2024 energy and water development congressionally directed spending requests

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Project Description: The Albuquerque Housing Authority will provide electrification upgrades in affordable housing in Albuquerque to improve health and energy efficiency.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

 Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Project Description: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct planning activities to assess measures for wildfire prevention and restoration in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque in and around the City of Albuquerque.

Project City/County: Bernalillo County, NM

Amount Requested: $300,000

Project Description: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will construct water infrastructure projects in communities around New Mexico.

Project City/County: Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties, NM

Amount Requested: $14,000,000

Project Description: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will design and construct irrigation infrastructure that is part of acequia systems in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Socorro and San Juan Counties, NM

Amount Requested: $11,490,000

Project Description: The Bureau of Reclamation will design, construct, operate, and maintain the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project.

Project City/County: McKinley County, NM

Amount Requested: $15,000,000

Project Description: Carlsbad Irrigation District will deploy automated canal gate systems.

Project City/County: Eddy County, NM

Amount Requested: $2,250,000

Project Description: The City of Las Cruces will address thermal safety and heating/cooling affordability for low- and moderate-income households through weatherization and electrification retrofits.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: Bernalillo County, New Mexico, will add rooftop solar panels and electric vehicle charging stations to a multi-level parking garage that will be built in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Project City/County: Bernalillo County, NM

Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Project Description: The County of Socorro will complete efficiency upgrades for its District Courts through the replacement of windows. The project will reduce the County’s carbon footprint and associated energy usage and costs related to the heating and cooling of the District Courts. 

Project City/County: Socorro County, NM

Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: The completion of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System will provide reliable domestic water to communities in eastern New Mexico and to Cannon Air Force Base.

Project City/County: Curry, Roosevelt, and Quay Counties, NM

Amount Requested: $30,000,000

Project Description: The Institute of American Indian Arts will install solar arrays on building rooftops of its facilities, in accordance with its Campus Solar Master Plan.

Project City/County: Santa Fe County, NM

Amount Requested: $750,000

Project Description: The Jicarilla Apache will conduct a study to produce low-carbon hydrogen to support the tribe’s economic development, energy transition and decarbonization goals.

Project City/County: Rio Arriba, NM

Amount Requested: $80,000

Project Description: Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and its partners will generate green hydrogen by repurposing mine resources, providing reliable nighttime renewable energy for KCEC members and revitalizing the Village of Questa and its surrounding area through job creation and increased economic activity.

Project City/County: Questa, NM

Amount Requested: $500,000

Project Description: Mesalands Community College will develop and demonstrate a renewable heating technology to decarbonize high-temperature industrial foundry processes.

Project City/County: Tucumcari, NM

Amount Requested: $128,000

Project Description: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will provide mobile clean-energy education to rural, tribal, underserved, and underrepresented communities in New Mexico regarding clean-energy technologies to address climate change. 

Project City/County: Socorro, NM

Amount Requested: $105,000

Project Description: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will deliver clean drinking water to households of the Navajo Nation that currently lack fresh drinking water though the identification and installation of home-based solar powered brackish water treatment facilities.

Project City/County: Socorro County and Navajo Nation, NM

Amount Requested: $129,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University will develop a cybersecurity training and penetration testing center at New Mexico State University in order to demonstrate and validate the cybersecurity of energy infrastructure and various energy technologies.

Project City/County: Doña Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $1,200,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University’s Building Construction & Operations Decarbonization program will develop a regional innovation ecosystem focused on reducing carbon emissions in the operation of buildings, building construction, and manufacturing building materials.

Project City/County: Doña Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $1,200,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University will develop an assessment tool for policymakers to support New Mexico’s implementation of its 2045 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for vehicles to help ensure that local and State government policy regarding implementation of the RPS is focused on the needs of local communities.

Project City/County: Doña Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $400,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University and the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry at the Farmington Agricultural Science Center will study and measure the soil carbon sequestration potential of enhanced weathering basalt rock dust in the Farmington/Four Corners region of New Mexico.

Project City/County: Doña Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $603,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University will focus on deploying and commercializing DOE-funded clean-energy technologies to businesses and stakeholders across New Mexico.

Project City/County: Doña Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $350,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University will study the quantity and composition of woody wastes from forest fire reclamation and lumber mills to understand the potential for use in biochar/heat pyrolysis reactors to manage wastes for ecosystem services and heat for district heating and industrial processes.

Project City/County: Doña Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $200,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University will conduct a pilot study to provide a first-of-its-kind comparison of electric air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) and ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs) that will provide much-needed performance and cost data and knowledge for contractors, vendors, and consumers.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $240,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University will train graduate and undergraduate students, including Native Americans and other historically underserved populations, on soil management practices to increase the sequestering of carbon dioxide in soil and create resiliency for farmers in the face of climate change.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $499,000

Project Description: New Mexico State University will expand an existing program that fosters adoption of pollution prevention and energy efficient best practices for New Mexico businesses.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $418,000

Project Description: The University of New Mexico will develop and demonstrate novel cybersecurity controls and a workforce training program for community microgrid applications.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $644,000