By Michelle Dynes Utah's governor said this part of the country is in a unique position - with a new administration soon to take the white house.

By David Collins, The Santa Fe New Mexican Jan. 21--Jeff Sterba isn't the highest-paid CEO of a regulated utility company in New Mexico but ratepayers in the state pay more for the Public Service Company of New Mexico chief than any other top executive of an investor-owned utility.

By Journal Staff Report Jeff Sterba, chairman, president and CEO of Albuquerque-based PNM Resources, has been elected chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, the national association of shareholder-owned electric companies, international affiliates and industry associates worldwide.

What the anti-environment Bush administration and the Republican Party have failed to do for six years, a coalition of American corporations and executives, including New Mexico's PNM Resources, now hopes to accomplish.

By ROSALIE RAYBURN Journal Staff Writer We're already paying more for gasoline to run our cars and for natural gas to heat our homes. On the bright side, our electric bills have remained relatively flat. But not for long.