Martin Heinrich: “If we have any hope of making energy cheaper and making data centers pay for their own energy costs, then we need to…”

If we have any hope of cutting energy costs and creating more good-paying jobs to help hardworking New Mexicans support their families, then we need to be able to build big clean energy projects in a matter of years — not decades.

But it does this on set, predictable timelines.

I helped get SunZia permitted because I recognized the enormous opportunity it represented for New Mexico and our climate.

Intrepid’s fertilizer mining and production facilities are already an important source of good-paying jobs in Southeastern New Mexico. This $139 million investment will dramatically build on that. The new facility near Carlsbad will create…