New Mexico energy secretary visits Farmington to begin revising energy plan Plan is expected to boost economic development in the state By Chris Roberts The Farmington Daily Times

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FARMINGTON — The New Mexico Energy Secretary visited Farmington on Wednesday to hear from oil and gas executives on a proposed revision of the state's energy policy, which has not been substantially changed since 1991.

Dave Martin, secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, sat with T. Greg Merrion, president of Merrion Oil and Gas, and others and listened to the concerns and suggestions of local people involved in coal, natural gas, crude oil and energy production. It was the first stop in a tour that will include Hobbs, Santa Fe, Las Cruces and Albuquerque. During those other stops, topics of discussion will include energy efficiency, renewable energy and biofuels.

"All-of-the-above will produce more jobs," Martin said of including renewable energy. "A lot of these things are going to be region specific."

Martin said people invited to the Wednesday meeting at San Juan College were "targeted" for their local knowledge of the issues. Media was asked not to attend the actual discussions, so business leaders could speak freely, but when a reporter from The Daily Times showed up at the meeting, he was allowed to sit in. Martin spoke to the press after the meeting.

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just wait til the demos find out they want to FRACK oh

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Funny how some states with the highest tax structures (like NM) seem to think all they need to do to milk this cash cow a little more is to try to keep the industry on life support. They don't want a healthy energy economy, they want it to just be healthy enough that they can extract the maximum taxes from it.