#New Mexico

The 90.5-mile and 44.5-mile 345 kV lines will connect the Crossroads, Hobbs and Roadrunner substations in New Mexico by 2026.

USA, New Mexico, Albuquerque: Pattern Energy Group announced it has started the full construction process of its Western Spirit Transmission line.

USA, New Mexico: The solar project with a price tag of up to $60 M was approved last week by the state’s Public Regulation Commission.

PNM announced an agreement with Pattern Energy Group 2 LP and the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority to acquire a renewable transmission project.

US, New Mexico, Roswell: Xcel Energy has completed a multi-year $24 M project to boost the reliability and capacity of the city’s power grid.

USA, Arizona: Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and Southline Transmission will jointly develop a 579 km transmission line project that will stretch between southern New Mexico and southern Arizona.

USA, New Mexico: Under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a design-build substation contract at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to Gardner Zemke Mechanical and Electrical Contractors of Albuquerque.

USA, New Mexico: A team led by Sandia National Laboratories, US Department of Energy research and development national laboratory, has developed a way to make a magnetic material that could lead to lighter and smaller, cheaper and better-performing high-frequency transformers.

USA, New Mexico: The heaviest load ever to be transported on New Mexico public roads will be a power transformer coming through the Four Corners this week, according to the New Mexico Department of Transportation.

USA, New Mexico: A 60-ton power transformer has been offloaded at the site of a new substation on Potash Mine Road as part of the Carlsbad substation upgrade and a $53 million transmission line project in Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico.