Meeting with PNM regarding Substation: 12/3 See:*Latest News
Welcome to The North Albuquerque Acres Community Association
NAACA: 11003 Anaheim Ave. NE Alb., NM 87122
Why is it important to join NAACA:
Your membership is needed.
Why your NAACA membership is so important:● You are part of our large Community Association. There is strength in numbers when we need to protect our Sector Plan.● The NAACA Board researches issues affecting our community such as: Sector Plan Protection, Zoning, Drainage issues (AMAFCA), Road Conditions.● NAACA works closely with City, County and State offices and officials when necessary to protect our neighborhood and our neighbors. We represent our members before our elected representatives such as: during hearings at the Bernalillo County Commission, Zoning and Planning, etc.● Outreach keeps our community environmentally cohesive and safe such as: petitioning government for Capital improvement funds for roads and infrastructure.● NAACA keeps neighbors informed such as: new construction, changes etc.● NAACA sponsors community engaging events such as: Spring Clean-up, and soon a pancake feed or ice cream social (Covid allowing).Annual dues is still only $25 for NAACA membership. Along with the benefits mentioned above, you receive our bi-annual newsletters.
Latest News :
PNM Substation Issue
December 9, 2024
A NAACA-PNM Meeting was held 12/3 and our NAA Community Engineering Advisors were able to ask many technical questions for PNM's Engineers and their Site-consultant to answer. This has raised more questions/comments from our Advisors and Attendees that we will be submitting to PNM. PNM also states they are updating their website to answer questions as well. https://www.pnm.com/naa
We intend to keep communications open.
Please Click button under "President's Message" or visit our "Resources" page for the Meeting Minutes.
December 3, 2024
PNM has agreed to a NAA community meeting.
The Board of NAACA invites our community to attend this meeting regarding a proposed NAA placed substation. NAACA engineering advisors will be pre-submitting a list of questions for PNM's panel to answer. PNM will also answer some questions asked/written at their recent open house.
November 16, 2024
PNM's 2024 Proposed Substation Sites
*Map Above
**We have access to a venue (and dates) and have requested PNM to come to a meeting inside NAA with the ability to have our specific questions answered. We await their response.
August 29, 2024 UPDATE
PNM is at it again.
I received a call yesterday from Sherrick Roanhorse, Senior Government Affairs Manager with PNM stating PNM is once again planning to build an electric substation/distribution infrastructure in the Northeast Heights part of the city. PNM is targeting our NAA neighborhood (which is county).
One of our Board Members was approached by PNM to sell their vacant (A1) residential lot to PNM. We can assume other nearby NAA neighbors with empty (A1) lots have also been contacted (or soon will be contacted as well).
If PNM buys NAA residential lots (Zoned A1) and /or attempts to build a commercial substation on those lots (or even on SDRO zoned lots) , the NAACA and neighborhood will, once again, fight to protect our sector plan.
I will keep our neighbors posted on any new developments on this issue.
I encourage all of you to attend PNM's informational meeting.
Saturday, 11/16 10-12pm @ Holiday Park Comm Ctr.
Tuesday, 11/19 6-8pm @ CNM Workforce Training Ctr
Link to PNM's quest:
***Please review Opinion and Order from the 2nd Judicial District Court from PNM's appeal 3/2022 (below)
September 28, 2022 UPDATE
A few of our Board Members and neighbors met with PNM"s Government and Community Relations Staff. They wanted to get feedback about what went wrong between PNM and the NAA neighbors as well as with PNM's appointed “Community Working Group” (in regards to the proposed Palomas Substation). PNM took notes and suggestions but did not divulge any significant information on revisiting Palomas substation location plan. The NAACA made it clear that we were not backing down from protecting the NAA sector plan!! We will keep our members informed when we are provided with any new significant information.
March 16,2022: UPDATE
The Honorable Denise Barela Shepard from the 2nd Judicial District Court has sent out her ORDER/OPINION and has DENIED PNM's appeal!!!
We await and will report what PNM's next move is after this loss!
March 7, 2022: Update
The Lawsuit is still pending in the 2nd Judicial District Court assigned to the Honorable Denise Barela Shepard. It is a "total record review" from the County Commission Hearing and all the thousands of letters, petitions, and live testimony will be reviewed. No date set. We will update as we hear news.
July 16, 2021: PNM has filed suit against BernCo (Commission's decision) with the Second Judicial District Court. No dates have been set. We will update information as we receive it.
June 15, 2021: The Board of Bernalillo County Commissioners denied PNM's appeal to allow a NAA sector plan amendment or a special use permit for a four acre electric substation on SW corner of Browning/PDN.
*** Decision from the Board of County Commissioners can be read below.
*** Letter to PNM from Representative Bill Rehm is also below.
Opinion and Order -From 2nd Judicial Court District
March 16, 2022: The Honorable Denise Barela Shepard -
Opinion and Order denies PNM's appeal!
Decision from Board of County Commissioners
June 17, 2021 -
Denied PNM's appeal!
NAA Road Condition Issues
To report NAA road maintenance issues please contact the following email address contactcenter@bernco.gov
If your unhappy with the conditions of our roads in NAA please email our State Representative Bill Rehm at bill.rehm@nmlegis.gov
and Mark Moores State Senator at mark.moores@nmlegis.gov to request additional funding to improve our roads.
Annual Community Meeting was held 11/20/24
Guest Speakers:
BernCo Commissioner Walt Benson
BernCo Planning& Development Director Nick Hamm
BernCo Public Works Director Antonio Jaramillo
BernCo Sheriff John Allen and Captain Roybal