New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham delivered her annual “State of the State” speech yesterday and negated one key element when talking about her energy agenda: the truth. During the Governor’s address, she said her energy efforts are “driving down energy costs.” This is far from the truth as one New Mexico utility is seeking to raise electric bills for over 100,000 customers to pay for infrastructure that is compliant with the Governor’s Energy Transition Act. New Mexicans deserve the truth, but they didn’t get it from Governor Lujan Grisham. The Governor’s anti-energy agenda is causing electric rates to go…

Power The Future is calling on New Mexico’s leaders to seek relief from President Biden’s newest attack on the state’s energy workers. On Thursday, the Interior Department issued a decision to block all new drilling operations on federal lands for the next 60 days. The action is fueling concern that it is simply the first step towards a permanent ban in the future. Since about half of New Mexico’s oil and gas production occurs on federal land, such a decision would be nothing short of devesting to New Mexico’s energy workers and the state’s economy. If New Mexico’s leaders care…

From the radical eco-left to the politicians who love them, New Mexico’s 2021 Legislative session will have no shortage of energy hypocrisy when it kicks off today. As lawmakers get set to craft a state budget, each one of them should send a thank you note to New Mexico’s energy workers. A recent analysis shows energy workers contributed $2.8 BILLION to the state budget this year, despite a worldwide pandemic. To put it in simpler terms: Over 33 cents for every dollar spent by the state is from the energy industry. Despite this fact, the eco-left and their political allies…

If there is one thing politicians love to do, it’s taking credit for how they spend our money. Recently, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham proudly unveiled her budget proposal for the next year. The $7.3 billion proposal is an improvement over just a few months ago when economists were concerned about the state running a budget deficit. In New Mexico, the oil and natural gas industry makes up well over 30 percent of the state’s budget. So, it would be impossible for Governor Lujan Grisham, or any other politician in Santa Fe, to fully fund their pet programs without…

Were supporters of New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act simply wrong? Or were they intentionally lying to us? Either way, electric bills are going up. Xcel Energy, which serves over 114,000 New Mexico customers in the southeastern part of the state, has put in a proposal to raise electric rates by nearly $10 per month. That’s an extra $120 a year out of the pocket of working families just two years after the passage of the controversial law. Since the ink was dry on the law, Power The Future has warned it would raise electric bills even though eco-left politicians said…

It took them nearly two years, but supporters of the controversial Energy Transition Act are finally telling a little truth. As we told you yesterday, three New Mexico eco-left state Senators penned an op-ed outlining “surgical” changes they want to make to the state’s “mini” Green New Deal. Their reason? They just now realize electricity costs are going to go way up. However, Senator Bill Tallman also finally told the truth behind the passage of the law back in 2019, telling the Santa Fe New Mexican: “there were so many bills and so much pressure from environmental groups to pass…

After less than two years, supporters of New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act are admitting the controversial law is a failed promise. In an op-ed published in the Albuquerque Journal, three eco-left members of the state Senate are calling for changes to the law, also known as New Mexico’s “mini” Green New Deal. While the Senators still embrace the terrible position of destroying nearly 100,000 energy jobs in their own state, they are suddenly concerned about what their bill may do to electric bills. They argue the bill needs to be changed to better protect ratepayers which is a shocking admission…

Once again, New Mexico’s energy workers have done something radical environmentalists never will: deliver massive revenue to New Mexico. According to a new report, oil and gas contributed $2.8 billion to New Mexico’s state budget for fiscal year 2020. This marks the second-highest amount ever despite a pandemic riddled year and continued attacks from the eco-left. However, with Joe Biden’s promise to destroy energy jobs, his selection of Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary and the continued push for strangling regulations from the eco-left, there’s no doubt New Mexico’s energy workers will face an uphill battle in 2021.