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Posted On: 03/08/2025 11:40:18 AM
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In Texas, ‘energy dominance’ is the solar industry’s new motto
On Wednesday, they pitched solar and battery storage to Texas legislators as a key source of jobs and rural renewal and — above all — the fastest possible way to get new electricity onto the state grid.
“We’re spreading the good news,” said Daniel Giese, Texas director for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), as he walked between legislators’ offices.
The news: that 75 percent of Texas counties now receive revenue from renewables production and battery storage, per industry data — which meant spillover effects for schools, hospitals and roads in counties where there has, increasingly, been little other source of economic growth.
Across Texas, solar, wind and battery projects will pay $20 billion in taxes — and $30 billion in landowner payments — across their lifetimes, according to a renewable industry-funded report by University of Texas professor Joshua Rhodes.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment...nce-pitch/
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On Wednesday, they pitched solar and battery storage to Texas legislators as a key source of jobs and rural renewal and — above all — the fastest possible way to get new electricity onto the state grid.
“We’re spreading the good news,” said Daniel Giese, Texas director for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), as he walked between legislators’ offices.
The news: that 75 percent of Texas counties now receive revenue from renewables production and battery storage, per industry data — which meant spillover effects for schools, hospitals and roads in counties where there has, increasingly, been little other source of economic growth.
Across Texas, solar, wind and battery projects will pay $20 billion in taxes — and $30 billion in landowner payments — across their lifetimes, according to a renewable industry-funded report by University of Texas professor Joshua Rhodes.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment...nce-pitch/
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