N.M. Admin. Code § 17.7.4.12 - PUBLIC ADVISORY PROCESS
A. At least one year prior to the filing date
of its IRP, a utility shall initiate a public advisory process to develop its
IRP. The utility shall initiate the process by providing notice at least 30
days prior to the first scheduled meeting to the commission, interveners in its
most recent general rate case, and participants in its most recent energy
efficiency and IRP proceedings. The utility shall at the same time, also
publish this notice in a newspaper of general circulation in every county in
which it serves and in the utility's billing inserts. This notice shall consist
of:
(1) a brief description of the IRP
process;
(2) time, date and
location of the first meeting;
(3)
a statement that interested individuals should notify the utility of their
interest in participating in the process; and
(4) utility contact information.
B. Meetings held as part of the
public participation process shall be noticed and scheduled on a regular basis
and shall be open to members of the public who shall be heard and their input
considered as part of the public participation process. Upon request, the
utility shall provide an executive summary containing a non-technical
description of its most recent IRP.
C. The purposes of the public participation
process are for the utility to provide information to, and receive and consider
input from, the public regarding the development of its IRP. Topics to be
discussed as part of the public participation process include, but are not
limited to, the utility's load forecast; evaluation of existing supply- and
demand-side resources; the assessment of need for additional resources;
identification of resource options; modeling and risk assumptions and the cost
and general attributes of potential additional resources; and development of
the most cost-effective portfolio of resources for the utility's IRP.
D. In its initial IRP advisory process, the
utility and participants shall explore a procedure to coordinate the IRP
process with energy efficiency and load management program proposals. Any
proposed procedure shall be designed to conserve commission, participant and
utility resources and shall indicate what, if any, variances may be needed to
effectuate the proposed procedure.
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