PLEASE NOTE: The rules published on this site are not official rules of the State of New Mexico as provided in Sections 14-4-7.1 and 14-4-7.2 NMSA 1978. The New Mexico State Records Center and Archives advises potential users of these rules that they may not be correct, complete or current. For an official copy of a New Mexico rule, contact State Rules Division, New Mexico Records Center and Archives, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, N.M., 87505, telephone (505) 476-7907.

Laws, Fact Sheets, State Websites

• Clean Energy Legislation 2010 (brief summaries)
  • HB 171 Dairy Biomass Tax Credit
  • HB 181/SB 190 Clarifies the Legality of "3rd Party" Solar Systems and Provides for an "Interconnected Customer Rate Rider"
  • HB 261/SB 201 Solar and Wind Energy Equipment Gross Receipts Deduction
  • HB 233 Exempts Roof-top Solar Systems from Property Tax Assessment
  • SB 200 State-Funded Public Buildings Energy Efficiency Requirements
• New Mexico Geothermal Energy Laws and Regulations
• Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [Sections 71-5-1 to -24 NMSA 1978]
• Clean Energy Legislation 2009 (brief summaries)
• HB 375 Certain Geothermal Heat Pump Tax Credits
• HB 572 Solar Energy Improvement Special Assessment Act
• HB 622 Green Jobs Act
• SB 237 Renewable Energy Tax Credit
• SB 257 Solar Market Development Tax Credit
• SB 288 Higher Education Alternative Energy Program Awards
• SB 291 Sustainable Building Tax Credit Provisions
• SB 318 Green Jobs Development Training Funds
• SB 647 Renewable Energy Financing District Act
• Clean Energy Legislation 2008 (summaries)
  • HB 305 Amendments to the Efficient Use of Energy Act (click here for statute
• Clean Energy Legislation 2007

• Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Act
• Enhancing the Renewable Portfolio Standard
• Biodiesel Fuel Production Tax Incentives
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bonding Act
• Require Biodiesel in Motor Vehicle Fuel
• Sustainable Building Tax Credits
• 2007 Amendments to the Solar Rights Act of 1978
• Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) [Public Law 102-486]
• H.R. 1904 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, contains language on the production of bioenergy from forest material
• ECMD Enabling Statute [Section 9-5A-4 NMSA 1978]
• Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisition Act [Sections 13-1B-1 to -7 NMSA 1978]
• Alternative Fuel Tax [Section 7-16B-1 to -10 NMSA 1978]
• Public Facility Energy Efficiency Act [Sections 6-23-1 to -10 NMSA 1978]
• Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit [Sections 7-2A-19 NMSA 1978]
• Solar Collector Standards Act [Sections 71-6-4 to -10 NMSA 1978]
• Solar Recordation Act [Sections 47-3-6 to 47-3-12 NMSA 1978]
• Solar Energy Development Act [Sections 71-6-1 to 71-6-3]
• Solar Rights Act [Sections 47-3-1 to -5 NMSA 1978]

• New Mexico Legislature
• New Mexico Judiciary
• New Mexico Governor's Office
• New Mexico Administrative Code
• New Mexico Statutes

Regulations, Acts and Rules

• Federal

  • H.R. 6, The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Summary)
  • 10 CFR 600 (Financial Assistance Rules)
  • 10 CFR 420 (State Energy Program)

• State
  • PRC Rule 570 - Interconnection of Qualifying Facilities
  • PRC Rule 572 – Renewable Portfolio Standard

Executive Orders (synopses available here)

• 2010-001 New Mexico Clean Energy Economy Action
• 2009-047 Establishing New Mexico as a Leader in Addressing Climate Change
• 2009-002 Expanding New Mexico's Clean Energy Economy
• 2008-028 Establishing a Strong Telework and Flexible Work Hours Program to Help Reduce Fuel Use and Taxpayers' Costs
• 2007-053 Increasing Energy Efficiency in State Government by 2015 and Statewide by 2012 and 2020
• 2006-069 New Mexico Climate Change Action
• 2006-001 State of New Mexico Energy Efficient Green Standards for State Buildings

• 2005-049 Requiring the Increased Use of Renewable Fuels in New Mexico State Government
• 2005-033 Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction
• 2004-019 Declaring New Mexico the "Clean Energy State"