With all the misery 2020 is leaving in its wake, it has also brought transformational climate and environmental-justice progress in New Mexico, thanks to the work of front-line community members and implementation of the Energy Transition Act.
As the now-retired attorney for Coalition for Clean, Affordable Energy, I was proud to see broad support by community and environmental groups at the Public Regulation Commission for our proposal to replace the coal power at San Juan Generating Station with 100 percent solar energy and battery storage, investing $1.1 billion in San Juan, McKinley and Rio Arriba counties.
The PRC unanimously decided in July to adopt our coalitionâs solar/storage proposal over PNMâs preferred plan, which had relied heavily on gas. Now that the contracts have been signed and approved, the calculation of average monthly savings has been revealed: $7.46.
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