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Rates

In this section you can find all rates for Arizona and New Mexico.

New Mexico

Residential Service

Available for single-family houses, individual apartments, or separate living quarters ordinarily designated and recognized as single-family living quarters for primary domestic or home use and for livestock water pumping. Service under this schedule is not available for multiple unit trailer parks, commercial, professional, or business establishments within the utility's service area, subject to established rules and regulations. The capacity of individual motors served under this schedule shall not exceed 10 HP.

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$20.00 (System Charge)

Energy Charge

11.507 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses, and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550 NMAC. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

Debt Cost Adjustment

Billings under this schedule shall be increased or decreased by the change in the current debt cost from the debt cost utilized in establishing the present rates, in accordance with NMPRC Rule No. 540.11. This is reflected on the bill as DSA RATE.

View more information on the Residential Service Rates

Governmental Net Metering

Governmental Net Metering 

Available to federal, state or local governmental entities that have submitted an Interconnection Application for a qualifying Net Metering Facility and that demonstrate an inability to execute the mutual indemnification language required by the Cooperative pursuant to provisions in the New Mexico Interconnections Standards Manual and New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Rule 17.9.568 NMAC. Customers participating in this rate must demonstrate their inability pursuant to applicable statue of law to agree to fully indemnify the Cooperative from any and all liability that may result from the negligence or international act of the Customer in relation to the interconnections 

Monthly Rate

Customers shall be billed for service in accordance with the applicable rate structure and monthly charges that would apply to the Customer if the Customer had not interconnected a net metering facility with the Cooperative.

Consumed kWh greater than Generated kWh

Energy Charge: The member will be charged the monthly rate on the net kWh consumed, including all applicable adjustments and taxes, set forth in the tariff under which the participating customer is presently served.

Generated kWh greater than Consumed kWh

Energy Charge: The member will be credited for excess kilowatt-hours generated at the utility's avoided cost for interconnections greater than 25KVA. The customer charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs. 

View more information on Governmental Net Metering Rate

Large Industrial Service

Available to consumers located within the utility's service area, requiring transformer capacity in excess of 2,000 KVA but not more than 3,000 KVA, for all types of usage, subject to the established rules and regulations.

Standard Monthly Rate 

Customer Charge $800 (System Charge)
Demand Charge $19.50/KW
Energy Charge 9.722 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operations and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses, and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.080502/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases and decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550. NMAC.

Debt Cost Adjustment 

Billings under this schedule shall be increased or decreased by the change in the current debt cost from the debt cost utilized in establishing the present rates, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.540 NMAC.

View more information on Large Industrial Service Rate

Renewable Resource

Available to all grid tied residential and small commercial consumers within the utility's service area, limited to the amount of renewable resources available.

Monthly Rate

  1. The monthly rate, including all applicable adjustments, set forth in the tariff under which the participating customer is presently served will apply, in addition to:
  2. A renewable power premium (added charge) for all renewable power contracted for by the consumer. The renewable power shall be purchased in 100 kWh blocks; the monthly premium for each 100 kWh block shall be the current rate* charged to the utility from the utilities wholesale power supplier for each 100 kWh block.

View more information on the Renewable Resource Power Rider

Small Commercial Service

Available for commercial and industrial service requiring installed transformer capacity of 50 KVA or less, for all uses within the utility's New Mexico service area, subject to the established rules and regulations. Customer's peak must be less than 50kW for at least 11 months during the previous 12 months. Should the customer's demand exceed this 50kW requirement for two months in a continuous 12 month period, the service will be transferred to the Large Commercial Rate. The Cooperative reserves the right to install metering equipment to determine if this provision applies.

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$35.00 (System Charge)

Energy Charge

10.821 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses, and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550 NMAC. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

Debt Cost Adjustment

Billings under this schedule shall be increased or decreased by the change in the current debt cost from the debt cost utilized in establishing the present rates, in accordance with NMPRC Rule No. 540.11. This is reflected on the bill as DSA RATE.

View more information on the Small Commercial Service Rates

Large Commercial Service

Available to consumers including existing single-phase consumers located within the utility's New Mexico service area, requiring transformer capacity in excess of 50 KVA, but not more than 350 KVA, for all types of usage.

