Tag: PNM Resources

Craig Generating Station

Utilities that operate coal plants in the Western U.S. face growing water supply risks

Electric utilities that operate coal plants in the American West face growing water supply risks, as climate change fuels hotter and drier conditions.

/ July 15, 2020
Craig Generating Station

Coal and water conflicts in the American West

Electric utilities that operate coal plants in the American West face growing water supply risks, as climate change fuels hotter and drier conditions.

/ July 15, 2020
Hedge fund Acme Equities ("Enchant Energy") is attempting to install CCS on the San Juan Generating Station.

Acme Equities wants to add expensive carbon capture to distressed coal plant

Acme Equities wants to install expensive carbon capture technology on the already too costly San Juan Generating Station.

/ March 3, 2019
Hedge fund Acme Equities ("Enchant Energy") is attempting to buy the San Juan Generating Station, pictured here. Photo: Wild Earth Guardians

Acme Equities: who is the hedge fund trying to buy a teetering New Mexico coal plant?

Acme Equities, a mysterious hedge fund with no experience in the power sector, is vying to buy a New Mexico coal plant slated for closure.

/ February 28, 2019

What The Public Learned From The Utility Industry In 2018

Deceit, money in politics, astroturfing: 12 revelations from the electric utility industry

/ December 13, 2018
2018 Political Map of the U.S. Governor Races

Analysis: How Electric Utilities and Their Executives Contributed in Nine Governor Races

Utilities Bet on Republicans in Some Close Races, Hedge in Others

/ November 2, 2018

Commissioners Lovejoy, Jones accept Affordable Solar money, approve solar bid that raises customer rates

Did close ties to a lobbyist and campaign contributions lead commissioners to approve a more expensive solar contract between Public Service of New Mexico and Affordable Solar?

/ May 24, 2018

PNM, Edison Electric Institute lead deceptive attack on rooftop solar in New Mexico

Supposed "customer protection" legislation proposed in New Mexico is the latest chapter in monopoly utilities' plot to kill rooftop solar.

/ February 21, 2017

Edison Electric Institute Elects New Leaders But Policymakers Are Unlikely To See Innovative Ideas

Nick Akins, president and CEO of American Electric Power, was announced as the elected chairman of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) yesterday at the association’s annual meeting in New Orleans....

/ June 10, 2015