January 26, 2022 archive

EV program gets a boost from Public Service Company in New Mexico

  In New Mexico, Public Service Company has announced a program where it plans to offer up to $2,000 to assist customers install electric vehicle chargers. The new program offers a $500 incentive to 3,900 PNM customers, to help them install their own level 2 chargers reported KOB TV. Click here for KOB report.

Excel Energy changes transmission line route to save Sand Creek Massacre site

  Xcel Energy in Colorado says it will change the route of its proposed 650-mile high-voltage transmission line so it will not broach the state’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. Click here for the Colorado Sun.

Thursday’s other energy headlines

** The Los Angeles City Council approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones. ** The Biden administration is engaged with European countries and major energy companies to prepare for a scenario in which a Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to a natural gas shortage in Europe, a senior …

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