A major power transmission project will proceed in New Mexico after a regulatory group approved a public-private partnership for development of a 400-mile high-voltage direct current line.
The New Mexico North Path project could move as much as 4 GW of renewable energy from sites in northeastern New Mexico to the state’s Four Corners region, encompassing parts of Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.
The board of directors of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority (RETA) on Jan. 12 approved a joint development agreement for the project between RETA and Invenergy Transmission, an affiliate of Chicago, Illinois-based Invenergy. The groups said North Path will support an estimated $11 billion of “untapped renewable energy investment potential in the state.”