0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 81
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| TED HOBBS
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| DECLARING THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING
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0012| IMPLEMENTATION OF RETAIL ELECTRIC COMPETITION.
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0014| WHEREAS, the legislature has been studying retail
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0015| electric competition since 1993 to determine if its
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0016| implementation in New Mexico is in the public interest; and
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0017| WHEREAS, in 1996 the legislature unanimously adopted
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0018| Senate Joint Memorial 42, which declared that retail electric
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0019| competition was not at that time in the public interest of the
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0020| state, but directed the New Mexico public utility commission
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0021| to study and monitor developments nationally and report back
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0022| to the legislature during the 1997 session; and
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0023| WHEREAS, the commission issued a report for the 1998
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0024| session that it believes that implementation of retail
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0025| electric competition is now in the public interest; and
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0001| WHEREAS, the implementation of retail electric
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0002| competition requires the addressing of numerous interrelated
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0003| and complex issues that cannot be adequately resolved; and
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0004| WHEREAS, the commission is without the requisite
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0005| statutory authority to mandate retail electric competition;
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0006| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0007| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it be the declared intent of the
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0008| legislature to address retail electric competition through
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0009| legislation in the 1999 legislative session in a manner that
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0010| is consistent with the principles articulated in Senate Joint
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0011| Memorial 42, passed in 1996, with an effective date for
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0012| customer choice no earlier than January 1, 2001; and
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0013| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature determine
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0014| whether retail electric competition should begin before the
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0015| operation of New Mexico transmission systems is transferred to
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0016| an independent system operator approved by the federal energy
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0017| regulatory commission and the system is operational; and
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0018| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that neither the New Mexico public
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0019| utility commission nor its successor agency as of January 1,
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0020| 1999, the public regulation commission, take any steps in
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0021| furtherance of requiring retail electric competition until the
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0022| legislature provides the necessary statutory authority; and
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0023| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0024| transmitted to the New Mexico legislative council, the New
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0025| Mexico public utility commission and the public regulation
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0001| commission when it commences operations.
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