New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES
Part 572 - RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES
Section 17.9.572.20 - REVIEW BY COMMISSION

A. Interested parties wishing to protest an annual Renewable Energy Act plan shall do so by stating the bases for the protest within 30 days after the filing of the utility's annual renewable energy plan.

B. The commission shall approve or modify annual Renewable Energy Act plans within 90 days and may approve such plans without a hearing, unless a protest is filed that demonstrates to the commission's reasonable satisfaction that a hearing is necessary.

C. The commission may modify a plan after notice and hearing, and may, for good cause, extend the time to approve an annual Renewable Energy Act plan for an additional 90 days.

D. If the commission does not act within the 90-day period, a plan is deemed approved.

E. The commission may reject a plan, within 40 days of filing, if the commission finds that the plan does not contain the required information; upon such rejection the public utility's obligation to procure additional resources will be suspended for the time necessary to file a revised plan. In such instances, the total amount of renewable energy to be procured by the public utility will not change.