Senator Fraser’s distributed solar generation bill – SB 545 – passed to engrossment in the Senate today and will now move on to the House. This bill creates a five-year incentive program, administered by electric utilities, for commercial and residential customers to increase the amount of distributed solar generation installed. The incentive program would be [...]
Continue Reading →Environment Texas, Environmental Defense Fund and Public Citizen have joined forces to broadcast this ad for solar energy in Dallas-Fort Worth, Abilene, Wichita Falls and Tyler-Longview. Take a look – it’s terrific! Here are three of the renewable energy bills ACT supports: SB 545 – Senator Fraser: relating to the creation of a distributed solar [...]
Continue Reading →All last week, ACT-supported legislation received hearings in Senate and House committees. As we said earlier in the month, that might not seem like much of a big deal, but in light of the past three sessions, it really is. Moreover, the tone of the hearings has changed markedly. One good example last week was [...]
Continue Reading →2011 ACT Legislative Agenda
ACT's 2011 Legislative Agenda is now available online. In 2011, ACT calls on the Texas Legislature to safeguard our health and our environment by adopting key recommendations in air, clean energy, land, waste & recycling, water and reform of our state government.
