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PNM caught a break from regulators while it sent out an average of 22,000 disconnect notices per month
In 2022 PNM sent out an average of 22,000 disconnect notices per month. Each one of those notices constitutes a family emergency, putting...
Sep 23, 2024
So what's the difference between false solutions and real climate action?
Last week we sent out an email announcing the sad news that we, collectively, are failing to change the trajectory of methane emissions...
Sep 20, 2024
Friends, we are failing. What can we expect over the next ten to twenty years?
Though we at New Energy Economy often report on our wins in the regulatory arena, the truth is that we, collectively, are failing. We are...
Sep 11, 2024
PNM prevails against one of the few Just Transition provisions included in the ETA
Yesterday the NM Supreme Court denied the petition for a Writ of Mandamus filed by New Energy Economy on behalf of a bipartisan group of...
Sep 3, 2024
At close of fracking waste reuse hearing Commissioner Zemlick asks the key question...Why is a reuse rule necessary?
On the final day of testimony at the fracking waste reuse hearing New Mexico Oil and Gas Association (NMOGA) witnesses tried to argue...
Aug 14, 2024
Should New Mexico have worse water protections than Texas?
First, thank you to everyone who has shown up to raise their voice against corporate exploitation and profiteering at the expense of our...
Aug 9, 2024
Our expert witnesses eviscerate reuse proponent arguments
Over the past three days our three expert witnesses, including former director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Norm Gaume,...
Aug 7, 2024
Hearing reconvenes amid outcry from the public and questionable reshuffling of Commissioners
Yesterday the fracking waste reuse hearing got off to a strange start when WQCC Commissioner McWilliams, who was called out by for...
Aug 6, 2024
O'Connell must recuse
On Tuesday New Energy Economy once again filed a Motion to Recuse Commissioner Patrick O'Connell because, once again, PNM's uneconomic...
Jul 24, 2024
Justin Nobel's Research Uncovered How Oil and Gas Preys on Vulnerable People to do their dangerous work
As we all continue to struggle with the increasing chaos, violence and uncertainty that pervades US political life, we can take comfort...
Jul 16, 2024
Writ of Mandamus filed at NM Supreme Court on behalf of 15 Legislators to enforce PNM's obligation to impacted communities after the closure of the San Juan Coal Plant
On June 13th a bipartisan group of legislators represented by New Energy Economy filed a Motion to Intervene and Motion for Rehearing in...
Jul 9, 2024
Commissioner Krista McWilliams’ claim to have no personal or professional conflicts of interest in the produced water reuse case further disproven by damning additional evidence
Water Quality Control Commissioner Krista McWilliams starring in a video paid for and hosted on NMOGA's website in which she falsely...
Jul 5, 2024
Justin Nobel Exposes the Oil and Gas Industry's Radioactive Secret
“A powerful industry has spread harms across the land, its people, and more so than anyone, their very own workers, and did what they...
Jun 24, 2024
Dueling headlines a painful illustration of New Mexico's outsize role in the climate crisis
Headlines from the Current Argus and the Santa Fe New Mexican Last Week Make no mistake. New Mexico is a petrostate, and like other...
Jun 24, 2024
Ethics complaint and Motion for Disqualification filed against WQCC Commissioner McWilliams for conflicts of interest related to ownership of an oil and gas company
Today New Energy Economy, Daniel Tso, Samuel Sage and 16 organizations filed an ethics complaint against Water Quality Control...
Jun 9, 2024
Fracking waste reuse hearing concludes for the week, evidence of discharge and reuse dangers continues to be exposed
Yesterday the fracking waste reuse hearing was extended for four additional days that will take place in July due to the number of...
May 17, 2024
NMOGA organized a show of force to try to convince Commissioners New Mexico needs their fracking waste
New Mexicans voice their opposition to fracking waste discharge and reuse at the hearing. Yesterday, on Day 3 of the fracking waste reuse...
May 15, 2024
NM Supreme Court Upholds Commission Oversight Over Energy Efficiency and Load Management Utility Expenditures in Decoupling Case
The Supreme Court today issued its decision on decoupling and determined that the Efficient Use of Energy Act requires a “full revenue...
May 12, 2024
At Fracking Waste Reuse hearing today the Water Quality Control Commission dismissed a question of jurisdiction, the public showed up to say NO to reuse, and a journalist found something fishy
On Friday New Energy Economy and two other parties filed a motion to vacate and reschedule the Wastewater Reuse rule hearing to allow...
May 12, 2024
New in our rebuttal testimony - Produced Water Research Consortium fails audit and fails New Mexico
Yesterday we rallied with folks from the more than 30 organizations from across the state who signed up to join the campaign to Defend...
May 6, 2024
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