Hitting the ground running: Climate and clean energy progress in New Mexicos 2025 legislative session

The document outlines New Mexico's legislative achievements in 2025, including the creation of a $210M Community Benefit Fund and new regulatory fees for carbon-dioxide storage wells, while urging the state to address industrial emissions and geothermal investment.

• During the 2025 legislative session, New Mexico passed SB48, which created a $210M Community Benefit Fund intended to support projects related to methane reduction, clean transportation, and clean energy.
• The 2025 legislature passed HB458, enabling the state to collect regulatory and permitting fees for the long-term stewardship of carbon-dioxide storage wells after they are closed.
• HB93 was passed to allow the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) to incorporate factors such as equitable access to renewable energy, diversification, and emissions reduction into the grid modernization plans of electric utilities.
• New Mexico has established several foundational climate policies, including the 2019 Energy Transition Act (ETA) targeting 100% zero-carbon resources by 2045, 2021 methane waste rules, 2023 clean vehicle standards, and a 2024 Clean Transportation Fuel Standard.
• The author identifies the industrial sector as the state's largest energy consumer and argues that it currently lacks the policies necessary to support emissions reductions.

APA

West, D. (2025). Hitting the ground running: Climate and clean energy progress in New Mexicos 2025 legislative session. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2025/04/hitting-ground-running-climate-clean-energy-progress-new-mexicos-2025-legislative-session/

Chicago

West, Dan. Hitting the ground running: Climate and clean energy progress in New Mexicos 2025 legislative session. Clean Air Task Force, 2025. https://www.catf.us/2025/04/hitting-ground-running-climate-clean-energy-progress-new-mexicos-2025-legislative-session/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{west2025hitting, author = {West, Dan}, title = {{Hitting the ground running: Climate and clean energy progress in New Mexicos 2025 legislative session}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2025}, month = apr, url = {https://www.catf.us/2025/04/hitting-ground-running-climate-clean-energy-progress-new-mexicos-2025-legislative-session/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }