New Mexico Gas Company offers both On-System (retail) and Off-System (interstate) transportation services to marketers.
On-System service. This is natural gas transportation to existing natural gas customers connected to New Mexico Gas Company’s natural gas systems. Under New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Rule 660, all New Mexico Gas Company’s customers are eligible for On-System service without regard to their daily gas load or customer classification.
A copy of Rule 660 (pdf) is available here.
A copy of the On-System Standard Transportation Agreement (pdf) is available here.
Off-System service. New Mexico Gas Company also has the ability to deliver natural gas into interstate markets, where the Company has interconnections with El Paso Natural Gas Company or Transwestern Pipeline Company. This natural gas is designated for delivery to end users outside the New Mexico Gas Company’s gas utility service area, and the priority of service is lower than gas transported for On-System and for New Mexico Gas Company’s sales customers. Natural gas producers and marketers who supply their markets in other states have utilized this service.
A copy of the Off-System Standard Transportation Agreement (pdf) is available here.
End users consuming more than 10,000 therms per year, must complete and submit the Exit Fee or Credit Estimate Request Form (pdf), available here.
Getting Started as a Gas Marketer
To become a marketer on the New Mexico Gas Company’s system, follow these contracting procedures:1. Complete and submit a Transportation Request Form, along with the application fees and requested financial information, to New Mexico Gas Company Gas Transportation Department, as instructed on the form.
A copy of the Transportation Request Form (pdf) is available here.
2. New Mexico Gas Company will review the request and contact the prospective marketer for any additional information required in order to facilitate the initiation of transportation service. Within 30 days of submission of a completed Transportation Request Form, New Mexico Gas Company will provide either a standard contract for execution or a written explanation of why the service was denied.
3. Gas marketers with valid, executed gas transportation contracts must then follow the nomination procedure under Form 38.
A copy of Form 38: Nomination Procedure (pdf) is here.
A copy of the Nomination Form (pdf) is available here.
4. Upon the marketer’s submission of a completed nomination form to New Mexico Gas Company, via email or fax, and after confirmation of such nomination, New Mexico Gas Company will begin transporting the marketer’s natural gas, in accordance with Rule 38.
Additional Operation and System Information
Vital statistics, operational characteristics and other information is necessary to facilitate your use of the transportation of natural gas on the New Mexico Gas Company’s system. If you need other technical information, please contact our Gas Transportation Department.
A copy of Rule 21: Interruption, Curtailment and Capacity Allocation (pdf) is here.
A copy of Rule 28: Gas Balancing (pdf) is here.
A copy of Rate 70: Transportation Service (pdf) is here.
A copy of Gas Transportation Capacity and Additional Facilities information is here.
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