press releases

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement that it has awarded $3,536,789 from the Infrastructure Law’s Renew America’s Nonprofits Program to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the co-founder and co-chair of the Electrification Caucus, joins advocates in New Mexico in welcoming last week’s guidance from the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that will significantly...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), held a hearing exploring potential policy solutions to increase access to affordable and stable housing in New Mexico and across the country. “There is a serious housing crisis in New Mexico and across the country – impacting...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) toured the Trades and Advanced Technology Center at Santa Fe Community College and discussed how the Inflation Reduction Act is creating new careers New Mexicans can build their families around, lowering home appliance costs for families, making homes healthier, and advancing the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the C0-Founder and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, released the following statement welcoming the announcement that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its methane emissions and pollution...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is welcoming the selection of the Southline Transmission Project as one of three transmission lines receiving up to $1.3 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this...

WASHINGTON – As America’s demand for clean, reliable, and affordable energy grows, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Streamlining Homeowner Installation of New Energies (SHINE) Act, legislation that will help state, local, and...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) welcomed $26.7 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program for two projects in northern New Mexico as part of the largest federal investment in America’s...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed up to $24 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) — funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — to advance the development of long-duration energy storage technologies, improve grid resiliency, lower costs, and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. ReJoule, a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and newly-appointed Treasury Climate Counselor Ethan Zindler, urging the Treasury...

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) delivered a speech in Albuquerque to state lawmakers, renewable energy leaders, researchers, and advocates during a conference, “Building an Advanced Energy Ecosystem in New Mexico,” laying out his vision to position New Mexico at the center of the nation's clean energy future.  “New Mexico has...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) led a bicameral letter with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.), along with U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), and Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize the...

CORONA, N.M. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) was joined by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Senior Advisor to the President John Podesta, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and other leaders to commemorate the groundbreaking of SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, two planned 500-kilovolt transmission lines located...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement applauding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) adoption of a final rule that aims to accelerate the transition to clean energy by unclogging interconnection queues and making the energy grid more resilient and reliable.   The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 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 $17.5 million from the Department of Energy (DOE) — funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — to reduce...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández  (D-N.M.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $61 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to lower utility costs and improve public safety for rural and underserved...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation to jump start the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) interregional transmission planning process. “If we want to confront the climate crisis and make our electric grid more resilient...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s guidance for implementing the Section 30D new electric vehicle (EV) tax credit in the Inflation Reduction Act:   “These proposed...

WASHINGTON- During keynote remarks at the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced his plans to introduce legislation to improve the way that we permit, plan, and pay for transmission infrastructure to meet our decarbonization goals and support...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.) led a group of 76 members in the House and Senate in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting stronger standards to reduce methane emissions and pollution from oil and...