New Mexico’s clean energy success storyPosted on 5 August 2026 by Guest AuthorThis is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin KirkIt’s hot. 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. And even while New Mexico was building out its clean energy future, electricity prices remained cheaper than average. The utility could try to sell excess solar energy to other regions, but it’s not worth much. That’s when PNM’s battery fleet comes to life, delivering the solar energy stored a few hours earlier.