N.M. Admin. Code § 17.11.22.21

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 17.11.22.21 - AGGREGATE CUSTOMER CREDITS

This section applies only to non-designed services.

A. Annual compliance reports.

(1) By February 15 of each year, each ILEC shall submit to the commission a report detailing, on a statewide basis, its compliance in the preceding calendar year with the quality of service standards set forth in this rule. The report shall also list each wire center alphabetically and shall indicate for each wire center which of the standards set forth in subsections C and D of 17.11.22.19 NMAC the ILEC failed to meet and the months in which the ILEC failed to meet the standard.

(2) The report shall include the details of the calculations made pursuant to 17.11.22.22 NMAC to determine the credit obligations the ILEC has incurred for the preceding calendar year, including those that are the subject of a petition for waiver or variance.

B. Payment of credits.

(1) An ILEC shall issue a one-time credit on customer bills for an equal amount of the aggregate customer credits incurred in any given year to each customer active in the billing cycle in which the credits are issued.

(2) An ILEC shall issue aggregate customer credits in a billing cycle that begins by May 1 for all quality of service standards that are not the subject of a petition for waiver or variance or for which such a petition has been denied by January 31.

(3) An ILEC shall issue aggregate customer credits for all quality of service standards for which a petition for a waiver or variance has been denied after January 31 in a billing cycle that begins within ninety (90) days of the date the petition was denied.

(4) An ILEC need not issue aggregate customer credits for those quality of service standards for which it has been granted a waiver.

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.11.22.21

17.11.22.21 NMAC - Rp, 17.11.22.21 NMAC, 2-1-06