N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.568.28 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

A. For each request for a pre-application report or interconnection application received, the utility shall collect and retain the following data, at a minimum:

(1) facility capacity;

(2) DER type (technology);

(3) number of pre-application reports requested and processed;

(4) date of interconnection application submittal;

(5) date interconnection application deemed complete;

(6) date and disposition at applicable milestones in the interconnection process, including which screens, if any, are failed in the applicable process:

(a) initial review, (under the simplified or fast track process);

(b) supplemental review;

(c) feasibility study;

(d) system impact study;

(e) facilities study;

(f) interconnection agreement; and

(g) permission to operate.

(7) interconnection fees and study costs assessed to the customer;

(8) interconnection facility and distribution upgrade costs assessed to the customer;

(9) number of times outside consultants were utilized and the range of fees assessed to the customer for the consultants services.

B. Twice annually each utility shall submit to the commission and make available to the public on its website an interconnection report with the following information. The report shall contain information in the following areas, including relevant totals for both the year.

(1) Pre-application reports: total pre-application reports requested, completed within the time limits (20 business days for system sizes up to one MW, and 30 business days for system sizes greater than one MW30), and number completed outside the specified time limits.

(2) Interconnection applications: total number received, (noting nameplate rating of proposed systems).

(3) Number of interconnection applications processed within specified timeframes and completed outside of specified time limits.

(4) Number of interconnection upgrades completed within negotiated timelines and outside of negotiated timelines, including a narrative on how much time it is taking to complete typical upgrades.

(5) Number of interconnection applications that required more than initial review: median number of days to complete such reviews.

(6) Number of interconnection applications withdrawn.

(7) Number of interconnection agreements executed.

(8) A table showing the range of fees charged for the feasibility study, system impact study, and facilities study.

(9) A table showing how many projects failed each of the interconnection screens in the simplified, fast track and supplemental review processes broken out by project size and type (i.e. solar, storage, solar+storage) in the following increments: up to 25 kW, 25-100 kW, 100-500 kW, 500 kW to 2 MW, 2 to 5 MW.

(10) A narrative of how the process is working and where there is potential for improvement by the utility or interconnection applicants.

Notes

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.568.28

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIV, Issue 03, February 14, 2023, eff. 2/14/2023