Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is expected to announce her candidacy for Governor of New Mexico. New Mexico has an abundance of fossil fuel resources and over 66,000 energy workers across the state. The last thing New Mexico needs is another governor who puts energy workers last. We know from Haaland’s record as the Secretary of Interior how damaging her policies are.  Some of the most notable failures include: Power The Future Communications Director Larry Behrens has the following to say about Haaland’s potential bid for governor, “Deb Haaland’s record in Washington is an abysmal failure, and that failure would undoubtedly follow…

This week, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham kicked off the state’s 2025 legislative session with a state-of-the-state address. In keeping with tradition, Gov. Lujan Grisham refused to express gratitude for the state’s oil and natural gas workers. This is the seventh speech the Governor has offered before the legislative session, and despite spending the billions provided by oil and gas workers, the Governor has not once expressed gratitude. Although Gov. Lujan Grisham had no trouble acknowledging the billions of dollars in revenue, there was not a whisper of thanks to be heard in her speech “But seriously, I do want…

In an entirely predictable and unforced error, the city of Albuquerque has found itself in a multi-million-dollar fiasco. More than 1,000 solar panels, part of a clean energy city program in 2019, have sat unused for six years. This egregious waste and inefficiency are unfortunately all too common in poorly managed cities like Albuquerque. According to the Albuquerque Journal: “Documents obtained by the Journal show more than $4 million in bond revenues was spent on solar panels for seven buildings — two of which are still not generating power and one that operates at 6% of its full capacity. The investments…

In just over a week, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) will deliver her 7th State of the State address, and this year, Power The Future is asking her to make one small change.  During her time in office, New Mexico’s state budget is up nearly 75 percent and will likely grow again this year. The Governor has enjoyed spending billions upon billions in new revenue delivered by New Mexico’s oil and natural gas workers. And not one time in her State of the State remarks has she ever expressed gratitude to New Mexico’s energy workers. This is just bad…

New Mexico’s state revenue continues to grow thanks to the oil and gas industry. The latest revenue numbers show an additional $892 million for New Mexico’s annual budget this year. The new revenue forecast predicts a budget of around $13.6 billion for the state, representing a nearly 75 percent increase since 2019. According to the Albuquerque Journal,  “The state is the second-largest oil producer in the nation — behind only Texas — and oil and gas revenue make up about 35% of the state’s total revenue collections, according to legislative data. In addition, two southeast New Mexico counties — Eddy and…

Tomorrow, energy is on the ballot. No one understands this more than the tens of thousands of energy workers in New Mexico. On Thursday, President Trump visited the state as a reminder of what’s at stake in this election. The campaign stopped in Albuquerque, the second-largest oil producer in the United States. With energy revenue making up around 35 percent of the state budget, the issue is front and center for the Land of Enchantment.

Last week, it was reported that New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich (D) took campaign donations from both sides of a failed New Mexico clean energy merger. In 2021, Sen. Heinrich wrote that the proposed merger between Avangrid and PNM would “financially benefit PNM customers” without disclosing that he took in $43,000 in campaign contributions from the companies before, during, and after the merger failed. The Washington Reporter writes, “Heinrich has in the past accepted tens of thousands of dollars from employees and PACs of both Avangrid and PNM Resources. Prior to publishing his op-ed, Heinrich received thousands of dollars from the Avangrid…