N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.574.11

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

Section 17.9.574.11 - APPLICATIONS TO EXPAND TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION

A. In accordance with the filing schedule provided in 17.9.574.12 NMAC, a public utility shall file with the commission an application for approval of a proposed three-year plan to expand transportation electrification in the utility's service area. The three-year plan may include planned investments, incentives, programs, rate designs, and expenditures that are reasonably expected to achieve the goals of Section 62-8-12 NMSA 1978 during the plan years.

B. A public utility's proposed three-year plan shall include, at minimum:

(1) strategies and measures for expanding transportation electrification among low-income customers and underserved communities, including but not limited to:

(a) a percentage budgetary carveout for measures aimed at increasing EV awareness and adoption among low-income customers and in underserved communities;

(b) outreach and marketing strategies and measures for expanding transportation electrification among low-income customers and in underserved communities; and

(c) strategies and measures for mass transit operations, ride-sharing programs, and multi-family dwelling units in the utility's service area that serve low-income customers and underserved communities;

(2) strategies and measures for expanding transportation electrification across multiple EV classes, including but not limited to personal and commercial light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty EVs, and electric bicycles;

(3) expected customer participation estimates and the methods used to derive such estimates;

(4) strategies and measures for servicing multiple market segments, including but not limited to commercial businesses, multi-family dwelling units, single-family homes, and ride-sharing and public transit programs;

(5) strategies and measures for coordinating with State or federal EV infrastructure planning;

(6) strategies and measures for coordinating with existing business locations that sell and dispense transportation fuel to the public; and

(7) identification of key performance indicators for program success and how these indicators are utilized to further the success of the program.

C. Strategies and measures for low-income customers shall permit self-certification of eligibility and shall be provided with public-facing materials in English and Spanish, and any incentives shall be made available prior to or at the time of purchase.

D. In addition to the proposed three-year plan, the TEP shall include a planning outlook addressing the two-year period beyond the three-year plan. The two-year planning outlook shall be presented for informational purposes to inform the commission of the utility's vision for the transportation electrification sector during the planning horizon. Planning outlooks shall include:

(1) the public utility's outlook for projected transportation electrification in its service territory, including estimates of the expected numbers of EVs operating in its service territory, listed by light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty EV classes;

(2) expected lead times for coordinating with State and federal EV infrastructure planning, EV charging station operators, existing business locations that sell and dispense transportation fuel to the public, and other stakeholders, and for planned construction or planned deployments, including estimated or expected new or upgraded infrastructure needs;

(3) anticipated requests for regulatory approvals to effectuate a future TEP in the planning horizon, to carry out the three-year plan, to support the transition between TEPs, and to coordinate with State or federal EV infrastructure planning;

(4) planned or potential integration with neighboring public utility transportation electrification planning and possible strategies for coordinating with rural electric cooperatives, tribes, and pueblos, if any;

(5) anticipated grid management requirements and projected peak load requirements to reliably accommodate expanded transportation electrification in the public utility's service territory, and how these requirements may be reduced by improved distribution planning, rate design, or other solutions;

(6) forecasted potential for meeting new load growth associated with EV charging infrastructure with renewable energy; and

(7) any expected or potential policy or statutory issues that could impact expanded infrastructure or network upgrades required by expanded transportation electrification in the public utility's service territory.

E. The application shall include:

(1) testimony and exhibits providing a full explanation of the public utility's determination of the plan years' transportation electrification expansion measures to be undertaken and their corresponding budgets;

(2) the costs of transportation electrification measures in the plan years;

(3) whether the public utility intends to recover costs through a tariff rider, base rates, or both;

(4) testimony and exhibits demonstrating how the cost and amount specified in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection were determined;

(5) testimony demonstrating that the proposed transportation electrification plan is reasonably and prudently designed and expected to accomplish any or all of the goals of the TEP pursuant to Paragraphs (1) through (6) of Subsection B of Section 62-8-12 NMSA 1978 and 17.9.574 NMAC.

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.574.11

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIV, Issue 03, February 14, 2023, eff. 2/14/2023