San Juan Citizens Alliance

San Juan Citizens Alliance advocates for clean air, pure water, and healthy lands and wildlife – the foundations of resilient communities, ecosystems and economies in the San Juan Basin.

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Priority	Bill #	Title	Sponsors	Topics	CVNM Position	Year
	SB 18	Clear Horizons & Emissions Codification more Summary: The Clear Horizons Act (CHA) is a long-term planning law that would have put New Mexico’s climate pollution reduction goals into statute and given state environmental agencies clear authority to measure, track, and guide progress over time. CHA would have set in law limits on how much greenhouse gases New Mexico can emit, aiming to greatly reduce pollution by 2030, even more by 2040 and to stop it completely by 2050. Rules adopted under CHA would have applied only to large industrial sources that leak 10,000+ metric tons of pollution per year or groups of sources under common ownership emitting 25,000+ metric tons of pollution per year combined. The Clear Horizons Act responded to the real and growing costs New Mexicans are already paying as extreme weather becomes more frequent and severe. New data presented to legislators during the interim shows that climate-driven disasters are placing increasing strain on both household budgets and state finances. Outcome: Passed through Senate Conservation Committee and Senate Tax, Business, and Transportation Committee, but failed to pass on the Senate floor (19-23).	Mimi Stewart		Support	2026
	SB 235	Microgrid Oversight Act more Summary: Microgrids, also referred to as “self-source generation resources,” are multiplying rapidly in New Mexico alongside the rapid expansion of larger data centers. Investors in these data centers are pushing for methane gas-fired electricity as the primary power source. Current policy excludes microgrids from adhering to the same greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions that public electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives must attain to reach 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2045 and 2050, respectively. SB 235 would have addressed this issue by requiring microgrids to attain 100% zero-carbon electricity generation by 2045 through steady investment in renewable and zero-carbon resources, or to cease operation. The bill would have also prohibited the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) from approving a public electric utility's purchase of a microgrid if the costs of microgrid development would have increased customer bills. Outcome: Passed in the Senate (22-20), then died waiting to be scheduled in the House Judiciary Committee.	Jeff Steinborn		Support	2026

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