Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issues Delegated Order on Public Service Company of New Mexico
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a delegated order on July 29, 2025, regarding Public Service Company of New Mexico's (PNM) revisions to the Transmission Service Agreement between PNM, as transmission provider, and Western Area Power Administration, as transmission customer. PNM submitted the revisions on May 30, 2025, and requested that they be accepted effective May 1, 2025. The Commission has accepted the submittal for filing, effective May 1, 2025, as requested, and has granted notices of intervention and motions to intervene.
Key Takeaways:
- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a delegated order on July 29, 2025, regarding Public Service Company of New Mexico's (PNM) revisions to the Transmission Service Agreement.
- PNM submitted the revisions on May 30, 2025, and requested that they be accepted effective May 1, 2025.
- The Commission has accepted the submittal for filing, effective May 1, 2025, as requested.
- The order does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, contract, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in the filed document(s).
- The Commission has granted notices of intervention and motions to intervene, and requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order.
Statistics:
- The delegated order was issued on July 29, 2025.
- PNM submitted the revisions to the Transmission Service Agreement on May 30, 2025.
- The Commission accepted the submittal for filing, effective May 1, 2025.
- 30 days are allowed for requests for rehearing by the Commission.
Sources:
1. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20426 OFFICE OF ENERGY MARKET REGULATION Public Service Company of New Mexico Docket No. ER25-2383-000
2. 18 C.F.R. SS 375.307, 385.214, 385.713
3. Public Service Company of New Mexico, PNM Rate Schedules and Agreements, Rate Schedule No. 86, 8th Revised PNM-WAPA Contract P0695 (8.0.0).
4. Cent. Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp., 60 FERC P 61,106, reh'g denied, 61 FERC P 61,089 (1992)
5. Sunflower Elec. Power Corp., 173 FERC P 61,054 (2020) (Danly, Comm'r, dissenting).