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$360.00 (System Charge)

Demand Charge

$16.50/KW

Energy Charge

5.254 cents/kWh

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550 NMAC. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

Debt Cost Adjustment

Billings under this schedule shall be increased or decreased by the change in the current debt cost from the debt cost utilized in establishing the present rates, in accordance with NMPRC Rule No. 540.11. This is reflected on the bill as DSA RATE.

View more information on the Large Power Service Rates

Industrial Service

Available to consumers located within the utility's New Mexico service area, requiring transformer capacity in excess of 350 KVA but not more than 2,000 KVA, for all types of usage.

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$600.00 (System Charge)

Demand Charge

$17.00/KW

Energy Charge

5.592 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses, and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550 NMAC. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

Debt Cost Adjustment

Billings under this schedule shall be increased or decreased by the change in the current debt cost from the debt cost utilized in establishing the present rates, in accordance with NMPRC Rule No. 540.11. This is reflected on the bill as DSA RATE.

View more information on the Industrial Service Rates

Irrigation Service

Available to irrigation consumers located within the utility's New Mexico service area.  This schedule is available ONLY for irrigation pumping installations of not less than 10HP.

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$75.00

Energy Charge

12.2 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses, and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550 NMAC. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

Debt Cost Adjustment

Billings under this schedule shall be increased or decreased by the change in the current debt cost from the debt cost utilized in establishing the present rates, in accordance with NMPRC Rule No. 540.11. This is reflected on the bill as DSA RATE.

View more information on the Irrigation Service Rates

Agricultural Service

Available to consumers with motors of 20 horsepower or greater serving irrigation wells, irrigation machines, tail water pumps, and irrigation booster pumps located within the utility's New Mexico service area, subject to the established rules and regulations.

Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$110.00 (System Charge)

Energy Charge

10.493 cents/kWh

This rate shall be applicable upon ten (10) days written notice from the customer, commencing with the first complete billing cycle thereafter.

Minimum Monthly Charge

The monthly minimum charge shall be the customer charge plus an energy charge based on kWh usage assuming a load factor not less than thirty percent (30%). The Fuel and Purchased Power Adjustment shall apply to kWh actually used.
The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)
The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550 NMAC. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

Debt Cost Adjustment

Billings under this schedule shall be increased or decreased by the change in the current debt cost from the debt cost utilized in establishing the present rates, in accordance with NMPRC Rule No. 540.11. This is reflected on the bill as DSA RATE.

View more information on the Agricultural Service Rate

Lighting Service

Available to all consumers within the utility's service area.

Rate

175 Watt Mercury Vapor Lamps

$15.25 per month

400 Watt High Pressure Sodium

$32.45 per month

100 Watt High Pressure Sodium

$16.25 per month

Minimum Monthly Rate - at the option of the customer

The monthly minimum charge under this rate shall be the net rate per month as quoted above or as established by contract between the consumer and the utility in accordance with the utility's extension policy.

In lieu of metering each individual lighting service, the utility has assigned a standard kWh usage to each service as follows:

175 Watt Mercury Vapor Lamps

80 kWh per month

400 Watt High Pressure Sodium

180 kWh per month

100 Watt High Pressure Sodium

42 kWh per month

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.04172/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, as approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

View more information on the Lighting Service including Conditions of Service

Renewable Resource

Available to all grid tied residential and small commercial consumers within the utility's service area, limited to the amount of renewable resources available.

Monthly Rate (I changed the bullet list to numbers instead of letters, is that OK?)

  1. The monthly rate, including all applicable adjustments, set forth in the tariff under which the participating customer is presently served will apply, in addition to:
  2. A renewable power premium (added charge) for all renewable power contracted for by the consumer. The renewable power shall be purchased in 100 kWh blocks; the monthly premium for each 100 kWh block shall be the current rate* charged to the utility from the utilities wholesale power supplier for each 100 kWh block.

View more information on the Renewable Resource Power Rider

Net Metering

Net Metering is available to all grid tied consumers within the utility's service area. Members installing renewable electric generation projects at their homes/businesses can meet some or all of their own energy needs. They can further reduce their own energy costs and add energy to Columbus Electric's electric distribution system through net-metering.

