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Mitchell Schnurman

Too much of a good thing for Texas? Uncle Sam’s pumping up wind, solar and batteries

Texas may be a fossil-fuel capital, but wind and solar power have been dominating the growth in electricity generation, and storage batteries are coming on fast.

The momentum for a greener Texas is about to gain even more traction, thanks to a federal climate law enacted this week.

Known as the Inflation Reduction Act, the law features $386 billion in investments in energy and climate change. That includes $161 billion of tax credits related to clean electricity, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

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