New Mexico Statutes Chapter 62. Electric, Gas and Water Utilities § 62-19-7. Recusal of commissioner or hearing examiner

(1) when the commissioner or hearing examiner has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party or its representative or has prejudged a disputed evidentiary fact involved in a proceeding prior to hearing. For the purposes of this paragraph, “personal bias or prejudice” means a predisposition toward a person based on a previous or ongoing relationship, including a professional, personal, familial or other intimate relationship, that renders the commissioner or hearing examiner unable to exercise the commissioner’s or hearing examiner’s functions impartially;

(2) when the commissioner or hearing examiner has a pecuniary interest in the outcome of the proceeding other than as a customer of a party;

(3) when in previous employment the commissioner or hearing examiner served as an attorney, adviser, consultant or witness in the matter in controversy; or

(4) when, as a nominee for appointment to the office of public regulation announced how the commissioner or hearing examiner would rule on the adjudicatory proceeding or a factual issue in the adjudicatory proceeding.