But positive rhetoric isn't enough. Lawmakers need to stand up for genuine pro-solar policies like net metering, renewable portfolio standards, and tax credits that accelerate job creation and help level the playing field with heavily-subsidized industries like oil gas. Policymakers also need to guard against "greenwashing" campaigns that co-opt progressive rhetoric to advance the interests of absentee investors or big polluters. For New Mexico legislators, this vote is a crucial test.