New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES
Part 573 - COMMUNITY SOLAR
Section 17.9.573.16 - SUBSCRIBER PROTECTIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The commission has adopted a uniform disclosure form, identifying the information to be provided by subscriber organizations to potential subscribers, in both English and Spanish, and when appropriate, native or indigenous languages, to ensure fair disclosure of future costs and benefits of subscriptions, key contract terms, security interests and other relevant but reasonable information pertaining to the subscription, as well as grievance and enforcement procedures. The key contract terms to be disclosed on the form are subscription size (kw dc), estimated contract effective date, contract term (months or years), option to renew y/n?, enrollment costs/subscription fees, payment terms, rate discount, estimated total one year payments, early termination fees or cancellation terms, and subscription portability or transferability. The subscriber organization shall provide the form to a potential subscriber and allow them a reasonable time to review the form's disclosures and sign the form before entering into a subscription agreement. The subscriber organization shall maintain in its files a signed form for each subscriber for the duration of the subscriber's subscription, plus one year, and shall make the form available to the commission upon the commission's request.
B. The subscriber organization must maintain a minimum level of general liability insurance coverage for each facility that it operates, with the minimum level dependent upon the nameplate capacity of the facility, according to the following schedule: one million dollars per occurrence for a facility with a capacity greater than 250 kW, five hundred thousand dollars per occurrence for a facility with a capacity in the range of 40 kW - 250kW, and three hundred thousand dollars per occurrence for a facility with a capacity below 40 kW.