In
a
speech
to
a
joint
session
of
the
state
legislature,
Senator
Tom
Udall
cited
southern
Luna
County,
on
the
border
with
Texas,
as
a
location
with
"massive
untapped
potential
for
solar
energy".
Democrat
Udall
says
the
US
needs
a
Renewable
Energy
Standard
(RES).
The
state's
senior
senator,
Jeff
Bingaman,
who
is
chairman
of
the
Senate
Energy
and
Natural
Resources
Committee,
has
drafted
legislation
for
a
4%
RES
within
two
years,
rising
to
8%
by
2015,
12%
by
2018,
16%
by
2020
and
20%
after
then.
A
draft
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