The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board and the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board adopted rules Thursday evening that will require a certain percentage of cars with zero tailpipe emissions that manufacturers will send to car dealerships in the state starting with model year 2027. Zero-emission vehicles include some plug-in hybrids, electrics and hydrogen. […]
A group of more than a dozen state legislators asked utility regulators to reject a request to build a liquified natural gas storage facility in Rio Rancho near Albuquerque. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s evidentiary hearing regarding the New Mexico Gas Company’s proposal begins in early December. Ahead of this hearing, 14 legislators sent […]
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced approximately $51 million in funding for water projects on Tuesday. That includes more than $5 million for projects in New Mexico.“Adequate, resilient and safe water supplies are fundamental to the health, economy and security of every community in our nation,” Secretary Deb Haaland said in a press release. […]
A transmission project that would move electricity from Hidalgo County to Arizona was recently selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Transmission Facilitation Program. The Southline Transmission Project was one of three that entered into contract negotiations with the DOE in late October. This program includes the DOE agreeing to purchase a percentage of the […]
The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board are hearing arguments for and against Advanced Clean Cars and Trucks standards this week. These standards are based on California regulations and New Mexico is limited by federal law on which areas of California’s regulations it can change if it chooses […]