N.M. Stat. § 71-10-11
Limitation of applicability.
No provision of the Electric Generating Facility Economic District Act or Section 12
[71-10-12 NMSA 1978] of this 2020 act shall affect an operating coal-fueled electric
generating facility that is owned by a non-investor-owned electric utility or a coal-fueled
electric generating facility that is owned by a non-investor-owned electric utility and has
been or is in the process of being retired unless and to the extent the owner of such a
facility and any existing lienors to such a facility agree in writing that such a facility may
be affected by the powers of the authority or the governing body of a county.