N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.573.15 - SPECIAL SUBSCRIBER PROVISIONS

A. Low-income customers who are eligible to meet the thirty percent carve out of Paragraph (3) of Subsection B of Section 62-16B-7 NMSA 1978 may be pre-qualified based on participation in any of the following programs:

(1) medicaid;

(2) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);

(3) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP);

(4) first-time homeowner programs and housing rehabilitation programs;

(5) living in a low-income/affordable housing facility; or

(6) state and federal income tax credit programs.

B. An entire multi-family affordable housing project may prequalify its entire load as a low-income subscriber.

C. A customer who does not qualify under subpart A may qualify as a low-income subscriber by signing a self-attestation that the customer's income and household size qualify the customer as a low-income subscriber.

D. Low-income service organizations need only fit the special definition of this term provided in the community solar act, Subsection H of Section 62-16-2 NMSA 1978.

E. For the initial period of the program, the commission shall contract with an experienced service provider to partner with community organizations and to manage an outreach program to attract low-income subscribers to the program.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 17.9.573.15

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 13, July 12, 2022, eff. 7/12/2022, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 20, October 22, 2024, eff. 10/22/2024