Guv tells PRC to keep hands off small renewable energy developers

New Mexico Independent

By Marjorie Childress 8/5/09 5:20 PM

"At the behest of Gov. Bill Richardson, the state’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department has filed a legal brief with the Public Regulation Commission that provides a “detailed analysis” of why small solar energy developers should not be regulated in the same manner as large-scale investor-owned utilities like Public Service Company of New Mexico.

According to a statement from the governor’s office, the brief concludes such regulation would be an “incredible barrier” to the growth of the renewable energy sector in New Mexico if “third party producers” are subject to the cost and complexity of PRC regulation.

What’s a third party producer? Here’s how the governor’s office explains it:">>>>