COUNTY News:

Public in-person attendance at the April 15 Board of Public Utilities (BPU) meeting continues to be prohibited in accordance with the New Mexico Governor’s COVID-19 Executive Order 2020-022 and the New Mexico Department of Health Public Health Order amendments issued April 6.

Officials with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) encourage citizens to live-stream the meeting and submit public comment via email.

The BPU meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 in Council Chambers at 1000 Central Ave.

To comply with the Public Health Orders, the DPU will have minimal staff in council chambers to present to the BPU. BPU members will participate by phone.

The agenda is streamlined to focus on time-sensitive matters and available on line at https://bit.ly/39XA28u.

Citizens can live-stream the meeting April 15 by visiting the Live Proceedings page at: https://ladpu.com/BPULiveProceedings

BPU and DPU encourage public comment be provided via email to bpu@lacnm.us. Citizens are advised to write PUBLIC COMMENT in the subject line of the email. In the body include a name, address, whether the comment relates to a specific agenda item and the comment. 

Public comments about items will be accepted prior to the meeting, to be read into the meeting at the appropriate time. In addition, the email address will be monitored during the meeting for comments to be received during the live proceedings and read into the record when the Chair calls for public comment.