Texas Passes Bills Promoting Energy Efficiency
[Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story gave the incorrect bill number for a bill requiring rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities to report to the state on their energy efficiency work.]
Environmentalists lost several battles this legislative session — there will be no statewide solar rebates, and no overhaul for the Texas Railroad Commission. But one bright spot, they say, is energy efficiency.
A handful of bills promoting energy-saving measures passed the Legislature this session and await the governor's signature. They range from allowing churches access to an energy-efficiency loan program, to making it easier for schools ...
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Ed Hino via Texas Tribune on Facebook
texas is headed back to the cave dweller days wegotta give corprations tax cuts
Jack Suggs via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Churches lack cash flow to improve their facilities?
David Huang via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Hard to care about savings sometimes, e.g. when it's 110F outside, lol.
Brandon Estes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Doesn't Texas also rate poorly for literacy, quality of education, percentage of population below poverty level, recycling programs, air quality... I am not surprised about energy efficiency...
Kate Galbraith via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Jack - the issue with churches is that they don't register profits, so it's hard to take proper advantage of tax incentives, which are how governments often encourage efficiency & solar.
Mary Lynn VanZandt Neill via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yeah,and "Don't Mess With Texas" was/is popular for a reason as well.We obviously needed it! Ditto the energy incentives and impetus to be active and not lazy!