PNM Resources : Motion for 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

VERIFIED EMERGENCY MOTION OF APPELLANT PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO FOR PARTIAL INTERIM STAY OF FINAL ORDER

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]

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]

June 30, 2022

	TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.	REQUEST FOR RELIEF................................................................................	2
II.	JURISDICTION ..............................................................................................	3
III.	EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES.................................	3
IV.	SUMMARY PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND ...........................................	6
V.	ARGUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES ...........................................................	9
	A. Standards for a Stay of a Commission Order.......................................	9
	B. PNM is Likely to Prevail on the Merits. ............................................	11
	C. PNM Will Be Irreparably Harmed.....................................................	19
	D. Customers Will Not Suffer Substantial Harm....................................	24
	E. The Public Interest Will Not be Harmed............................................	25
VI.	POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES...................................................................	28
VII.	CONCLUSION..............................................................................................	28

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
New Mexico Cases
Citizens for Fair Rates & the Env't v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n,
2022-NMSC-010.................................................................................	6, 14, 19
City of Las Cruces v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n,
2020-NMSC-016.............................................................................................	5
Hobbs Gas Co. v. N.M. Public Service Comm'n,
1993-NMSC-032, 115 N.M. 678 ..................................................................	18
In re PNM Gas Servs.,
2000-NMSC-012, 129 N.M. 1 ....................................................	16, 17, 18, 27
Landess v. Gardner Turf Grass, Inc.,
2008-NMCA-159, 145 N.M. 372 .................................................................	14
Lobato v. State Env't Dept.,
2012-NMSC-002.............................................................................................	5
Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. N.M. State Corp. Comm'n ,
1977-NMSC-032, 90 N.M. 325 ..............................................................	17, 22
N.M. Indus. Energy Consumers v. N.M. Pub. Serv. Comm'n,
1986-NMSC-059, 104 N.M. 565 ............................................................	18, 19
Neff v. State Through Taxation & Revenue Dept.,
1993-NMCA-116, 116 N.M. 240 ...................................................................	5
Southern Union Gas Co. v. New Mexico Pub. Serv. Comm'n,
1972-NMSC-072, 84.N.M. 330 ....................................................................	27
State v. White,
2010-NMCA-043, 148 N.M. 214 .................................................................	15
State ex rel. Egolf v. N.M. Pub. Regulation Comm'n,
2020-NMSC-018.......................................................................................	6, 13
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Tenneco Oil Co. v. N.M. Water Quality Control Comm'n,
1987-NMCA-153, 107 N.M. 469 .....................................	9, 10, 19, 24, 25, 27
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).....................................................................	16
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) .....................................................................	16
Application of El Paso Elec. Co. for Approval of New and Modified Energy
Efficiency Programs for 2011,
Case No. 11-00047-UT...........................................................................	17, 27
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) .....................................................................	16
In the Matter of S.W. Pub. Serv. Co.'s Application for Revision of Its Retail
Electric Rates Pursuant to Advice Notice No. 272,
NMPRC Case No. 17-00255 (2018) ............................................................	23
In the Matter of the Joint Applicatin 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) ......................................................	13
New Mexico Statutes and Rules
NMSA 1978, § 62-3-1(A)(1)-(3) (2008) .....................................................	26
NMSA 1978, § 62-3-1(B) (2008) .................................................................	26
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