New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 1 - UTILITIES GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 2 - UTILITY APPLICATIONS
Section 17.1.2.9 - APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Applications for certificates: Applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity shall conform to the requirements of this rule regarding pleadings and shall include in written form all direct testimony and supporting exhibits intended to be introduced into evidence.
B. Notice to other utilities: The utility making the application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall determine whether Extensions, Improvements, Additions, and Cooperative Agreements Between or Among Utilities, 17.5.440 NMAC, requires notification to any other public utility and, if so, the applicant shall serve a copy of such application on such other public utility. Failure to so notify such other utility may be grounds for dismissal of the application.
C. Procedure upon receipt of application for certificate of public convenience and necessity: The commission, upon receipt of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, shall fix a time for a public hearing.
D. Notice of hearing: Prior to the initial hearing on any application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the notice of such initial hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the counties in which the applicant seeks to construct or operate the proposed facilities. Such publication must appear once, at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of initial hearing. The applicant shall bear the cost of such publication.
