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Renewable Energy Is Booming in Texas. Republicans Want to Change That. Despite soaring power demand, Republican lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are pushing to rein in renewable energy (www.nytimes.com)
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The "problem" is that wind, solar, and batteries for overnight storage can now outcompete fossil fuel generation on price, which means that the patrons who back the Republican party stand to lose a lot of money.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago

Go ahead, pull the plug. Thanks to the isolated Texas power grid if they don’t make enough power they just won’t have enough. I’m sure the residents of Texas won’t object at all. And very few of them even own pitchforks.