"The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that leading business interests fear would lead to an age of expensive power and rolling blackouts.
If passed by the House, state S.B. 715 would require all renewable projects — even existing ones — to buy backup power, largely from coal or gas plants.
This would require solar plants in particular to buy backup power to “match their output at night — a time when no one expects them to produce energy and when demand is typically at its lowest anyway,” consultant and energy expert Doug Lewin wrote in an April analysis"
They could partner with hydro and wind and make up the difference with battery storage
The bill specifically says they cannot use battery. Which is literally the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. This bill was written by the coal and gas lobby.
If this passes, the solar and wind companies should simply close up shop and tell Texans to buy all their power from coal and gas and see how far that gets them. These dipshits will only learn through pain.
Texas is an awful place. It is full of Texans.
Hmmm, I wonder how that’ll jibe with the presidents executive order on energy:
Of course the AG would have to step in and actually do something
understand that the EO meant fossil fuels exclusively, mango mussolini hates renewables (especially wind, which has been HUGE in texas)
Technically not about fossil fuels exclusively, as they include hydro, bio-mass, and nuclear in their list of priorities
Sec 3a
In a functioning government the AG, independent from executive influence, could act on this, but I certainly don’t have hope for the current administration