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The SPSP internship program, a state funded program, allows UNM to pay 2/3 of the student intern's stipend. These are 12-week 12-15 hours per week, internships. This opportunity gives students practical on-site job training and are available to UNM’s SoE Juniors and above (including graduate students) with a minimum 3.0 GPA and are in good standing in their department. US Citizenship is required. Find out more here. 

EMNRD is soliciting information from public- and private-sector entities on potential opportunities to support projects that advance state-level decarbonization and energy resilience goals, leveraging co-financing from EMNRD and the DOE's Loan Programs Office and/or other federal funding mechanisms. Alongside the Governor’s Office, a number of New Mexico state agencies are collaborating to identify candidate projects by ensuring that this RFI reaches a wide range of eligible stakeholders.  Find out more here. 

EMNRD will hold a virtual group meeting for individuals and organizations to participate in and share information related to this RFI. This meeting will be held virtually at the following time:  

• Virtual Meeting: Friday August 30th, 2024, 3:00 – 4:30 pm MST  

Please register for the meeting using the following link:  

https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/32a17120-7927-45b5-afef-036764c23173@04aa6bf4-d436-426f-bfa4-04b7a70e60ff 

Details for accessing the virtual meeting will be sent directly to those who register. 

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Ebon Solar jointly announce an estimated $942 million investment in New Mexico’s solar industry.  Read more here. 

Unirac is proud to announce that its domestic solutions are available now and shipping today. These solutions can help solar installers across the country achieve the qualification requirements for the Domestic Content Bonus Credit (DCBC), as defined in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).  Find out more here. 

The Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Program is a financing structure enabled by state statute and local ordinance that provides eligible property owners with access to long-term fixed-rate financing for a range of energy efficiency, renewable energy, water efficiency, and resiliency improvements.  Find out more here.

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission holds an open meeting every other Thursday.  The meeting is hybrid and can be attended in person or online via Zoom.  You can find the agenda for the June 27th meeting and instructions for attending here.  

The Energy Expo and Career Symposium will be hosted by Las Cruces Public Schools in partnership with and on the campus of New Mexico State University on August 23, 2024.

The event will host 1600 8th graders, 900 high schoolers, and NMSU students sharing information about career opportunities and the impact and importance of energy in our state.

If you would like to participate in the event, please sign up here.  For more information, please email Kathleen Gardner at kgardner@lcps.net.

The State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), Energy Conservation and Management Division (ECMD), is requesting proposals from individuals or entities to assist ECMD with managing and implementing the New Mexico Solar for All Program (Program) to advance access to solar energy resources in New Mexico. Multiple contracts may be awarded from this RFP.  Find out more here.

After a record-setting 2023, the solar industry installed 11.8 GW of new solar capacity in Q1 2024, bringing total capacity to over 200 GW in the United States - enough to power 36 million homes. Read more in the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2024 report.