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Ready for Action: SPPI Kicks Off the 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 21, 2025
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Senator Craig Brandt and SPPI President Patrick M. Brenner on the Senate floor for opening day—working together to champion freedom and opportunity for New Mexico.

SPPI kicks off the 2025 New Mexico legislative session, partnering with key lawmakers to advance a bold agenda for freedom, opportunity, and prosperity.

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Daily Caller: Gavin Newsome Should Rebuild His State’s Power Grid Instead of Destroying Everyone Else’s

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date August 3, 2023
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Originally published at dailycaller.com on July 25, 2023. California’s power grid has been experiencing instability due to its outrageous energy goals, lack of nuclear power in its target portfolio mix, and recent heat waves. Governor Gavin Newsom has touted the state’s efforts to bolster renewable energy, but the reality is far from achieving those goals. The intermittent nature of […]

Tags Electricity, Gavin Newsome, Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), New Mexico Energy Transition Act (ETA), Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Utility-Scale Solar

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More Nukes, Please

A new reactor serves ratepayers — but not here.

Tags Electricity, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Utility-Scale Solar

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Holtec International’s Patrick O’Brien Joins SPPI’s Board of Directors

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date July 10, 2023
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The latest addition to the Board of Directors strengthens the Institute’s commitment to the energy sector in the American Southwest.

Tags Energy, Holtec International, Nuclear

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SPPI Partners with Holtec International to Drive Innovation in Energy and Public Policy

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 19, 2023
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Holtec International Partners with Southwest Public Policy Institute

The two organizations forge a strategic partnership to drive innovation in energy and public policy, aiming to improve the quality of life in the American Southwest and promote sustainable solutions.

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SPPI President to Join Lou Young Radio Show to Discuss Holtec International

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 18, 2023
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Patrick Brenner will join Emmy Award-winning journalist Lou Young on “Tough Times with Lou Young” radio show to discuss the recent approval of Holtec International’s permit for a consolidated interim storage facility of spent nuclear fuel.

Tags Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF), Green Energy, Holtec International, Lou Young, NIMBY, NIMBY Opportunism, Nuclear Energy, Spent Nuclear Fuel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Shaking Up Your Rattlesnakes

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date May 18, 2023
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Fifty years ago, Washington’s plans for ‘peaceful nuclear explosions’ ended in Colorado.

Tags Cold War, History

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New Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Due Process in PNM-Avangrid Merger

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 16, 2023
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New Mexico’s Supreme Court denies a request to remand the PNM-Avangrid merger case back to the Public Regulation Commission, prolonging the legal battle and raising concerns about the state’s energy crisis.