N.M. Code R. § 17.10.650.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 16, August 27, 2024

Section 17.10.650.7 - DEFINITIONS

When used in 17.10.650 NMAC unless otherwise specified the following definitions will apply:

A."BTU means" British thermal unit;

B."check flow means" a flow between twenty percent and fifty percent of the meter's rated capacity;

C."commission means" the New Mexico public regulation commission;

D."cubic foot of gas shall have the following meanings":

(1) when gas is supplied and metered to customers at the pressure (as defined in Subsection B of 17.10.650.14 NMAC) normally used for domestic customers' appliances and no other basis of measurement is provided for by special contract or in the utility's rules on file with the commission, a cubic foot of gas shall be that quantity of gas which at the temperature and pressure existing in the meter occupies one cubic foot;

(2) when gas is supplied to customers at other than the pressure in Paragraph (1) above, the utility shall specify in its rules or special contract the base for measurement of a cubic foot of gas (see Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of 17.10.650.9 NMAC); unless otherwise stated a cubic foot of gas shall be that quantity of gas which at temperature of 60 degrees F. and a pressure of 14.73 psia occupies one cubic foot; and

(3) the standard cubic foot of gas for testing the gas itself for heating value shall be that quantity of gas saturated with water vapor which at a temperature of 60 degrees F. and a pressure of 30 inches of mercury occupies one cubic foot; (temperature of mercury = 60 degrees F.; acceleration due to gravity = 32.17 ft. per second; density = 13.595 grams per cubic centimeter;) other bases may be used by the utility and customer when provided for by special contract;

E."customer means" any person, firm, association, corporation, or any agency of the federal, state, or local government being supplied with and responsible for payment for gas service by a gas utility;

F."delivery point means" that point at which the system of the seller connects into the system of the buyer regardless of the location of the meter unless otherwise specified by written contract;

G."filed rule means" rules and regulations filed by a utility with the commission in compliance with 17.1.210 NMAC which have been made effective either through commission approval thereof or by operation of law;

H."final notice means" personal communication with a non-residential customer by telephone, hand delivery or other electronic communications at least two days prior to the specific date of discontinuance of service or if by mail, at least four days prior to the specific date of discontinuance of service, excluding Sundays and holidays observed by the utility, to: remind the non-residential customer of the pending date of discontinuance of service.

I."full rated flow means" a flow of one hundred percent of the rated capacity of a meter;

J."gas plant means" all facilities owned by a gas utility for the production, storage, transmission, and distribution of gas;

K."LP-gas means" liquefied petroleum gas;

L."main means" a gas pipe owned, operated, or maintained by a utility which is used for the transmission or distribution of gas, but does not include "service pipe;"

M."meter, without other qualification, means" any device or instrument which a utility uses to measure a quantity of gas;

N."premises means" a piece of land or real estate, including buildings and other appurtenances thereon;

O."psia means" pounds per square inch, absolute;

P."psig means" pounds per square inch, gauge;

Q. "service pipe means" the pipe that runs between a main or a transmission line and a customer's property line;

R."special contract means" a written agreement between a utility and a customer to establish a rate or conditions of utility service, or both, that due to size or load characteristics, or both, differ from those established for general classes of service;

S."system emergency means" an unplanned situation in which a utility's system or a segment of its system is in imminent danger of failure and implementation of normal curtailment or interruption procedures would not rectify the condition;

T."therm means" the unit of heat that is equal to 100,000 British thermal units;

U. "utility and gas utility" shall have the meaning given for "public utility" or "utility" in the New Mexico Public Utility Act, Section 62-3-3 NMSA 1978;

V."W.C. means" water column;

W."yard line means" the pipe that runs across a customer's property from the property line to the point of consumption;

X."final notice means" personal communication with a non-residential customer by telephone, hand delivery or other electronic communications at least two days prior to the specific date of discontinuance of service or if by mail, at least four days prior to the specific date of discontinuance of service, excluding Sundays and holidays observed by the utility, to: remind the non-residential customer of the pending date of discontinuance of service.

N.M. Code R. § 17.10.650.7

6-30-88; 17.10.650.7 NMAC - Rn, NMPSC 650.7 & A, 6-15-05; A, 12-31-12; A, 3-29-13, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXI, Issue 21, November 10, 2020, eff. 11/10/2020