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New Consumer Requirements The following New Consumer Requirements are applicable to person who have never had electric service with Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc., and are applying for new service.

Fees
Deposit-Varies, refundable
Service Charge-$15.00 Residential
$50.00 Commercial

The Cooperative generally keeps the deposit for a period of one year. Three point seventy one (3.71%) percent interest is earned on the deposit during that one-year period. Upon completions on the year of service, the deposit and interest it has earned is applied to the consumer’s account. In the event the Cooperative decided to keep the deposit for more than one year because satisfactory credit has not been established interest will continue to be earned on the deposit during the additional time it is kept. If the consumer moves to a different location before the one-year is complete, the deposit and interest will be transferred to the new location.

Refunds In the event a consumer discontinues electric prior to the usual one year period that the deposit is kept by the cooperative, the deposit will be canceled, interest prorated for the time the deposit was in effect and the deposit amount plus interest earned, will be applied to the closing bill and any remainder mailed to the consumer during the month following determination of the closing bill.

Letter of Credit The cooperative will accept a satisfactory letter of credit from the new consumer’s previous utility in the lieu of the residential service deposit.

Guarantor/Co-Signer In the event that a new consumer is unable to pay the required residential service deposit, Kit Carson Electric will allow the new consumer to initiate service in his/her name through establishment of a written guaranty by a consumer in good-standing with the Cooperative, The Guarantor will be required to come into our office with the new consumer and sign a written Guaranty of responsibility for the billing assessed to the new consumer for a minimum of twelve months. In the event, the new consumer will still be responsible for payment of the required membership and non-refundable server charge fee at the time the appropriate service order is issued. If the new consumer’s account becomes delinquent within the twelve months the Guaranty is in effect, both the Guarantor and the new consumer will be liable for the total due plus any attorneys’ fees incurred by the Cooperative in connections with the collection efforts on the account.

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc.
New Service Location Requirements

Right of Way Easements All necessary and required Right-of-Way Easements will be obtained by the consumer. Each easement must be signed with the proper legal signature and mailing address of the person granting the easement, each easement must contain the correct property description, including the tract number, map number and survey number. When available, a survey plat should also be made available to the Cooperative by the consumer. Each easement must be properly notarized.

Electrical Permits
All permits required by the State of New Mexico and the Cooperative must be received by Kit Carson Electric before the new service order can be released from the engineering department.

Line Extensions Line extensions will be paid for in full before the new service order is released for construction. The Cooperative presently allows one-half of the average investment of total plant per consumer for new line extensions. The cost for either overhead or underground electrical construction is based on a per foot per phase cost determined by the Cooperative each year. The consumer is responsible for all required trenching for the underground electrical service. All trenching and back-filling must be done in accordance with Kit Carson Electric specifications. The Cooperative may inspect secondary underground installations made by an electrical contractor prior to covering the wire. If a consumer requires more than a 10KVA of transformer capacity for his/her special use, the 10KVA is allowed at the regular monthly customer charge. Anything over 10KVA will be charged additionally per KVA. It is the responsibility of the consumer to identify and show on the site plan the location of all utility lines (gas, electric, water, sewer, etc.). No structures may be built over or under and existing electric lines or within the easements granted to Kit Carson Electric. A new service may have a four to six week waiting period before a line extension is constructed and service is connected.

 17.5.410.27 Line Extensions: Upon a residential customer’s request for a line
extension a utility shall:

A. Provide the residential customer with a copy of the utility’s line extension policy and explain the content of such a policy;

B. Establish a reasonable time not exceeding thirty(30) days after the residential customer has complied with all reasonable utility requirements for the delivery to the residential customer of the utility’s estimate for the line extension;

C. Complete construction of the line extension within sixty(60) days after the residential customer signs the utility’s line extension agreement and after the utility has secured all the applicable permits, right-of-way, materials, and labor necessary for the line extension, and the utility has completed all other applicable contractual obligations. A utility shall be required to exercise due diligence and good faith in its efforts to obtain such permits, right-of-way, materials, labor, and contractual compliance. However, the utility shall not be required to complete construction of the line extension within this time frame where force conditions exist.

D. Advise the residential customer that if the residential customer is not satisfied with the line extension proposal of the utility including cost and time of construction, an informal review of the proposal may be provided by the utility personnel located in the service area of the residential customer and authorized to conduct such reviews. Such personnel shall be in a position to modify such proposal, where appropriate;

E. Inform the residential customer in writing of how the residential customer’s options concerning the type of installation of a line extension will affect utility charged based on present rates which are subject of a pending case concerning rates. At a minimum comparisons of average annual utility charges for that residential customer shall be provided.

[17.5.410.27 NMAC-Rn, NMPUC Rule 410.27,12-17-01]
17.5.410.28 COST OF LINE EXTENSION:

The amount charged to the residential customer for a line extension shall be based on the estimated total cost to the utility and shall be clearly states in the written line extension agreement entered into between the utility and the residential customer. The method for collecting the amount charged to the residential customer shall be outlined in applicable tariffs filled with the Commission.

[17.5.410.27 NMAC-Rn, NMPUC Rule 410.27,12-17-01]
1990 PER FOOT CHARGES AND ONE TIME ALLOWANCE FIGURES
FOR LINE EXTENSION AND LINE RELOCATION CONSTRUCTION
SINGLE PHASE OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION $4.00/FOOT
SINGLE PHASE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION $3.90/FOOT
THREE PHASE OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION $7.05/FOOT
THREE PHASE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION $9.40/FOOT
ONE TIME ALLOWANCE PER LINE EXTENSION POLICY#2.15 $800.00
NOTE: TRENCHING IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CUSTOMER