Go Solar

What's New

New Mexico should be leading the nation with the largest per capita generation of solar power and should set a goal of equipping 50,000 rooftops in the state with solar panels. A key step in reaching that goal is the adoption of new building standards which require new housing developments have solar energy technologies as a standard feature of the house.

How You Can Help

Please contact Governor Richardson today and urge him to support changes to the building codes so new housing developments include solar power.

Summary

Approximately 12,000 new homes are built each year in New Mexico. Each home and building constructed without solar power is a tremendous missed opportunity for New Mexico to tap into its year-round sunshine.

Instead of building more fossil fuel power plants to meet growing energy needs, New Mexico should build with solar power-just like we do with double-paned windows and insulation. Installing solar during construction dramatically reduces the cost of the systems. Creating a large market for solar will drive costs down even further. Owners would save money on their monthly electric bills, and hundreds of pounds of air pollution would be cut.