Renewable Energy Is Booming in Texas. Republicans Want to Change That.
www.nytimes.com
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.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/22154146

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.

  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
    17·
    11 hours ago

    When Republicans say, “don’t threaten me with a good time,” they aren’t just joking.

    It’s so dumb, too. It saves money, but the party of fiscal responsibility doesn’t want that. It is the open market self-regulating, but the party of open market and limited regulations wants to regulate it out of business.