Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. In accordance with the filing schedule
provided in
17.9.574.12 NMAC, a public utility
shall file with the commission an application for approval of a proposed
three-year plan to expand transportation electrification in the utility's
service area. The three-year plan may include planned investments, incentives,
programs, rate designs, and expenditures that are reasonably expected to
achieve the goals of Section
62-8-12 NMSA 1978 during the plan
years.
B. A public utility's
proposed three-year plan shall include, at minimum:
(1) strategies and measures for expanding
transportation electrification among low-income customers and underserved
communities, including but not limited to:
(a) a percentage budgetary carveout for
measures aimed at increasing EV awareness and adoption among low-income
customers and in underserved communities;
(b) outreach and marketing strategies and
measures for expanding transportation electrification among low-income
customers and in underserved communities; and
(c) strategies and measures for mass transit
operations, ride-sharing programs, and multi-family dwelling units in the
utility's service area that serve low-income customers and underserved
communities;
(2)
strategies and measures for expanding transportation electrification across
multiple EV classes, including but not limited to personal and commercial
light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty EVs, and electric bicycles;
(3) expected customer participation estimates
and the methods used to derive such estimates;
(4) strategies and measures for servicing
multiple market segments, including but not limited to commercial businesses,
multi-family dwelling units, single-family homes, and ride-sharing and public
transit programs;
(5) strategies
and measures for coordinating with State or federal EV infrastructure
planning;
(6) strategies and
measures for coordinating with existing business locations that sell and
dispense transportation fuel to the public; and
(7) identification of key performance
indicators for program success and how these indicators are utilized to further
the success of the program.
C. Strategies and measures for low-income
customers shall permit self-certification of eligibility and shall be provided
with public-facing materials in English and Spanish, and any incentives shall
be made available prior to or at the time of purchase.
D. In addition to the proposed three-year
plan, the TEP shall include a planning outlook addressing the two-year period
beyond the three-year plan. The two-year planning outlook shall be presented
for informational purposes to inform the commission of the utility's vision for
the transportation electrification sector during the planning horizon. Planning
outlooks shall include:
(1) the public
utility's outlook for projected transportation electrification in its service
territory, including estimates of the expected numbers of EVs operating in its
service territory, listed by light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty EV
classes;
(2) expected lead times
for coordinating with State and federal EV infrastructure planning, EV charging
station operators, existing business locations that sell and dispense
transportation fuel to the public, and other stakeholders, and for planned
construction or planned deployments, including estimated or expected new or
upgraded infrastructure needs;
(3)
anticipated requests for regulatory approvals to effectuate a future TEP in the
planning horizon, to carry out the three-year plan, to support the transition
between TEPs, and to coordinate with State or federal EV infrastructure
planning;
(4) planned or potential
integration with neighboring public utility transportation electrification
planning and possible strategies for coordinating with rural electric
cooperatives, tribes, and pueblos, if any;
(5) anticipated grid management requirements
and projected peak load requirements to reliably accommodate expanded
transportation electrification in the public utility's service territory, and
how these requirements may be reduced by improved distribution planning, rate
design, or other solutions;
(6)
forecasted potential for meeting new load growth associated with EV charging
infrastructure with renewable energy; and
(7) any expected or potential policy or
statutory issues that could impact expanded infrastructure or network upgrades
required by expanded transportation electrification in the public utility's
service territory.
E.
The application shall include:
(1) testimony
and exhibits providing a full explanation of the public utility's determination
of the plan years' transportation electrification expansion measures to be
undertaken and their corresponding budgets;
(2) the costs of transportation
electrification measures in the plan years;
(3) whether the public utility intends to
recover costs through a tariff rider, base rates, or both;
(4) testimony and exhibits demonstrating how
the cost and amount specified in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection were
determined;
(5) testimony
demonstrating that the proposed transportation electrification plan is
reasonably and prudently designed and expected to accomplish any or all of the
goals of the TEP pursuant to Paragraphs (1) through (6) of Subsection B of
Section 62-8-12 NMSA 1978 and 17.9.574
NMAC.
