- A. The utility shall evaluate the ability of its natural gas resources to provide adequate redundancy of supply and of delivery systems.
- B. The utility shall evaluate, as appropriate, renewable energy, energy efficiency, load management and conventional supply-side resources on a consistent and comparable basis and take into consideration risk and uncertainty of energy supply, price volatility and costs of anticipated environmental regulations in order to identify the most cost-effective portfolio of resources to supply the energy needs of customers. The evaluation shall be based on a present-value analysis of revenue requirements and shall include discussion of any economic, risk, environmental, and reliability analyses.
[17.7.4.11 NMAC - N, 4-16-07; A, 12-31-12]