Clean energy and the Texas electric grid, there are better ways to ensure reliability
The program would cost $8.4 billion over the next six years and better protect the climate than the Legislature’s plan to spend $18 billion on 10,000 megawatts of new natural gas power plants.
None of the technology is exotic: heat pumps to replace old furnaces, improved insulation, upgraded water heaters, retrofit programs for old apartments and offices, smart thermostats and managed EV charging. “As a group, the benefits of these programs are nearly 2.9 times greater than the costs,” researchers concluded.
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