(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) - The PNM Resources Foundation today recognized the Silver City recipients of the 2015 PNM Reduce Your Use Grant Program. Grants were awarded to 54 nonprofit organizations throughout New Mexico, three of them in Silver City. The Silver City recipients of the 2015 PNM Reduce Your Use Grant Program are:

• Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest - Southern New Mexico & West Texas
• Life Quest
• Silver City Gospel Mission

The PNM Reduce Your Use Grant Program awards $250,000 annually to help nonprofit organizations statewide complete projects that reduce their energy use and lower their utility bills, allowing them to spend more on providing essential services to clients.

"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."

Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest - Southern New Mexico & West Texas will use its PNM Reduce Your Use Grant to install new LED energy-efficient lighting.

Life Quest will use its PNM Reduce Your Use Grant to replace 13 single pane windows with more energy-efficient ones.

Silver City Gospel Mission will use its PNM Reduce Your Use Grant to replace old appliances with new energy-efficient models.

Since its inception in 2008, nonprofit organizations statewide have received more than $1.8 million through the PNM Reduce Your Use Grant Program.

The PNM Resources Foundation, which is funded by PNM shareholders, has invested more than $11 million into helping build strong, productive communities in New Mexico.

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