(AGENPARL) - Roma, 12 Settembre 2024 - (AGENPARL) – gio 12 settembre 2024 MONDAY: EPA Announces $156 Million in Grant Funding to provide solar energy for low-income New Mexicans
DALLAS, TEXAS (September 12, 2024)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Deputy Administrator Stacey Dwyer will be joined by Secretary Melanie Kenderdine of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), Representative Leger Fernandez (NM-03), Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Mayor Tim Keller, staff from both Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) and Senator Ben Ray Lujan and Executive Director of Renewable Energy Industries Association of New Mexico Jim DesJardins to celebrate New Mexico receiving over $156 million from EPA’s Solar for All grant program. This funding comes from the Inflation Reduction Act, part of President’s Biden Investing in America initiative.
Date: Monday, September 16
Location: Albuquerque Fire Department/Training Academy, 11717 Sunset Gardens Road SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
WHO: 
· Stacey Dwyer, Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6
· Melanie Kenderdine, Secretary, New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Dept. (EMNRD) 
· Tim Keller, Mayor, City of Albuquerque 
· Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)  
· Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03)
· Staff from the Office of Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02)  
· Staff from the Office of Sen. Ben Ray Luján (NM) 
· Staff from Ben Ray Lujan, Senator, NM 
· Jim DesJardins, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Industries Association of New Mexico 
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