ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As part of an ongoing effort to support responsible renewable energy development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a Public Scoping Meeting, Jan. 26, 3-7 p.m., in Albuquerque, N.M., to solicit feedback on the recently announced Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for BLM’s utility-scale solar energy planning.
Updates are being considered to the 2012 Western Solar Plan that includes six southwestern states – Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah – and seeks comments about expanding solar planning to include five additional states – Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. The Albuquerque meeting is one of a series of in-person and virtual meetings taking place in the January/February timeframe in various western states, as well as in Washington DC. Go to the BLM webpage for complete…