Community solar facility requirements

NMSA 1978, § 62-16B-3 — under Article 16B.

NMSA 1978, § 62-16B-3

A. A community solar facility shall: (1) have a nameplate capacity rating of five megawatts alternating current or less; (2) be located in the service territory of the qualifying utility and be interconnected to the electric distribution system of that qualifying utility; (3) have at least ten subscribers; (4) have the option to be co-located with other energy resources, but shall not be co-located with other community solar facilities; (5) not allow a single subscriber to be allocated more than forty percent of the generating capacity of the facility; and (6) make at least forty percent of the total generating capacity of a community solar facility available in subscriptions of twenty-five kilowatts or less. B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a native community solar project; provided that a native community solar project shall be located in the service territory of a qualifying utility and be interconnected to the electric distribution system of that qualifying utility. History: Laws 2021, ch. 34, § 3.