SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson has named a task force to plan the development of transmission lines in New Mexico to deliver power from renewable energy sources to customers.
Richardson said Thursday the task force will assist the state's Renewable Energy Transmission Authority in drafting the power system blueprint.
New transmission lines are considered essential for New Mexico and other states to expand the use of solar, wind and renewable energy sources.
The deputy secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Jim Noel, is the task force chairman. Other members include officials from utilities, an environmental group, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, White Sands Missile Range as well as legislators and former Interior Secretary Manual Lujan of Albuquerque.
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