Texas House panel weighs anti-renewable energy bills fueled by winter storm
The bills would tack big, grid-related costs on wind and solar power producers, who say that would chill, possibly halt, their rapid growth.
An official with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said in February that 16 gigawatts of renewable energy generation, mostly wind generation, were offline during the winter storm. Nearly double that, 30 gigawatts, had been lost from thermal sources, which includes gas, coal and nuclear energy.(Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune)
AUSTIN A package of bills debated by a House panel this week aims to attack the state’s burgeoning renewable energy industry through added charges and responsibilities.
Texas Legislature should not punish wind and solar, reward innovation instead
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden’s vast plan to modernize the nation’s infrastructure includes hundreds of billions of dollars to boost the market for electric vehicles, renewable power and advanced clean energy technologies, while stripping away subsidies for fossil fuels.
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