New Mexico’s clean energy success story
New Mexico’s clean energy success story
Global · Published Jul 31, 2026
Solar panels installed on the top level of the parking structure at the airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(City of Albuquerque via AP, File)

In many places, high electricity demand equals high pollution. That used to be true in New Mexico, but the state’s electricity supply flipped from majority climate-warming fossil fuels to majority renewables in just five years. Spurred by an ambitious clean energy law called the Energy Transition Act, utilities have been busy building solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and transmission lines. A major coal plant was retired and demolished. Solar panels proliferated on homes, schools, and businesses.

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