's filing pursuant to NMPSC Rule 210
				  [17.1.210 NMAC].
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.11 - VARIANCES

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A. Pursuant to
				NMPSC Rules 110 and 210 [17.1.2 NMAC and 17.1.210 NMAC] an applicant utility
				unable to comply fully with any data request contained herein due to good and
				sufficient cause should give notice in writing to the Commission of the
				applicant utility's inability to comply with the provisions of such data
				request at least thirty (30) days prior to the actual filing of the Minimum
				Data Requirements Filing Package.
B. Upon receipt of such notification and
				after consideration by the Commission of the applicant utility's stated reasons
				for failure to comply fully with the provisions of the data request, the
				Commission shall within fifteen (15) days notify the applicant utility in
				writing of its decision concerning the applicant utility's notice of its
				inability to comply with the Commission's Data Filing Requirements.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.12 - APPENDIX A: MINIMUM DATA STANDARD REQUIREMENTS: [CONTENTS]

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A. Schedule A
				Series: Summaries of the proposed cost of service:
(1) Sch. A-1: Summary of the overall cost of
				service and the claimed revenue deficiency. Base Period; Test Year
				Period.
(2) Sch. A-2: Summary of
				the revenue increase or decrease at the proposed rates by rate classes. Test
				Year Period.
(3) Sch. A-3: Summary
				of the cost of service adjustments by functional classification. Test Year
				Period.
(4) Sch. A-4: Summary of
				Rate Base. Base Period; Test Year Period; Test Year Period RCND -
				-OPTIONAL.
(5) Sch. A-5: Summary of
				total capitalization and the weighted average cost of capital. Base Period;
				Test Year Period; Test Year Period RCND - - OPTIONAL.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.13 - APPENDIX A: MINIMUM DATA STANDARD REQUIREMENTS: [NARRATIVE]

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A. Schedule A
				Series: Summaries of the proposed cost of service: In this series of schedules
				the applicant shall show the New Mexico jurisdictional total cost of service in
				summary form for the Base Period and for the Test Year Period, as appropriate,
				and the proposed total cost of service in summary form for the Proposed Test
				Year Period as developed from the supporting schedules and workpapers included
				elsewhere in the applicant's filing package. The summaries of the proposed cost
				of service shall be provided as specified in the following schedules.
(1) Schedule A-1: Sunmary of the overall cost
				of service and the claimed revenue deficiency.
(a) [Base Period]: In this schedule the
				applicant shall show the cost of service for the Base Period on an unadjusted
				basis including, but not limited to: revenues, operation and maintenance
				expenses, depreciation expense, taxes on other than income, taxes on income,
				and the resulting return.
(b) [Test
				Year Period]: In this schedule the applicant shall show each of the items
				included in the Base Period, all adjustments thereto, the sum of each of these
				items at the end of the Test Year Period, and the revenue deficiency.
(c) A full explanation of each of the
				adjustments made to the balances shown at the end of the Base Period shall be
				referenced to the appropriate supporting schedules or workpapers which shall
				constitute a part of the applicant's filing package.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 630 - FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF RATE SCHEDULES FOR INVESTOR-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.630.14 - HISTORY

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Codified by NMPUC Case No. 2086, Order dated June 30, 1988;
				  amended by NMPUC Case No. 2232, Order dated December 19, 1988; amended by NMPUC
				  Case No. 2561, Order dated April 4, 1994. Formerly NMPUC General Order No. 41,
				  superseded for purposes of rule reorganization and
				  codification.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.2 - SCOPE

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This rule applies to all natural gas utilities subject to the
				  commission's jurisdiction.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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NMSA 1978 Sections
				  8-8-15
				  and
				  62-8-7.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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March 15, 2004, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The purpose of this rule is to establish a procedure by which
				  a natural gas utility may propose a purchased gas adjustment clause (PGAC) that
				  the commission will review pursuant to Subsection E of NMSA 1978 Section
				  62-8-7. The PGAC
				  is intended to ensure the stability of the utility's annual earnings consistent
				  with the utility's duty to provide adequate service at just and reasonable
				  rates. The PGAC mechanism also is designed to aid in the levelization of the
				  gas cost factor reflected in the PGAC component of the customer's
				  bill.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.9 - APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF PGAC

