State senators have taken policies that would damage the Texas renewable energy sector and added them to a bill to fund the state's Public Utility Commission.
Supporters of the proposals say they would increase electric reliability by cracking down on the intermittency of wind and solar power, which rely on the weather to generate electricity. Critics say the plans amount to a massive wealth transfer from consumers to the fossil fuel power sector.
Lewin believes the proposals would kneecap renewable energy projects across the state and add “tens of billions” of dollars to peoples' energy bills.We’re just talking [about] crippling costs for businesses, homeowners, renters throughout the state of Texas," he said."And they put those into the bill."At the start of the 2023 legislative session, a group of Republican lawmakers in the state Senate, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and state Sen.
But some of their preferred bills targeting renewables did not get approval by the state House. So, on Wednesday, Schwertner added them to House Bill 1500. These bills are called “sunset bills” in Texas legislative jargon because they are a part of a regular “sunset review” process to determine whether a state agency is still necessary or should be dissolved.
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