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AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES; ALLOWING ADDITIONAL RATE
STRUCTURES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 62-8-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1941,
Chapter 84, Section 42, as amended) is amended to read:
"62-8-6. DISCRIMINATION.--No public utility shall, as
to rates or services, make or grant any unreasonable
preference or advantage to any corporation or person within
any classification or subject any corporation or person
within any classification to any unreasonable prejudice or
disadvantage. No public utility shall establish and maintain
any unreasonable differences as to rates of service either as
between localities or as between classes of service. Nothing
shall prohibit, however, the commission from approving:
A. economic development rates;
B. rates designed to retain load;
C. rates and programs designed to reduce the
burden of energy costs on low-income customers; and
D. energy efficiency programs designed to reduce
the burden of energy costs on low-income customers pursuant
to the Efficient Use of Energy Act."
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.