Legal Opinion
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Ass'n v. New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 2015No. Docket No. 34,182PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DANIELS, Justice.
In this precedential case of first impression, we address a number of issues related to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s authority and procedures in regulating utility rates of a generation and transmission cooperative, which statutorily differ from the Commission’s powers over the rates charged by public utilities. We vacate the order of the Commission related to its suspension of a cooperative’s proposed rates and provide guidance for similar situations that may arise in the future.
I. BACKGROUND
As a generation and transmission cooperative (G&T Coop)…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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