Chair’s Corner: Forging Smart Distributed Solar Policies in Texas: Our Work Continues
There is a train wreck coming for behind-the-meter distributed solar and it’s our responsibility to fix it. Even after the positive outcome from the policy debate with the Pedernales Electric Cooperative, we are entering another phase of tough-policy whack-a-mole. This will be harder to resolve for the benefit of solar owners because it’s against the […]
Addressing Energy Poverty with Solar Energy
By Jack Maedgen, Former TXSES intern Access to clean and affordable energy is an essential part of modern life. Cooking, cleaning, doing homework at night, running the air conditioning in the hot Texas summers, and much more all necessitate reliable energy access. Yet, for many families, these essentials transform into luxuries because they experience what […]
Platinum Business Member Conversation: Jim White, CEO The PowerStore
Since 2010, The PowerStore in Alvarado, Texas and recently in Mooresville, North Carolina, has supplied solar power and storage solutions to customers in the U.S., Central America and the Caribbean Islands. A Tier 1 authorized distributor for many of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers, The PowerStore is also a TXSES Platinum Business Member. We […]
Solar United Neighbors’ Big Vision for Texas
By Dori Wolfe, Houston Area SUN Co-op Coordinator There’s never been a better time for solar in Texas. I’m proud to be part of an organization that’s making this happen by helping Texans join forces to go solar and fight for their energy rights. Solar United Neighbors of Texas (SUN) does this every day, in […]
TXSES Leads the Way to Keep PEC the Best Place to be a Solar Homeowner
Back in April, I shared with you what was happening at the Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Its anti-solar policies, approved in December 2020, level a direct blow to both already-installed and future customer-owned solar in its service territory. These your-side-of-the-meter solar policies will transform PEC from being inarguably one of Texas’s most supportive distributed solar proponents […]
The PACE of Texas Solar
By Dub Taylor, Chief Operating Officer Texas PACE Authority The demand for solar in Texas is exploding as costs continue to decline and property owners are increasingly aware of solar options that reduce power consumption, demand and enhance resiliency. While solar has both immediate and long-term benefits, the initial capital costs can be a barrier […]
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, […]
Industry interview: Carl Ramsbey, CAM Solar
San Antonio-based CAM Solar is a solar sales and installation company serving customers in San Antonio, Austin, the Rio Grande Valley and parts of Colorado. They’re also a TXSES Platinum business member. Industry conversations are one of the benefits of a TXSES Platinum membership. We recently sat down with Carl Ramsbey, regional sales manager with […]