Net metering allows homeowners/businesses to receive the full value for the electricity that their renewable energy system produces. The term, net metering, refers to the method of accounting for the electricity production of a renewable energy system. Net metering allows homeowners/businesses with such systems to use any excess electricity they produce to offset their electric bill. As the homeowner's/business’s system produces electricity, the kilowatts are first used for any electric load in the home/business. If more electricity is produced from the system than is needed by the homeowner/business, the extra kilowatts are fed into the utility grid.

At the end of the month, if a member has generated more electricity than they used the utility will credit the customer for the excess kilowatt-hours generated at the utility's avoided cost. If the member uses more electricity than they generate, they pay for the difference at the established rate pursuant to 17.9.570 NMAC.

Monthly Rate

Customer Charge: An additional $5 will be added to the monthly customer charge set forth in the tariff under which the participating member is presently served. 

Consumed kWh greater than Generated kWh

Energy Charge: The member will be charged the monthly rate on the net kWh consumed, including all applicable adjustments and taxes, set forth in the tariff under which the participating customer is presently served. 

Generated kWh greater than Consumed kWh

Energy Charge: The member will be credited for the excess kilowatt-hours generated at the utility's avoided cost. The customer charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs. 

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550 NMAC. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

Debt Cost Adjustment

Billings under this schedule shall be increased or decreased by the change in the current debt cost from the debt cost utilized in establishing the present rates, in accordance with NMPRC Rule No. 540.11. This is reflected on the bill as DSA RATE.

  • NMAC 17.9.568  (link is external)
  • NMAC 17.9.569  (link is external)
  • NMAC 17.9.570  (link is external)
  • Application for Qualifying Facilities 10kW Or Less  (link is external)
  • Interconnection Agreement for Qualifying Facilities 10kW or less  (link is external)
  • Application for Qualifying Facilities Greater than 10kW  (link is external)
  • Interconnection Agreement for Qualifying Facilities Greater than 10kW   
  • Net Metering Service

Arizona

Residential Service

Available for single-family houses, individual apartments, or separate living quarters ordinarily designated and recognized as single-family living quarters for primary domestic or home use and for livestock water pumping. Service under this Schedule is not available for multiple unit trailer parks, commercial, professional or business establishments within the utility's Arizona service area.  The capacity of individual motors served under this schedule shall not exceed 10 HP.

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$20.00 (System Charge)

Energy Charge

11.507 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, as approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE. 

View more information on the Residential Service Rates

Small Commercial Service

Available for commercial and industrial service requiring installed transformer capacity of 50 KVA or less, for all uses within the utility's Arizona service area. 

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$35.00 (System Charge)

Energy Charge

10.821 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, as approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

View more information on the Small Commercial Service Rates.

Large Commercial Service

Available to consumers including existing single-phase consumers located within the utility's Arizona service area. This requires transformer capacity in excess of 50 KVA, but not more than 350 KVA, for all types of usage. 

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$360.00 (System Charge)

Demand Charge

$16.50/kWh

Energy Charge

5.254 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, as approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

View more information on the Large Power Service Rates

Industrial Service

Available to consumers including existing single-phase consumers located within the utility's Arizona service area. This requires transformer capacity in excess of 350 KVA but not more than 2,000 KVA, for all types of usage. 

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$600.00 (System Charge)

Demand Charge

$17.00/kWh

Energy Charge

5.592 cents/kWh

The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, as approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

View more information on the Large Power Service Rates

Irrigation Service

Available to irrigation consumers located within the utility's Arizona service area.

Standard Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$75.00 (System Charge)

Energy Charge

12.20 cents/kWh

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, as approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

View more information on the Irrigation Service Rates

Agricultural Service

Available to consumers with motors of 20 horsepower or greater serving irrigation wells, irrigation machines, tail water pumps, and irrigation booster pumps, located within the utility's Arizona service area.  

Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

$110.00 (System Charge)

Energy Charge

10.493 cents/kWh

This rate shall be applicable upon thirty (30) days written notice from the customer, commencing with the first complete billing cycle thereafter. The rate is subject to termination upon thirty (30) days notice by the customer.

