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PNM has filed an application with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) for new energy resources to be added by summer 2028.

The proposed resource portfolio extends existing resources and adds 430 MW of new solar and battery storage to meet PNM’s forecasted peak load requirements in 2028.

The filing requests approval for:

  • extension of a Valencia PPA for 167 MW through 2039, as the current agreement expires in 2028
  • addition of 300 MW capacity through Energy Storage Agreements for two 150 MW battery stand-alone storage facilities
  • addition of a 100 MW solar and 30 MW battery storage facility, with an option for an additional 20 MW of battery storage, to be owned and operated by PNM

The proposed placement of the 130 MW facility is in New Mexico’s Central Consolidated School District, where the San Juan Generating Station was retired in 2022.

The filing is subject to approval by the NMPRC and PNM has requested approval of the resources within nine months.

PNM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TXNM Energy.

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Is School a Jail Sentence?

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We’ve all heard ideas like the one being expressed here, though this one sounds extreme.  Jail sentence?  Education is exclusively an exercise in pounding in bad habits?

What’s the outcome for students in the very worst of our schools that make no attempt whatsoever to help its pupils learn to think critically?  Well, their kids learn to:

  • Read and write
  • Do math, at least through algebra
  • Understand some level of history and geography
  • Make friends and get along with others
  • Establish independence from the parents
  • Gain the qualifications for employment

What’s the alternative? Illiteracy? Social isolation? Child labor? Poverty?  Neurotic sloth? Being a burden on society?

Is it a coincidence that the countries with the best educated children are the happiest, sanest and most productive nations on the planet?

Is School a Jail Sentence?

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Saying Goodbye to All of America’s Top Women

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If you’re a competent woman working at the highest echelon in the U.S. government, better start packing your bags.

Saying Goodbye to All of America’s Top Women

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How Much Further Does the Trust of the American People Extend?

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Today we had another “assassination attempt.”

Is it the fourth or the fifth?  I lost track after his ear grew back.

Eventually, after perhaps 20 or 30, even the most dimwitted American will recognize that he’s been played.

Trump is a man of God like I’m a bald eagle.

How Much Further Does the Trust of the American People Extend?

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