N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.572.15

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 17.9.572.15 - COST RECOVERY FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS

A. A public utility shall recover the reasonable costs of complying with this rule through the rate making process, including its reasonable interconnection and transmission costs, costs to comply with electric industry reliability standards, and other costs attributable to acquisition and delivery of renewable energy and zero carbon energy to retail New Mexico customers.

B. Costs that are consistent with commission-approved annual Renewable Energy Act plans are deemed to be reasonable.

C. A public utility that is permitted to defer the recovery of renewable energy costs pursuant to commission order may, through the ratemaking process, recover from customers that are not subject to the rate impact limitations of Subsection C of Section 62-16-4 NMSA 1978 the cumulative sum of those deferred amounts, plus a carrying charge on those amounts.

D. Any financial benefits resulting to customers qualified pursuant Subsection C of Section 62-16-4 NMSA 1978 shall accrue to the customer immediately as of June 14, 2019 and shall be reflected in customer bills each month, subject to annual true-up and reconciliation.

E. The financial incentive established pursuant to 17.9.572.22 NMAC shall be recovered or credited through a separate rider during the calendar year following the determination of the financial incentive, and subject to reconciliation for under- or over-recovery in a subsequent calendar year.

F. Any renewable energy procurement costs recovered through the utility's fuel clause shall be separately identified in its monthly and annual fuel and purchased power clause adjustment filings and its continuation filings.

G. The commission shall not disallow the cost associated with any expired renewable energy certificate.

H. If a public utility has been granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity prior to January 1, 2015 to construct or operate an electric generation facility and the investment in that facility has been allowed recovery as part of the utility's rate-base, the commission may require the facility to discontinue serving customers within New Mexico if the replacement has less or zero carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere; provided that no order of the commission shall disallow recovery of any undepreciated investments or decommissioning costs associated with the facility.

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.572.15

17.9.572.15 NMAC - Rp, 17.9.572.12 NMAC, 5-31-13, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 09, May 4, 2021, eff. 5/4/2021, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIV, Issue 04, February 28, 2023, eff. 2/28/2023