TSSA & APA support efforts to further ensure that Texas is secure while remaining competitive and business friendly. While our organizations have concerns about the bill in its current form, we understand progress is being made to resolve concerns expressed by parties in the energy sector, including our members. We deeply appreciate Representative Lambert’s efforts.
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Avangrid and CPS Energy Team Up Again to Power 40,000 More Homes in San Antonio
From SolarQuarter Avangrid, Inc., a major energy company and part of the Iberdrola Group, has expanded its existing Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with CPS Energy by adding 159.2 megawatts (MW) of capacity from its Peñascal wind power project in Texas. With this addition, CPS Energy—recognized as the largest municipally-owned provider of electric and natural gasContinue reading “Avangrid and CPS Energy Team Up Again to Power 40,000 More Homes in San Antonio”
House Bill 3356 (Patterson)
APA opposes HB 3356 (Patterson), which threatens grid reliability, raises consumer costs, and disrupts a well-functioning market that is already adapting to meet system needs.
House Bill 3278 (McLaughlin)
APA opposes HB 3278 (McLaughlin), which proposes a redundant, unnecessary study of clean energy development impacts that would ultimately be an inefficient use of taxpayer resources.
Senate Bill 1754 (Birdwell)
APA opposes SB 1754 (Birdwell), which undermines local control, free markets, and competition by targeting technologies that deliver reliable energy and economic benefits during a time of rapid load growth.
House Bill 3556 (Vasut)
APA opposes HB 3556 (Vasut), which will expand government overreach, trample property rights, and stall energy investment in Texas.
Firming Requirements in ERCOT
In reviewing current firming policy contained in House Bill 1500 (88R), as well as other proposals before the Texas Legislature—primarily Senate Bill 715 (89-R)—we provide the following analysis detailing how such proposals will threaten reliability, raise consumer costs, and disrupt a well-functioning market that is already adapting to meet system needs.
Senate Bill 715 (Sparks)
APA opposes SB 715 (Sparks), which threatens grid reliability, raises consumer costs, and disrupts a well-functioning market that is already adapting to meet system needs.
FACT: Wind Turbines Have Minimal Impacts on Bird and Bat Populations
Wind and solar developers routinely follow a regimented, science-based protocol to evaluate sites for risks to species and their habitats and to mitigate any potential impacts, which include coordinating with the appropriate subject matter experts at state and federal wildlife agencies. Learn more in APA’s response to Senate Bill 819 (Kolkhorst).
House Bills 3809 (Darby) & 3824 (King)
APA strongly supports HB 3809 (Darby), which establishes clear decommissioning requirements for battery energy storage systems (BESS) and HB 3824 (King) which ensures all BESS facilities in Texas meet the highest fire safety standards.