HB37 increases the affordability of energy utilities to low-income communities by creating a program to increase energy efficiency in low-income homes. Grants established under the bill would be offered to local governments and Indigenous groups to fund such improvements for New Mexicans living in poverty.
The New Mexico State House of Representatives passed HB37 on February 5, 2022 by a vote of 44 to 24. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this is a blatant socialist program where taxpayer dollars and wealth are distributed to only benefit specific people in society.