Excellent PBS report putting Texas surprising renewable boom in context, with appearances by important players like George W. Bush.
At a moment when Michigan has joined states with an aggressive clean energy mandate, important to point out that Texas’ renewable energy standard predated them all – California, everybody.
Includes a valuable summary of the 2021 Blackout, and shows how that was caused by failure of fossil fuels, primarily gas.
For more on that, see my essential interviews with experts on that topic below. Compare Governor Greg Abbot’s Fox News interview, (either above in the PBS piece or bottom of this post) with his actual statements earlier the same day to savvy, onsite, Texas media.
Greg Abbot’s Fox appearance below. Draw your own conclusion.
You should look in depth at how the recent CA PUC decisions are destroying the largest “rooftop” solar market in the US and slashing some 40% of what would be critical solar additions to a carbon free future. This with no action to stop it by Gov Newsom who appointed the CA PUC members. These actions are one of the biggest scandals in the Climate Arena.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/12/04/california-rooftop-solar-installations-drop-80-following-new-net-metering-rules/