New Mexico Administrative Code

A. Sales of Water: (1) 460 - Unmetered Sales to General Customers:(a) This account shall include the net billing for water supplied for residential, commercial, and industrial (except irrigation) purposes where the charge is not dependent in any way on the quantity of water deliv…

A. Source of Supply Expenses: (1) 601 - Purchased Water. (a) This account shall include the cost at the point of delivery of water purchased for resale. This includes charges for readiness to serve and the portion applicable to each accounting period of annual or more frequent pa…

A. The retirement units listed herein are prescribed and are to be accounted for in accordance with Utility Plant Instruction 10, Additions and Retirements of Utility Plant, of the Uniform System of Accounts. B. The retirement units listed are of maximum size. C. The appearance o…

NMPSC Case No. 2086, order dated June 30, 1988, unless otherwise noted. Formerly part of NMPSC General Order 42, superseded for purposed of rule reorganization and codification. Forms

When used in this system of accounts unless otherwise specified the following definitions will apply. A. "Accounts" means the accounts prescribed in this system of accounts. B. "Amortization" means the gradual extinguishment of an account by distributing such amount over a fixed …

A. Uniform Systems of Accounts [17.12.720.9 NMAC] B. Annual Report Forms [17.12.720.10 NMAC] C. Appendix: [17.12.720.22 NMAC] (1) Uniform System of Accounts for Class C and D Water Utilities (2) Annual Report Forms for Class A and B Water Utilities (3) Annual Report Forms for Cla…

Under NMPSC Rule 720 [17.12.720 NMAC] regulated water utilities are required to maintain financial accounts in either of two (2) formats. Class A and Class B water utilities as defined in NMPSC Rule 710 [17.12.1 NMAC] shall keep their financial records according to the NARUC Unif…

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

. In the Letter of Transmittal the applicant shall: A. notify the New Mexico Public Utility Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation Commission] of the tendered rate schedules which will supersede, supplement, or otherwise change any provision of a separate schedule required to b…

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 cost of service in summary form for the Base Period and for the Test Year Period as appropriate and as developed from the supporting schedules and work papers…

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 part of General Order 42, superseded for purposes of rule reorganization and codification…

The purpose of NMPSC Rule 730 [17.12.730 NMAC] is to define and specify the minimum data requirements to be filed by water utilities in support of a tendered new rate schedule or rate schedules which will supersede, supplement, or otherwise change the provision of a rate schedule…

A. Purpose [17.12.730.6 NMAC] B. Minimum Data Requirements for Rate Filings [17.12.730.9 NMAC] C. Letter of Transmittal to Accompany Rate Filing Package for Class A and B Water Utilities [17.12.730.10 NMAC] D. Appendix: Minimum Data Standard Requirements - -Class A and B Water Ut…

Provisions for rate filings are divided into the three levels of operation set out in the classification of water utilities in NMPSC Rule 710.4 [Section 7 of 17.12.1 NMAC]. NMPSC Rule 730 [17.12.730 NMAC] provides that water utilities shall file for rates in one (1) of three (3) …

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

Each applicant must file with the Commission an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity as prescribed in NMPSC Rules 110.35 through 110.38 [17.1.2 NMAC]. (NMPSC Rules 110.35 through 110.38 were previously in effect as Fourth Revised General Order No. 1, …

Each applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity must meet certain minimum standards for design, construction, and operation as required by the Commission. If an applicant is unable to conform to any specific design, construction, or operation standard, the co…

Each applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall have prescribed customer service rules and regulations substantially similar to the service rules and regulations required by the Commission. If an applicant is unable to conform to any recommended custome…

The following exhibits must be attached to and made a part of a water utility's application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity: A. Evidence of Ownership. (1) Corporation - - certificate of incorporation and by-laws; (2) Partnership - - articles of co-partnershi…

A filing fee of $25.00 must accompany the application. In addition, there is a $1.00 filing fee for each tariff number (excluding Table of Contents).

The Commission Staff will be available to meet with an applicant and/or anyone representing the applicant's interests in the matter to answer any questions the applicant may have.

NMPSC Case No. 2190, order dated June 16, 1988, adopting NMPSC Rule 740 effective June 30, 1988, unless otherwise noted. Formerly part of General Order 42, superseded for purposes of rule reorganization and codification.

A. Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity Required [17.12.740.9 NMAC] B. Application [17.12.740.10 NMAC] C. Conformance with Minimum Standards of Design, Construction, and Operation [17.12.740.11 NMAC] D. Conformance with Provisional Customer Rules and Regulations [17.1…

Every jurisdictional water utility shall obtain from the Public Service Commission [Public Regulation Commission] a certificate of public convenience and necessity prior to selling water to the public or when otherwise required.

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

A. Safety Requirements: Each utility shall exercise reasonable care to reduce the hazards to which its employees, its customers, and the general public may be subjected as a result of the utility's operations. The utility shall require employees to use suitable tools and equipmen…

Water Supply Requirements: Each utility shall furnish and maintain sufficient facilities to provide a continuous and adequate supply of water. The total supply system capacity shall meet the daily design maximum peak demand and shall meet the design average-day demand with the la…

A. Pressure Required: Under normal conditions of use including the expected peak demands, water pressure at the customer's meter shall be not less than 30 p.s.i.g. nor more than 125 p.s.i.g. B. Main Sizing: As new mains are installed or as mains which have reached the end of thei…

A. Transmission Systems: The transmission pipelines from sources of supply shall be designed to deliver in combination with related storage facilities and to the limits of the capacity of those sources of supply the maximum requirements of that portion of the system which is depe…

A. Minimum Requirements for Materials, Equipment, and Installation: Materials, equipment, and installation shall be suitable for the pressures experienced and shall meet minimum requirements prescribed by the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division and any other governmenta…

A. Measuring Devices: Each utility shall install a suitable totalizing measuring device or otherwise determine production at each source of supply so that an accurate record may be maintained of the quantity of water produced by each source, the quantity treated by the utility, a…