Rural electric cooperatives say they should not be subject to the same interconnection rules as the investor-owned utilities. Interconnection is an important topic in part because it deals with how renewable energy projects such as solar arrays connect to the grid.
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission on Thursday unanimously approved opening a docket that could result in separate rules for rural electric cooperatives.
This could impact utilities such as Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative — which has a service territory including sections of 11 counties including parts of the East Mountains near Albuquerque — and Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, which has a service territory that includes areas in Sandoval, Santa Fe, McKinley, Rio Arriba and San Juan counties…