Section 3-24-8 – Electric utility; limitation on right to acquire system beyond five-mile limit.
A. The acquisition of any public utility system by a municipality furnishing electric service more than five miles beyond its boundary is subject to the rights and liabilities of the public utility, and the obligations assumed by the municipality shall be paid from the gross revenue ascribable to the electric system so acquired. B. No […]
Section 3-24-9 – Electric utility; rates, charges and service conditions beyond five-mile limit; rate, charge and service standards; fees paid by municipality.
A. Any municipality acquiring, operating or maintaining an electric utility system in that area more than five miles beyond its boundary shall: (1) establish, maintain and collect rates or charges for service in that area that are just and reasonable; and (2) furnish adequate, efficient and reasonable service in that area. B. No municipality acquiring, […]
Section 3-24-10 – Contracts with electric utilities for the operation of facilities.
A. Any municipality owning and operating facilities for the furnishing of electricity may contract with any electric utility: (1) to operate and manage all or part of the electric system of the electric utility; or (2) for the operation and management of the municipal electric facilities by the electric utility upon such terms and conditions […]
Section 3-24-11 – Short title.
Sections 3-24-11 through 3-24-18 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Municipal Electric Generation Act”. History: 1978 Comp., § 3-24-11, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 260, § 8.
Section 3-24-2 – Electric utility; charges.
A municipality owning and operating an electric utility shall charge only the person receiving the electric service. Charges shall not be limited to measurement by kilowatt or the kilowatt hour. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale by a municipality of surplus electric power and energy derived from its generating facility […]
Section 3-24-3 – Electric utility; municipality serving a governmental agency.
Any municipality maintaining electric transmission lines more than five miles beyond the municipal boundary for the purpose of supplying electricity to the United States government, the state of New Mexico or any department or agency of these governments may: A. acquire, by purchase, gift or other conveyance, any public utility system using such transmission line […]
Section 3-24-4 – Jurisdiction over land of electric utility.
A. For the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining and protecting an electric utility, a municipality has jurisdiction over: (1) territory, occupied by an electric utility; (2) all poles, lines, mains, pipes and other facilities of the electric utility; and (3) that portion of any land upon which is located the electric utility and its facilities, […]
Section 3-24-1 – Electric utility; municipality may acquire and operate; certain municipalities may acquire by contract or condemnation.
A. Any municipality may, by ordinance, acquire, operate and maintain an electric utility for the generation and distribution of electricity to persons residing within its service area. The service area of a municipality includes: (1) territory within the municipality; (2) territory within five miles of the boundary of the municipality in the case of any […]