“This is a missile in search of a target” Y’all-itics: April 23, 2023

Some Texas Republicans now want to tell you what you can and cannot do on your land. SB 624, moving through that chamber right now, is one to watch. State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, wrote this one that takes specific aim at the renewable energy sector, with landowners who want to supplement their income by having wind or solar placed on their property taking some inadvertent fire. Kolkhorst wants landowners to get permits from the state and they’d have to let folks within 25-miles of any project know they were applying for a permit. If SB 624 is passed, an energy expert says Texas would be no different than the old Soviet Union, where decisions for your property are made by the state, not you. And this is just one of many bills that would regulate renewable energy in Texas different than oil and gas. We hoped to have Sen. Kolkhorst join us on this episode of Y’all-itics to explain her bill, but the Senator’s staff did not respond to our request. The renewable energy sector is talking. And it’s worried, with the Texas-based President of Advanced Power Alliance telling the Jasons this legislation is a “missile in search of a target.”

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Jeff Clark, Advanced Power Alliance

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