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Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night (thehill.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Wanderer@lemm.ee to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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"The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that leading business interests fear would lead to an age of expensive power and rolling blackouts.

If passed by the House, state S.B. 715 would require all renewable projects — even existing ones — to buy backup power, largely from coal or gas plants.

This would require solar plants in particular to buy backup power to “match their output at night — a time when no one expects them to produce energy and when demand is typically at its lowest anyway,” consultant and energy expert Doug Lewin wrote in an April analysis"

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

The bill specifically says they cannot use battery. Which is literally the dumbest shit I've ever heard. This bill was written by the coal and gas lobby.

If this passes, the solar and wind companies should simply close up shop and tell Texans to buy all their power from coal and gas and see how far that gets them. These dipshits will only learn through pain.

[–] lev@slrpnk.net 9 points 21 hours ago

Texas is an awful place. It is full of Texans.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Hmmm, I wonder how that'll jibe with the presidents executive order on energy:

Protecting American Energy from State Overreach: This order instructs the Attorney General to identify and challenge state and local laws that could impede the development or use of domestic energy resources . . .

Of course the AG would have to step in and actually do something