The House of Representatives of New Mexico (United States) has passed a bill requiring the state's power utilities to generate 50% of their electricity from renewable energy resources by 2030, from the current 20%. The renewable share will be progressively raised to 80% by 2040 and eventually 100% by 2045. The Energy Transition Act was introduced in February 2019 and is meant to make the state's power generation carbon-free. The state's largest utility, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), was granted official approval for its integrated resource plan in December 2018. The document stipulates that the company will entirely phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2031.
New Mexico has been a fossil fuel-reliant state for years as most of its power generation capacity is thermal, either coal-fired or gas-fired. It follows a trend among US states as California, Washington D.C. and Hawaii also passed laws requiring a 100% renewable and carbon-free requirement for their respective power sectors.