N.M. Admin. Code § 17.13.970.16 - SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN TESTIMONY AND EXHIBITS BY UTILITY

A. Information to be submitted upon commission determination of just cause. After a commission determination of just cause for review of the proposed rate or rates, the utility shall file the following information and documents with the commission within thirty (30) days unless the commission or hearing examiner directs otherwise:

(1) direct testimony and exhibits intended to be introduced into evidence in support of the proposed rate or rates, including any rate filing package required by commission rule or order and by 17.13.930 NMAC or 17.13.980 NMAC;

(2) a concise statement, supported by the direct testimony and exhibits, identifying:

(a) when the utility proposes to change the ratemaking treatment upon which the present rates are based, each proposed change, the reasons for the proposed change and the impact in dollars of the proposed change on the rates being requested;

(b) the compound annual growth rate of each account of plant and expenditures since the test period used in the utility's last rate filing; and

(c) any extraordinary event or circumstance, known or projected, which materially alters the utility's operating or financial condition from the condition existing during the utility's test period in its last rate case; and

(3) a concise statement setting forth the utility's compliance or failure to comply with each part of the commission's final order in each of the utility's cases decided during the preceding five (5) years and its compliance or failure to comply with 17.6.450 NMAC and 17.1 2 NMAC through 17.13.980 NMAC.

B. Copies. The utility shall provide the commission with an original plus five (5) copies of all documents filed pursuant to Subsection A of 17.13.770.16 NMAC, unless the commission or hearing examiner directs otherwise.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 17.13.970.16

17.13.970.16 NMAC - Rp, NMPSC Rule 970.9, 7/31/2007