To: Senate Judiciary committee, House Judiciary Committee, Richard C Martinez, and Gail Chasey

Solar Providers do NOT support PNM's New Mexico SB210/HB199

I am a New Mexico Solar Provider and I do NOT support SB210/HB199, the so-called "Consumer Protection for Distributed Generation Act"." It is not in the best interests of Solar Providers OR of New Mexico residents to add extra hurdles and complexities to installing a solar system for a home or business.

Why is this important?

I support solar installations on New Mexico homes & businesses. Clean energy beats oil every time. PNM is trying to make it harder and more expensive to begin a solar project. I want to expose what is going on and to stop this bill in its tracks.

PNM is behind this ALEC bill. They are pretending to be looking out for consumers but are actually making it much harder and more expensive to begin a solar project. For instance the bill recommends that the home owner get a TAX ATTORNEY to review the system!
Here is the text of the bill. Scroll down to page 4 to read the TWENTY steps recommended by the bill.
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/17%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0210.pdf