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NM CO2 Limit Rule Would Target San Juan Coal Plant

Jun 26, 2022

New Mexico regulators release a draft rule that would set CO2 limits for coal plants, raising questions about the future of the San Juan Generating Station.

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NM Regulators Reject Avangrid-PNM Merger

Dec 9, 2021

Elaine Goodman

N.M. regulators shot down Avangrid’s proposed acquisition of PNM Resources after officials pointed to Avangrid’s “demonstrated record of poor performance.”

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Bid-rigging Allegation Clouds Avangrid Bid for PNM

Utility Accuses Former Cybersecurity Contractor of Extortion

Dec 6, 2021

Rich Heidorn Jr.

Avangrid is facing increasing scrutiny from regulators following allegations that the company purchased millions in unnecessary equipment to boost profits.

Avangrid ‘Focused on Defeating’ NECEC Referendum

Oct 27, 2021

Jason York

Avangrid is “focused on defeating” a ballot referendum designed to halt construction of the NECEC transmission line, CEO Dennis Arriola said.

UPDATED: Nevada Clean Energy Amendment Winning

New Mexico Reforms Public Regulation Commission

Nov 9, 2020

Hudson Sangree

[UPDATED Nov. 9 11:25 a.m. ET to reflect election results.] A measure in Nevada to enshrine a clean energy mandate in the state constitution is heading to victory, while New Mexico voters approved an overhaul of their state’s Public Regulation Commission, and Arizonans elected another Democrat to the state’s Corporation...

Climate Policy on the Ballot Tuesday

State Voters to Choose Regulators, Clean Energy Targets

Nov 2, 2020

Hudson Sangree and Rich Heidorn Jr.

Although the coronavirus pandemic has sucked up most of the oxygen in this year’s presidential and congressional races, West Coast wildfires, record-breaking heat waves and more than two dozen tropical storms have also made climate change an issue impossible for voters to ignore. President Trump pledged to withdraw the U.S.

Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: Oct. 16, 2020

PUC Approves El Paso Electric Gas Plant

Oct 19, 2020

Tom Kleckner

Texas regulators last week approved El Paso Electric’s request to build a gas-fired generator that has drawn opposition from the city and local environmentalists. During its open meeting Friday, the Texas Public Utility Commission amended a certificate of convenience and necessity for an additional generating unit at EPE’s Newman Generating...

Energy Amendments on NM, Nevada Ballots

Effort to Reform New Mexico’s PRC has Backing of Governor, Lawmakers

Oct 4, 2020

Hudson Sangree

Voters in New Mexico and Nevada will make major decisions on their states’ energy futures come Election Day in November. In Nevada, a constitutional amendment on the ballot asks if the state should commit to a clean-energy future like its neighbors California, New Mexico and Washington. In New Mexico, lawmakers...

Texas PUC Approves EPE’s $4.3B Sale

Jan 16, 2020

Tom Kleckner

J.P. Morgan’s proposed $4.3 billion purchase of El Paso Electric cleared a major regulatory hurdle Thursday when the Texas Public Utility Commission approved a modified stipulated settlement (49849). Commission staff suggested a revision to the order to ensure that no more than two disinterested directors — those board members without...

Texas PUC Waits to Rule on El Paso Electric Purchase

Jan 12, 2020

Tom Kleckner

By Tom Kleckner Faced with a Feb. 9 deadline to rule on J.P. Morgan’s proposed $4.3 billion purchase of El Paso Electric, the Texas Public Utility Commission said last week it will take the matter up for consideration during its next two open meetings (49849). Should the PUC not meet...

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