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Report: Federal Energy Subsidies Driving the Energy Transition in the U.S., Texas
The shift in electric generation from fossil fuels to wind and solar is being driven by a disparity in federal energy subsidies, according to a new study.
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OPINION: Government-imposed electricity costs totaled $20 billion last year
Only a decade ago, Texas had the most competitive electricity market in the world, a market that produced reliable, affordable electricity. Today, the Texas electric grid has been taken over by Texas government. This has produced predictable results: reliability has plummeted while costs have skyrocketed.
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Energy Alliance paper shows governments increased cost of Texas electricity by nearly $20 billion in 2023
The Energy Alliance has released a paper indicating that the federal government, the Texas state government, and local governments across the Lone Star State collectively raised the cost of electricity in the area served by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) by nearly $20 billion in 2023.
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OPINION: Texas Supreme Court to Determine Legality of $26 Billion Energy Tax
Next week, the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to determine the legality of a 2021 Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) rule that arbitrarily raised the price of electricity to $9,000 per megawatt hour during Winter Storm Uri—about four times the market price at the time.
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OPINION: Reliability, Affordability, and Accountability of the Texas Grid Up in the Air
Concerns over the future reliability and affordability of Texas’ electric grid were brought to the forefront with the recent resignation of the person hired by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to monitor the performance of the Texas electricity market.
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Texas grid monitor to resign as reliability concerns and costs rise
Carrie Bivins, who serves as the independent market monitor for Texas’ electric grid, is expected to resign soon. The resignation comes after Bivens’ report that the actions of state officials had raised the cost of electricity by $8 billion.
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Energy Alliance director: Power plant dispute 'created by Texas government'
A Texas energy company will keep supplying fuel to power plants after initially threatening to turn them off due a price dispute.
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Study: Green energy companies add $8 million for PAC spending 'to influence Texas state politics'
Green energy companies are adding $8 million to political action committees' spending in an effort to sway Texas lawmakers for favorable legislation, according to a a recent Transparency USA study.
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Renewable energy lobbying costs taxpayers and 'keeps Texas grid from providing reliable power'
Lobbying from renewable energy companies has paid off with approximately $36 billion in federal and state subsidies awarded to green companies from 2006 through 2029, Transparency USA reported.
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Energy Alliance official: A capacity market for electricity comes with 'high costs'
The future of Texas' electric grid remains up in the air as controllers, legislators and advocacy groups battle over whether the competitive market should continue.
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Energy Alliance director: 'PUC should have never increased the price of electricity'
Energy Alliance Policy Director Bill Peacock is fuming that already hard-hit Texans will be left paying the price for last month’s winter storm after the Public Utility Committee (PUC) said it does not plan to reverse the billions of dollars power companies were overcharged during the power outage.
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Peacock: 'A lot of people would like to know why Congress is extending subsidies for wind and solar'
Just give it time and money. A lot of money. That was the assertion of renewable energy proponents, who said wind and solar could and would compete with more traditional fuel sources such as coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear power. It just needed time and a lot of money.
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Op-ed: Renewable energy: Big business and big government getting rich off taxpayers
Oldham County Judge Don Allred cannot stop gushing about the money the county is making off of renewable energy.“Wind has been a Godsend,” he said.
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Energy Alliance study: Variable weather conditions lead to renewable unreliability, $3.6 billion tax
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is allegedly responding to the issue of reliability among renewable energy projects by instituting a $3.6 billion electricity tax on Texans through an Operating Reserve Demand Curve (ORDC) administrative cost, according to a new Energy Alliance study.