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Michael Padilla

State Senator and Senate Majority Whip, NM State Legislature · Founder, chairman and CEO, Altivus CRM Solutions

verification: confirmed

The Senate Majority Whip who sponsored the HB 93 floor amendment adding Section 6, the self-sourced power exemption the project runs on.

At a glance

Current roles: State Senator and Senate Majority Whip, NM State Legislature2013–present^[1]
Founder, chairman and CEO, Altivus CRM Solutions^[4]
Category: Elected official
Jurisdiction: State of New Mexico
Businesses: Altivus CRM Solutions (contact center and consulting firm — founder, chairman and CEO)
Verification: confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
In the record: 6 sources · 3 connections · 5 dated entries
Record id: PJP22

Key facts

2025-02-17Introduced SB 418, a standalone Qualified Microgrid bill, as sole sponsor on February 17, 2025; it died on February 22 after being reported Do Pass and postponed the same day.
2025-03-20Sponsored Senate Floor Amendment 1 to HB 93 on March 20, 2025, adding Section 6, the self-sourced power generation exemption.^[5]
Opposed SB 235, the Microgrid Oversight Act that would have closed the exemption.
2025-12-24State campaign-finance records show $32,400 in contributions to Padilla from the Alarid cluster, all dated December 24, 2025, nine months after the amendment became law; nothing in the record shows money preceding or procuring the amendment.^[6]
No direct contributions from Project Jupiter, BorderPlex Digital Assets, STACK, Oracle, Apaluma or Bloom Energy appear in Padilla's 2020–2026 filings.^[6]

The record

The Senate Majority Whip who sponsored Senate Floor Amendment 1 to HB 93 (March 20, 2025), adding Section 6 — the 'Self-Sourced Power Generation' exemption the project runs on.

CFIS records show $32,400 in contributions to him from the Alarid cluster, all dated December 24, 2025 — Alarid Consulting ($5,000, $5,000, $2,400), Elizabeth Alarid ($5,000, $5,000), and Vanessa Alarid ($5,000, $5,000), a registered BorderPlex lobbyist.

The sequence matters and the record states it plainly: the contributions came nine months AFTER the amendment became law; nothing here shows money preceding or procuring the amendment. Also on the record, because exculpatory findings publish with the same prominence: no direct contributions from Project Jupiter, BorderPlex Digital Assets, STACK, Oracle, Apaluma, or Bloom Energy appear in his 2020–2026 filings.

Relationships · 3

Member of

NM State Legislature

Owns

Altivus CRM Solutions

Received contributions from

Vanessa Alarid

In the timeline · 5

Feb 17, 2025SB 418, Padilla's Qualified Microgrid bill, is introduced Feb 22, 2025SB 418 dies — reported Do Pass, then postponed the same day Mar 20, 2025The amendment: Section 6 is added to HB 93; the Senate passes it 37–4 Apr 8, 2025HB 93 is signed — Chapter 93 Dec 24, 2025$32,400 to Padilla from the Alarid cluster — in one day

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Claims involving them · 1

$32,400 to Padilla from the Alarid cluster — in one day, nine months after the amendmentconfirmed

Sources · 6

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