Tag: Climate Policy

Community Solar Program Took Years to Arrive. Now the Solar Panels Are Finally Rising.

After years of delays, New Mexico’s community solar program is beginning to expand, with new projects coming online across the state. But developers and advocates say high interconnection costs and complicated billing rules still threaten the program’s long-term success.

Trump Administration Scraps ‘Public Lands Rule,’ Opening Millions of Acres to New Drilling and Mining

The Trump administration has formally repealed the Biden-era Public Lands Rule, ending a policy that required conservation to be weighed equally with drilling, mining and grazing on federal lands. Environmental groups warn the move could accelerate industrial development across millions of acres in the American West.

Pipeline Blocked—But not Dead? Project Jupiter Faces a Reroute Dilemma in New Mexico

A state denial halts part of Project Jupiter’s pipeline, but officials say the project can proceed—if developers find a new route off state trust lands.

Clear Horizons Act: How New Mexico’s net-zero bill might affect you and your household budget

New Mexico lawmakers are set to introduce the Clear Horizons Act, a net-zero framework that would formalize statewide emissions targets and expand planning and reporting requirements. The central consumer question is cost: how compliance, grid investment, and fuel-market exposure could translate into utility bills and price volatility. What happens next in committee—and later in rulemaking—will determine whether “affordable energy” claims show up in measurable household outcomes.