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The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has approved amending a rule to the state’s community solar program, establishing an annual statewide capacity cap of 300 MW, effective November 1. 

The Community Solar Act originally set an initial statewide capacity cap of 200 MW, proportionally allocated to the three investor-owned utilities operating across the state: Public Service Company of New Mexico, with 125 MW; Southwestern Public Service Company, with 45 MW and El Paso Electric Company, with 30 MW. The commission says these allocations will be reviewed later to accommodate the capacity cap increase.

During the rulemaking process, the proposal received comments in favor of raising the capacity cap, including from the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department.

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Socialism and “Free Stuff”

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Social democracies are nations in which the tax base provides everyone with healthcare and education, and where the richest and most powerful people are not free to ruin the environment.

I run into someone from one of these counties a couple of times a month, and I like to ask why their people are consistently at the top of the World Happiness Rankings. The normal response is always some variant of the following:

It’s hard to be happy living in a society that is indifferent to the suffering of others.  It’s part of the very nature of human beings to care about one another.

Something else I notice about these places is that very few people are religious.  Sweden, e.g., is about 80% atheist.

That means no childish tribalism, no ridiculous dogmas, no worries about eternal damnation, etc.

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Ming Yang Firewalls Europe, US Turbine Orders Surge

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Ming Yang Firewalls Europe, US Turbine Orders Surge

Allen covers Ming Yang’s firewall from Beijing and Octopus Energy deal, US turbine orders hitting a three-year high, and Norway’s floating wind funding.

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Celebrating American Ignorance

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There are so many tragic aspects to life in today’s United States that it’s hard to name them all.

For my money, one of the saddest elements to the American zeitgeist is its glorification of ignorance.

Up until recently, if you wanted to know what science believes about anthropology, climate change, or particle physics, you asked a scientist in the relevant discipline, who not only has a college degree, but normally a ton of education on top of that.

Now, you ask a congressional Republican, preferably, an evangelical Christian.

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