Don’t turn against wind power, Texas conservatives | Opinion
Shutting down the state’s renewable energy program would send a chilling message to the industry, renewable energy advocates say.This editorial is part of a series published by The Dallas Morning News Opinion section to explore ideas and policies for strengthening electric reliability. Find the full series here:We’re a long way from 2015, when, in his farewell address, Gov.
Since then, Texas Republicans have piled on, seizing on various versions of a “reliables not renewables” slogan that sound great in a stump speech and fit just fine on a bumper sticker but that will fail to lead us to serious policy that actually addresses the state’s energy needs in the future. Candidates aren’t just calling for the state to eliminate resources to support the wind energy industry, some want to take steps that would all but disable it. We’ve even heard calls to prohibit private landowners from leasing property to wind operators. Talk about government interference.
But the wind doesn’t always blow, and it doesn’t always blow at the right time — during the heat of the day, for example. Meanwhile, we are experiencing not only more extreme weather that spikes demand but also population growth that is going to keep demand high for a long time to come.Yet that is exactly how it is being treated on the campaign trail and very likely will be treated in the coming legislative session if we aren’t careful.
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