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New Energy Economy's mission is to build a renewable energy future for our health and the environment

With bold legal interventions, public policy advocacy, and grassroots action we fight for a fossil-fuel and nuclear-free economy that stewards both the health of our environment and our communities. A Just Transition to renewable energy is not just about reducing carbon emissions but transforming our energy system, as we do so we must redress social inequity, build people power, and foster economic and environmental justice.

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OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN TO RE-USE FRACKING WASTE

We opposed the Governor's "Strategic Water Supply," an outrageous plan to use public money to fund treatment and re-use of fracking waste, a process lacking scientific evidence of safety and necessity. We won, defeating five enabling bills in the 2024 legislative session, but she has promised to persevere. And so will we.

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2023 PNM RATE CASE

We won in PNM's 2023 rate case, with a finding of imprudence at Four Corners, among other issues, resulting in an 8% rate decrease for PNM customers. But we have appealed the final order to the NM Supreme Court because despite a finding of imprudence the PRC disallowed only 32% of the $240M harm they found to ratepayers because of PNM's poor decisions.

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OPPOSING NMGC'S
RIO RANCHO LNG PLANS

New Energy Economy has intervened at the PRC to oppose the New Mexico Gas Company's plan to build a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) liquefaction, storage and regasification plant that would endanger surrounding communities, prove not cost effective for ratepayers and lock-in more fossil fuel investment, slowing the necessary transition to clean energy.

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