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Texas, home to Big Oil, takes shine to solar power… or does it?

Posted in Energy, solar, Texas Legislature, tagged Ken Anderson, non wind rps, public utility commission, renewable energy, rps, solar power, Texas, Texas Legislature on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Reuters carried a good story with this headline Texas, home to Big Oil takes a shine to solar power that describes the solar potential that exists, along with industry involvement and how it could be expanded here if we could just develop some statewide policy that supports it. Too bad the commissioners at the Texas [...]

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By Meeting Renewable Energy Goal 15 Years Ahead of Schedule, Texas Shows Policies Work

Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Carbon Dioxide, nitrous oxide, non wind rps, Public Citizen, public utility commission, renewable energy, renewable portfolio standard, rps, Texas, Texas Legislature, Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, TREIA, wind coalition on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office We are thrilled – but not surprised – that because of a growth spurt in the development of wind energy, Texas has met its renewable energy goal 15 years ahead of schedule. Each time Texas has set a renewable energy goal, the state has achieved [...]

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A Ray of Hope for Solar Power

Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged bio gas, buy back rates, hb 1243, net metering, non wind rps, rps, sb 545, senator fraser, small wind, solar, texas senate, troy fraser, voter id on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Earlier this morning, I offered the consolation that bills which died due to the Voter ID debacle could be revived as amendments to other bills. This afternoon, I’m keeping an eye on the Senate to see if my solar dreams will come true. This afternoon, the Senate has HB 1243 on their intent calendar. HB [...]

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