Solar Doing Its Job Despite Shakiness With Six Electric Generation Plants Going Offline
Did you know that Texas produces more power than any other state?
Exercise Your Right to Vote!
As a cooperative, the Pedernales Electric Coop is owned and governed by its members. PEC’s service territory serves close to 375,000 customers, (more meters than any other electric coop in the country!) If you live in Districts 4 or 5 in the Pedernales Electric Coop service territory, you’ll have a chance to vote for candidates […]
Texas Grid Shouldn’t Be Stressed in May!
This weekend, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electrical grid will be stressed.
Announcing the New TXSES Website!
At long last!! After a few months of focused work and countless tweaks, we’re delighted to officially announce our remodeled website at www.txses.org.
Director of Development
Schedule: Part-time Salary range: Commensurate with experience Position: reports to Executive Director and Board Chair Location: Flexible; Texas-based preferred For more than four decades, TXSES has been the pre-eminent statewide organization developing free thought-leading, independent, fact-based educational materials that inspire innovation, share best practices and educate decision-makers on the critical importance of sound, favorable solar […]
Texas Scores Big with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Source: Environment Texas November 6, 2021 The U.S. House of Representatives voted 228-206 last night to build a bridge to a brighter future by passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Friday. This major bipartisan package will improve Texas’ transportation and power infrastructure and ensure clean water over the coming decades. Up next: a budget […]
Call for Candidates for the TXSES Board of Directors
The affairs of TXSES are governed by a Board of Directors chosen from its membership. If you are a current member of TXSES or become a member prior to the election, you are eligible to run for the Board and help guide organizational policy to advance our mission: Equitable access to solar energy for every Texan. For more than four […]
Modern Modeling Provides Better Insights into Solar, Storage and the Role of Distributed Energy Resources
For nearly two years now, a coalition of clean energy developers, advocates, and experts from across the U.S. has been working to develop a better understanding of how to build the least-cost, most reliable grid possible. The outcome of this work by the Local Solar for All (“LS4A”) coalition (localsolarforall.org) documents the exciting and money-saving […]
Chair’s Corner: Forging Smart Distributed Solar Policies in Texas: Our Work Continues
There is a train wreck coming for behind-the-meter distributed solar and it’s our responsibility to fix it. Even after the positive outcome from the policy debate with the Pedernales Electric Cooperative, we are entering another phase of tough-policy whack-a-mole. This will be harder to resolve for the benefit of solar owners because it’s against the […]
Addressing Energy Poverty with Solar Energy
By Jack Maedgen, Former TXSES intern Access to clean and affordable energy is an essential part of modern life. Cooking, cleaning, doing homework at night, running the air conditioning in the hot Texas summers, and much more all necessitate reliable energy access. Yet, for many families, these essentials transform into luxuries because they experience what […]