Texas could derail its own renewable energy industry with this bill

Texas could derail its own renewable energy industry with this bill

This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. A simple principle has shaped Texas’ electricity system for the last two decades: Developers should build the types of power plants they think will compete best on the state’s open market. As the cost of…

Texas bill supports dispatchable resources, excludes energy storage

The legislation aims to limit the growth of energy storage in a state where a booming renewable market is lowering the need for natural-gas peaker plants.Texas Senate passed a bill that would require at least half of new power plant capacity come from dispatchable sources other than battery energy storage systems. The bill, SB 388, would apply to new generation beginning next year in the ERCOT region. It originally mandated the 50% threshold com…

Resolution to Protect Texas Counties from the Rapid Expansion of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) - Republican Party of Texas

WHEREAS, more than one thousand Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) plants are in production, in development, or in planning stages throughout Texas; and WHEREAS, the BESS plants, due to their rapid expansion, have few accepted industry safety standards; and WHEREAS, energy companies, including many foreign-owned companies, are targeting unincorporated rural counties with low populations; and WHEREAS, many of these BESS plants are owned or oper…