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Feb 1
6 min

NO Community Solar Hearing Sat-moved to Tues | See You Sunday @ Collected Works

In this post: Replacement Power Hearing Concludes Community Solar rescheduled for 8AM - 02/04/2020, 8AM Atmosphere of Plutocracy Prevades...

Jan 11
3 min

A milestone on the path with you

A milestone. We’ve been working together since before 2008 to close the San Juan Generating Station, one of the oldest and dirtiest coal ...

Dec 24, 2019
4 min

Abandonment Hearing Report Back and Next Steps

WOW! What we learned about the Energy Transition Act (ETA) in the PRC 8 day hearing underscored our understanding of how right we were about

Nov 8, 2019
4 min

45 years of extreme extraction

59,000,000 million tons of coal ash, which is placed in 60 ft. high layers, in unlined pits, with "overburden" on top....

Nov 4, 2019
7 min

New Mexico’s Oil Boom: Bounty for One of the Country’s Poorest States

Oct 17, 2019
2 min

Public Regulation Commission Orders PNM to Grant NEE Access to San Juan Coal Plant for Testing

Hearing Examiner deems PNM arguments to block New Energy Economy Soil and Water "unpersuasive and without merit"

Jul 19, 2019
4 min

NUCLEAR UPDATE & JUST & EQUITABLE CLIMATE PLATFORM RELEASED

Thanks to all who attended Wednesday’s Oral Argument before the Public Regulation Commission on PNM’s imprudent investments in Palo Verde...

Jul 10, 2019
3 min

Take action against nuclear investment as we approach 40th anniversary of Church Rock Uranium Spill

This weekend the Diné community and allies will gather to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Church rock uranium mine spill. To reme...

Jul 2, 2019
3 min

PNM files to Abandon San Juan - read our initial analysis

After more than 15 years of pressure from frontline communities, advocates, market forces, and regulation, PNM filed to abandon the San J...

Jun 26, 2019
2 min

New Energy Economy Prevails. NM Supreme Court Denies PNM’s Writ Challenging PRC’s Authority

Lifts Stay on Coal Plant Abandonment Case. We’re Back at the PRC! If you read our email yesterday you know that we were preparing for ora...

Jun 25, 2019
4 min

PNM now claims PRC doesn’t have the right to regulate

Earlier this year, the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) opened a docket on the San Juan Generating Station Abandonment Case in order to...

Jun 13, 2019
2 min

The PRC Just Stood Up for the People in a Huge Way

NM Public Regulation Commission Orders Utilities to Justify Utility Ownership of Replacement Power in Advance of San Juan Abandonment If ...

May 24, 2019
4 min

Send a message to the PRC

The new Public Regulation Commission prides itself on protecting consumers & holding regulated utilities accountable. Send the PRC a letter!

May 16, 2019
4 min

NM Supreme Court Upholds PRC Finding of PNM imprudence of nuclear purchase

May 8, 2019
4 min

The Battle to Control Renewables

As the state transitions away from coal towards cleaner sources of energy, the question is: Who should have the authority to produce, own...

Apr 24, 2019
1 min

May 9th - An evening honoring New Energy Economy's Climate Truth-teller Award Winner

JOIN US! in Las Cruces on May 9th, 2019 Please attend and help honor Senator Bill Soules who courageously dove-in head-first to understan...

Mar 8, 2019
1 min

SB489 'Monopoly Protection Act' Don’t-Miss Opportunity for Local Choice in Landmark Carbon-Free Bill

Episode 72 of Local Energy Rules Podcast [The Institute for Local Self-Reliance challenges concentrated economic and political power, an...

Mar 8, 2019
3 min

SB489 Energy Transition Act: Our Work to Address Structural Flaws in Omnibus Legislation Continues

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." George Harrison Following the Senator Sharer filibuster that stretc...

Mar 6, 2019
5 min

RSVP for Evening with Author Dahr Jamail, SB492 Passes Committee - *plus SB489 Amended to Be Worse

In this post RSVP for "An Evening with Dahr Jamail" New Energy Economy Fundraiser Event ATTEND and support HB210 Community Solar Act, hea...

Mar 2, 2019
2 min

SB 489 - Open Letter to Legislature from David Van Winkle, Board President for New Energy Economy

To: Concerned New Mexico Legislators From: David Van Winkle, Chairman of Board - New Energy Economy Re: SB489 – Energy Transition Act I a...