[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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

By Hudson Sangree In a case that’s grown increasingly convoluted, state regulators last week granted two of the approvals Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) had requested to join CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market, but they denied one concession the utility deemed key (18-00261-UT). The New Mexico Public Regulation...

By Hudson Sangree New Mexico’s largest utility is still hoping to join the Western Energy Imbalance Market on schedule, despite a setback from state regulators, saying the planned move has taken on added significance after state lawmakers passed a bill requiring investor-owned utilities to get all their electricity from carbon-free...

By Hudson Sangree New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission vacated an order earlier this month that had paved the way for Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) to join CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market by the spring of 2021. The move surprised many. The effort for PNM to join the...

By Hudson Sangree FERC declined to hear a complaint brought by a wind developer against the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission that sought to clarify when the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act kicks in as a generation project moves forward in the development process (EL19-25). Great Divide Wind Farm filed...