Albuquerque – Power The Future Communications Director Larry Behrens issued the following statement after today’s meeting of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to discuss the threat of power outages this summer:

“Blackouts are a real threat this summer and this man-made energy problem was 100 percent avoidable, but leaders in Santa Fe decided to sacrifice affordable and reliable power. The solution is simple: Let the hardworking men and women of New Mexico produce our energy indefinitely. Those who caused this problem must stop deflecting the blame on supply-chain issues. After all, it was their decision to sacrifice local energy sources in favor of unreliable materials produced on the other side of the world.”