Promises, Heroes, and Elections
Why Will New Mexicans See Skyrocketing Electricity Rates? As a candidate for the office of President, Barack Obama said his plan for the country would ‘necessarily cause electricity rates to skyrocket.’ See the video here. Unfortunately, this is one promise President Obama intends to keep. While he has not been successful with implementing the cap and trade program he wanted, the President is working diligently to shut down much of the cheapest electric power generation capacity in New Mexico and across the nation.