Solar to Overtake Coal on Texas Grid for the First Time Ever This Year

Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year

The Texas sun keeps rising, as Texas coal wanes. For the first time ever, solar is set to generate more electricity than coal in the power market managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT. Nobody is building new coal power plants in the state, but developers are adding more solar there than anywhere else in the country. As a result of those diverging trajectories, the federal government expects ERCOT will receive 78 billion …

Solar electricity is poised to overtake coal in—of all places—Texas

Looks like clean power isn’t a woke scam after all.

Solar Power Set to Outpace Coal in Texas for the First Time in 2026

The winds of change are blowing through Texas’ energy landscape, and small business owners would do well to pay attention. According to the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), solar energy generation is projected to outperform coal for the first time in 2026 within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. This pivotal moment not only marks a historic shift in energy production bu…