New Mexico enacted site readiness program with 60-day review timelines
Rob Black · New Mexico proves America can still build [partner content] · Nov 18, 2025 · at 11:59
New Mexico Cabinet Secretary Rob Black describes new state statutes designed to speed up infrastructure deployment for prospective industrial tenants.
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“In the last legislative session, we passed several pieces of legislation that, one, that create a site readiness program where we're able to pre-deploy and certify a site as an economic development site, help put infrastructure in advance prior to a customer even being identified. And then If a utility comes to me and says, I think this site would be really good for economic development, I have 60 days to review that, certify it as an economic development site, and then if I do, it goes to the state public regulation commission, and they will review that within six months to make a decision.”
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