Bill Number: HB 380

Sponsor: Representative Mimi Stewart

Status: Did not pass - session ended too soon: Introduced, Passed House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (new version introduced here as well), tabled but then untabled and passed by House Tax and Rev. Passed the House, Senate Conservation, and made it on to Senate Calendar, but time ran out due to political slowdowns over other controversial bills in the Senate.

Text: http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/bills/house/HB0380.html 

Summary: A revenue neutral bond that enables energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy generation in State Buildings that pays for itself through energy savings.

Bill Number: H 251

Status: Passed! Introduced; Passed HENRC (House Energy and Natural Resources Committee) , Passed HAFC (House Appropriations and Finance Committee), Passed House (52-1). Passed Senate Corporations and Transportation, Senate Conservation, and Senate.

Sponsor: Representative Nick Salazar

Text: http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/bills/house/HB0251.html

Summary: Initially intended to provide a $1.5 million allocation (reduced to $.5 million in the Session) to the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department for a renewable energy, energy efficiency, and alternative fuels grants program to local governments, state universities, community colleges, tribal entities, and non-profit organizations. Also intended to provide a $.5 million allocation (reduced to $.2 million in the session) to the Economic Development Department to establish a hydrogen and fuel cell technologies development program. Note that the final allocations ($.5 million and $.2 million respectively), where not provided directly in H 251 (those allocations were stripped from the bill), but the monies where allocated instead in the State's Capital Outlay Bill, HB 2.

Status: Proposed by Governor.

Summary: This program would appropriate $6 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects by the state of New Mexico. Final details are not yet known, but this program was mentioned in the Governor's State of the State Address, and is expected to appear soon.

Bill Number: HB 11

Status: Did not Pass: Tabled (unfortunately): Passed House Business and Industry, but was tabled in House Taxation and Revenue.

Sponsor: Moore

Text: http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/bills/house/HB0011.html

Summary: A gross receipts tax exemption for wind power equipment that is actually installed.

Renewable Energy Tax Credit Transferability

Bill Number: S 303

Sponsor: Maes

Status: Passed Senate Conservation Committee, now in Senate Finance.

Text:  http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0303.html

Summary: Allows renewable energy companies to sell their renewable energy tax credits to other companies that have a corporate income tax return in New Mexico.

Bill Number: H 413

Sponsor: Nick Salazar

Status: Did not pass: Introduced, passed House Business and Industry, House Tax and Rev, passed the house, still in Senate Finance Committee.

Text: http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/bills/house/HB0413.html

Summary: Provides a credit equal to all GRT and compensating tax liability for businesses manufacturing advanced energy components related to renewables, hydrogen, fuel cells, etc.

Bill Number: SB 86

Status: Passed! Introduced, Passed Senate Committees, Passed Senate Corporations and Transportation, Senate Finance, Senate, House Tax and Rev, passed House.

Summary: Exempts gas/electric hybrid vehicles that exceed 27.5 mpg from the motor vehicle excise tax.

Text: http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0086.html

Status: Was never introduced - maybe next year!

Summary: Highlights the benefits of energy efficient green building and directs state agencies to promote green building throughout state facilities and the residential and commercial building sectors

The Governor has announced in his State of the State Address the formation of Solar Energy Task Force to explore a commercial scale solar power project (probably a "Concentrating Solar Power" project).

Bill Number: SB 120, H21, S196, H299

Sponsor: Altamirano (SB 120), Lundstrom (H21), Rawson (S196), Lujan (H 299)

Status: None Passed.

Text: http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0120.html

Summary: An appropriation of $1,000,000 from the General for low income energy assistance

Bill Number: HJR 1, HJR 2, HJR 7, SJR 6 

Sponsor: Hobbs (HJR 1, 7), Begaye (HJR 2), Payne (SJR 6)

Status: None passed.

Text: http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/resolutions/house/HJR01.html

Summary: This bill would make the Public Regulatory Commission appointed (instead of elected), and would require Commissioners to have 4 years education and/or experience at regulatory law and affairs.

Bill Number: H 388, S 226

Sponsor: Silva

Text: http://www.legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/04%20Regular/bills/house/HB0388.html

Status: Passed! Introduced, passed House Tax and Rev, House, Senate Corporations and Transportation, then Senate.

Summary: Allows electric vehicles that have proper equipment (head lamps, stop lamps, etc), to be driven on city or state streets with speed limits of 35 mph or less.