Minimum Monthly Charge

The monthly minimum charge shall be the customer charge plus an energy charge based on kWh usage assuming a load factor not less than thirty percent (30%). The Fuel and Purchased Power Adjustment shall apply to kWh actually used.
The system charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.078510/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, as approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

View more information on the Agricultural Service Rate

Lighting Service

Available to all consumers within the utility's service area.

Rate

175 Watt Mercury Vapor Lamps

$15.25 per month

400 Watt High Pressure Sodium

$32.45 per month

100 Watt High Pressure Sodium

$16.25 per month

Minimum Monthly Rate - at the option of the customer

The monthly minimum charge under this rate shall be the net rate per month as quoted above or as established by contract between the consumer and the utility in accordance with the utility's extension policy.

In lieu of metering each individual lighting service, the utility has assigned a standard kWh usage to each service as follows:

175 Watt Mercury Vapor Lamps

80 kWh per month

400 Watt High Pressure Sodium

180 kWh per month

100 Watt High Pressure Sodium

42 kWh per month

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.04172/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, as approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

View more information on the Lighting Service including Conditions of Service.

Renewable Resource

Available to all grid tied residential and small commercial consumers within the utility's service area, limited to the amount of renewable resources available.

Monthly Rate

  1. The monthly rate, including all applicable adjustments, set forth in the tariff under which the participating customer is presently served will apply, in addition to:
  2. A renewable power premium (added charge) for all renewable power contracted for by the consumer. The renewable power shall be purchased in 100 kWh blocks; the monthly premium for each 100 kWh block shall be the current rate* charged to the utility from the utilities wholesale power supplier for each 100 kWh block.

View more information on the Renewable Resource Power Rider

Net Metering

Net Metering is available to all grid tied consumers within the utility's service area.   

Members installing renewable electric generation projects at their homes/businesses can meet some or all of their own energy needs. They can further reduce their own energy costs and add energy to Columbus Electric's electric distribution system through net-metering.

Net metering allows homeowners/businesses to receive the full value for the electricity that their renewable energy system produces. The term, net metering, refers to the method of accounting for the electricity production of a renewable energy system. Net metering allows homeowners/businesses with such systems to use any excess electricity they produce to offset their electric bill. As the homeowner's/business’s system produces electricity, the kilowatts are first used for any electric load in the home/business. If more electricity is produced from the system than is needed by the homeowner/business, the extra kilowatts are fed into the utility grid.

At the end of the month, if a member has generated more electricity than they used, the utility will credit the customer for the net kilowatt-hours of energy supplied to the utility. Unused credits will be carried forward to the next billing period and will be used to reduce the kilowatt-hours supplied and billed by the Cooperative during the following billing period. Excess kilowatt-hours generated will be rolled from month to month. Each September, or when the account is closed, any unused credits for excess kilowatt-hours generated will be paid to the member at the utility's avoided cost of $0.02735. If the member uses more electricity than they generate, they pay for the difference at the established rate.

Monthly Rate

Customer Charge

The monthly customer charge set forth in the tariff under which the participating member is presently served.

Consumed kWh greater than Generated kWh

Energy Charge

The member will be charged the rate on the net kWh consumed, including all applicable adjustments and taxes, set forth in the tariff under which the participating customer is presently served.

Generated kWh greater than Consumed kWh

Energy Charge

None

The customer charge covers costs of providing electric service, including operation and maintenance of facilities, consumer accounting expenses and other administrative costs.

Purchased Power Cost Adjustment (PPCA)

The utility shall, if purchased power expense is increased or decreased above or below the base purchased power cost of $0.04172/kWh sold, flow through to the users such increases or decreases, in accordance with NMPRC Rule 17.9.550 NMAC. This is reflected on the bill as FUEL ADJ RATE.

  • Application for Qualifying Facilities 10kW Or Less
  • Interconnection Agreement for Qualifying Facilities 10kW or less
  • Application for Qualifying Facilities Greater than 10kW
  • Interconnection Agreement for Qualifying Facilities Greater than 10kW 
  • Net Metering Service
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