New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI,
Issue 5 / March 11, 2025
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
DOCKET NO. 24-00157-UT
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (“Commission”) gives
notice of its initiation of a formal rulemaking to promulgate amendments to the
“Energy Efficiency” rule at Title 17, Chapter 7,
Part 2 of the New Mexico Administrative Code. A rule which may be adopted as the final rule by the Commission may
include all, part, or none of the language in the proposed rule.
Summary and concise statement of proposed rule: The objective of the proposed rule
is to implement the Efficient Use of Energy Act’s requirements for public
utilities to acquire cost-effective energy efficiency and load management
resources, measures, and programs, and to establish criteria to evaluate and
implement cost-effective energy efficiency and load management resources,
measures, and programs that reduce energy demand and energy consumption.
Legal authority: Sections 62-3-1, 62-8-6, and 62-17-1 to -11
NMSA 1978.
How a copy of the full text of the proposed rule may be obtained: A copy of the full text of
the proposed rule and instructions on how to access the complete rulemaking
record, reports, and other items filed in the commission’s e-docket system may
be obtained from the Rulemaking Proceedings section of the Commission’s website
at https://www.prc.nm.gov/rulemaking-proceedings/
under Docket No. 24-00157-UT or by calling LaurieAnn Santillanes in the Office
of General Counsel at (505) 670-4830.
How a person may comment on the proposed rule, where comments will be
received, and when comments are due:
Written initial comments may be filed no later than May 16, 2025,
written response comments may be filed no later than May 30, 2025. Filed comments shall refer to Docket No. 24-00157-UT. Comments may be electronically filed by
sending them in PDF format to prc.records@prc.nm.gov. All written comments will be posted on the Commission’s e-Docket
website within three days of their receipt by the Commission’s Records Management
Bureau.
The record of this case closes on June
20, 2025. From that date through the completion of
this proceeding, rulemaking participants shall be forbidden from communicating
with the Commission or its representatives concerning substantive issues in
this proceeding.
When and where a
public rule hearing will be held and how a person may participate in the
hearing: A public
hearing on the proposed rule and any proposed alternatives, to be presided over
by the Commission or its designee, shall be held beginning at 10:00 a.m.
on May 22, 2025, at the Commission’s offices located at 142 W. Palace,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505, and via the
Zoom video-conferencing platform.
Any interested person who wishes to make a comment at the hearing may
contact Patrick Rodriguez via email at public.comment@prc.nm.gov or by phone at
(505) 490-7910 as
soon as possible before the start of the hearing to
sign up as a commenter to sign up as a commenter. The Commission shall email a Zoom invitation
to all commenters. The Zoom invitation
shall include a call-in number for those commenters who are unable to access
Zoom’s video-conferencing platform. The
public comment hearing shall be held to receive oral comments. All commenters may be limited in time to
speak, subject to the discretion of the Commission or its designee. The Commission or its designee may also
determine that a spokesperson should be designated to
speak on behalf of an organization, a group, or a group of individuals that
shares the same message or seeks the same goals, in order to
maximize the efficiency of the public hearing.
No testimony or other evidence shall be taken at the hearing as this is
a rulemaking proceeding. The subject of
public comments shall be relevant to matters within the Commission’s
jurisdiction. A court reporter shall prepare a transcript of the hearing for filing
in this docket.
Any person with a disability requiring special assistance to
participate in the hearing should contact the Office of Director of Administrative
Services of the Commission at (505) 827-8019 as soon as possible prior
to the commencement of the hearing.
Technical
information that served as a basis for the proposed rule and how the
information can be obtained: N/A.