N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.570.6

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

Section 17.9.570.6 - OBJECTIVE

A. 17.9.570 NMAC is to govern the purchase of power from and sale of power to qualifying facilities by:

(1) enabling the development of a market for the power produced by qualifying facilities;

(2) establishing reasonable and objective criteria to determine when a legally enforceable obligation arises;

(3) establishing guidelines for the calculation of utilities' avoided costs, including the option to use market-based methods to calculate avoided energy and capacity costs; and

(4) providing meaningful access to critical cost information from utilities.

B.17.9.570.14 NMAC is intended to simplify the metering procedures for qualifying facilities up to and including 10kW and encourage the use of small-scale customer-owned renewable or alternative energy resources in recognition of the beneficial effects the development of such resources will have on the environment of New Mexico.

C. 17.9.570 NMAC is intended to implement regulations of the federal energy regulatory commission, 18 C.F.R. Section 292, as amended, promulgated pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, Pub. L. No. 95-617, 92 Stat. 3117 (codified as amended starting at 16 U.S.C. Section 824) and the New Mexico Public Utility Act, Sections 62-3-1 et. seq., NMSA 1978 as amended.

D. The standards and procedures for the interconnection of generating facilities with rated capacities up to and including 10 MW are set forth in 17.9.568 NMAC. The standards and procedures for the interconnection of generating facilities with rated capacities greater than 10 MW are set forth in 17.9.569 NMAC.

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.570.6

17.9.570.6 NMAC - Rp, 17.9.570.6 NMAC, 10-15-08, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, May 24, 2022, eff. 5/24/2022