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A. Any gas utility without an approved PGAC
				that requests to use a PGAC for the recovery of gas costs must file an initial
				application with the commission. The filing requirements for the initial
				application are set forth in this section and in 17.10.640.12 NMAC.
(1) The utility's initial application for use
				of a PGAC shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(a) a detailed description and justification
				of the gas cost factor calculation methodology the utility proposes to use as a
				basis for the PGAC;
(b) proposed
				PGAC tariff provisions, which shall contain the specific methodology for
				calculation of the gas cost factor as provided for in 17.10.64012
				NMAC;
(c) identification of the
				specific months in which the utility proposes to begin and end its annual
				reconciliation period, as provided for in Subsection C of 17.10.640.13 NMAC,
				identification of the specific months in which the utility proposes to begin
				and end its annual reconciliation factor implementation period, as provided for
				in Subsection E of 17.10.640.13 NMAC, and identification of the annual date
				proposed for the filing of the utility's gas supply plan and the beginning and
				ending months proposed for the utility's planning period, as provided for in
				Subsections B and D of this section;
(d) sufficient financial and other necessary
				information and data to identify and justify the inclusion and recovery of
				allowable gas costs through the utility's PGAC, including a demonstration that
				no amounts to be recovered under the operation of the PGAC are included in
				other tariffs or charges for service; and
(e) an initial gas supply plan, as provided
				for in Subsection B of this section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.10 - AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS

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Any utility intending to include a transaction with an
				  affiliate in its PGAC shall comply with the requirements of 17.6.450 NMAC,
				  Affiliate Transactions.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.11 - CONTINUATION FILING

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A. Each utility
				operating with a PGAC as part of its tariff shall file an application for
				continued use of its PGAC at intervals of no more than four (4) years. The
				application must address the considerations described in Paragraphs (1) through
				(4) of Subsection E of NMSA 1978 Section
				62-8-7. A utility
				may elect to satisfy this requirement by presenting evidence and testimony
				either in a rate case or in a discrete filing.
B. If the utility fails to timely file its
				continuation filing as required by Subsection A of this section, the commission
				may terminate the utility's PGAC and the utility automatically shall be subject
				to sanctions in accordance with NMSA 1978 Sections
				62-12-4
				through
				62-12-6.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.12 - PGAC TARIFF AND GAS COST FACTOR STATEMENT

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A.
Tariff filing.
The
				information required by Paragraphs 3 through 6 of Subsection A of this section
				may be included in a utility-specific rule or rate. Each utility shall file a
				tariff, subject to commission approval, that includes at a minimum the
				following:
(1) a general description of the
				PGAC and its applicability to customers;
(2) a provision that rate changes shall be
				effectuated through the filing of a gas cost factor statement as provided for
				in Subsection B of this section;
(3) the detailed methodology for the
				calculation of the gas cost factor, including the accounting methodology used
				to ensure that the effects that transportation imbalances may have on PGAC gas
				costs are substantially neutralized;
(4) specific identification and definition of
				all terms applicable to sales customers utilized in the calculation of the gas
				cost factor, including but not limited to the recovery of unaccounted for gas
				and any fuel and power used in connection with the transportation and
				processing of gas;
(5)
				identification of the annual date for the filing of the gas supply plan as
				provided for in Subsections B and D of 17.10.640.9 NMAC and of the beginning
				and ending months of the planning period as defined in Subsection S of
				17.10.640.7 NMAC; and
(6)
				identification of the annual reconciliation period as provided for in
				Subsection C of 17.10.640.13 NMAC and the annual reconciliation factor
				implementation period as provided in Subsection E of 17.10.640.13
				NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.13 - ANNUAL PGAC RECONCILIATION

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A.
Annual reconciliation.
Each utility filing an application for a
				PGAC or operating with a PGAC under the terms of this rule shall provide for an
				annual reconciliation of allowable gas costs incurred to billed gas costs as
				recorded on the books and records of the utility. A utility's proposal for the
				annual reconciliation shall be consistent with the general provisions described
				below.
B.
Purpose.
The purpose of the annual reconciliation report is to:
(1) substantiate the appropriateness of the
				amount of the over-collected or under-collected PGAC dollars remaining in the
				PGAC balancing account at the end of the annual reconciliation period;
				and
(2) to establish the annual
				reconciliation factor for refunding or surcharging customers for that period's
				PGAC balancing account amount, unless the utility utilizes another
				commission-approved method for refunding or surcharging customers.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.14 - EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES

