Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC-YGI Microgrid Air Quality Construction Permit Application

Comment From: Gary Sapp

6/19/26 @ 6:15 AM

I am writing to express my support for Project Jupiter, which I believe offers significant benefits for our community.

Project Jupiter is poised to bring substantial economic growth to Doa Ana County. It is anticipated to create 4,000 construction ...↓

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6/19/26 @ 6:15 AM

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6/19/26 @ 6:14 AM

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6/19/26 @ 6:14 AM

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Comment From: Mitchell Chapman

6/18/26 @ 5:14 PM

I oppose construction of Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant. The proposed plant would emit ten million tons per year of climate warming gases – more than the emissions of Las Cruces, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe combined.

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Comment From: Sara Henning

6/18/26 @ 1:18 PM

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping haz...↓

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Comment From: Angelo Amarello

6/18/26 @ 1:16 PM

Just think about your kids. You are ruining the earth by allowing the bills to be passed for this data center. Pathetic.

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Comment From: Daisy Lopez

6/18/26 @ 1:15 PM

I grew up and continue to live in Southern Doña Ana County and under no circumstances do I want experimental technology deployed at an unprecedented scale in my backyard. Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times larger...↓

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Comment From: Janet Stoker

6/18/26 @ 1:14 PM

Data Centers such as Project Jupiter consume inordinate amounts of both water and energy. Additionally, the proposed facility will significantly downgrade air quality. I oppose construction of this facility and request the department to do so as well...↓

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Comment From: Lauren Lee

6/18/26 @ 1:14 PM

I live in Southern Doña Ana County and under no circumstances do I want experimental technology deployed at an unprecedented scale in my backyard. Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times larger than Bloom Energy's big...↓gest existing fuel cell plant. In fact, worldwide, Bloom Energy has developed 1.4 GW of fuel cell technology across more than a thousand locations, yet Yucca Growth Infrastructure is asking for nearly double that (2.46 GW of fuel cells) at a singular location. The largest fuel cell plant in the entire world is more than 30 times smaller than the fuel cell plant under consideration in Santa Teresa. There is absolutely no way to know, with certainty, what the actual pollution levels will be given the tremendous size differential, and thus gap in data, between operational fuel cell plants and this theoretical plant proposed by Yucca Growth Infrastructure. Betting the livability of our county on this unpredictable and unproven plan would be a total capitulation and betrayal of your so-called values: "protects the public health of New Mexicans...by preventing the deterioration of air quality;" "protect and restore the environment...foster a healthy NM for present and future generations"
Though approximations of annual air pollution were provided, the testing used an extremely weak methodology leaving us, ultimately, with pseudoscientific guesses that have large margins of error. Estimated pollution levels for this gas-powered fuel cell plant are based on only three 4-hour pollution tests from a very small unit (only 65 kW). This is a far cry from thousands of sweltering fuel cells operating 24/7 at maximum output in close proximity, all in the scorching heat of our open desert. The lack of rigorous testing at even this small of a scale is lazy and very concerning, especially given that the gas power plant Yucca Growth Infrastructure wants to build is 37,000 times bigger than this unit.
A 15% "safety margin" was added to the numbers provided by the applicant. Safety margins are not usually added if a company is confident in the accuracy of their pollution estimates. Even small variations from this superficial test will result in massively different levels of pollution and given that the plant will be 37,000 bigger than the testing unit, a 15% safety margin is completely insufficient–it could work as a margin for a single unit, but not the entire plant. If a unit has a 0.01% chance of failing (sounds promising right?), the odds of 37,000 of those units working perfectly at the same time is 2.47% (pathetically low feasibility). That means there is a 97.53% chance that the plant will experience at least one failure. What will the exact level of redundancy be? Will more fuel cells be rubberstamped or pollution levels overlooked in five years or less due to age-related inefficiencies?
What about cases of catastrophic failure? Are we approving those deadly incidents of pollution in advance without any real data informing us of the risks at this scale? Highly flammable hydrogen under high pressure only needs a microscopic crack to leak out, ignite, explode, and level entire neighborhoods and schools while sending shockwaves into nearby counties. Assuming this risk, an act of gross negligence, at a scale that has never even remotely been demonstrated in practice would be unbelievably careless. These permits must be denied outright. If further deliberation is desired, a public hearing in Santa Teresa is non-negotiable.

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Comment From: George Jacobs

6/18/26 @ 1:13 PM

As a resident of Dona Ana County I implore you, NMED, to deny the permit for an energy facility for Project Jupiter as it will result in increased methane emissions and by that fact alone already would not conform to existing and current air quality ...↓

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Comment From: Abegail Salugsugan

6/18/26 @ 1:12 PM

Hello, my name is Abegail Salugsugan and I have lived in District 1 for most of my life, and I am commenting to ensure that these air quality permits are to be rejected. The scale of Project Jupiter will have a detrimental effect in Santa Teresa as w...↓

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Comment From: Jay Choate

6/18/26 @ 1:10 PM

I am a resident of Doña Ana, and I am asking you to deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. The future of our community is under threat. Adding 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our ...↓

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Comment From: Row Sarkela

6/18/26 @ 1:09 PM

I am an environmental engineer with my masters degree from Princeton, where I studied land use cases for achieving 100 percent carbon free energy by 2050. I studied the technologies project Jupiter is claiming, and they simply do not exist yet. Fuel ...↓

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Comment From: Charlotte Lipson

6/18/26 @ 1:08 PM

New Mexico is in a drought emergency that can only worsen. Adding a data center like jupiter to our area whose water usage calculations are unreliable is a recipe for disaster.

