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| Bill # | Bill Name – sponsor | What it will do | Committee Hearing Schedule |
| SB 489 | Energy Transition Act
– Sen. J. Candelaria, Rep. N. Small |
100% Renewable Power by 2045/ San Juan Generation Station Cost Recovery Securitization | |
| HB 398 | Oil, Gas & Vented Gas Royalties – Rep. D. Lente | Increase Public Lands royalty new lease rate and require royalty payment on spills, flaring and leaks | |
| SB39 | Solar Tax Credit
–Sen. Stewart |
Extend Solar PV Tax Credit for homeowners, others | |
| HB210 | Community Solar Act
– Rep. Roybal Caballero & A. Romero, Sen. Stefanics, |
Community Solar access for residential and commercial IOU customers | HJC 2/8/19. Do Pass |
| SB51 | Renewable Energy Services-State Facil.
– Sen. Steinborn |
Solar on State buildings | |
| HB289 | Fund Investment in Renewable Energy
-Rep. Stapleton |
Requires NM to invest at least 1% of the $5B Severance Tax permanent fund in New Mexico renewable energy | HTRC 2/11/19, 8:30am Rm 317 |
| SB 459 | Fracking Moratorium
-Sen. Sedillo Lopez, Shendo |
4 year fracking moratorium and O&G reporting requirements | |
| SB186 | Oil Conservation Div. powers & duties
– Sen. Richard Martinez, McQueen |
Restores enforcement authority to Oil Conservation Division | 2/14/19 Senate Conservation, 9:00 am RM 311 |
| tbd | EV Charging Infrastructure
– Rep. Angelica Rubio |
Funding to build Electric Vehicle charging stations | |
| HB185 | Electric Motor Vehicles Fees & Tax Credits
– Rep. Jim Trujillo |
Provides for an EV tax credit of $2500-3500 for purchase or lease of PHEV’s or BEV’s costing $48k or less. Also $300 for EV charging units. SB333 is similar (Sedillo Lopez) | |
| SB140 | All electric motor veh sales & services
– Sen. Ortiz y Pino, Rep. Akhil |
Legalizes NM Tesla EV stores & service centers as a manufacturer, not a franchise.
HB294 is nearly identical to SB243 |
HB 294; HCEDC 2/6/19
Dead (SB140, SB243) |
| HB221 | Home Energy Efficiency Tax Credit
-Rep. McQueen |
Creates income tax credit of $2-4k for homes made more efficient by 20-40%. | HTRC 2/4/19 |
| SB136 | Efficient Use of Energy Act amendments
– Sen. Ortiz y Pino |
Extends, modernizes the EUEA | |
| SB161 | RETA funding
– Sen. Bill Tallman |
Appropriates $700k to fund RETA operations,
Renewable Energy Transmission Authority |
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| HB204 | Healthy Soil Act
– Rep. N. Small, Sen. Stefanics |
Creates and funds the healthy soil program in the Dept of Agriculture (Drawdown) | HAWC 2/12/19, 8:30am Rm 315 |
| SB45 | Low-Income Energy Conservation Program
– Sen. Richard Martinez |
$2M to fund a residential energy conservation authority for low income persons in 2020-21 | S. Conservation 1/29 9:00 am |
| SB 393 | Carbon Fee & Dividend
– Sen. Soules |
Assess fees on carbon pollution w/dividends returned to taxpayers (CCL) | |
| HB426 | Renewable transmission and storage study
– Reps Akhil & Vigil |
Study to determine needs for renewable energy transmission and storage in NM | |
| SB 454 | Competitive Procurement of electricity
–Sen. Cervantes |
Requires a competitive RFP bidding process for electricity | |
| HB432 | Affordable Solar Energy Act
– Rep. Akhil |
Allow on-bill financing of home rooftop solar or energy efficiency devices, etc | |
| SB 336 | Electricity Distribution For Certain Vehicles – Sen. Sedillo Lopez | Expand the Use of Electricity To Power Vehicles | SCONC 2/14/19 |
| SB 456 | Competitive Procurement for Utilities
-Sen. Cervantes, Rep. Akhil |
transparent and accountable procurement process | |
| HB206 | Environmental Review Act – Rep Chasey – Sen Stewart | addresses potential pollution events beforehand | |
| HB 347 | Coal Sales & Processing Gross Receipts – Rep. Strickler, Alcon | reduces taxes on coal OPPOSE | HENRC 2/12/19, 8:00am Rm 317 |
| HB 440 | Solar Energy Improvement Assessments –
Rep. Akhil, Sariñana |
County Tax support for solar energy | HLLC 2/12/19. 9:00am, Rm 309 |
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