This rule was
filed as NMPSC Rule 370.
TITLE 17 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY
SERVICES
CHAPTER 12 WATER SERVICES
PART 370 UNIFORM CLEAN WATER TESTING FEE
ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE
17.12.370.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
New Mexico Public Service Commission [New Mexico Public Regulation
Commission].
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17.12.370.2 SCOPE:
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17.12.370.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
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17.12.370.4 DURATION:
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17.12.370.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
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17.12.370.6 OBJECTIVE:
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17.12.370.7 DEFINITIONS:
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17.12.370.8 [TABLE OF CONTENTS:]
A. Clean Water Testing Fee Adjustment Clause [17.12.370.9
NMAC]
B. Inclusion in Billings [17.12.370.10 NMAC]
C. Other Water Testing Fee Adjustment Clause Not Permitted
[17.12.370.11 NMAC]
D. Reporting Requirements [17.12.370.12 NMAC]
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17.12.370.9 CLEAN WATER TESTING FEE ADJUSTMENT
CLAUSE:
A. Any public water utility electing to incorporate a clean
water testing adjustment clause in any rate schedule shall use the following
language: Billings under this schedule
may be increased by an amount equal to the customer's pro rata share of testing
expenses incurred by the utility in the prior billing months. For purposes of this schedule, "testing
expenses" means only the actual costs paid by the utility to others for
sampling and testing required by federal or state law. For purposes of this schedule, "pro
rata share" means the total amount of testing expenses incurred in the
prior billing months divided by the total number of customers served by the
utility in the billing month. A utility
can spread these costs out and collect them from its customers over a
three-month period, rather than in a single month. A utility can also choose to collect its actual costs from
customers using a monthly charge that is adjusted once every three months to
reflect changes in the utility's actual costs.
B. The intent of this rule is to allow water utilities to
collect the actual costs associated with clean water testing requirements
imposed by federal or state law in a uniform manner for all water utilities
under the jurisdiction of the Commission.
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17.12.370.10 INCLUSION IN BILLINGS:
Should a water utility elect to collect these expenses through an
adjustment clause, the amount to be collected shall be collected from every
customer on a pro rata basis as defined in NMPSC Rule 370.1 [17.12.370.9
NMAC]. The amount shall be added to the
utility billings by a clean water testing surcharge and shall be so identified
in a separate line item on the customer's bill.
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17.12.370.11 OTHER WATER TESTING FEE ADJUSTMENT
CLAUSE NOT PERMITTED: No testing fee adjustment clause
inconsistent with that allowed by this Rule shall be used by any water utility
in any rate schedule.
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17.12.370.12 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:
A verified report showing actual amounts expended for sampling and
testing and amounts collected through a clean water testing fee adjustment
clause shall be attached to the utility's annual report. The utility shall be required to maintain
all records, invoices, and other information necessary to verify actual
expenses and collections.
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17.12.370.13 [HISTORY: Codified by NMPSC Case No. 2451 Order on
Rehearing dated October 5, 1992, unless otherwise noted.]
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HISTORY OF
17.12.370 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC
History: The material in this part was
derived from that previously filed with the Commission of Public Records-State Records Center and
Archives.
NMPSC Rule 370,
Uniform Clean Water Testing Fee Adjustment Clause, 6/15/92.
History of
Repealed Material: [RESERVED]