This rule was
filed as NMPSC Rule 780.
TITLE 17 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY
SERVICES
CHAPTER 12 WATER SERVICES
PART 780 FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF
RATE SCHEDULES FOR CLASS C AND D
WATER UTILITIES
17.12.780.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
New Mexico Public Service Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation
Commission].
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17.12.780.2 SCOPE:
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17.12.780.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
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17.12.780.4 DURATION:
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17.12.780.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
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17.12.780.6 OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of NMPSC Rule 780 [17.12.780 NMAC] is to define and specify
the minimum data requirements to be filed by water utilities in support of a
tendered new rate schedule or rate schedules which will supersede, supplement,
or otherwise change the provision of a rate schedule required to be on file
with the Commission.
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17.12.780.7 DEFINITIONS:
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17.12.780.8 [TABLE OF CONTENTS]
A. Purpose
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B. Minimum Data Requirements for Rate Filings [17.12.780.9 NMAC]
C. Rate Filing Package Required of Class C Water Utilities [17.12.780.10 NMAC]
D. Rate Filing Package Required of Class D Water
Utilities [17.12.780.11 NMAC]
E. Appendix Rate Application Forms - - Class C Water
Utilities. Rate Application Forms - -Class D
Water
Utilities [17.12.780.13 NMAC]
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17.12.780.9 MINUMUM DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR RATE
FILINGS: Provisions for rate filings are divided into
the three (3) levels of operation set out in the classification of water
utilities in NMPSC Rule 710.4 [17.12.1.7 NMAC]. NMPSC Rule 780 [17.12.780 NMAC]
provides that water utilities shall file for rates in one of three formats.
Class A and Class B water utilities as defined in NMPSC Rule 710.4 [17.12.1.7
NMAC] must file the most comprehensive package, set forth in the Appendix to
NMPSC Rule 730 [17.12.730 NMAC]; Class C water utilities as defined in NMPSC
Rule 710.4 [17.12.1.7 NMAC] may file a simpler package, set forth in the Appendix;
Class D water utilities as defined in NMPSC Rule 710.4 [17.12.1.7 NMAC] may
file the most abbreviated package, set forth in the Appendix.
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17.12.780.10 RATE FILING PACKAGE REQUIRED OF CLASS C
WATER UTILITIES:
A. To meet the Commission's minimum data filing requirements
specified herein, the Class C water utility applicant must maintain adequate
financial records fully separated from any commonly owned enterprise and
requires that the applicant have on file with the Commission fully completed
Annual Reports for the immediate past year and for at least the two (2) prior
years if the applicant has been in existence that long.
B. The rate application form is based on the point in time
concept represented by year‑end operations for measuring rate base and
the cost of service. This approach tends to close the time lag between the test
period and the implementation of rates. In using this method, new plant added
any time during the test period may be included in the year-end plant investment.
If the added plant produces additional revenues, the added revenue and expense
effect will be recognized in cost of service.
C. The test year used should be the most recent calendar
year for which an Annual Report has been filed.
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17.12.780.11 RATE FILING PACKAGE REQUIRED OF CLASS D
WATER UTILITIES:
A. A Class D water utility may apply for rate adjustments by
means of the formal procedure outlined in rules governing Class C water
utilities or by following the procedure prescribed below which is intended to
reduce filing requirements to shorten the time period between application and
Commission Order. This procedure assumes that the applicant has maintained
adequate financial records fully separated from any commonly owned enterprise
and requires that the applicant has on file with the Commission fully completed
Annual Reports for the immediate past year and for at least the two (2) prior
years when the applicant has been in existence that long.
B. It is contemplated that in most cases Staff will be able
to analyze the case and make its recommendation on the basis of written
materials submitted by the Company.
C. Such materials will consist of the last three (3) Annual
Reports, information contained in or supplied with the application form, and
information furnished in response to requests made to the applicant by
Commission Staff or intervenors.
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17.12.780.12 [HISTORY: NMPUC Case No. 2086, order dated June 30,
1988, unless otherwise noted; amended by NMPUC Case No. 2561, Order dated April
4, 1994. Formerly part of General Order
No. 42, superseded for purposes of rule reorganization and codification.].
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17.12.780.13 APPENDIX: [See
pdf
file 17.12.780.13.pdf]
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HISTORY OF
17.12.780 NMAC
Pre-NMAC
History: The material in this part was
derived from that previously filed with the Commission of Public Records-State
Records Center and Archives.
General Order
No. 42, Regulations Governing Water Utilities, 5/2/84.
NMPSC Rule 710,
General Provisions For Water Utilities, 6/30/88.
NMPSC Rule 720,
Uniform Systems Of Accounts And Annual Report Forms For Water Utilities,
6/30/88.
NMPSC Rule 730,
Filing Requirements In Support Of Rate Schedules For Class A And B Utilities,
6/30/88.
NMPSC Rule 740,
Certificates Of Public Convenience And Necessity For Water Utilities, 6/30/88.
NMPSC Rule 750,
Minimum Standards For Design, Construction, And Operation Of Water Utilities,
6/30/88.
NMPSC Rule 760,
Customer Service Rules And Regulations For Water Utilities, 6/30/88.
NMPSC Rule 780,
Filing Requirements in Support of Rate Schedules For Class C and D Water
Utilities, 6/30/88.
History of
Repealed Material: [RESERVED]