Bills in Texas Legislature could shut down existing wind, solar farms

Bills in Texas Legislature could shut down existing wind, solar farms

Texas Republicans are getting closer than ever to killing the state's renewable energy boom, according to the clean energy industry — not only by halting new development in its tracks, but also by possibly sending scores of existing projects to…

The new electric law will prevent the authority from taking renewable generation power plants out of the system, mainly those that present intermittance, with discretion, since it establishes technical and measurable criteria to make this decision or not, said Carlos de María y Campos. He recalled that the concept of prevalence of the state company, Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), was one of the points that aroused the greatest concern in …

Survey: Texas GOP support growing for clean energy

Before expected June 2 end of the Texas legislative session, a Republican group friendly to clean energy issued results of a poll to dissuade GOP lawmakers from unduly curbing renewables.Faced with a slate of legislative bills to tighten clean-energy regulations in Texas, a group of state conservatives who support tapping renewable resources recently issued survey results showing that the nonprofit is in step with a majority of state Republicans…