PNM-Avangrid Merger Update

5.12.23 – Gene Grant updates The Line Opinion Panel on the back-and-forth over the proposed PNM-Avangrid merger as the state Supreme Court weighs whether to end the case or send it back to the Public Regulation Commission. 

Host:  Gene Grant 

Line Opinion Panelists: 
Justine Fox-Young, Republican former NM state representative  
Steve Terrell, retired reporter, Santa Fe New Mexican  
Dede Feldman, Democratic former NM state senator 

For More Information: 

PRC commissioner recuses himself from merger issue – Santa Fe New Mexican 

New Mexico court denies challenge to PRC reforms – Albuquerque Journal 

Public Regulation Commission stumbles into the new year – Source NM 

PNM-Avangrid merger rejected by PRC – Albuquerque Journal 

State Supreme Court holds PNM, Avangrid second chance at merger in the balance – Santa Fe New Mexican 

PRC, utility lawyers had one-sided talks ahead of filing – Santa Fe New Mexican 

PRC modifies position on public hearings for PNM-Avangrid merger – Albuquerque Journal  

Allegations of misconduct surround proposed Avangrid-PNM merger – KRQE