New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 7 - ENERGY CONSERVATION
Part 3 - INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES
Section 17.7.3.8 - INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. A public utility supplying electric service to customers shall file with the commission every three years a proposed integrated resource plan (IRP) to meet the service needs of its customers over the planning period. The plan shall show the resource options the utility intends to use to meet those needs. The plan shall also specify how the implementation and use of those resource options would vary with changes in supply and demand. The utility is only required to identify a resource option type, unless a commitment to a specific resource exists at the time of the filing. The utility shall also discuss any plans to reduce emissions from existing resources through sales, leases, deratings, or retirements.
B. The IRP submitted to the commission by an electric utility shall contain the utility's New Mexico jurisdictional information as follows:
C. The utilities shall file their IRP on a staggered schedule, as follows:
D. A multi-jurisdictional utility shall include in its IRP a description of its resource planning requirements in the other state(s) where it operates, and a description of how it is coordinating the IRP with its out-of-state resource planning requirements.
E. The utility shall promptly notify the commission and participants of material events that would have the effect of changing the statement of need or action plan had those events been recognized when the statement of need or action plan was accepted.