A bill that would expand the eligibility requirements for displaced workers to access Energy Transition Act funding passed the House of Representatives unanimously on Thursday and now heads to the governor’s desk. The Energy Transition Act created three funds, including a displaced workers fund. This fund is intended to assist workers who lost their jobs […]
A bill that would increase state oversight of the cleanup and remediation of the San Juan Generating Station and the San Juan Mine passed the Senate on a 31-0 vote on Tuesday and now heads to the governor’s desk. Sen. Shannon Pinto, D-Tohatchi, described HB 142 as a prevention measure that would allow the state’s […]
A bill that would expand who is eligible to receive funding from the displaced workers fund created by the Energy Transition Act passed the Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee on Tuesday on a 10-0 vote. The Energy Transition Act originally required displaced workers to apply for assistance through the fund within one year of […]
The San Juan County Commission unanimously approved a plan submitted by the Public Service Company of New Mexico for demolition and remediation of the San Juan Generating Station on Tuesday. The coal-fired power plant closed in September and a county ordinance required PNM to submit the plans for commission approval. That ordinance was passed in […]
Legislators in New Mexico are advancing legislation to rein in paramilitary patrols that have popped up in recent years to halt migrants near the international border with Mexico and at a protest over a statue of a Spanish conquistador.