New Mexico Administrative Code

New Mexico Public Service Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation Commission].

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 Regula…

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 Formerly First Revised NMPSC General Order No. 13, superseded for purposes of rule reorganization and codification.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 Public Service Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation Commission].

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].

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 compl…

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…

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 …

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 Formerly NMPUC General Order No. 41, superseded for purposes of rule reorganization and codificati…

The data requirements specified in Appendix A shall apply to the investor-owned natural gas utilities doing business in New Mexico.

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 Commis…

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 accoun…

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:…

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 f…

New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.

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.

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 Se…

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 descr…

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 util…

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 commi…

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 …

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 d…

This rule applies to all natural gas utilities subject to the commission's jurisdiction.

NMSA 1978 Sections 8-8-15 and 62-8-7.

Permanent.

March 15, 2004, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

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 utili…

In addition to the definitions contained in NMSA 1978 Section 62-3-3, as used in this rule, unless otherwise specified: A. annual reconciliation factor means a computed surcharge or credit factor in the PGAC used to collect any revenue shortfall in the PGAC or to refund any exces…

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'…

New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.

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, co…

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 inform…

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, un…

A. Utility inspections and tests: Each utility shall make inspections and tests of meters and associated metering devices as follows: (1) Pre-installation inspections and tests: Every meter and associated metering device shall be inspected and tested in the utility's meter shop b…

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 g…

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 suc…

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.

Section 8-8-15 NMSA 1978.