To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The local economies of many communities in the southwest are tied to the operations of large coal-fired power plants. As those plants start closing, the communities can face significant disruption in their local economies through loss of jobs, tax revenues and other impacts. How to address those impacts involves both federal and states issues, multiple states, many different governmental entities and a variety of non-governmental stakeholders. Some activity to address the transition away from coal generation has already taken place, such as New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act, which was adopted in 2019. (Governor Grisham’s press release regarding the legislation can be found here).