Three Nonprofits Will Complete Energy Saving Projects as part of PNM Reduce Your Use Grants

(Albuquerque, NM) – Three nonprofits in Silver City will be able to spend less on electric bills and more on providing essential services to clients after receiving a Reduce Your Use Grant from the PNM Fund, a division of the PNM Resources Foundation.

The 2014 Reduce Your Use Grants awarded $250,000 to help nonprofits throughout New Mexico complete projects that reduce their energy use and lower their utility bills.

"PNM is committed to working with our customers to find ways they can save energy," said Diane Harrison Ogawa, executive director of the PNM Resources Foundation. "Reduce Your Use Grants specifically help nonprofit organizations make their energy saving ideas a reality."

Funded projects include solar panels and installation, new energy-saving windows and weather-stripping.

Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest received $5,000 to install six new windows in the Girl Scout Little House in Silver City. The new windows will save a significant amount of electricity, allowing Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest to spend more money on other programs.

Silver City Gospel Mission will also replace windows with its Reduce Your Use Grant, allowing more funds to be invested in the food pantry, shelters and clothing bank.

Thanks to the PNM Reduce Your Use Grant, the Volunteer Center of Grant County will install three solar panels to provide electricity to their well which supplies a half-acre garden and two greenhouses. The well was funded by a previous PNM Resources Foundation Grant.

Nonprofits statewide collected more than $1.75 million through the PNM Fund's Reduce Your Use grant program since 2008.

The PNM Resources Foundation, which is funded by PNM shareholders, has invested more than $12 million into helping build strong, productive communities in New Mexico.

For more information, please visit www.pnm.com/reduceyouruse.