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COMMUNITY PUB. SERV. v. N.M. PUB. SERV. COM'N

No. 14114.

660 P.2d 583 (1983)

99 N.M. 493

COMMUNITY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, El Paso Electric Company, New Mexico Electric Service Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico and Southwestern Public Service Company, Petitioners-Appellants, v. NEW MEXICO PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Respondent-Appellee, and New Mexico Attorney General, et al., Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Paul J. Kelly, Jr., Roswell, for Southwestern Public Service Co. and Community Public Service Co. and N.M. Elec. Service Co.

Keleher & McLeod, Richard B. Cole, Robert H. Clark, Albuquerque, for Public Service Co. and Community Public Service Co. & N.M. Electric Serv. Co.

William Royer, El Paso, Tex., for El Paso Elec.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Jeffrey Fornaciari, Paul L. Biderman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for intervenors.

Patrick T. Ortiz, Com'n Counsel, Geoffrey Sloan, Charles F. Noble, Staff Attys., Santa Fe, for N.M. Public Service Comm.

Suedeen G. Kelly, Melvin M. Eisenstadt, Albuquerque, for Energy Consumers of N.M., et al.

OPINION

PAYNE, Chief Justice.

This case presents several questions of first impression in New Mexico relating to the Public Service Commission's (PSC) regulation of public utilities.

In January 1978, the PSC issued a notice of rulemaking regarding its intention to adopt a General Order. This was done pursuant to 16 U.S.C. Section 2601 (1978) requiring state regulatory authorities to hold hearings and adopt standards relating to various aspects of...

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