Much of the policy discussion around President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill has focused on electricity subsidies, where the outcome admittedly falls short of what fiscal conservatives hoped for. Wind and solar projects can still claim subsidies through July 2030, extending billions in taxpayer support for the next five years and driving up ratepayer bills...
Governing Blind: The Fiscal and Operational Impact of Immigration on Texas Public Systems Written by Selene Rodriguez Download the full paper here. Key Points Texas operates at the intersection of federal immigration policy and the day-to-day realities of sustaining its public systems, bearing substantial costs driven by national mandates. This is very evident in education...
Addressing the Environmental Challenges of Wind, Solar, and Energy Storage in Texas Written by: Brent Bennett, Ph.D. and Cullen Neely Download the full paper here. Key Points Using wind and solar to produce electricity requires 22 times more land for wind and roughly seven times more land for solar than comparable fossil fuel generation resources....