Articles 1 through 6 and 8 through 13 of Chapter 62 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Utility Act”. History: Laws 1941, ch. 84, § 80; 1941 Comp., § 72-1101; 1953 Comp., § 68-11-1; 1993, ch. 220, § 1; 1993, ch. 282, § 39; 1993, ch. 351, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — […]
A uniform fee for filing, indexing and furnishing filing data for any instrument filed under the provisions of Sections 62-13-8 and 62-13-9 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation, shall be one dollar ($1.00). Upon request of any person, the secretary of state shall furnish a copy of such instrument, and shall, upon request, certify the […]
If any instrument filed with the secretary of state under the provisions of Sections 62-13-8 or 62-13-9, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation, covers any real property, a notice shall be recorded in each county where any part of such real property is situate setting forth the nature of such instrument, the date thereof, the […]
The filing of an instrument with the secretary of state under the provisions of Sections 62-13-8 and 62-13-9 NMSA 1978 together with the recording of the notice under the provisions of Section 62-13-11 NMSA 1978 in the office of the county clerk in each county where any real property is situate shall for all intents […]
All instruments on file with the secretary of state, the filing of which, pursuant to Section 62-13-12 NMSA 1978, is equivalent to filing as contemplated by Sections 55-9-401 through 55-9-407 NMSA 1978, which instruments were filed prior to, and in effect on, July 1, 1981, shall remain effective until a termination statement is filed, and […]
Interest on deposits shall be set annually at a rate equal to the federal five-year treasury note rate as reported on the first day of the calendar year by the federal reserve board of governors and shall be paid on any deposit required of a consumer by any public utility as defined in Section 62-3-3 […]
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Public Utility Act [Chapter 62, Articles 1 to 6 and 8 to 13 NMSA 1978] to the contrary, a person not otherwise a public utility shall not be deemed to be a public utility subject to the jurisdiction, control or regulation of the commission and the provisions of […]
A. Upon request of an investor-owned utility in any general rate case, the commission shall approve interconnected customer rate riders to recover the costs of ancillary and standby services pursuant to this section only for new interconnected customers, except that a utility may seek approval of interconnected customer rate riders in the utility’s renewable energy […]
A. No later than July 1, 2011, the commission shall approve any new application for creation of a holding company filed by a public utility prior to January 1, 2011, as part of that utility’s plan to offer renewable energy-related services for the residents of New Mexico; provided that the creation of the holding company […]
No water utility defined as a public utility under the provisions of Section 62-3-3 NMSA 1978 shall impose sprinkler standby charges on the owners of structures that contain automatic fire protection sprinkler systems. As used in this section, “sprinkler standby charges” means additional charges imposed by a water utility on owners of structures because the […]
Whenever the commission determines, after notice and hearing, that a public utility is unable or unwilling to adequately service its customers or has been actually or effectively abandoned by its owners or operator, or consistently violates the rules or orders of the commission, the commission may commence an action in the district court of the […]
A. The construction of New Mexico facilities that generate electricity for New Mexico retail customers, and that are not located on the customer side of an electricity meter, shall be subject to the requirements provided in Subsection B of this section if the facilities are built as a result of competitive solicitations issued after July […]
The commission shall collect the following fees, which shall be remitted to the state treasurer not later than the day following receipt: A. for filing any rate schedule, service rule or regulation or sample form, or amendment thereto, one dollar ($1.00); B. for filing each application, petition or complaint, twenty-five dollars ($25.00); C. for copies […]
If the commission dismisses a complaint for lack of probable cause, the commission may refund a fee paid pursuant to Subsection B of Section 62-13-2 NMSA 1978 if the commission determines that the dismissed complaint was filed in good faith. History: Laws 2007, ch. 223, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 223 […]
A. Except as otherwise provided by law, in all proceedings before the commission and in the courts, each party to the controversy shall bear his own costs and no costs shall be taxed against either party. B. In any commission rate proceeding in which the utility seeks rates to recover adjusted test-year litigation expenses there […]
Neither this act nor any provision thereof shall apply to or be construed to apply to commerce with foreign nations or commerce among the several states of this Union, except insofar as the same may be permitted under the provisions of the constitution of the United States and the acts of congress. History: Laws 1941, […]
The provisions of Sections 62-13-5 through 62-13-7 NMSA 1978 shall apply to mortgages, deeds of trust and other security instruments hereafter executed by, and to secure the payment of bonds, notes or other obligations of: A. corporations engaged in this state in the generation, manufacture, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy and power to […]
Any mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument hereafter executed by any corporation referred to in Section 1 [62-13-5 NMSA 1978] of this act, which by its terms subjects to the lien thereof property then owned, and any property to be acquired by the corporation subsequent to the execution by it of such mortgage, […]
The provisions of the act [62-13-5 to 62-13-7 NMSA 1978] shall be applicable only to mortgages, deeds of trust and other security instruments that are executed after the effective date of this act by a corporation of the class referred to in Section 1 [62-13-5 NMSA 1978] of this act and which comply with the […]
Any mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement or similar security instrument, or instrument supplemental thereto, or amendatory or in satisfaction thereof, covering any real or personal property situate in more than one county in this state, which is made to secure the payment of bonds, notes or other obligations issued, or to be issued, by […]
