New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES
Part 570 - GOVERNING COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION
Section 17.9.570.2 - SCOPE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. 17.9.570 NMAC applies to every electric utility (investor-owned, rural electric cooperative, municipal, or an entity providing wholesale rates and service) operating within the state of New Mexico that is subject to the jurisdiction of the New Mexico public regulation commission as provided by law.
B. It is intended that the obligations of utilities provided for in 17.9.570 NMAC shall extend to both production and consumption functions of qualifying facilities irrespective of whether the production and consumption functions are singly or separately owned. In situations where the production and consumption functions are separately owned, the qualifying facility or its operator may elect to enter into the contract with the utility.
C. All interconnection contracts between utilities and qualifying facilities existing at the time 17.9.570 NMAC is adopted shall automatically continue in full force and effect with no change in rates for the purchase of power from the qualifying facilities. Any changes made to the existing interconnection contracts shall be made by mutual agreement and shall conform to the provisions of 17.9.570 NMAC.
D. Variances which have been granted by the commission from earlier versions of general order no. 37 and under 17.9.570 NMAC shall continue in full force and effect unless the commission specifically rescinds any such variance.
