Co-branding or not? You be the judge
We recently called out PNM and Avangrid for the deceptive and misleading co-branding PR strategy being employed to pave the way for the...
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- Sep 15
Confused whether the PNM/Avangrid merger was approved - it wasn't, but they want you to think it was
The above advertisement is egregious not only because it hypocritically declares "We care!" about rising energy costs while PNM...
- Aug 16
Supreme Court Denies Attorney General's Motion to File Reply Brief in PNM/Avangrid Merger Appeal
The Office of the Attorney General (AG) filed a Motion for Leave to File a Reply Brief in the Avangrid/PNM merger appeal to answer claims...
- Aug 9
Inflation Reduction Act marks small first step - bottom line: fossil fuel extraction must end
The Inflation Reduction Act, the first ever substantial federal climate change legislation, looks almost certain to pass the House and...
- Jun 13
Defending our victories - Avangrid and Hydrogen Keep Coming Back
Yesterday we filed our Answer Brief at the Supreme Court refuting the flimsy arguments made by PNM and Avangrid in their appeal of the...
- May 2
New Energy Economy defends rejection of Avangrid/PNM merger as contrary to the public interest
While we are writing our response to PNM's appellate brief, the Albuquerque Journal published this article reporting that the PNM...
- Apr 27
On fire, with love and rage
Fire is definitely the messenger of this climate emergency moment for us here in New Mexico. There are still 20 fires burning in New...
- Apr 20
NO means NO, Avangrid has got to go.
Kicking off the PNM, Avangrid & Chevron sponsored energy summit today - the head of JP Morgan Chase communications, PNM CEO Pat...
- Apr 19
Our democractically elected regulatory body said NO, but Avangrid just won't go.
Despite the PRC's ruling that a PNM/Avangrid merger would not be in the public interest, Avangrid & PNM to co-host energy summit &...
- Dec 8, 2021
UNANIMOUS DECISION: AVANGRID/PNM $8 BILLION MERGER REJECTED. JUSTICE HAS PREVAILED.
New Mexico dodged a bullet! Avangrid/Iberdrola could not overcome their own track record of: outages and unreliability, diminished...
- Dec 3, 2021
BREAKING NEWS - Lawsuit filed in New York accusing Avangrid of bid-rigging and racketeering
In Wednesday's PRC hearing Commissioner's Steven Fischmann and Cynthia Hall expressed concern about the potential risk of...
- Dec 2, 2021
PRC COMMISSIONERS SPEAK UP AGAINST THE HARMS OF PNM AVANGRID MERGER
Yesterday Chief Hearing Examiner Ashley Schannauer presented his recommendation to reject the proposed PNM Avangrid merger during the...
- Nov 30, 2021
You know you're doing right when a multi-billion $ company takes out a full page ad to attack you
Today Avangrid published a full-page ad in the Santa Fe New Mexican accusing New Energy Economy of "weaving a false tale" about their...
- Nov 19, 2021
PNM/AVANGRID CLAIM PUBLICLY TO ACCEPT ALL HEARING EXAMINER RECOMMENDATIONS BUT THEY FILED EXCEPTIONS
SANTA FE, NM – Today New Energy Economy filed its response to exceptions submitted by Joint Applicants (PNM, Avangrid, and Iberdrola) in...
- Nov 1, 2021
Looking forward together
For those many of you who don't have time to read through legal briefs, yesterday's order from Chief Hearing Examiner Ashley Schannauer...
- Oct 31, 2021
Chief Hearing Examiner Denies Merger - Public Interest Prevails
Santa Fe, NM - On November 1st, 2021 Hearing Examiner Ashley Schannauer issued an order recommending the PRC deny the $8Billion merger...
- Oct 24, 2021
Sounding the alarm... again
The Paper. in Albuquerque reprinted last week's Searchlight New Mexico article about PNM's misuse of the Energy Transition Act,...
- Sep 30, 2021
IN PRIVATE AVANGRID CONFIRMS THEIR SOLE OBJECTIVE IS"BOOSTING SHAREHOLDER PROFITS"
Today we are working hard to finalize our Brief in Chief opposing PNM's so-called "abandonment" application for the Four Corners Power...
- Sep 21, 2021
Our Brief-in-Chief is in- 77 pages detailing why the Avangrid merger isn't in the public interest
Yesterday we filed our Brief in Chief, a summation of our arguments against the PNM Avangrid merger based on the testimony and evidence...
- Aug 30, 2021
Merger hearing concludes - concerns abound
The Ricobaya reservoir was drained by Iberdrola in pursuit of higher profits. Well we survived the two-week evidentiary hearing on the...