DEMING - The topic of the soaring price Deming residents are now paying for Natural gas was discussed during last week’s Deming City Council meeting.
The Headlight reported that during his administrator’s report, Aaron Sera said he had met with staff members of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in hope of recruiting some state or federal aid with the recent spike in natural gas prices from the San Juan Basin. However, Sera indicated no more assistance was forthcoming.
Nora Sackett, the governor’s press secretary said, “The governor’s office doesn’t play any role in that…We are obviously cognizant of the fact that costs are high for folks right now, which is another round of state tax rebates is in the governor’s executive budget proposal.”
Lawmakers returned the state Capitol last Tuesday, the same day as the council meeting, to approve a budget for the next fiscal year.
In the meantime, Sera held out hope that the city’s energy broker, Symmetry Energy Solutions, would sign on to a lower four-year rate that had been negotiated as a way to bring down the immediate per-unit price paid by city ratepayers, a rate that recently rose to $3.30 per unit.
The Headlight reported that during his administrator’s report, Aaron Sera said he had met with staff members of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in hope of recruiting some state or federal aid with the recent spike in natural gas prices from the San Juan Basin. However, Sera indicated no more assistance was forthcoming.
Nora Sackett, the governor’s press secretary said, “The governor’s office doesn’t play any role in that…We are obviously cognizant of the fact that costs are high for folks right now, which is another round of state tax rebates is in the governor’s executive budget proposal.”
Lawmakers returned the state Capitol last Tuesday, the same day as the council meeting, to approve a budget for the next fiscal year.
In the meantime, Sera held out hope that the city’s energy broker, Symmetry Energy Solutions, would sign on to a lower four-year rate that had been negotiated as a way to bring down the immediate per-unit price paid by city ratepayers, a rate that recently rose to $3.30 per unit.
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