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Commission adopts environmental and climate legislative priorities, adds solar-justice and public-ownership language
Summary
The Board approved a resolution setting county legislative priorities on environmental sustainability and climate action and accepted additions emphasizing solar justice and support for alternative/public ownership models for energy infrastructure.
The Community Development Department’s Sustainability Manager presented a resolution compiling Santa Fe County’s legislative priorities for the 2026 regular legislative session. The resolution includes advancing environmental sustainability and climate resilience, promoting clean water and energy management, incentivizing EV ownership and infrastructure, expanding renewable energy production, microgrid access, and oil-and-gas legacy-well reform.
Commissioners asked to add explicit language on 'solar justice'—ensuring social, environmental and economic benefits flow to communities—and to support alternative ownership models for energy infrastructure including municipal or publicly owned utilities and increased microgrid access. Legal staff asked for time to wordsmith the added language; commissioners directed staff to incorporate triple-bottom-line language and words supporting alternative ownership models. The Board voted to approve the resolution with the recommended changes.
