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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee; Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee; Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairwoman of the EPW Committee; Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.– New independent analyses released this week from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Rhodium Group, and Grid Strategies LLC find that Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) would lower...

Heinrich: “I am extremely concerned with the Trump administration's actions to develop data centers on public lands.” WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, raised the alarm on the Trump administration’s push to develop AI data centers on public lands,...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a fact sheet detailing how his Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act will hold data centers accountable, forcing them to pay for grid upgrades instead of passing costs onto electricity customers,...

FULL INTERVIEW HERE ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., joined KOB 4 on Wednesday, the day after an election following Democrats gaining control of congress. Heinrich gave his thoughts on the historic gains and how he believes Democrats should govern. He also spoke on the Iran War, Senate Leadership, goals for the Energy and...

New analyses of a permitting reform bill U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) has championed say that its provisions would reduce emissions and costs to ratepayers, as well as recover billions of dollars from data center developers. The analyses, released separately in recent days by four independent nonprofit and industry groups, including the...

CARLSBAD, N.M. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $16,711,624 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the...

It was a clear message to Republicans and Democrats Tuesday, as results in New Mexico and beyond showed a decisive shift in control, from red to blue across the House of Representatives and Senate. “Early on, it was evident that this was going to be a very unique election,” said Senator Martin Heinrich, (D) New Mexico. “It was pretty exciting. You...

The Democratic architects of proposed bipartisan energy permitting legislation said on Wednesday they would not delay the bill in hopes of securing a better deal next year when Democrats take control of both chambers of Congress.   The measure, known as the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, would overhaul federal permitting processes...

In 2003, the operator of three hydroelectric dams on the Snake River, which makes up part of the border between Idaho and Oregon, applied to renew its 50-year license. After more than 23 years of bureaucratic wrangling involving local and federal officials, the issue still has not been resolved. This interminable episode highlights an important...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wrote an op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal on his Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), legislation that will speed up the federal approval process for clean energy projects to lower electricity bills...

The Strategic Petroleum Readiness and Long-Term Modernization Act mandates a long-term strategic plan to ensure the SPR keeps pace with the aging reserve’s needs, addressing maintenance backlog and operational limitations WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming $139 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS)...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the passing of Dolores Huerta: “Today New Mexico lost one of our own, and America lost a giant. “Dolores Huerta spent her life fighting for farmworkers, working families, and anyone who was ever told that their voice didn’t count. “She gave a movement its...

WASHINGTON – Today, climate leader and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer published an op-ed on his Substack urging fellow progressives to support the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), the permitting reform agreement led by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) urged President Trump to take immediate action on the State of New Mexico’s request for an emergency declaration in response to severe flooding that started...

The City of Albuquerque has been selected to receive up to $18.5 million through the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grant Program to rehabilitate and modernize the Sunport Rail Spur, according to an Oct. 22 announcement. The federal investment aims to strengthen Albuquerque’s freight...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $18.5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the...

When the sun goes down, the wind picks up in central New Mexico, whipping through arid canyons with a ghostly howl that for centuries, locals have likened to the wails of the folkloric ghost La Llorona. A few hours east of Albuquerque, this June, those gusts began powering the largest wind farm this continent has ever seen, twirling over 900...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member and former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Economic Committee (JEC), reacted to a new JEC report that finds President Trump’s war with Iran and illegal tariffs have cost New Mexico families an additional $3,800-plus...