The following are the CCAE legislative priorities for the 2009 legislative session.  Fact sheets can be found at the links.

• HB 732 - Low Income Energy Utility Fund Distributions.  This bill was CCAE's top priority for 2009.  Unfortunately it did not pass, in part because of concerns about the recurring budget impact. - Rep. B. Lujan, STALLED IN SENATE FINANCE

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE THAT ADJOURNED 3/22/09

• HB 572 - Solar Energy Improvement Special Assessments Act. The Act authorizes a Board of County Commissioners to enact an ordinance providing for a solar energy improvement special assessment to be imposed on a single-family residential property within the county if requested by the
  property owner. This is often referred to as the "Berkeley Model" of encouraging rooftop solar installations.  - Rep.Egolf, PASSED
  
• SB 237 - Amendments to Advanced Energy Tax Credit Act.  This bill expands the tax credits for clean energy generation plants to include geothermal and solar photovoltaic systems that are larger than 1 MW.  It will allow income tax credits up to 6% of plant costs and it increases the time the tax credit can be carried forward from 5 years to 10 years.  It maintains the original advanced energy generation plants that included large solar thermal plants, coal plants that produce less than 1100 lbs CO2/MWh by 2017 (and not larger than 700 MW), and recycled energy (less than 15 MW which converts otherwise lost energy).  The net tax credit is still capped at $60 million.  - Sen. Cisneros, Passed
• SB 277 - Amendments to Solar Market Development Tax Credit Act.  This bill will allow an additional 10% state tax credit for solar systems, that can be added to the 30% federal tax credit. - Sen. Keller, PASSED
• SB 291 - Amending the Sustainable Building Tax Credit Act.  The amendments enable non-profits to take advantage of the tax credits by allowing their transfer.  The bill also expands eligibility of multi-family housing and manufactured housing. - Sen. Feldman, PASSED
• HB 622 - Green Jobs Bonding Act.  The original bill authorized the issuance of bonds to fund green job training programs.  The amended bill created a fund to receive any federal or other funds dedicated to green job training programs.  It also requires the state to issue a plan for green job training by the end of 2010, and it specifically directs there to be a focus on rural and tribal areas and on disadvantaged target populations. - PASSED by the Legislature, 3/22/09

A number of other energy-related bills were considered by the Legislature, some of which are mentioned below to show the breadth of discussion in New Mexico. 
SB 622 Ownership of Renewable Energy Credits.  Current New Mexico law assigns ownership of RECs from qualifying facility (as defined by PURPA) to the public utility purchasing the power.  This bill would have removed this provision, and left ownership with the generator, except in the case of a specific contract with the purchaser or in the case that the power was contracted before January 1, 2004, in which case the RECs belong to the purchaser.