1. Jason Marks Commissioner, NM PRC May 21, 2010 New Mexico Regulatory Context Southwest Renewable Energy Transmission Conference

2. Wind projects in NM or serving NM

3. El Paso Electric/eSolar 92 MW CSP mini-tower TriState/FirstSolar 30 MW PV in Colfax County Kit Carson 1 MW DG/ 1MW CPV SPS/Sun Edison 5 x 10 MW PV (pending PRC approval) PNM/FirstSolar 22 MW Dist. PV TriState/DOE Solar preheat demo at Escalante Utility-Scale Solar Projects in N.M.

4. Supporting Distributed Generation: customer-owned PV incentive programs

5. New Mexico Renewable Energy Act: NMSA § 62-16-1 A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Law R.E.: solar, wind, biomass, geothermal Scope: IOUs, Co-ops (lower requirement) RPS 5% of retail sales in 2006 10% of retail sales in 2011 15% in 2015, 20% in 2020 Reasonable Cost Thresholds Annual Procurement Plans Resource Diversity Rules: 20% Solar 1.5% - 3% Distributed Generation

6. NM: Aggressive Targets / Small State

7. NMPRC: Weak Jurisdiction over Transmission NMSA § 62-9-3, Location Control –Approval required for gen. plants >= 300 MW –Approval required for 230 kV and above transmission lines “constructed in connection with and to transmit electricity from a new plant for which approval is required” –Not unduly impair important environmental values –For line w/ jurisdiction, PRC can overrule local gov’t on all questions of siting, land use, aesthetics and any other state or local reqmts. –Six month clock