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CRRUA Being Investigated for Potential ‘Fraud, Waste, Abuse’
KTSM 9
August 28, 2024
by Luisa Barrios
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The New Mexico Office of the State Auditor (OSA) is officially investigating the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) for potential “fraud, waste and abuse,” the New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) announced in a news release sent Wednesday, Aug. 28. …
New Mexico State Auditor Reveals It Is Investigating Camino Real Regional Utility Authority
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
CRRUA Being Investigated for Potential “Fraud, Waste & Abuse”
SUNLAND PARK, NM—On Monday, August 19, 2024, the New Mexico Office of the State Auditor (OSA) responded to Sunland Park and Santa Teresa community members’ request for an investigation into the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) for any and all violations of environmental protection laws; consumer protection laws; the New Mexico Open Meetings Act; and waste, fraud, and abuse of state and federal funds.. …
Legal Group Demands Probe into Camino Real Regional Utility Authority’s Failures
KFOX 14
August 19, 2024
by KFOX staff
DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — A legal group is working to hold a troubled Borderland water utility accountable for a slew of systemic failures that residents say stretch back years.
Residents in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa, New Mexico — with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) at the helm –are urging the Department of Justice and the State Auditor to investigate the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, or CRRUA. …
Lawmakers Hear from Public at Renewable Energy Town Hall
By Algernon D’Ammassa
Las Cruces Bulletin
August 16, 2024
The transition from petroleum-based to renewable energy is complicated, expensive and a lengthy process.
Those three features were the prologue for a town hall about renewable energy and the path to assuring a “just transition” from an economy dependent on oil and gas production.
Two state legislators from Las Cruces, Democrats Angelica Rubio and Nathan Small, fielded questions from approximately 200 people who packed a small lecture hall at New Mexico State University on Aug. 14. …
Sunland Park and Santa Teresa Residents File Request for the State to Investigate CRRUA
KFOX 14
August 15, 2024
by David Ibave
SUNLAND PARK, N. M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — The troubled utility company that services Sunland Park and Santa Teresa is in hot water as residents have asked the New Mexico Department of Justice to investigate it for alleged environmental violations.
On Friday, Aug. 2, the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, acting on behalf of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa residents, submitted a request to the state’s DOJ and Office of the State Auditor to investigate the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) for several alleged violations. …