New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES
Part 531 - DISCLOSURE OF ELECTRIC RATES BY FUNCTION IN CUSTOMER BILLS
Section 17.9.531.11 - COMMISSION REVIEW AND APPROVAL

A. Each electric utility shall submit the information required by 17 NMAC 10.531.9 [now 17.9.531.9 NMAC] to the Commission on or before August 1, 1998. The utility shall submit the information in the form of proposed bill formats for each customer class, together with the data and calculations upon which it bases its determination of the portions of its rates attributable to different functions. The utility shall include as part of this filing a copy of the first insert it proposes to send to customers under 17 NMAC 10.531.12.1 [now Subsection A of 17.9.531.12 NMAC] and a copy of the customer education program it intends to implement under 17 NMAC 10.531.12.2 [now Subsection B of 17.9.531.12 NMAC]. A copy of the filing shall be served on the Attorney General, Commission Staff and the parties to the utilitys most recent general rate proceeding, except as provided in 17 NMAC 10.531.11.4 [now Subsection D of 17.9.531.11 NMAC].

B. Commission Staff and other interested parties may submit written comments on the utilitys filing, including any proposed revisions and all supporting materials, to the Commission within 10 days of service by the utility pursuant to 17 NMAC 10.531.11.1 [now Subsection A of 17.9.531.11 NMAC]. The Commission shall review the submittals of the utility and any interested parties, together with the data and calculations on which they are based and any other information requested by the Commission, and determine the information to be included in customer bills and the manner of presentation, as well as the nature and timing of the utilitys customer education program.

C. The utility shall use the new bill format beginning either with the October 1998 billing cycle or the second billing cycle after issuance of the Commissions order under 17 NMAC 10.531.11.2 [now Subsection B of 17.9.531.11 NMAC], whichever is later, or as otherwise directed by the Commission.

D. Notwithstanding the service provisions of 17 NMAC 10.531.11.1 [now Subsection A of 17.9.531.11 NMAC]., in the case of rural electric cooperatives, service shall be made on the Attorney General, Commission Staff and the parties to the cooperatives most recent general rate proceeding, if conducted within the five years immediately prior to service. If no general rate proceeding has been conducted during that time period, service shall be made on the Attorney General, Commission Staff and any other person requesting such service.

E. Utilitys shall file their new bill formats with the Commission in accordance with NMPUC Rule 210.11.