It’s the heart of summer and also the season of fresh berries, vegetables and fruit. Why not take advantage of freshly grown goodness?

EV Parking at the Airport

Have you ever dreamed of being able to park your electric vehicle at the airport knowing that when you get back from your trip your vehicle will be charged up and ready to drive home? For those of us who drive EVs, it has crossed our minds.

Bad odors. Heating and cooling systems sometimes smell when you first start them for the season. Those smells should be minor and dissipate quickly. Any serious smells—such as burning metal, melting plastic or noxious odors—are a sign your system is in trouble.

As the sun stretches across the turquoise skies of New Mexico, the unmistakable summer scent of barbecue fills the air. From backyard gatherings in Artesia to impromptu picnics in the Zuni Pueblo, grilling becomes a quintessential activity during summertime.

For the past few months, our evening skies have been entirely devoid of bright planets, but that comes to an end during July.

Our evening skies are almost totally devoid of bright planets during May and June. The planetary action has shifted entirely to the morning sky. The first planet to appear is Saturn, well up in the eastern sky during the pre-dawn hours and rising around midnight by the end of June.

New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives, along with our member cooperatives, recently traveled to Washington, D.C.

I never really thought much about road use tax until a few years back. I was asked to help shape legislation proposed to tax electric vehicles their fair share for using public roads.