press releases

WASHINGTON – Ahead of the White House celebration of the historic Inflation Reduction Act today, the Co-Chairs of the Electrification Caucus U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) released a fact sheet highlighting the game-changing...

WASHINGTON – On Friday, September 9, at 9:30 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act becoming law with labor leaders at the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 412 in Albuquerque. This event will showcase how cost-saving home electrification benefits championed...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Thursday, August 18, at 10 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will join BlueHalo for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening of its Gibson Boulevard SE facility and expansion in Albuquerque. Senator Heinrich has played a key role in strengthening New Mexico’s ability to create the jobs of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement commending President Joe Biden for signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The historic legislation, which passed out of the Senate and the House, will fight inflation, lower prescription drug and health care costs, make the greatest investments in...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, has secured a new rebate program in the Inflation Reduction Act that will make all of the cost-saving and health benefits of home electrification a reality for more Americans. The Inflation...

WASHINGTON – Electrification Caucus Senate Co-Chairs Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) participated in an “Electric Explainer,” a virtual event hosted yesterday by Rewiring America to discuss the historic climate provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act, their impacts on lowering costs for American...

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 3, at 1 p.m. ET, Electrification Caucus Co-Chairs Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) will participate in an “Electric Explainer” – a virtual press conference hosted by Rewiring America that will unpack the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, as...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announcement that New Mexico is one of six states to pilot the Community Solar Subscription Platform, which is designed to connect community solar electric bill savings projects to households...

SANTA FE, N.M. – On Friday, July 29, at 11:15 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, will tour Siler Yards: Arts+Creativity Center in Santa Fe to highlight how the electrification of homes and buildings can help families and small businesses save money, improve health outcomes, and serve...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the agreement to add climate provisions to the FY2022 Budget Reconciliation legislation: "We've secured a path forward to fight inflation, lower energy costs, invest in clean energy, and reduce carbon emissions. In addition to lowering prescription drug prices and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) co-chairs of the Electrification Caucus, introduced the Clean Energy Jobs Act to meet the growing energy workforce needs and create a comprehensive strategy at the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide grants to eligible businesses and joint labor-management...

WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26, at 10 a.m. MT/12 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Co-Founder, Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, will participate in a virtual press conference hosted by Rewiring America on the importance of electrification and...

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 in Congress, delivered virtual keynote remarks at the American Solar Energy Society’s 51st Annual National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2022, which is being hosted...

WASHINGTON – Today, Wednesday, June 8 at 1 p.m. MT/ 3 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Founder and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, will join Clean Energy for America for a virtual conversation on supercharging solar jobs. Senator...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement applauding news that the Biden administration will address the threat of additional solar tariffs posed by the Commerce Department’s industry-crushing investigation. The Biden administration announced today that they will declare a two-year solar tariff...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Founder and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus in Congress, welcomed President Joe Biden’s announcement today that he will invoke the Defense Production Act to accelerate the domestic production of...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) issued the following joint statement after President Joe Biden declared a two-year solar tariff suspension window while also invoking the Defense Production Act to boost U.S. solar manufacturing. The Senators have been urging the Biden...

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 Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are calling on the Biden administration to make an expedited preliminary determination on a recently filed solar tariff petition with the U.S. Department of...

WASHINGTON – During a hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) brought to the attention of the full committee how a recently filed solar tariff petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce would severely harm New Mexico’s solar industry and the workers that support...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz), led a bipartisan group of 19 colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden to expedite and bring to a swift conclusion the administration’s investigation into solar panels and cells imported from Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and...