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I went on the Zoom call today....930 AM to about 1230 PM...no breaks.
The meeting agenda is provided at the web site and can be sent to any one who wishes. On the call 40 to 60 people.
In the formal agenda, after the consent agenda, were items
16-00239 and 20=00210 which dealt with PNM and specifically with
coal generating plant abandonment. The issue being who pays??
Ratepayers or PNM...or 1/2 each.
The first case went back to 2016 and the other case from 2020, as the prefixes so indicate. Approval of the first case should not have taken so much time.
Currently the PRC has 13 open positions and is also looking for an increase in their budget of $2 Million. However, as there are 23 bills in the legislature now that may affect the PRC,
getting the budget increase is of greater importance that taking a position, as the full PRC, on any bill. SB 155,ENERGY TRANSITION ACT CHANGES is of great interest to the PRC as the bill might restore more of its power that was taken by Act.
Commissioner Fischmann, Chair, plans to speak for the bill, but only for himself, not the full commission.
Another key issue for the PRC is planning for its two year plan. As the staff, currently 126 employees, is overworked, a key provision of the two year plan is to review processes and make them more efficient. Also, where possible, use resources from,
say, the Department of Energy or a National Lab , Universities or other resources which may be low cost or free. The PRC will hold workshops on their two year plan.
The issues of meeting records came up. Right now the meetings are recorded both sound and video. Meeting minutes are written and summarize actions, but leave out the discussion of how the commissioners reach a decision, with the requirements fo the Open Records Act being the controlling factor.
I am not planning to attend the two different meetings on Two Year Plan and Actions on the bills in the Legislature.
Other Items:
Seven former FERC chairs and commissioners agree: The U.S. transmission grid needs to expand dramatically to meet clean energy goals.
Link to full article: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/making-the-case-for-a-ground-up-federal-transmission-grid-policy-overhaul?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily
George Richmond, LWV CNM, Observer to the New Mexico PRC
-- George M. Richmond 152 Juniper Hill Road, NE Albuquerque, NM 87122-1913 C: 505-280-2105 E: geomrich1@comcast.net