Energy

Santa Fe Community College Accepting Applications For Free Environmental Technician Training

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Participants in an EPA job training exercise. Courtesy/SFCC

Participants in an EPA job training exercise. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) is accepting applications for its free Environmental Technician training program, which provides the training, skills and certifications necessary to enter a wide range of job opportunities in the environmental profession.

Applications will be accepted through March 31, 2025. The free training runs 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, April 7 through May 8 at the Santa Fe Higher Education Center, 1950 Read More

Gibson: Home Energy Conversion Is Not New

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By ROBERT GIBSON
Chair
Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities

My family travelled frequently to my grandparent’s Ohio farm while I was growing up. On colder mornings and evenings, my grandfather would descend to the cellar to shovel coal into the furnace. Quaint though that may seem today, more than half the space heating in the U.S was coal until after WW II. (Much heat in wartime Los Alamos was coal, too.) Stoking a coal furnace was a dirty and physical job. That farmhouse was converted to oil heat in the 1960s.

That was not its first conversion, either. Built in the mid-1800s, it originally Read More

New Mexico Environment Dept. Fines Natural Gas Firm Targa Northern Delaware $47.8 Million For Harmful Emissions

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NMED General Counsel Zachary Ogaz

NMED News:

          • Company directed to cease polluting and pay civil penalty

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) initiated an enforcement action Friday, Dec. 6, against Targa Northern Delaware, LLC, a subsidiary of Houston, Texas-based natural gas firm Targa Resources Corp., for emission releases far greater than permitted limits at its Red Hills Gas Processing Plant near Jal in Lea County.

The enforcement action cites Targa for alleged violations of state rules including significant excess emissions of regulated air pollutants, late reporting, Read More

New Mexico Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Regulator’s Energy Planning Requirements For Electric Utilities

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New Mexico Supreme Court News:

SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court today upheld the validity of a regulatory rule expanding the plans that electric utilities must prepare for meeting the current and future energy needs of their customers.

In a unanimous decision, the Court rejected a challenge by three utilities – El Paso Electric Company, the Public Service Co. of New Mexico and Southwestern Public Service Company – to rules that revised requirements for Integrated Resource Plans (IRP), which must be submitted to the state Public Regulation Commission (PRC). The amended regulations were Read More

County Board Of Public Utilities To Meet Wednesday Dec. 4

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities will hold a regular meeting 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,  Dec.  4 in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave.

The meeting is open to the public in person and may be viewed via Zoom at https://us06web.zoo m.us/j/88515885437.

BPU meetings are also available to view online at ladpu.com/BPULiveProceedings.

The complete agenda packet is available online at https://losalamos.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. 

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Chamisa Elementary School 6th Graders Garner Trophy For Teamwork At New Mexico Electric Car Challenge!

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Chamisa Elementary School 6th grade students received a trophy for Teamwork at the New Mexico Electric Car Challenge. Chamisa Elementary GATE teacher Susan Hettinga, back row, left, attended with the students. Students back row from left, Lissy Munoz, Zain Shrader, Evelyn Stupka, Mimi Martinez, Sebastien Thibodeaux, Sophie Stewart. Front row from left, Meredith Clayton, Dawson Belobrajdic, Ariana Archuleta and Iliana Hinde. Courtesy/LAPS 

 

 

Team one. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Chamisa Elementary School GATE teacher Susan Hettinga’s 6th grade students participated Read More

LANL: AI Algorithms Deployed On-Chip Reduce Power Consumption Of Deep Learning Applications

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Neuromorphic deep learning algorithm deployment may herald a low-power processing solution for artificial intelligence. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Brain-inspired algorithm on neuromorphic hardware reduces cost of learning

Recent generations of machine learning, the methodology supporting artificial intelligence, have drawn inspiration from natural neural systems. These algorithmic approaches that mirror the complex pathways of human brains are often paired with integrated circuits to provide fast processing. Now, new research by a team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More

4 LANL Researchers Receive Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes

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Award winning Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers, from top left, Stefano Gandolfi and Kary Myers. From bottom left, Denise Neudecker and Shizeng Lin. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Four Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have been awarded Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes: Stefano Gandolfi, Shizeng Lin and Denise Neudecker received the Fellows’ Prize for research and Kary Myers received the Fellows’ Prize for Leadership.

“I congratulate Stefano, Shizeng, Denise and Kary on winning the Laboratory Fellows’ Prize,” Laboratory Director Thom Mason said. “Their excellence in research Read More

DPR Electric Journeymen-Linemen Restore Outage For Circuit 13

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COUNTY News:

A power outage occurred at around 8 a.m. today impacting Circuit 13, which includes about 1,300 electric customers.

Electric journeymen-linemen from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) responded to the outage, which was caused by an overhead line fault near the Timber Ridge neighborhood.

Circuit 13 includes the Western Area down to the vicinity of Ashley Pond, as well as the Pajarito Mountain Ski Hill.

The area from Ashley Pond through Timber Ridge was reenergized by 9 a.m. Power was restored to the remainder of customers at around 9:40 a.m. today. Read More

CSD Facilities Closed Due To County Power Outages

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COUNTY News:

The Aquatic Center, Ice Rink, Mesa Public Library and Social Services are temporarily closed following widespread power outages affecting the County.

All scheduled activities, classes, and events at the Aquatic Center, Ice Rink and Mesa Public Library are canceled until further notice. Additionally, the Betty Ehart Senior Activity Center has closed for the day due to snow.

Officials with the Community Services Department (CSD) apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The estimated time that power will be restored is unknown. As more information becomes available, Read More