Native American Reservation Reaches Settlement with New Mexico Coop
Posted on Nov 12, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Native American Reservation Reaches Settlement with New Mexico Coop
Northern Rio Arriba Electric Coop (NORA) has reached a deal with the Jicarilla Apache Nation for the Nation to purchase all of NORA’s infrastructure on the Northern New Mexico reservation. This settlement effectively ends two years of litigious hostilities between the utility and the Nation, whose lawyers said Nation officials are displeased with NORA’s service and are ready to end a franchise agreement. As part of the settlement, the Nation pledged to cease its eminent domain complaint against NORA in Jicarilla Tribal Court. For more details and potential implications, click here.
