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El Paso Electric Company (New Mexico): what it publishes for small generators (qualifying facilities) under PURPA, field by field, with the source for each. Checked on October 4, 2026.
When this may change: Monthly: payment rates are recalculated each billing month from a thirty-day average of ELAP prices ending 5 days before the month starts.
Rates, eligibility and contract terms change: confirm them with the utility or the state utility commission before relying on them.
| Schedule | Forty-Fourth Revised Rate No. 16, Purchased Power Service (New Mexico), with monthly 'New Mexico Purchase Power Factors for Qualifying Facilities' sheetsSource: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · also: epelectric.com: nm-16-monthly-pp-factors-for-october-2026.pdf · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
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| Docket or order | NMPRC Case No. 23-00222-UT (with rulemaking Case No. 20-00175-UT); Amended Advice Notice No. 285, filed August 8, 2023 Note: The NMPRC final order in Case No. 23-00222-UT was not located; the case notice says the advice notice was suspended pending a final order. EPE posts this revision as its current Rate No. 16. Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · also: epelectric.com: 23-00222_amended-advice-notice.pdf, epelectric.com: 23-00222_email-notice.pdf · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Effective date | Rate No. 16 (44th Revised): 2024-08-01. Payment factors in effect: those billed in October 2026. Note: The 08/01/2024 date is printed in the Effective Date column of EPE's New Mexico tariff web page; the tariff sheets themselves print no date. Source: epelectric.com: new-mexico-business-rate-tariffs · also: epelectric.com: nm-16-monthly-pp-factors-for-october-2026.pdf · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Next update | Monthly: payment rates are recalculated each billing month from a thirty-day average of ELAP prices ending 5 days before the month starts.Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · also: epelectric.com: nm-16-monthly-pp-factors-for-october-2026.pdf · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Size cap | QFs up to 80 MW ('small' under 18 CFR 292.204(a)). Monthly average rate for QFs rated 5 MW and below; hourly ELAP pricing above 5 MW. 17.9.568 NMAC controls for customer-owned QFs of 100 kW or smaller where inconsistent with the tariff.Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Resource types | Any small power production or cogeneration QF as defined in 18 CFR Part 292, Subpart B.Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Energy rate structure | QFs 5 MW and below: one per-kWh rate per billing month equal to the average of Western EIM EPE System ELAP prices times Rate No. 18 voltage loss adjustments, published monthly by voltage (secondary, primary, 69 kV, 115 kV) as Non-TOD, On-Peak and Off-Peak rates and applied to excess generated kWh. QFs above 5 MW: hourly ELAP price x loss adjustment x actual hourly production.Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · also: epelectric.com: nm-16-monthly-pp-factors-for-october-2026.pdf · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Energy rates (sample cells) |
Copied as printed: a few labelled cells, not the full rate matrix. The whole schedule is linked below. Note: Values change monthly; these are the factors billed in October 2026 (September 2026 Secondary Non-TOD was 0.055110). The sheet prints no $ sign; the superseded 42nd Revised Rate No. 16 printed '$/kWh' for the same table. The current Rate No. 16 text does not define on-peak hours; the 42nd revision defined them as 3-7 p.m. MDT weekdays, June-September. Source: epelectric.com: nm-16-monthly-pp-factors-for-october-2026.pdf · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Capacity payment | None stated: Rate No. 16 sets energy rates only.Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Contract terms | Binding for a period coterminous with the interconnection agreement; the customer may terminate with at least one year's written notice. Regulator-approved changes to the schedule apply during the term. Interconnection Agreement required; QF pays interconnection costs (plus an annual 4.8732% charge on interconnection capital cost if over 100 kW).Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Price fixity | Variable: rate reset every billing month (5 MW and below) or hourly (above 5 MW) from Western EIM ELAP prices.Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · checked 2026-10-04 | |||||||||||||||
| Schedule link | https://epelectric.com/el-paso-electric/uploads/nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.pdf Note: Current monthly factor sheet: https://www.epelectric.com/el-paso-electric/uploads/regulatory/nm-16-monthly-pp-factors-for-october-2026.pdf Source: epelectric.com: nm-rate-no-16-purchased-power-service-08012024.… · checked 2026-10-04 |
Values are copied as printed in the source. Where a value draws on more than one document, every source is listed, primary first.
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