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.
by Lonnie Tucker
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.
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By Charise Swasons
The constellation Corona Borealis, known as the Northern Crown, is visible arcing just to the left of the foreground tree. The location of the recurrent nova, T Coronae Borealis, is indicated in red. If/when this star explodes, it may briefly become as bright as Alphecca, the star near the center of the crown's arc and the brightest star in Corona Borealis.
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.
Follow along as Mark Faulkenberry shares his firsthand experience with an all-electric truck-this month, he considers road use taxes
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.
By Lonnie Tucker
In the sun-drenched landscapes of New Mexico, a solar revolution is underway. Electric generation and transmission cooperatives are transforming the state's energy landscape and powering a brighter, more sustainable future.
