New Mexico data center and energy bills
Every data center and energy bill in the New Mexico Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 29 states enacted data center and energy laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. New Mexico has bills in progress and none enacted yet.
- Bills in scope
- 2bills in scope
- Past committee
- 1past committee
- Most recent action
- 24 March 2026most recent action
Data center and energy bills in New Mexico
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
1Past committee
1Introduced or inactive
2 bills in scope
Past committee
1
What it would do: Requires electric public utilities to implement virtual power plant programs aggregating distributed energy resources to provide grid services. Directs the Public Regulation Commission to promulgate rules by December 31, 2026, establishing performance requirements, compensation methods, and program parameters, with utilities submitting applications by February 1, 2027.
Introduced or inactive
1
What it would do: Requests the legislative finance committee to convene state agencies to study and report by December 1, 2026 on impacts of private equity ownership of essential utilities and critical infrastructure in New Mexico, including outcomes, maintenance spending, rates, workforce effects, and whether the state should limit such acquisitions.
Bill titles link to the New Mexico Legislature's own page.
What counts as data center and energy legislation
In scope: Large-load tariffs and cost allocation; siting, zoning and permitting; tax incentives and clawbacks; on-site and co-located generation; water, cooling and emissions; and grid reliability and load flexibility.
Questions
Does New Mexico have a data center and energy law?
None of the 2 data center and energy bills in the New Mexico Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. 1 bill got past a committee.
Which data center and energy bills are moving in New Mexico?
1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 311 (passed committee).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Data center and energy bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Data center and energy legislation in other jurisdictions
49 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- Virginia83
- New Jersey68
- Congress61
- Pennsylvania38
- Michigan35
- Illinois23
- West Virginia22
- Maryland21
- New York19
- California16
- South Dakota14
- Minnesota13
- Oklahoma13
- South Carolina13
- Georgia12
- Indiana12
- Iowa11
- Montana11
- Ohio11
- Tennessee11
- Texas11
- Arkansas9
- Arizona9
- Connecticut9
- Idaho9
- Louisiana9
- North Carolina9
- Nebraska8
- Utah8
- Wisconsin8
- Delaware7
- Kentucky7
- Washington7
- Kansas6
- New Hampshire6
- Colorado5
- Florida5
- Missouri5
- Massachusetts4
- North Dakota4
- Rhode Island4
- Vermont4
- Maine3
- Oregon3
- Alaska2
- Alabama2
- Hawaii2
- Mississippi2
- Wyoming2
Know when New Mexico's data center and energy law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.