This rule was
filed as NMPSC 980.
TITLE 17 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY
SERVICES
CHAPTER 13 SEWER SERVICES
PART 980 FILING REQUIREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF
RATE SCHEDULES FOR SEWER
UTILITIES HAVING
ANNUAL OPERATING REVENUES AVERAGING LESS THAN
$500,000 OVER
ANY CONSECUTIVE THREE - YEAR PERIOD
17.13.980.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
New Mexico Public Service Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation
Commission].
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17.13.980.2 SCOPE:
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17.13.980.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
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17.13.980.4 DURATION:
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17.13.980.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
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17.13.980.6 OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of NMPSC Rule 980 [17.13.980 NMAC] is to define and specify
the minimum data requirements to be filed by sewer utilities having annual
operating revenues averaging less than $500,000 over any consecutive three-year
period. Minimum data requirements shall
be filed 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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17.13.980.7 DEFINITIONS:
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17.13.980.8 [TABLE OF CONTENTS]
A. Purpose
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B. Minimum Data Requirements for Rate Filings [17.13.980.9 NMAC]
C. Required Rate Filing Package [17.13.980.10 NMAC]
D. Appendix: Rate
Application Forms [17.13.980.11 NMAC]
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17.13.980.9 MINIMUM DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR RATE
FILINGS: Provisions for rate filings are divided into
two levels of operation. NMPSC Rule 980 [17.13.980 NMAC] provides that sewer
utilities shall file for rates in one of two formats. Sewer utilities having annual operating revenues averaging $500,000
or more over any consecutive three-year period must file the most comprehensive
package, set forth in the Appendix to NMPSC Rule 930. Sewer utilities having annual operating revenues averaging less
than $500,000 over any consecutive three-year period may file a simpler
package, set forth in the Appendix to this Rule.
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17.13.980.10 RATE FILING PACKAGE REQUIRED OF SEWER
UTILITIES HAVING ANNUAL OPERATING REVENUES AVERAGING LESS THAT $500,000 OVER
ANY CONSECUTIVE THREE-YEAR PERIOD:
A. To meet the Commission's minimum data filing requirements
specified herein, the sewer 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
the 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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17.13.980.11 APPENDIX: RATE APPLICATION FORMS:
Forms]
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17.13.980.12 [HISTORY: NMPUC Case No. 2277, Order dated December
29, 1989, unless otherwise noted; amended by NMPUC Case No. 2561, Order dated
April 4, 1994.]
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HISTORY OF
17.13.980 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.
NMPSC Rule 980,
Filing Requirements In Support Of Rate Schedules For Sewer Utilities Having Annual
Operating Revenues Averaging Less Than $500, 000 Over Any Consecutive
Three-Year Period, 12/29/89.
History of
Repealed Material: [RESERVED]