Renewable Energy Is Booming in Texas. Republicans Want to Change That.
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Despite soaring power demand, Republican lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are pushing to rein in renewable energy, part of a national wave of Trump-era opposition.

The “problem” is that wind, solar, and batteries for overnight storage can now outcompete fossil fuel generation on price, which means that the patrons who back the Republican party stand to lose a lot of money.

  • sartalon@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Not really. Plenty of constituents are happy to get the revenue provided by these renewable projects.

    With the tax incentives and batements with a PILOT, these communities stand to gain critically needed monies to support their communities’ infrastructure.

    Austin doesn’t give a shit about rural Texans. They are literally suppressing them with this nonsense.

    What doesn’t help is when they are fed crazy uncle BS rhetoric.