PRC News:

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) will hold its weekly Open Meeting at 9:30 a.m. today.

This meeting will be broadcast live on YouTube and the link available at https:////www.nmprc.state.nm.us/#gsc.tab=0 by 9:30 a.m. today. 

One item of interest to be discussed is the Community Solar Act rulemaking. New Mexico utilities are being flooded with requests for interconnection from prospective community solar project developers … but the PRC will not have rules in place for the program until April 1, 2022, per HB 84. 

It is estimated that more than four times the total expected Community Solar capacity for 2022-2024 is being requested already … well over prospective 150 projects.

The Commission will discuss what guidance utilities should provide to prospective developers in the interim, and other potential actions. 

A separate Interconnection rulemaking is currently in a stakeholder process to revise the Interconnection Rule and manual. Resolution of revised interconnection policies is expected in 4th Quarter 2021, but work on some technical aspects will continue into 2022.