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Environmental advocacy groups see several wins this legislative session
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Solar access bill gains support in New Mexico House after Senate passage
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New Mexico Senate passes bill that would expand access to solar power
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Presently, solar power is only available through large-scale utilities or personal home installations.
Supporters of community solar said it could allow low-income consumers or home renters to benefit from solar power and expand its use in New Mexico.
The move could also create progress toward the state’s carbon-reduction goals and increase in its renewable portfolio – both priorities outlined by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham upon taking office in 2019.
Similar legislation was previously defeated in the Legislature, but lawmakers did approve of creating a working group to better refine the proposal.
SB 84 sponsor Sen. Elizabeth Stefanics said during the Thursday hearing that representation in the working group include tribal organizations, utilities, solar advocates and interested citizens.
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OE Solar founder and CEO Adam Harper works on a rooftop solar system being installed on a government building in Albuquerque. (Courtesy of OE Solar)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Albuquerque-based OE Solar built New Mexico’s only existing community solar project to date at Picuris Pueblo north of Santa Fe.
The 1 megawatt array, which came online in 2018, now provides solar-generated electricity to about 600 homes in the Pensaco Valley. The pueblo financed the $2.2 million project with assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy, and about $500,000 in front-end funding from OE Solar to get development going while the tribal government sought commercial loans, said OE founder and CEO Adam Harper.