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Bonding Act, aims to achieve the maximum
amount of renewable energy use that,
combined with energy-efficiency measures,
still results in long-term cost savings.
Projects financed with the bonds will
be paid back to the bonding authority
using the savings on energy bills. The
bonds will be applied to state buildings
and school district buildings, and the projects will include most energy-efficiency
measures and any type of renewable energy system, as well as energy recovery and
combined heat and power systems. The
bill – the first state-level measure of its
kind in the nation – follows the lead of a
similar bonding authority established in
San Francisco, Calif., in 2001.
In addition to N.M. House Bill 32,
Gov. Richardson signed N.M. Senate Bill
644, which encourages utilities to implement energy-efficiency and load-manage-ment programs and to recover the cost of
those programs from ratepayers, and N.M.
House Bill 995, which provides tax savings
for biomass energy producers. The three
bills are based on the recommendations of
several clean energy task forces estab-
lished by the governor. For more, see
www. governor.state.nm.us/press/2005/apr
il/040505_ 2.pdf.
Solar-Powered District
Heating Growing
As reported in News From DBDH
(Journal No. 1/2005), a publication of the
Danish Board of District Heating, GJ Teknik
of Marstal, Denmark, is producing and
marketing solar collectors for use in district
heating systems. The firm’s solar collectors
are currently being used to in three district
heating systems near its headquarters. The
