New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES
Part 551 - PRIOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS
Section 17.9.551.10 - PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF A LONG-TERM PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENT

A. The commission may approve an application for approval of an LTPPA without a formal hearing if no protest is filed within 60 days after the date that notice is given pursuant to a commission order.

B. The commission shall issue its final order acting on the application within six months after the date the application was filed. A final order denying an application shall be without prejudice. The electric utility may re-file a previously denied application at any time after that denial. If the commission does not issue its final order within six months after the date that the application was filed by the electric utility, the application shall be deemed to be approved.