Solar energy is working, but red tape across Texas cities remains

As Texans hunkered down again from a “reserve capacity energy shortage” this week, one thing was clear: Texans who have invested in solar helped the electric grid keep us cool.The great thing about solar in increasingly hot Texas, with temperature records blown out across the state the past three days, is that at the exact times when we’re reaching to increase the air conditioning, solar is doing its thing: offsetting that increased need with the sun’s increased rays.As natural gas price increases blast off, and gas, coal and nuclear barely met the challenge this week, solar has done its work affordably. All of which makes for head-scratching over the decisions that Texas municipalities and electrical co-ops are inflicting on solar installers and their customers that are slowing the pace of this clean energy source across our sunny state.Texas Solar Energy Society is the…

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