Opinion by Catherine Rampell: This summer, like last summer, Texas had a heat wave that triggered record levels of energy demand. And this summer, like last summer, renewables have been the heroes of the story.
, for example, would have put new permitting requirements in place just for wind and solar, and nothing else. “You could still site an oil and gas well literally across the fence line from a day-care facility,” explains Lewin, “but you’d have to go and ask permission to put a solar panel on somewhere.”
These bills seem to have been motivated by a combination of factors. For some, it’s just NIMBYism . Others want to help the state’s beloved fossil-fuel industry. And perhaps others are driven by culture-war concerns . While the worst of these bills didn’t make it through, they are likely to get revived in the years ahead. Renewables have proved a
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