2025: What Can We Expect in the 89th Texas Legislature?
by Patrice "Pete" Parsons, TXSES Executive Director
We are saying goodbye to a very busy, yet successful 2024 (see recap below), and are just as energized by the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in 2025. There is plenty to tackle. Although in many ways, last year was marked with some significant milestones for solar energy in Texas, with record-setting demand and installations (although mostly utility-scale), we recognize that efforts to maintain this momentum are critical. There are forces in Texas's Legislature that would like to make it harder for solar to thrive, which threatens grid reliability and increases costs for large- and small-scale solar.
With the 89th Legislative Session beginning on January 14th, TXSES’s focus in 2025 will be on educating legislators, and tracking, supporting (or opposing) solar-related bills already filed this session. We are also helping develop language on legislation not yet submitted.
To this end, we will continue our work with legislators, other organizations and stakeholders, as well as our Business Members, who have been diligently collaborating on TXSES Steering Committees created this year for this purpose. Click below to see the bills we are following.
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