PRC counsel: statute includes AMI; excluded evidence was a generalized attack
Erin LeCoke, counsel for the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, told the court AMI is expressly included in the grid-modernization statute and that the excluded testimony was a generalized policy challenge rather than evidence specific to PNM's application; she argued the hearing examiner repeatedly defined the scope of intervention and provided notice.
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Erin LeCoke, counsel for the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, told the justices the commission's role in this proceeding was to evaluate the reasonableness of a particular grid-modernization application and that the statute explicitly "includes advanced metering infrastructure." She said the excluded testimony sought to proscribe AMI generally rather than to identify a safety issue with PNM's specific proposal.
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