State funding helps Las Cruces launch heat pump program after federal funds fall through

By: Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 26, 2026

Words: 535

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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A Las Cruces project to cool the city’s hottest homes will move forward despite a loss of federal funds, with state funding providing a stopgap.

City officials last June downscaled the project to install all-electric heat pumps at no cost to residents after failing to receive more than $900,000 in expected U.S. Department of Energy funds from its Energy Future grants and Building Upgrades Prize programs.

The DOE never sent notice that …

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