'Renewables are definitely saving the grid and saving our wallets,' said one independent energy analyst.
"They have this narrative that they push that they need more dispatchable power plants and need more gas plants. It's a very politically driven narrative by many of the state leaders."according toDoug Lewin, president of clean energy consulting firm Stoic Energy in Austin and host of the Texas Power Podcast,on Friday that Republican leaders in Texas aren't likely to acknowledge that the state's solar power boom is helping residents to avoid blackouts.
"They have this narrative that they push that they need more dispatchable power plants and need more gas plants," he told the outlet. "It's a very politically driven narrative by many of the state leaders."a $10 billion program to incentivize new natural gas power plant development last month, and recently made an unsuccessful attempt to pass new permitting requirements and restrictions for renewable energy producers.
As Republican lawmakers remain committed to promoting the very energy sources that are fueling the climate emergency—and making extreme heatwaves like the one enveloping Texas five times more likely to occur, an showed earlier this month—Lewin noted this week that fossil fuel-powered plants have been struggling to provide energy amid the heat."Renewables are definitely saving the grid and saving our wallets," Alison Silverstein, an independent energy consultant based in Austin, told theEnergy demand next week is likely to reach record levels in Texas as the Gulf Coast is expected to see temperatures of "at least 110°F every day," according to the National Weather Service.
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