PNM Resources : Emergency Motion and Brief for Partial Stay

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

NO. S-1-SC-39440

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW

MEXICO,

Appellant,

v.

NEW MEXICO PUBLIC REGULATION

COMMISSION,

Appellee.

In The Matter of Public Service Company

of New Mexico's Abandonment of San Juan

Generating Station Units 1 and 4,

NMPRC Case No. 19-00018-UT

EMERGENCY MOTION AND BRIEF OF APPELLANT

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO

FOR PARTIAL STAY OF FINAL ORDER PENDING APPEAL

Patrick V. Apodaca, Senior Vice	Richard L. Alvidrez
President and General Counsel	Miller Stratvert P.A.
Stacey J. Goodwin, Associate	500 Marquette NW, Suite 1100
General Counsel	P.O. Box 25687
PNM Resources, Inc.	Albuquerque, NM 87125
Corporate Headquarters - Legal	[phone]
Department	[e-mail]
Albuquerque, NM 87158-0805

1. 241-4836
   [e-mail]

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Raymond L. Gifford

Debrea M. Terwilliger

Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP

2138 West 32nd Ave., Suite 300

Denver, CO 80211

1. 626-2350

1. 626-2329

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

July 25, 2022

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	TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.	INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................	1
II.	JURISDICTION ..............................................................................................	3
III.	SUMMARY PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND ...........................................	3
IV.	ARGUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES ...........................................................	5
	A. Standards for a Stay of a Commission Order.......................................	6

1. The Commission Acted Unlawfully and in an Arbitrary and Capricious Manner by Striking Portions of the Monroy Affirmation and Conversely Relying on the Gorman Affirmation to Support the

Denial of the Stay. ................................................................................

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1. PNM Established All Elements Necessary for a Stay of the Final

		Order Pending Appeal ........................................................................	10
	1.	PNM is Likely to Prevail on the Merits. ............................................	11
	2.	PNM Will Be Irreparably Harmed. ....................................................	24
	3.	Customers Will Not Suffer Substantial Harm....................................	31
	4.	The Public Interest Will Not be Harmed............................................	34
V.	POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES...................................................................	37
VI.	REQUEST FOR RELIEF ..............................................................................	38

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

New Mexico Cases

Baker v. Hedstrom, 2013-NMSC-043, 309 P.3d 1047……………………………15

Citizens for Fair Rates & the Env't v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n,

2022-NMSC-010, 503 P.3d 1138…………………………………………..5, 16, 21

City of Las Cruces v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n,

2020-NMSC-016, 476 P.3d 880………………………………………………1, 6, 8

Hobbs Gas Co. v. N.M. Public Service Comm'n,

1993-NMSC-032, 115 N.M. 678………………………………………………….20

In re Petition of PNM Gas Servs.,

2000-NMSC-012, 129 N.M. 1………………………………………...19, 20, 33, 37

Jaynes v. Wal-MartStore No. 824, 1988-NMCA-076, 107 N.M. 648……………10

Landess v. Gardner Turf Grass, Inc.,

2008-NMCA-159, 145 N.M. 372…………………………………………………16

Lane v. Soto-Vega,No. 37,342,

mem. op. (N.M. Ct. App. May 24, 2021) (non-precedential)……………………..10

Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. N.M. State Corp. Comm'n ,

1977-NMSC-032, 90 N.M. 325……………………………………………….19, 30

N.M. Indus. Energy Consumers v. N.M. Pub. Serv. Comm'n,

1986-NMSC-059, 104 N.M. 565………………………………………………….21

Southern Union Gas Co. v. New Mexico Pub. Serv. Comm'n,

1972-NMSC-072, 84 N.M. 330…………………………………………………...37

State v. Smith, 2009-NMCA-028, 145 N.M. 757…………………………………16

State v. White, 2010-NMCA-043, 148 N.M. 214…………………………………17

State ex rel. Egolf v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n, ii

2020-NMSC-018, 476 P.3d 896………………………………………………..5, 16

Tenneco Oil Co. v. N.M. Water Quality Control Comm'n,

1986-NMCA-033, 105 N.M. 708…………………………………………….….7, 8

Cases from Other Jurisdictions

Nat'l Parks Conservation Ass'n v. Envtl. Prot. Agency,

788 F.3d 1134 (9th Cir. 2015)……..………………………………………….10, 34

New Mexico Regulatory Cases

In the Matter of the Application of Gas Co. of N.M. for Authority to Collect Certain Costs Through a Rate Rider,

NMPSC Case No. 2361 (1992)………………………………………………...…18

In the Matter of the Application of Pub. Serv. Co. of N.M. for a Revision of Its Retail Electric Rates Pursuant to Advice Notice Nos. 397 and 32,

Case No. 10-00086-UT (2011)……………………………………………...…….18

Application of El Paso Elec. Co. for Approval of New and Modified Energy Efficiency Programs for 2011,

Case No. 11-00047-UT…………………………………………………..……19, 36

In the Matter of Pub. Serv. Co. of N.M.'s Renewable Energy Portfolio Procurement Plan for 2016 and Proposed 2016 Rider Rate Under Rate Rider No. 36,

Case No. 15-00166-UT (2015)…..………………..………………………………18

In the Matter of the Joint Application of Iberdrola, S.A., Avangrid, Inc., Avangrid Networks, Inc., NM Green Holdings, Inc., Pub. Serv. Co. of N.M. and PNM Resources for Approval of the Merger of NM Green Holdings, Inc., with PNM Resources, Inc.,

NMPRC Case No. 20-00222-UT (2021)………………………………….……….22

New Mexico Statutes and Rules

NMSA 1978, § 62-3-1(A)(1)-(3) (2008)……………………………………….…36

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