New Mexico

New Mexico Climate Strategy: 2020 Progress and Recommendations

Interagency Climate Change Task Force

Climate Change Bureau

45% by 2030

Relative to 2005 levels

The 2005-2018 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory was published in October 2020.

NMED – Environmental Justice Coordinator

"Disproportionately impacted communities" are communities or populations of people for which multiple burdens, including environmental and socioeconomic stressors, inequity, poverty, high unemployment, pollution, or discrimination, may act to persistently and negatively affect their health, well-being, and environment; includes tribal communities, communities of color, low-income rural communities, native people, people of color, women, immigrants, youth, formerly incarcerated people, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities.

New Mexico Climate Investment Center

40% renewable energy by 2025 | 80% by 2040 | 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2045

New Mexico received an A grade from Freeing the Grid.

Requires 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2045, effectively eliminating coal from its electricity portfolio.

Allocates $30 million for coal plant decommissioning and reclamation costs through securitization

The statewide energy code for commercial building construction is 2021 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1-2019 with amendments.

The statewide energy code for residential construction is 2021 IECC with amendments.

Electric utilities are required to achieve energy savings equivalent to 5% of 2020 total retail electricity sales between 2021-2025. The Public Regulation Commission must set savings targets for 2026-2030.

Gas utilities are not subject to an EERS.

New Mexico has enacted commercial PACE-enabling legislation and is developing programs.

Clean Cars New Mexico

Model Year (MY) 2027: 43% of new passenger vehicle sales are ZEVs | MY 2030: 68% of new sales are ZEVs | MY 2035: 100% of new sales are ZEVs, with up to 20% being hybrid or hydrogen-powered vehicles

By 2035: 55% of Class 2b-3 truck sales are zero-emissions | 75% of Class 4-8 straight truck sales are zero-emissions | 40% of Class 7-8 tractor sales are zero-emissions.

100% of non-emergency public vehicles are ZEVs by 2035

Requires the Environmental Improvement Board to promulgate rules for a Clean Transportation Fuel Standard by July 1, 2026.

Oil and gas operators are required to capture 98% of their waste natural gas by the end of 2026.

Oil and gas operators are required to calculate emission rates, perform monthly checks for leaks and fix them within 15 days, and achieve state-determined emission reduction requirements for certain equipment and processes.

The New Mexico Healthy Soils Program provides grants to implement on-the-ground projects that improve soil health and maximize biodiversity.