Great news! Senator Watson’s SB 541 has been placed on the Senate intent calendar and will soon be on the Senate floor. This bill would establish a 3,000 MW renewable portfolio standard for the state – a commitment to solar and other renewable energy very much like the one made to wind in 1999. This [...]
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 →Tuesday, March 24th is Solar Day in the 81st Session This coming week could be very sunny for the Texas Legislature-the one when Texas starts working with the sun to solve our energy problems. This session, twelve bills call for a new Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) for emerging energy technology in Texas. This is the [...]
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.