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Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule and specifically
				  Subsection C of
				  17.10.640.12
				  NMAC, the commission may direct the utility to alter its collections through
				  the PGAC as provided herein.
A.
Under-collection or over-collection situation.
The utility may apply to
				the commission or the commission may order a hearing on its own motion whenever
				the utility or the commission has good reason to believe, on the basis of
				information available to it at the time, that the presently effective gas cost
				factor or the gas cost factor adjustment proposed in any gas cost factor
				statement filed pursuant to Subsection D of 17.10.640.12 NMAC would result in a
				substantial under-collection or over-collection of revenue.
B.
Substantial gas cost factor
				adjustments.
The utility may apply to the commission or the commission
				may order a hearing on its own motion whenever the utility or the commission
				becomes aware of an extraordinary circumstance under which the gas cost factor
				adjustment calculated in accordance with this rule will result in a substantial
				change in the level of the PGAC in the following billing period and excessive
				fluctuations in the gas cost factor adjustments for future billing
				periods.
C.
Mitigation of
				concerns.
After notice and hearing, the commission may order the utility
				to place in effect, for such period of time as the commission may direct, a
				specified increase or decrease in the amount of the gas cost factor or take any
				other action appropriate to the public interest to mitigate the concerns
				identified in Subsections A and B of this section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.15 - EXEMPTION OR VARIANCE

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A. A
				utility may file a written application for an exemption or variance from this
				rule or its approved PGAC, which shall be verified by an officer of the
				utility. The utility's application for an exemption or variance shall:
(1) describe the need for a
				variance;
(2) set out the effect of
				complying with this rule or the approved PGAC on the utility and its customers
				as a result of the condition;
(3)
				identify any section of this rule or the approved PGAC for which the exemption
				or variance is requested;
(4)
				define the result which the request will have if granted;
(5) state how the exemption or variance will
				meet the objectives of this rule; and
(6) state why the requested relief is a
				reasonable alternative.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 640 - PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.640.16 - TERMINATION OF PGAC

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If the commission orders termination of the PGAC, the utility
				  shall perform an annual reconciliation in accordance with the methodology
				  prescribed in
				  17.10.640.13
				  NMAC for the period of time between the end of the period included in its last
				  annual reconciliation report and the date of termination of the PGAC. The
				  utility shall file with the commission a final reconciliation report consistent
				  with the requirements of the annual reconciliation report under Subsection D of
				  17.10.640.13
				  NMAC and shall calculate and collect or refund a final reconciliation factor
				  consistent with the requirements of Subsection E of
				  17.10.640.13
				  NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.2 - SCOPE

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17.10.650 NMAC shall apply to any gas utility operating
				  within the state of New Mexico under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public
				  regulation commission.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.5 - 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 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.6 - OBJECTIVE

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A.
Intentions:
17.10.650 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.
B.
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.
C.
Rule revisions:
17.10.650
				NMAC establishes standards to be followed by every gas utility in providing
				service to customers who are not residential customers as defined in Subsection
				J of
				17.5.410.7
				NMAC and in providing service to residential customers except to the extent
				inconsistent with 17.5.410 NMAC provided, however, that any electric utility
				may file rules inconsistent with the provisions established herein when
				permitted by the commission under the provisions of Subsection A of
				17.9.560.9
				NMAC, or, for residential customers, to conform with 17.5.410 NMAC. When so
				filed and approved by the commission such utility rules shall take precedence
				over the provisions established herein.
D.
Adoption:
The adoption of
				17.10.650 NMAC shall not 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.
E.
Duties:
These regulations
				shall not relieve any utility from its duties under the laws of this
				state.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.7 - DEFINITIONS

