This project is an important component of the 2025 UNM Sustainability Strategic Plan and is aligned with Goal 1: Energy Usage and Greenhouse Gas Reduction. "This $9.6 million investment in grid modernization reflects who we are as an institution — one deeply invested in ensuring the wellbeing of this campus and this community for generations to come. — UNM President Steve GoldsteinUNM’s Albuquerque campuses relies on a district energy system powered by natural-gas fired cogeneration turbines and steam systems. The lessons learned from these heating conversions and the battery energy storage system pilot efforts will inform future phases of UNM’s grid modernization. To learn more about the EMNRD grid modernization grants, visit State investing $83 million to upgrade energy infrastructure.