Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Except as provided in Subsection E of
17.12.810.13 NMAC, the district whose proposed rates are being protested shall
file the following information and documents with the commission within thirty
(30) days of the filing of the protest with the commission or, if a challenge
to the protest petition is filed under 17.12.810.13 NMAC and denied, within
thirty (30) days of the date the challenge is denied.
(1) Direct testimony and exhibits intended to
be introduced into evidence in support of the proposed rates, including any
rate filing package required by commission rule or order and including:
(a) a copy of the cumulative special district
quarterly cash report filed with the department of finance and administration's
local government division ("DFA") for the most recent fiscal year ending prior
to the date the proposed rates are filed with the commission;
(b) an income statement and balance sheet for
the most recent fiscal year ending prior to the date the proposed rates are
filed with the commission, if not included in the report filed with DFA;
and
(c) the budget upon which the
district is basing its proposed rates.
(2) A concise statement supported by the
direct testimony and exhibits identifying:
(a)
whenever the district proposes to change the ratemaking treatment upon which
the present rates are based, each proposed change, the reasons for the proposed
change and the impact in dollars of the proposed change on the rates currently
in effect;
(b) the compound annual
growth rate of each account of plant and expenditures since the test period
used in the district's last rate filing, and, briefly, the reasons for the
growth; and
(c) any extraordinary
event or circumstance, known or projected, which materially alters the
district's operating or financial condition from the condition existing during
the district's test period in its last rate filing.
B. The district's testimony and
exhibits shall conform to the requirements of NMPSC Rule 110 [now 17.1.2
NMAC].
C. The district shall
provide the commission with an original plus ten (10) copies of all documents
filed in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A unless the commission
or presiding officer directs otherwise.
