Renewable Energy

The massive share of renewable energy on the grid is a positive sign for efforts to combat climate change. It will become ever-more common as solar, wind and battery-storage facilities are added.

Over a third of the electricity on the Texas grid came from the sun on Sunday, a new state record.

AISD is getting nearly $15 million for the project. It'sone of 24 school systems nationwide to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Federal officials said they received more than 1,000 applications for the funding.

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.

Senators want to make renewable energy in the Texas more expensive and put public money toward building more gas power plants.

One proposed idea for legislation would allow homes and businesses with solar panels to sell any extra power they generate back to the electric grid.

State lawmakers are discussing ways to increase electric grid reliability, but some experts say the proposed changes could hurt renewable energy without bolstering the grid.

The new climate spending package boosts wind and solar power to clean up the country's electricity grid. But these efforts face an ongoing misinformation campaign.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar singled out financial firms under a 2021 state law that prohibits most state entities from contracting with companies that have reduced or cut investments in the oil and gas industry.

The hearings provided a preview into what lawmakers will focus on grid-wise in next year's legislative session. That preview may worry renewable energy advocates.