It’s far bigger than the lobbyists. The entire “Green” movement is against affordable, reliable power. The Renewable Portfolio Standards were a REGULATORY mandate to increase production of energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar, biomass and other alternatives to fossil and nuclear electric generation. It’s also known as a renewable electricity standard.
It’s a boondoggle of unprecedented proportions that is wrecking what was once the best power system in the entire world.
Both parties caved in to the green lunacy. The people were hornswoggled into believing the fantasy of climate change and that “green” energy would be cheap, abundant, and reliable.
Nobody has pushed back on this for 40 to 50 years.
“Nobody has pushed back on this for 40 to 50 years.”
Agree, I saw it up close and personal when Rick Perry tried to impose tolls on our freeways and also build a parallel highway system that everyone agreed was insane.
Likewise, I don’t even remember any debate about it, the Republicans in Austin were told to support it, so they did...until the state started SCREAMING when they started taking huge swaths of land.
Our Republicans may not waste as much money as the Democrats and make a joke of the state, but they are FAR from conservatives. There are half a dozen states that I’d trade our legislature for.