Santa Fe, NM adopted the Sustainable Santa Fe Plan in 2008 to provide environmentally-conscious considerations to local policies which would help Santa Fe be resilient to climate change and rising energy costs, but Santa Fe has no control over one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gases: energy production. The lack of control over energy production and policy has led to interest in the acquisition of the electrical infrastructure from Public Service Utility of New Mexico (PNM) in order to incorporate renewable energy. This study assesses the value of the existing electrical infrastructure in Santa Fe to provide some preliminary information for its purchase. The replacement cost of the infrastructure was estimated to be $100 million, an amount the city could afford.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Harner, Andrew Edward
• Altman, Joel B.
• Tecce, Stephen Anthony
• Leung, Ho Fong

Subject

• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Energy
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-080910-112655

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Electric power distribution
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Carrera, Fabio

Year

• 2010

Center

• Santa Fe, New Mexico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Schiavo, Nick
• City of Santa Fe

Date created

• 2010-08-09

Location

• Santa Fe

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright