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Effort to revamp utility regulation stalls in Senate

by Associated Press
| February 19, 2020 12:05 AM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal that would reshape the administrative structure of a powerful regulatory panel that oversees New Mexico utilities and other businesses was derailed in the Senate on Tuesday after Democrats and Republicans raised concerns about maintaining the separation of powers between the independently elected regulators and the governor.

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