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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 62 - Electric, Gas and Water Utilities » Article 16B - Community Solar » Section 62-16B-3 – Community solar facility requirements.

A. A community solar facility shall:

(1) have a nameplate capacity rating of five megawatts alternating current or less;

(2) be located in the service territory of the qualifying utility and be interconnected to the electric distribution system of that qualifying utility;

(3) have at least ten subscribers;

(4) have the option to be co-located with other energy resources, but shall not be co-located with other community solar facilities;

(5) not allow a single subscriber to be allocated more than forty percent of the generating capacity of the facility; and

(6) make at least forty percent of the total generating capacity of a community solar facility available in subscriptions of twenty-five kilowatts or less.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a native community solar project; provided that a native community solar project shall be located in the service territory of a qualifying utility and be interconnected to the electric distribution system of that qualifying utility.

History: Laws 2021, ch. 34, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 34 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.