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Recent News About State Land Office
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New Mexico State Land Trusts Advisory Board announces upcoming public meeting
The New Mexico State Land Trusts Advisory Board is scheduled to hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 10, 2024, starting at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will take place at New Mexico State University, Gerald Thomas Hall in Las Cruces, NM. Participants can also attend via audio and video conference.
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New Mexico approves first community solar project on state lands
During National Clean Energy Week, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard executed a long-term lease for the first-ever community solar project to be constructed on state lands. Affordable Solar won the rights to the lease by submitting the highest and best bid at a public auction held at the State Land Office building in Santa Fe on Wednesday, September 11. The array developed by Affordable Solar on nearly 80 acres of state land in Valencia County is expected to generate about 5 megawatts of solar energy, enough to power approximately 1,000 homes....
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State wins $7.5M damages from Smith & Marrs over contaminated sites
A Santa Fe district court judge has awarded the State Land Office nearly $7.5 million in damages in a lawsuit against Texas-based oil and gas company Smith & Marrs for contaminated oil sites on state lands, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today. The State Land Office won an initial judgment in the case in May, and the judge has now decided the dollar amount that the State Land Office is owed.