New Mexico’s elected officials set a target of 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2045 in a bill introduced Thursday. The Energy Transition Act (SB 489), sponsored by Democratic Sens. Mimi Stewart and Jacob Candelaria and Rep. Nathan Small, adds to the Renewable Portfolio Standards already on the table.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham championed legislation introduced Feb. 1 that set a timeline for moving the state’s electricity supply from coal to solar, wind and geothermal power to 50 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2040. This bill lists those timelines as well, and sets the mark to 100 percent carbon-free power by 2045. It ranks among the fastest timelines in the nation, tying with California but mandating what that state set as an aspiration.
In the year to September 2018 New Mexico generated 9 GWh of geothermal energy from 1.6 MW capacity.
From the Global Geothermal News archives:
- Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - USA, New Mexico: Renewable Energy Plan Calls for Extension of Geothermal Energy Contracts
- Monday, December 18, 2017 - USA, New Mexico: Feedback Sought on New Geothermal Energy Regulations
- Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - USA, New Mexico: Expansion of Dale Burgett Geothermal Plant to Move Forward Next Month