Regional energy initiative

La Puente is a regional nonprofit 501(c)(3) focused on helping Northern New Mexico build more affordable, reliable, and locally resilient energy systems over time—from property level solar and electrification to exploratory geothermal feasibility and long-term infrastructure planning.

Participation today

Solar and electrification

Property owners across Northern New Mexico can reduce long-term utility costs, improve resilience during outages, and gain more control over how energy is used on their property through solar and electrification upgrades that allow them to generate and store more of their own electricity.

Government programs, tax credits, financing pathways, and net metering arrangements are making many of these projects increasingly affordable for homes, farms, and small businesses across the region.

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Grid-scale solar geometry · Landsat surveyNASA / USGS Landsat 8 · public domain
Rio Grande Gorge · Northern New MexicoPhoto: Domenico Convertini · CC BY-SA 2.0

Feasibility & research phase

Geothermal energy

Northern New Mexico sits where the Rio Grande Rift and the Jemez Lineament converge—a geologic setting that informs long-horizon assessment across the Española Basin and surrounding rift country.

La Puente helps the public understand exploratory Advanced Geothermal Systems (AGS) feasibility. These closed-loop concepts are still under study and are documented in a public research brief. They are not a funded drilling program or a near-term deployment effort.

Modern geothermal infrastructure can occupy a relatively small surface footprint compared to the surrounding landscape. Future geothermal development in Northern New Mexico would require extensive study, permitting, and community engagement, but existing projects help illustrate the general scale of contemporary geothermal energy facilities.

Example of modern geothermal energy infrastructure in the western United States.Image: Fervo Energy · Cape Station, Utah
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Coordination layer

Infrastructure and intelligent coordination

La Puente is exploring long-term approaches to local energy coordination, privacy-conscious intelligent systems, and future infrastructure models designed to support the grid, the property, and the household together.

Modern energy systems are no longer limited to a single utility connection. Homes may now include solar generation, battery storage, EV charging, backup power, electrified appliances, and connected control systems—all operating together inside the property.

Infrastructure and intelligent coordination explores how these technologies may eventually work together more simply, privately, and intelligently within the home while also supporting broader regional resilience over time.

Infrastructure overview →
Diagram showing a home or farm with solar panels and battery storage connected through a utility meter and local power lines into a regional energy network.
Diagram 02 · Regional energy flowSimplified infrastructure schematic showing how property-level solar generation and storage systems connect through utility metering and local grid infrastructure into broader regional energy networks.