The rate case hearing has started. PNM is trying to charge us for plants long after they have closed
First, thank you to all those of you who signed up to speak at the Public Comment hearing last week on Thursday! Your message was heard...
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- Aug 28
PNM's imprudent investments in dirty energy could increase rates by $13 per month per household
In December PNM filed an application at the Public Regulation Commission to increase electricity rates by 9.7%. The Hearing Examiner and...
- Jul 7
NM Supreme Court rules against PNM plan to extend the life of coal and foist $300M onto ratepayers
We won this round! After nearly a decade of opposition to PNM's investments to extend the life of the Four Corners Power Plant (FCPP),...
- Jul 6
Are you hot? New Mexico Gas Company wants to turn up the dial... and other BIG news
Are you hot?? July 3rd set a record for the hottest day ever recorded on earth. Then, on July 4th that record was broken. People,...
- Jun 30
Here, there, everywhere - Communities call on EPA to strengthen coal ash rule to protect the people
This week Mariel joined activists from YUCCA (Youth United for Climate Crisis Action), Lisa Evans from Earthjustice, the Climate Justice...
- Jun 27
PNM Rate Case will decide who pays for PNM's failure to understand energy transition
On Friday we filed 90 pages of testimony in the PNM rate case. As we reported last week, the issues that will be decided in this case...
- Jun 20
When regulators are meeting with utilities behind closed doors, who is protecting New Mexicans?
On May 30th, we were forced to file a Motion to Disclose Ex Parte Communications at the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) in the rate...
- Mar 29
Justices question the adequacy of PNM's application to sell shares of Four Corners to NTEC
Oral arguments took place yesterday at the Supreme Court for PNM's appeal of the PRC's decision to reject their plan to abandon and sell...
- Mar 27
NEE files motion to declare ETA Financing Order null and void.. and Four Corners abandonment hearing
Santa Fe, NM – On Thursday New Energy Economy filed a motion to declare the Energy Transition Act (ETA) Financing Order null and void for...
- Dec 28, 2022
PNM's 75¢ Bait and Switch Rate Case Filing
In December PNM finally filed a rate case after putting off as long as possible the $300M question - the prudence of its investments at...
- Dec 15, 2022
From undue corporate influence to a regenerative economy - We can do it!
The energy crossroads at which we stand is not just about fossil fuels or renewables, but about who controls the process, who owns the...
- May 10, 2022
Those who are responsible must be held accountable
All of us are grieving the loss of the beautiful forests that have nurtured us, provided us with water, with shade, with the deep sense...
- Dec 15, 2021
Victory: $300M for Four Corners coal DENIED
On December 15th the Public Regulation Commission voted 5 to 0 to deny PNM's application for the sale and transfer of its shares in Four...
- Nov 29, 2021
UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO FOUR CORNERS COAL BAILOUT
New Energy Economy, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (“ABCWUA”), the Office of the New Mexico Attorney General,...
- Nov 17, 2021
FOUR CORNERS RECOMMENDATION A GRAVE INJUSTICE
PNM's CEO, who made $8.9M this year, is surely celebrating today and thanking her policy team who crafted the fine print of the ETA. With...
- Oct 8, 2021
Four Corners Coal - incompatible with life itself
We took a few days off to visit the mountains and the sky after submitting our 100 page Brief in Chief in the Four Corner Abandonment...
- Sep 10, 2021
Corporate violence: green narratives that hide the truth of PNM's continued coal harm
Evidentiary hearings in the Four Corners Power Plant (FCPP) Abandonment Case wrapped up this week, exposing the lie at the heart of PNM's...
- Sep 7, 2021
Four Corners Hearing Week One Review - Alarming Affirmations
You'll recall that we had major concerns about the ETA when it was being debated. It didn't actually require the closure of coal. It...
- Aug 24, 2021
Four Corners "Abandonment" will keep coal burning
After more than 60 years, PNM is proposing to "abandon" its shares in the Four Corners Coal Power Plant (FCPP). But instead of supporting...
- Aug 10, 2021
HEARING BEGINS TOMORROW - WE BEGIN WITH A WIN FOR TRANSPARENCY AND SUPPORT FROM SANTA FE COUNTY
The evidentiary hearing in front of the Hearing Examinder begins tomorrow. We will be reporting significant developments as the case...
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