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Comment From: Alberto del Campo Hernandez

6/18/26 @ 1:07 PM

I am a resident of Dona Ana and I'm asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. This project's emissions will be devastating to our ability to thrive in the state of New Mexico. I have plenty of family members who have been...↓

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Comment From: Joel Rascon

6/18/26 @ 1:05 PM

I am a resident of New Mexico and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe an...↓d secure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities.
The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up...
Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.
My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Jan Thompson

6/18/26 @ 1:04 PM

I question (and hope you will, too) the use of fuel cells to power the massive data center planned for Santa Teresa commonly known as Project Jupiter.
Fuel cells have never been used in the quantity required for this project and the efficacy of suc...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Professor

6/18/26 @ 1:03 PM

Even with the use of fuel cells, the amount of projected air pollutants emitted into our air is enormous. Yes, there is a need for data centers but putting one this large in southern New Mexico is ridiculous and it should be rejected. This project ...↓

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Comment From: Thea De Armond

6/18/26 @ 1:02 PM

I'm horrified, but -- unfortunately -- not surprised that the state presses forward with its disenfranchisement of southern New Mexicans. We already have terrible air quality in Doña Ana County (a friend of mine -- a recent NMSU MA! The sort of perso...↓

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Comment From: Jo Ann Bingel

6/18/26 @ 12:54 PM

Public Comments for Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC Fuel Cell Air Quality Permit at PROJECT JUPITER:

Please do NOT approve the most recent applications made by Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC Fuel Cell Air Quality Permit at Project Jupiter.

T...↓

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Comment From: Miguel Fernandez

6/18/26 @ 11:14 AM

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Comment From: Jennifer U

6/18/26 @ 10:51 AM

As a resident of Sunland Park I urge this board to have a public hearing with notices mailed to homes to inform the public. A project this size requires scrutiny. I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am su...↓

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Comment From: Amy G

6/18/26 @ 10:32 AM

Citizens should not be experimented on via methane cell plants. The health risks and lasting effects of the dangers it imposes to the environment are unknown. Water is $6 a bottle at any event, $3 if you're looking for a regular water bottle. Why sho...↓

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Comment From: Carlan Tapp

6/18/26 @ 10:18 AM

As many New Mexico families understand all too well, one of the most common health conditions caused or exacerbated by air pollution is asthma. The percent increase in asthma prevalence in New Mexico from 2015 to 2025 is approximately 24.1%. Childho...↓

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Comment From: Nancy Tapp

6/18/26 @ 10:05 AM

As a citizen of Las Cruces and the state of New Mexico I am protesting any permits given to Jupiter Project. Our air quality will be in jeopardy and will cause an increase in asthma and other breathing difficulties that many of our children and eld...↓

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Comment From: Veronica Haynes

6/18/26 @ 8:11 AM

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6/18/26 @ 8:10 AM

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6/18/26 @ 8:10 AM

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Comment From: Annette Morales

6/18/26 @ 7:24 AM

Re: Docket No. 25-00082-UT
To the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission,
I am a residential customer of El Paso Electric in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
I am submitting this comment in opposition to El Paso Electric's proposed 54% rate increase.
Acco...↓

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Comment From: Eva Gonzales

6/18/26 @ 7:18 AM

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this important matter. Growing up in southern Doña Ana County, I saw firsthand how common it is for families in communities like Santa Teresa, Sunland Park, Chaparral, Vado, Berino, and Anthony to commute t...↓

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Comment From: Lorenzo Espinoza

6/18/26 @ 7:10 AM

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6/18/26 @ 7:01 AM

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6/18/26 @ 6:56 AM

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Comment From: Oscar Fierro

6/18/26 @ 6:55 AM

As a STACK employee, I am writing to express my support for Project Jupiter.

As we work to bring this innovative data center campus to Doa Ana County, I am proud of the responsible development approach guiding our efforts. Project Jupiter is expect...↓

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Comment From: Kimberly Pena

6/18/26 @ 6:55 AM

I am writing to express my support for Project Jupiter, which I believe offers significant benefits for our community. P

Project Jupiter is poised to bring substantial economic growth to Doa Ana County. It is anticipated to create 4,000 construction...↓

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6/18/26 @ 6:52 AM

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6/18/26 @ 6:50 AM

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6/18/26 @ 6:46 AM

I am writing to express my support for Project Jupiter, which I believe offers significant benefits for the community of Sunland Park.

Project Jupiter is poised to bring substantial economic growth to Doa Ana County. It is anticipated to create 4,0...↓

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6/18/26 @ 6:46 AM

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Comment From: Uriel Apodaca

6/18/26 @ 6:27 AM

I am writing to express my support for Project Jupiter, which I believe offers s. ignificant benefits for our community.

Project Jupiter is poised to bring substantial economic growth to Doa Ana County. It is anticipated to create 4,000 cons...↓

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6/18/26 @ 6:27 AM

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