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Texas Politicians Aim to Penalize Wind and Solar in Response to Outages. Are Renewables Now Strong Enough to Defend Themselves?
Proposed legislation would shift costs to wind and solar power plants, even though gas plants played a larger role in the February power crisis.
April 17, 2021
People wait in line for Fiesta Mart to open after the store lost electricity in Austin, Texas on Feb. 17, 2021. Credit: Montinique Monroe/Getty Images
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Texas lawmakers are pushing legislation aimed at what they see as the culprit in the massive power outages and more than 100 deaths during February’s winter storm: wind and solar power.
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Infrastructure plan offers hope for Alaska’s economy, workers Author: Ivy Spohnholz Published 2 hours ago
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Print article There has been a lot of news coverage in Alaska recently about the Biden administration’s actions related to the oil industry. One might think, based on that coverage, that Alaska’s economy is at risk of being shut down. However, there is much more to the Biden administration’s vision than just its oil policy. In fact, the $2.3 trillion Build Back Better infrastructure bill can mean great things for Alaska if we capitalize on it. The plan can bring a massive infusion of capital for states that are proactively preparing for a new economic reality and advocating for the changes needed to realize it. Alaskans should be working hard to position ourselves to ensure we get our fair share of those funds and projects.
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The Texas House of Representatives and Senate are considering three similar, but not identical, legislative drafts that could impose substantial grid charges directly on renewable generation businesses.
House Bill 4466, which is scheduled for hearing on April 8, would require the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to require the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s internal market operator, to directly assign to the renewable projects themselves the costs of ancillary services that ERCOT incurs (including standby backup, and reactive power) to address renewable energy-related reliability issues.