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February 22, 2018

2018 Policy Orientation Panel:

Renewables in the Lone Star State: Benefits, Risks, and the Texas model

$100 Billion in the Wrong Direction

The debate over Texas’s 765-kV transmission lines is heating up, and your wallet is caught in the middle. Last Friday, the Public Utility Commission of Texas held a hearing on the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan (STEP), and this Friday, the Commission will decide whether to approve or deny the northernmost line of the three...

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Energy & Environment

Addressing the Environmental Challenges of Wind, Solar, and Energy Storage in Texas

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....

October 27, 2026

Energy & Environment

TPPF Releases New Research on ERCOT’s 765-kv Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan

AUSTIN– Today, TPPF’s Life:Powered campaign released new research outlining the cost and impact of ERCOT’s 765kv Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan or STEP. The paper finds that the STEP does not meaningfully reduce the need for new generation, nor does it reduce prices for consumers. In fact, the STEP would impose nearly $100 billion in lifetime...

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2018 Policy Orientation Panel:

Renewables in the Lone Star State: Benefits, Risks, and the Texas model

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