Every rate made, demanded or received by any public utility shall be just and reasonable. History: Laws 1941, ch. 84, § 37; 1941 Comp., § 72-601; 1953 Comp., § 68-6-1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — Sections 62-8-1 to 62-8-9 of the Public Utility Act are still effective as the repeal of Chapter 62, Article 6 by […]
Utility service shall not be discontinued to any residence where a seriously or chronically ill person is residing if the person responsible for the utility service charges does not have the financial resources to pay the charges and if a licensed physician, physician assistant, osteopathic physician, osteopathic physician’s assistant or certified nurse practitioner certifies that […]
A. A public utility, as defined pursuant to Section 62-3-3 NMSA 1978, or its employees or agents shall not sell or disclose consumers’ nonpublic personal information without the customer’s permission or unless it is in accordance with standardized credit reporting practices, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 56, Article 3 NMSA 1978 or the federal […]
A. No later than January 1, 2021, and thereafter upon request by the commission, but no more frequently than every two years, a public utility shall file with the commission an application to expand transportation electrification. Applications may include investments or incentives to facilitate the deployment of charging infrastructure and associated electrical equipment that support […]
A. A public utility may file an application with the commission to approve grid modernization projects that are needed by the utility, or upon request of the commission. Applications may include requests for approval of investments or incentives to facilitate grid modernization, rate designs or programs that incorporate the use of technologies, equipment or infrastructure […]
Every public utility shall furnish adequate, efficient and reasonable service. History: Laws 1941, ch. 84, § 38; 1941 Comp., § 72-602; 1953 Comp., § 68-6-2. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — Sections 62-8-1 to 62-8-9 of the Public Utility Act are still effective as the repeal of Chapter 62, Article 6 by Laws 1998, Chapter 108, Section […]
Under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe, every public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, shall file with the commission, within such time and in such form as the commission may designate, schedules showing all rates established by it and collected or enforced, or to be collected or enforced, within […]
Such schedules filed by every public utility shall set forth the classification of users and the rates to be charged as to each classification; and every utility shall have the right to make reasonable classifications of its users. History: Laws 1941, ch. 84, § 40; 1941 Comp., § 72-604; 1953 Comp., § 68-6-4. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s […]
No public utility shall directly or indirectly, by any device whatsoever, or in anywise, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by such public utility than that prescribed in the schedules of such public utility applicable thereto then filed in the […]
No public utility shall, as to rates or services, make or grant any unreasonable preference or advantage to any corporation or person within any classification or subject any corporation or person within any classification to any unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. No public utility shall establish and maintain any unreasonable differences as to rates of service […]
A. At any hearing involving an increase in rates or charges sought by a public utility, the burden of proof to show that the increased rate or charge is just and reasonable shall be upon the utility. B. Unless the commission otherwise orders, no public utility shall make any change in any rate that has […]
A. Whenever there is filed with the commission any schedule proposing any new rates pursuant to Section 62-8-7 NMSA 1978 by any public utility as defined in Paragraph (3) or (5) of Subsection G of Section 62-3-3 NMSA 1978 with equal to or fewer than an aggregate of one thousand five hundred service connections in […]
Each utility doing business in this state and subject to the control and jurisdiction of the commission with respect to its rates or service regulations shall pay annually to the state a fee for the inspection and supervision of such business in an amount equal to five hundred six thousandths percent of its gross receipts […]
A. All fees and money collected under the provisions of the Public Utility Act [Chapter 62, Articles 1 to 6 and 8 to 13 NMSA 1978], including fees provided for in Section 62-13-2 NMSA 1978 and including fees and charges for inspection and supervision, for stenographic services and for transcripts of evidence, shall be remitted […]
