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Category: Energy Economics

What About the ‘Megadrought’?

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date January 30, 2023
4 Comments on What About the ‘Megadrought’?

On the Arizona-California border, the Colorado River below the Palo Verde Dam is running at 110 percent of its median flow. Utah is “having an astounding winter,” and “in certain watersheds, it’s breaking records.” In New Mexico, the Pecos River near Lake Arthur is flowing at 108 percent of its median. Flagstaff’s “received 84.5 inches […]

Tags Climate, Drought, Energy, Media Bias, Water

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Solar in the Southwest: A Bright Shining Disappointment

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date December 12, 2022
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Solar is a bust, even in the sun-drenched Southwest. If it can’t make it here, it can’t make it anywhere.

Tags Energy, Energy Crisis, Solar Energy

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Report: A Bright, Shining Disappointment

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date November 30, 2022
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Solar Photovoltaic’s Failure in the Southwest.

Tags Affordable Energy, Baseload Power, Blackouts, Coal Energy, Electricity, Energy Crisis, Green Energy, Intermittency, Nuclear Energy, Oil and Gas, Reliable Energy, Solar Energy

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PNM Closed San Juan Generating Station and Suffered Power Outages Within a Week

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date October 2, 2022
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San Juan Generating Station near Waterflow, New Mexico, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

The energy crisis is here and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s hyper-political Energy Transition Act is entirely to blame.

Tags City of Farmington, Economics, Enchant Energy, Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico Energy Transition Act (ETA), Nuclear Energy, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), Rolling Blackouts, San Juan County, San Juan Generating Station

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PNM Requests Proposals, Acknowledges the Energy Crisis

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 25, 2022
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The Energy Transition Act is shaping up to create the worst energy crisis the southwest has ever seen. On May 17, the Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI) released data on a comprehensive energy survey. With over 3,000 respondents, New Mexicans clearly prioritized affordable and reliable energy with 7 out of 10 preferring either affordability or […]