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 17.9.531.9 - INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN CUSTOMER BILLS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Every electric utility shall separately state in its bills to retail customers the portions of its rates (not including the customer charge or any separately stated, Commission-approved fuel and purchased power cost adjustment clause) which are attributable to generation, transmission and distribution functions, respectively. The utility shall provide this information for each per kilowatt or per kilowatt hour charge for the customer class to which the customer belongs. Examples of possible bill formats are provided in 17 NMAC 10.531.16 and 17 NMAC 10.531.17 NMAC [now 17.9.531.16 NMAC and 17.9.531.17 NMAC].
B. The information required by 17 NMAC 10.531.9.1 [now Subsection A of 17.9.531.9 NMAC] shall be revenue-neutral for the utility and for each customer and customer class. No provision of this rule is intended to affect the rates on file with the Commission and a utility's filing pursuant to this rule shall not be construed to be a request for new rates or a change in rates under NMSA 1978 Section 62-8-7 or NMPUC Rules 110, 210, 530 or 540.
C. In the event that adjustments based on a fuel and purchased power cost adjustment clause approved by the Commission under NMPUC Rule 550 are not separately stated in the utility's customer bills, the utility may, without further approval by the Commission, modify the information required by this rule consistently with the change in rates resulting from the fuel and purchased power cost adjustment clause.
