New Mexico regulators to consider proposed PNM rate hike

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico regulators are on track to make a final decision on a request by the state’s largest electric provider to raise rates for its 500,000 customers.
The Public Regulation Commission met Wednesday in Santa Fe and made plans to consider Public Service Co. of New Mexico’s proposed rate hike at a meeting in late September.
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