City Utilities
No matter where you live, the following utilities have sole providers:
Courtesy of the City of Las Cruces website, www.las-cruces.org
Water, Gas, Solid Waste and Wastewater
Las Cruces Utilities are owned by the City of Las Cruces and available for sign up at the Customer Service Office
Customer Service Office
inside City Hall
700 N. Main Street
Hours: 8 AM to 5 PM
Phone: (575) 541-2111
TYY 528-3541
Billed monthly with all rates set by City Council. Gas and Water meter readings are taken once a month. The amount billed is associated with gas and water used, plus a monthly access charge. A customer may be required to pay a minimum $60.00 utility deposit when activating services.
Rio Grande Natural Gas Association is a separate entity and operated by the Las Cruces Utility Board of Commissioners. The RG NGA Board of Directors establishes all rates, service charges, deposits and policy. For more information call 526-6157.
Cost of Services - Residential Rates
Water
- Access (monthly) Charge is $6.82
Volume Charge for Summer Period (billing months of June, July, August & September)
- 0 to 3,000 gallons - $0.70 per 1,000 gallons
- Over 3,000 gallons - $2.08 per 1,000 gallons
Volume Charge for Non-Summer Period (all other billing months)
- 0 to 3,000 gallons - $0.70 per 1,000 gallons
- Over 3,000 gallons - $1.89 per 1,000 gallons
The billings also include a water Rights fee of $0.11 per 1,000 gallons and a Development Impact Fee (DIF) Rider fee of $0.04 per 1,000
What is reflected is the Residential Water Rate plus the Water Rights Fee.
City Gas
- $1.33 per decatherm - service charge
- $13.75 monthly access charge
- Fair market price per decatherm. See graph below
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$6.2406Solid Waste
- $15.10 Residential
- $11.29 Senior Citizens over 60 years of age (one container only)
- $3.72 Additional container
- Curbside recycling $2.59 per month
- Solid waste fees will not be suspended unless all City utility services are terminated.
Wastewater
- Yearly average depends on December, January and February water consumption
- 0 to 2,000 gallons - $1.30 per 1,000 gallons
- more than 2,000 gallons - $2.34 per 1,000 gallons
- $5.38 monthly access charge
Electric Services
El Paso Electric
(575) 526-5555
www.epelectric.com
201 N. Water
El Paso Electric (EPE) first began serving its customers on August 30, 1901. It was then known as the El Paso Electric Railway Company. Initially its primary business consisted of providing transportation via mule-drawn streetcars, which were replaced in 1902 with electric streetcars.
Today, El Paso Electric is a regional electric utility providing generation, transmission and distribution service to approximately 372,000 retail and wholesale customers in a 10,000 square mile area of the Rio Grande valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico. Its service territory extends from Hatch, New Mexico to Van Horn, Texas. Courtesy of El Paso Electric's Website
Telephone Service
Centurylink
(800) 244-1111
www.centurylink.com
Cable TV Services
Comcast
(575) 523-2531
www.comcast.com
Here are some other essential contacts you may need:
Motor Vehicle Registration
Motor Vehicle Division
(575) 524-6215
www.mvd.newmexico.gov
Postal Services
Main Post Office
(575) 524-2841
201 E. Las Cruces Ave.
www.usps.com
Doña Ana Branch (575) 523-4301
Commerce Branch (575) 521-4593
Fairacres Branch (575) 524-2195
Mesilla Branch (575) 524-1531
Mesilla Park Branch (575) 523-7088
Organ Branch (575) 382-5949
University Park Branch (575) 646-2019
White Sands Missile Range Branch (575) 678-1257
New Mexico Tax Information
New Mexico Taxation & Revenue Department
(575) 524-6225
2450 El Paseo Rd
www.tax.newmexico.gov
Doña Ana County Services
Doña Ana County
(575) 647-7200
845 N. Motel Blvd.
www.co.dona-ana.nm.us
City of Las Cruces Services
City of Las Cruces
(575) 541-2100
400 N. Church St.
www.las-cruces.org
