New Mexico Senator Wants Taxpayers to Foot the Bill for Destroying Energy Jobs

May 14, 2021

Senator Martin Heinrich finally admits wind and solar won’t be able to power New Mexico’s economy, so he wants the American taxpayers to shell out the dough. No doubt, that’s not how Heinrich is presenting his latest idea, but that’s exactly how it works.

Heinrich unveiled his “Schools and State Budgets Certainty Act” this week and in doing so proved that renewable standards destroy jobs and take away billions in revenue for his state. What Heinrich wants to do is to force taxpayers to send money to states like New Mexico to help fund budgets and schools who are losing funding as a result of his forced transition.

This proposal is an admission from Senator Heinrich that the wind and solar power being forced upon New Mexicans won’t be enough to financially sustain New Mexico. Instead of allowing the workers in the energy industry to keep their jobs, this proposal would make states more dependent on Washington.  It is pure arrogance for Senator Heinrich and Governor Lujan Grisham (who also supports the measure) to artificially prop up unreliable energy sources while destroying real jobs in New Mexico and then have the audacity to call it a “just transition.”