Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard set a goal for tripling the amount of renewable energy under lease on state trust lands when she established the Office of Renewable Energy (ORE) at the State Land Office in 2019. The ORE staff has already far surpassed that initial goal, increasing the renewable energy output on state trust lands six-fold, from 400 megawatts under lease in 2019 to 2,510 megawatts under lease today. The two most recent wind projects approved on state trust lands will bring in $146 million for New Mexico’s public schools.