Advanced Energy Perspectives: A Stormy Post-Crisis Legislative Session Yields Wins for Advanced Energy in Texas
With permission, by Suzanne Bertin and Erica Glenn for Advanced Energy Economy, June 3, 2021 It was a dark and stormy session for the Texas legislature, dominated by electric power issues surfaced by Winter Storm Uri. With the Texas electricity system under more scrutiny – and more up for grabs – than at any time since […]
Become Part of our TXSES Regional Chapter Family!
As the Texas chapter of the American Solar Energy Society, TXSES has spent the last four decades working to educate and inspire every Texan to adopt solar energy as part of an equitable 100% clean energy future. But we don’t do it alone. Our five regional chapters in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston and San […]
Solar and the 87th Texas Legislature: how’d we do?
by Luke Metzger More Texans are going solar every day. Texas currently has enough solar energy capacity installed to power the equivalent of more than one million homes. Yet we’re still not even close to reaching solar’s potential. Every year, enough sunlight shines on Texas to provide 100 times more power than we need. Unfortunately, […]