N.M. Stat. § 71-7-6 (2026)

A. The secretary shall establish the clean energy grants program to provide clean
energy grants to:

       (1)    municipalities and county governments;

       (2)    state agencies;

       (3)    state universities;

       (4)    public schools;

       (5)    post-secondary educational institutions; and

       (6)    Indian nations, tribes and pueblos.

   B. The secretary may make grants from the fund for physical projects utilizing clean
energy technologies and clean energy education, technical assistance and training
programs. The department may use no more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) from the fund for the administration of the grants program and to conduct
research or studies directly related to the Advanced Energy Technologies Economic
Development Act.

   C. The department may adopt rules establishing the application procedure and
required qualifications of projects. No single entity shall receive greater than one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the fund. Factors that may be considered in
approving or denying disbursements from the fund are:

       (1)     the geographic area of the state in which the project is to be conducted in
relation to other projects;

       (2)    percentage of cash or in-kind contributions applied to the total project;

       (3)    the extent to which the project incorporates an innovative new technology
or an innovative application of an existing technology;
     (4)     the degree to which the project will reduce the entity's energy-related
expenditures;

       (5)    the degree to which the project fosters the general public's, students' or a
specific government or industry sector's overall understanding and appreciation of clean
energy technologies; and

       (6)    the extent to which the project stimulates in-state economic development,
including jobs creation, and further development of a commercial market for clean
energy technologies.

   D. Except as provided otherwise in this section, the department shall disburse:

      (1)    no less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to municipalities
and county governments;

       (2)    no less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to state
universities and post-secondary educational institutions;

       (3)   no less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to Indian nations,
tribes and pueblos; and

      (4)    no more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to state agencies
and public schools.

   E. The minimum disbursements designated in this section may be amended by the
department if an insufficient number of qualified projects are applied for by entities
seeking grant funding within a particular category or categories.

    F. The department shall report on disbursements made from the fund to the
legislative finance committee prior to each regular legislative session. The report shall
include:

       (1)    a list of recipients receiving disbursements;

       (2)    the amount of each disbursement;

       (3)    the date of each disbursement;

       (4)    a description of each project or expansion funded with a disbursement;

       (5)    a description of each project's contribution to the state's knowledge and
use of clean energy technologies; and

       (6)    a description of the extent to which the grants program is benefitting the
state's environment, public health and economic development.
History: Laws 2004, ch. 55, § 6.

                                    ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 55 contains no effective date provision, but,
pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, is effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after
adjournment of the legislature.