New Mexico Administrative Code

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 regul…

A. Location of records: Records shall be located as provided in Section 62-6-17 NMSA 1978. B. Retention of records: Records shall be retained as provided in 17.3.310 NMAC. C. Data to be filed with the commission: The utility shall maintain the following documents and information …

New Mexico Public Utility Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation Commission]

A. Natural Gas Transportation: A utility shall transport natural gas on behalf of a Transportation Customer upon request: (1) subject to its Available Capacity pursuant to NMPUC Rule 660.6 [Subsection B of 17.10.660.10 NMAC] and its Capacity Allocation procedures as described in …

A. Modification of Transportation Contracts: A utility shall not enter into any contract for the Transportation of natural gas for a Transportation Customer which does not contain the following provision: This contract, and all its terms and provisions, shall at all times be subj…

A. Federal Jurisdiction: Nothing contained in the Natural Gas Transportation Rule shall be construed to require a utility to enter into an arrangement for the Transportation of natural gas which would result in the utility becoming subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energ…

Codified by NMPUC Case No. 2086, Order dated June 30, 1988; amended by NMPUC Case No. 2472, Order dated February 7, 1994. Formerly NMPUC First Revised General Order No. 44, superseded for purposes of rule reorganization and codification.

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 o…

A. The purposes of the Natural Gas Transportation Rule are to implement the Commission's authority pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 62-6-4.1 to authorize and require the nondiscriminatory and nonpreferential Transportation of natural gas by any person subject to the Commission's ju…

When used in the Natural Gas Transportation Rule unless otherwise specified the following definitions will apply. A. "Affiliate," unless otherwise defined in NMSA 1978, Section 62-3-3(A), or a successor statute means: a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more inte…

A. General Provisions: (1) Short Title [17.10.660.9 NMAC] (2) Purposes [17.10.660.6 NMAC] (3) Applicability: [17.10.660.2 NMAC] (4) Definitions: [17.10.660.7 NMAC] B. Requests, Capacity Allocations and Rates: [17.10.660.10 NMAC] (1) Natural Gas Transportation (2) Transportation R…

Short Title: NMPUC Rule 660 [17.10.660 NMAC] may be referred to as the "Natural Gas Transportation Rule."

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

No public utility distributing liquefied petroleum gas to any customer from its pipeline system shall continue to render the service after receipt of notice from the LPG Bureau that the customer's installation fails to meet the minimum safety requirements and standards prescribed…

NMPSC Case No. 2086, order dated June 30, 1988, unless otherwise noted. Formerly NMPSC First Revised General Order No. 6A, superseded for purposes of rule reorganization and codification.

A. Certificate of Compliance with Safety Requirements and Standards of the LPG Bureau [17.10.670.9 NMAC] B. Discontinuance of Service for Failure to Comply with Safety Requirements and Standards [17.10.670.10 NMAC]

No public utility engaged in the operation of any facility for the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale, or furnishing to or for the public of mixed or liquefied petroleum gases for light, heat, or power, or other uses by means of any pipeline system operating under municipal…

New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.

The commission will designate a third-party administrator who will be subject to the supervision and control of the commission for a four-year term. The administrator shall perform services under the terms of a written contract to be entered into between the commission and the ad…

The commission shall approve an annual budget for administration of the fund. The reasonable expenses incurred in the administration of the fund, in accordance with the terms of the contract between the commission and the administrator, shall be a cost of the fund and shall be re…

The administrator shall manage the day-to-day operation of the fund in accordance with this rule, applicable law, and the overall supervision and direction of the commission. The administrator shall: A. Fairly, consistently, and efficiently administer fund collections and disburs…

The commission may refer any disputed case between the administrator and a contributing company or between contributing companies to alternative dispute resolution if it finds that doing so would encourage the settlement of the dispute. A. Mediation:(1) if any of the parties or s…

Any person may petition the commission for variance or waiver of any provision of this rule for good cause shown. A. General requirements: (1) a contributing company or ETC may petition for an exemption or a variance from any of the requirements of this rule; (2) such petition ma…

A. Reports require declaration: all reports filed with the commission or the administrator must be filed with a declaration from the chief financial officer of the entity or the person who prepared the reports on behalf of the entity that the information is correct and the filing…

ETCs shall comply with the reporting requirements established by the commission as set forth in 17.11.27 NMAC. In addition, carriers shall report the following information to the administrator in a form prescribed by the administrator, regarding facilities and activities during t…

All contributing companies and ETCs shall file with the administrator the name, address, phone number and e-mail address of a contact person and shall keep the information current.

A. The administrator shall determine the amount of the fund for the next calendar year and submit its findings to the commission on or before November 10 of each year to enable commission approval on or before November 20 of each year in order to provide carriers with sufficient …

This rule applies to all entities that provide intrastate retail public telecommunication services and comparable retail alternative services in New Mexico.

A. The administrator shall recommend the amount of the SRUSF surcharge rate for the next calendar year, on or before September 1 to enable commission approval on or before October 1, based upon monthly and annual reports filed by ETCs and contributing companies, broadband program…

A. A contributing company shall recover the amount of its contributions to the fund from its end-user customers in a manner that is not, either by act or omission, deceptive or misleading. Such recovery shall be made in a fair, equitable and nondiscriminatory manner, and no over-…

A. The administrator shall make a monthly disbursement to each ETC eligible to receive such a payment from collected revenues in the fund, on a schedule to be determined by the administrator. B. The amount of each ETC's monthly disbursement shall be one-twelfth of its revenue req…

A. Any carrier operating in New Mexico and designated as a state ETC as of July 1, 2005 and which has not lost that designation is automatically designated as an ETC for the purposes of this rule. If at any subsequent time a carrier loses ETC designation status, it shall no longe…

A. Any entity seeking designation as a state or federal ETC must file a petition with the commission. In the case of a petition for ETC designation, for state or federal universal service fund the petition shall: (1) include a description of the proposed service area for which it…

A. An ETC serving in a rural area of the state may petition the commission for support from the fund when such payments are needed to ensure the widespread availability and affordability of universal service in the rural area(s) of the state served by the ETC. B. In addition to e…

A. If the administrator finds that a contributing company has not contributed the amount required by this rule, the administrator shall notify the contributing company in writing. The administrator shall request the company to pay the deficiency in its contribution. B. The contri…

A. An ETC shall use fund support in a manner consistent with the rural telecommunications act, Sections 63-9H-1 NMSA 1978 et seq, Section 254 of the federal telecommunications act (47 U.S.C. 254), and commission rules and orders. Fund support must be used to maintain and support …