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PRC Wants To Withdraw Suit Vs Newspaper Over Documents

The state Public Regulation Commission wants to withdraw its lawsuit against a Santa Fe newspaper over confidential documents relating to the San Juan Generating Station.

A lawyer for the commission informed a District Court judge Wednesday that the regulatory body was dropping the suit.

The litigation sought to stop any publication of documents that the commission staff inadvertently released to a Santa Fe New Mexican reporter last week as part of a response to a public records request.

Public Service Company of New Mexico says it will suffer "irreparable harm" if its confidential business information and trade secrets are published by the newspaper.

But one commissioner says the suit never should have been filed and he doesn't believe the documents should have been secret in the first place.

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Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican, http://www.sfnewmexican.com

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