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30+TH LEGISLATURE
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46+INTRODUCED BY
47+Kristina Ortez
2848 AN ACT
2949 RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES; ALLOWING ADDITIONAL RATE
3050 STRUCTURES.
3151 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
3252 SECTION 1. Section 62-8-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941,
3353 Chapter 84, Section 42, as amended) is amended to read:
34-"62-8-6. DISCRIMINATION.--No public utility shall, as
35-to rates or services, make or grant any unreasonable
36-preference or advantage to any corporation or person within
37-any classification or subject any corporation or person
38-within any classification to any unreasonable prejudice or
39-disadvantage. No public utility shall establish and maintain
40-any unreasonable differences as to rates of service either as
41-between localities or as between classes of service. Nothing
42-shall prohibit, however, the commission from approving:
43-A. economic development rates;
44-B. rates designed to retain load;
45-C. rates and programs designed to reduce the
46-burden of energy costs on low-income customers; and
47-D. energy efficiency programs designed to reduce
48-the burden of energy costs on low-income customers pursuant
49-to the Efficient Use of Energy Act."
54+"62-8-6. DISCRIMINATION.--No public utility shall, as to
55+rates or services, make or grant any unreasonable preference or
56+advantage to any corporation or person within any
57+classification or subject any corporation or person within any
58+classification to any unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
59+No public utility shall establish and maintain any unreasonable
60+differences as to rates of service either as between localities
61+or as between classes of service. Nothing shall prohibit,
62+however, the commission from approving:
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90+A. economic development rates; [and ]
91+B. rates designed to retain load; [or from
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93+C. rates designed to reduce the burden of energy
94+costs on low-income customers;
95+D. rates that seek to decrease or eliminate
96+participating customer arrears or increase the frequency of
97+participating customer payments; provided that such programs
98+would be designed to increase affordability and continuity of
99+service for participating customers and reduce utility costs
100+associated with customer account collection activities; and
101+E. energy efficiency programs designed to reduce
102+the burden of energy costs on low-income customers pursuant to
103+the Efficient Use of Energy Act."
50104 SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
51105 provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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