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When used in 17.10.650 NMAC unless otherwise specified the
				  following definitions will apply:
A.
"BTU means"
British thermal unit;
B.
"check flow means"
a flow
				between twenty percent and fifty percent of the meter's rated
				capacity;
C.
"commission
				means"
the New Mexico public regulation commission;
D.
"cubic foot of gas shall have the
				following meanings":
(1) when gas is
				supplied and metered to customers at the pressure (as defined in Subsection B
				of
				17.10.650.14
				NMAC) normally used for domestic customers' appliances and no other basis of
				measurement is provided for by special contract or in the utility's rules on
				file with the commission, a cubic foot of gas shall be that quantity of gas
				which at the temperature and pressure existing in the meter occupies one cubic
				foot;
(2) when gas is supplied to
				customers at other than the pressure in Paragraph (1) above, the utility shall
				specify in its rules or special contract the base for measurement of a cubic
				foot of gas (see Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of
				17.10.650.9
				NMAC); unless otherwise stated a cubic foot of gas shall be that quantity of
				gas which at temperature of 60 degrees F. and a pressure of 14.73 psia occupies
				one cubic foot; and
(3) the
				standard cubic foot of gas for testing the gas itself for heating value shall
				be that quantity of gas saturated with water vapor which at a temperature of 60
				degrees F. and a pressure of 30 inches of mercury occupies one cubic foot;
				(temperature of mercury = 60 degrees F.; acceleration due to gravity = 32.17
				ft. per second; density = 13.595 grams per cubic centimeter;) other bases may
				be used by the utility and customer when provided for by special
				contract;
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.10 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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A.
Disposition of gas:
(1) Unless
				otherwise authorized by the commission all gas sold by a utility shall be on
				the basis of meter measurement except where the usage is constant and the
				consumption may be readily computed.
(2) Wherever practicable and exclusive of
				field usages, consumption of gas 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 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.11 - 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 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.12 - ENGINEERING

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A.
Requirements for good engineering practices:
(1) The gas plant of the utility shall be
				constructed, installed, maintained, and operated in accordance with accepted
				good engineering practice in the gas 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.
(2) In certain instances the commission may
				authorize the use of pipe other than steel for low pressure transmission and
				distribution systems. In no case shall a utility deviate from the use of steel
				pipe without first obtaining authorization from the commission.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.14 - STANDARDS OF QUALITY SERVICE

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A.
Purity requirements:
All gas supplied to customers shall be
				substantially free from impurities which may cause corrosion of mains or piping
				or form corrosive or harmful fumes when burned in a properly designed and
				adjusted burner.
B.
Pressure
				limits:
The standard pressure of gas supplied by any gas utility to
				domestic or commercial customers as measured on the customer's side of any such
				customer's meter shall not be less than four inches nor more than 14 inches of
				water pressure. In the case of customers who require higher pressure than the
				standard established for domestic and commercial service, the utility may
				supply gas at the desired pressure, and the volume of such gas shall be
				computed on the basis of a filed rule or special contract covering gas supplied
				to customers at other than standard pressure. (See Paragraph (2) of Subsection
				K of
				17.10.650.7
				NMAC).
C.
Pressure surveys
				and records:
(1) Each utility shall
				make a sufficient number of pressure measurements on its mains and at the
				customer's meter so that it will have substantially accurate knowledge of the
				pressure in the low, intermediate, and high pressure system in each district,
				division, or community served by its distribution mains.
(2) All pressure records obtained under this
				section shall be retained in accordance with 17.3.310 NMAC and shall be
				available for inspection by the commission's representatives. Notations on each
				record shall indicate the following:
(a) the
				location where the pressure check was made, and
(b) the time and date of the check.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 650 - SERVICE STANDARDS FOR GAS UTILITIES › Section 17.10.650.15 - 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) Each utility shall maintain a summary of
				each accident arising from its operations and make such summaries available to
				the commission upon request.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 10 - GAS SERVICES › Part 660 - NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION › Section 17.10.660.2 - SCOPE

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The provisions of the Natural Gas Transportation Rule shall
				  apply to the rates, terms, and conditions of the Transportation of natural gas
				  by a Public Utility for a Seller or Purchaser of natural gas. This Rule also
				  applies to the release, sale, or other assignment by a utility of natural gas
				  or natural gas purchase rights to the extent permitted by the Public Utility
				  Act, NMSA 1978, Section
				  62-1-1
et seq.