2017 SB 169 First Right to Build Transmission Facilities

CVNM Position:

Oppose

Year:

2017

Sponsors:

Stuart Ingle

Topics:

Energy & Climate Change

Legislative Info:

SB 169 on nmlegis.gov »

Description

This bill would have given public utilities and generation and transmission cooperatives the first right to construct, own and maintain transmission facilities in a regional transmission organization. This bill was intended to counter a specific federal regulation designed to foster competition in the transmission market.

Outcome

SB 169 died in the Senate Conservation Committee.