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Dossier · Who's Who
Jennifer Bradfute
Counsel for the air-permit applicant, Yucca Growth Infrastructure, and a registered lobbyist for the project's developer, BorderPlex Digital Assets, whose July 2026 request moved the air-permit hearing five weeks earlier.
At a glance
- Current roles
- Founder, Bradfute Sayer Consulting & Legal Services
- Counsel for the applicant in the air-permit hearing, Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC (YGI)[4]
- Consultant, BorderPlex Digital Assets[1]
- Registered lobbyist, BorderPlex Digital Assets2025-01-27–present[7]
- Listed on the 2026 lobbyist roster, marked "Authorized: No", Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC (YGI)2026-01-19–present[8]
- President, WATR Alliance[2]
- Registered lobbyist, WATR Alliance[7]
- Registered lobbyist, Economic Development Corporation of Lea County[7]
- Registered lobbyist, Permian Basin Petroleum Association[7]
- Earlier roles
- Category
- Attorney
- Jurisdiction
- Private sector (no public jurisdiction)
- Businesses
- Bradfute Sayer Consulting & Legal Services (d/b/a of Bradfute Consulting & Legal Services, P.C., Albuquerque)
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 8 sources · 5 connections · 3 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP31
Key facts
- 2026-07-27In July 2026 asked the hearing officer to move the air-permit hearing five weeks earlier, arguing the project stood to lose $325 million per month beginning in November.[5],[6]
- 2026-07-29The hearing officer denied the request in the room on July 27, 2026, then granted it in writing two days later.[5]
- 2025-01-27Registered as a lobbyist for BorderPlex Digital Assets from January 27, 2025.[7]
- 2026-01-19Listed on Yucca Growth Infrastructure's 2026 lobbyist roster from January 19, 2026, marked "Authorized: No"; the registry does not say what that flag means.[8]
- As a BorderPlex Digital Assets consultant, disclosed the project's water sourcing at a Doña Ana County Planning and Zoning meeting.[1]
- 2019Led the drafting of New Mexico's 2019 Produced Water Act.[3]
The record
She also moved the hearing itself: her July 2026 request — arguing a loss of $325 million per month — pulled the public hearing five weeks earlier, after the hearing officer had said in the room that he would not move it.
Registry (Sept 28 2026): registered lobbyist for BorderPlex Digital Assets from January 27, 2025, and for the Economic Development Corporation of Lea County, the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and the WATR Alliance. Also listed on Yucca Growth Infrastructure's 2026 roster, from January 19, 2026, marked Authorized: No — the registry does not say what that flag means; she is YGI's counsel in the air proceeding.
(Corrected Sept 28: an earlier version said she was not registered for YGI.)
Relationships · 5
In the timeline · 3
Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.
Claims involving them · 2
In the Watch · 1
Sources · 8
- 1.newsHeath Haussamen — Project Jupiter water-use claim rankles opponents and supporters (quotes Bradfute as BorderPlex Digital Assets consultant disclosing water sourcing at Doña Ana County P&Z) ↗
- 2.official-bioWATR Alliance — About page listing Jennifer Bradfute as President ↗
- 3.official-bioPermian Basin Water in Energy Conference — speaker bio (ExxonMobil Issues & Advocacy, Marathon Oil in-house attorney/lobbyist, Modrall Sperling, NM Produced Water Act) ↗
- 4.governmentNMED scheduling order — counsel for Applicant (PDF) ↗
- 5.governmentNMED — Amended Scheduling Order (Jul 29 2026, PDF) ↗
- 6.newsOrgan Mountain News — hearing rescheduled ↗
- 7.governmentNM Secretary of State — lobbyist registrations and employer filings, 2026 (queried Sept 28 2026) ↗
- 8.governmentNM Secretary of State — employer lobbyist rosters, as shown on the public client pages (GetAuthorizedLobbyists), 2026 (read Sept 27–28 2026) ↗
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