Albuquerque – As temperatures in the Albuquerque area reach over 100 degrees, traditional energy sources, not renewables, are delivering nearly all the power for many New Mexicans. At 4:34pm local time on Wednesday, the official temperature in Albuquerque was 101 degrees, yet the amount of energy being generated by renewable sources was a mere 7 percent. Without energy sources such as coal and natural gas, New Mexico’s families would be forced to endure the heat without electricity.

“The fact that renewables fail when they are needed the most is a reality that is ignored by Governor Lujan Grisham,” said Larry Behrens, Communications Director for Power The Future. “Despite the rhetoric from clueless Santa Fe politicians, it is the energy workers in the natural gas and coal industries that deliver for New Mexicans when they need it most. If the Lujan Grisham administration wants to ‘de-carbonize,’ why don’t they turn off the AC in their taxpayer funded offices and start right now?”