New Mexico Chooses Solar Thermal Over PV – More Solar for Less Money

The state Public Regulation Commission (PRC) has scaled down the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)’s proposed renewable energy procurement portfolio, which depended heavily on traditional photovoltaic solar electric facilities to meet state-mandated renewable energy requirements. The Commission cut PNM’s proposed construction of new solar photovoltaic plants from a proposed 84 megawatts down to [...]