New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES › Chapter 13 - SEWER SERVICES › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SEWER UTILITIES › Section 17.14.1.9 - INTRODUCTION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
NMPSC Rules 910 through 980 [17.13.1 NMAC and 17.13.920
				  through 17.13.980 NMAC] govern annual reporting; Certificates of Public
				  Convenience and Necessity; system design, construction, and operation; customer
				  services; rate filings; and utility accounting for sewer utilities operating
				  under the Commission's jurisdiction.
A. Annual Report Forms are required to be
				filed for every calendar year by April 30 of the following year. NMPSC Rule 920
				[17.13.920 NMAC] provides that sewer utilities shall file Annual Reports in the
				form provided by the Commission.
B.
				Under NMPSC Rule 920 [17.13.920 NMAC] regulated sewer utilities are required to
				maintain financial accounts. Sewer utilities shall keep their financial records
				according to the NARUC Uniform System of Accounts for its NARUC Classification
				as prescribed in NMPSC Rule 340 [17.3.340 NMAC]. Upon written request by a
				sewer utility, the Commission shall provide a copy of the NARUC Uniform System
				of Accounts.
C. Provision for rate
				filings is divided into two levels of operation. NMPSC Rules 930 and 980
				[17.13.930 NMAC and 17.13.980 NMAC] provide that sewer utilities shall file for
				rates in one of two formats. Utilities having annual operating revenues
				averaging over $500,000 for any consecutive three-year period must file the
				most comprehensive package. Utilities with average operating revenues below
				$500,000 may file the most abbreviated package.
D. No sewer utility subject to the
				Commission's jurisdiction shall commence construction or operation without
				first obtaining a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NMPSC Rule
				940 [17.13.940 NMAC] provides that every filing for a certificate from the
				Commission shall be made pursuant to NMPSC Rules 110.35 through 110.38 [17.1.2
				NMAC] and must demonstrate proposed system and service compliance when
				operational.
E. The Minimum
				Standards for Design, Construction, and Operation set forth in NMPSC Rule 950
				[17.13.950 NMAC] establish the measurements the Commission will require in
				connection with questions which pertain to expense, capital, Rate Base,
				prudence, adequacy, or convenience and necessity. These system standards may
				reasonably be exceeded in any particular application. The minimum standards
				apply to all new sewer utilities seeking initial certification after the
				effective date of NMSA 1978, Section
				62-9-2.1,
				and to new expansion, construction, and repair of existing facilities of
				already certified utilities.
F. The
				Customer Service Rules and Regulations, NMPSC Rule 960 [17.13.960 NMAC],
				establish the responsibilities and rights of jurisdictional sewer utilities and
				their residential customers in their sewer service relationship. Nothing herein
				shall prevent any utility from adopting Service Rules and Regulations which do
				not conflict with but which are additional to those set forth herein to cover
				special circumstances. Any deviation from the selected customer rules and
				regulations must be requested from, and granted by the Commission.