The New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority focuses on developing new transmission projects to promote renewable energy. It is the first of its kind in the nation, and an innovative and bold move to stimulate clean energy production and create high paying jobs, capital investment and greater economic development in rural areas.

Lisa Szot, formerly a leading transmission engineer and executive at BP and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), will be the first Executive Director of the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority (RETA). Szot took the reins at RETA on January 7, 2008.