New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 11 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Part 10 - STATE RURAL UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND
Section 17.11.10.9 - AFFORDABILITY BENCHMARK RATES

Universal Citation: 17 NM Admin Code 17.11.10.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Effective January 1, 2020, unless changed by the commission in a proceeding pursuant to Subsection B of 17.11.10.09 NMAC, the residential and business affordability benchmark rates to be utilized in determining the level of support available from the fund are as follows:

(1) the residential benchmark rate for basic local exchange service shall be $18.00; except that the commission may on its own motion and at any time conduct a review of the residential benchmark rate and change it accordingly, as per Subsection B of 17.11.10.9 NMAC;

(2) the business benchmark rate for basic local exchange service shall be carrier-specific and shall be equal to the business basic exchange rate of each local exchange carrier as of January 1, 2020;

(3) each local exchange carrier shall, on or before May 1 of each year, advise the commission and the administrator in writing of its residential and business basic local exchange rates to be in effect on July 1 of that year and how they were determined;

(4) increases in the residential basic local exchange rates of incumbent rural telecommunications carriers toward the residential benchmark rate established in this section shall be implemented by timely filing of tariff revisions with the commission and shall be effective after 10 days' notice to the carrier's customers and the commission;

B. The commission may conduct a proceeding to establish new affordability benchmark rates upon its own motion.

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