At first I thought, this isn’t toooooo terrible as making batteries to store any excess would actually be great, although there could be situations where you don’t need excess due to excess baseload already…
This is just bonkers though. Wow.
Comment on Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night
Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 days agoNo batteries don’t count.
“The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to create a new “dispatchable” power credits trading program that would effectively require utilities, generation companies and electric cooperatives in Electric Reliability Council of Texas territory to offset new renewables and battery capacity — with an equal amount of new dispatchable capacity beginning as early as next year.
The bill’s definition of “dispatchable” excludes batteries while also exempting power generation companies that exclusively operate battery energy storage systems from the dispatchable power generation requirement.”
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 day ago
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If this passes the solar companies should close up shop and abandon Texas. Head for a state with as much sun but less stupid.
Leave the assholes to their fate.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I imagine that’s the goal