Green = Deregulation laws/orders in place
Yellow = Not deregulated

New Mexico

Electricity Rates

Residential = 9 cents/kwh (National ranking: 15)

Commerical = 8 cents/kwh
(National ranking: 14)

Industrial = 4 cents/kwh(National ranking: 23)

kwh = kilowatt hour
1st ranking = highest rate in catagory

Deregulation

Legislation signed in 1999 intended to phase in deregulation during 2002 in New Mexico. But new legislation passed in March 2001 delays choice of power supplier until 2007 for residential customers, and until 2008 for nonresidential customers. The 1999 law allows single ownership of generation, transmission and distribution facilities, but requires their separate operation.

More Information

Department of Energy Information on New Mexico

Public Regulation Commission Page

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