New Mexico governor signs landmark clean energy bill
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March 22, 2019
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Making good on a campaign promise, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed landmark legislation that will mandate more solar panels and wind turbines as the state sets ambitious new renewable energy goals.
The Democratic governor, environmentalists and others gathered at the state capitol for a signing ceremony.
The measure requires that investor-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives get at least half of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030. That would jump to 80 percent by 2040.
A 100 percent carbon-free mandate would kick in five...
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