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New Mexico PRC: Commissioner Jefferson Byrd

State Commissions

“The Energy Transition Act is going to change the landscape for the Commission and utilities. We’re going from a firm power supply to alternative energy. That’s going to be a challenge to make sure you keep the lights on without any of the traditional firm power sources.”
Byline: 

Jefferson Byrd

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New Mexico PRC: Commissioner Theresa Becenti-Aguilar

State Commissions

“When I work with my colleagues, I make them understand how Native American tribes respond to issues we deal with on a daily basis and the living conditions. I also express my voice and vote on all utility matters for the whole State of New Mexico.”
Byline: 

Theresa Becenti-Aguilar

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New Mexico PRC: Vice Chair Cynthia Hall

State Commissions

“We recently established a new rule on Community Solar implementation, and other rulemaking dockets we hope to successfully complete include interconnection, grid modernization, and transportation electrification.”
Byline: 

Cynthia Hall

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New Mexico PRC: Chair Joseph Maestas

State Commissions

“We’re showing progress by making headway on the backlog of rulemakings, filling key positions, being proactive instead of reactive. We want to make sure at the end of this calendar year, when we’re all termed out of office, we hand over the keys to an agency that is in a much better place than when we found it.”
Byline: 

Joseph Maestas

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Feeling Young

Remarkable Under Forties

We expect much more from these Fortnightly Under Forties and look forward to seeing where they go in their careers.
Byline: 

Lori Burkhart

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Special Issue on the State and Future of Power

Our Special Issue on the State and Future of Power is now available to read online.

Features include:

Minerals Critical to Power’s Future, NARUC Executive Committee Member Looks Forward, Incredible Innovation in New Nuclear

General Motors’ Michael Maten, Dominion Energy’s Alex Moyes, Center for Strategic & International Studies’ Jane Nakano, U.S. Energy Department’s Grant Bromhal. Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission’s Ann Rendahl.

June's CPI and Electricity

June 10's Consumer Price Index data delivered more inflation news.

Consumer prices were up 8.6 percent year-over-year. The CPI's component for electricity was up 12.0 percent.

While the CPI increase was not much different across the country's four census regions, the electricity component's increase was. The why is obvious as you shall see below.

The CPI was up 7.5 percent in the northeast, 8.8 percent in the midwest, 9.2 percent in the south, and 8.3 percent in the west. That averages 8.6 percent as we said, appropriately weighting the four regions.