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crupshaw.bsky.social @crupshaw.bsky.social · Jun 30

Oh hey, IdeaSmiths CTO @joshdr83.bsky.social did this analysis!

The short version: voting to attack wind and solar is a vote to raise electricity prices and escalate chances of outages and shortfalls.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · Jun 30

Another study backs my argument last night that Cruz and Cornyn are voting to raise electricity prices for Texans with their attack on clean energy.

PRESS RELEASE: Renewables and Storage Will Save Texans $115 Billion Over the Next 15 Years - Texas Energy Buyers Alliance

Austin, Texas (February 10, 2025) — A Texas Energy Buyers Alliance (TEBA) report released today shows that if the Texas Legislature passes laws that slow or

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Joshua D. Rhodes @joshdr83.bsky.social · Mar 26

Rhodes: “And that can make a big difference for a rancher or a landholder to have that revenue. … A lot of landowners talked about wind and solar being like a drought-proof crop. It doesn’t have to rain to still get paid.”

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Clean energy is powering local economies in Texas » Yale Climate Connections

Wind, solar, and battery storage projects are generating billions in tax revenue for communities, a University of Texas study finds.

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · Mar 21

Today, solar crossed 26,000 megawatts for the first time ever, meeting >56% (!) of demand (also a record). Previous solar record was exceeded by 1,316 megawatts. Earlier this week wind & solar combined for 39,946 megawatts,, nearly 1,000 megawatts more than the previous record.

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · Mar 10

There's a new solar record in ERCOT. A few minutes ago, solar exceeded 25,000 megawatts of production for the first time, equaling 52% of demand. Emission free sources (wind, solar, and nuclear) are producing about 75% of power demand today.

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · Mar 4

To the surprise of no one in Texas rn, wind power hit a record last night at 28,470 megawatts. (It's *very* windy here today.) Another day of nearly 75% of demand met by renewables and 85% emission free.

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crupshaw.bsky.social @crupshaw.bsky.social · Feb 17

Heck yea! How do you like the Sol-Ark so far? I really like their flexibility for microgridding. Adding batteries at some point?

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crupshaw.bsky.social @crupshaw.bsky.social · Jan 25

Received it just fine, thanks for making the switch!

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Joshua D. Rhodes @joshdr83.bsky.social · Jan 24

Hey y'all! Check out our latest report on the impact of renewables & storage in TX!

tl;dr - The current & expected fleet of renewable & energy storage projects is expected to pay almost $50B in lifetime landowner payments & local taxes! 👇

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Splash page from the front of the report showing wind turbines, energy storage devices, and solar panels.

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