Bills Filed for the 2025 Texas Legislative Session

This bill changes the goals for electric generation capacity to include all dispatchable energy sources and not just natural gas (note that wind, solar and batteries are NOT dispatchable). It provides credits to dispatchable energy sources if the total grid power mix drops to less than 55% dispatchable energy.

This bill adds regulation of battery storage facilities at the county level and prevents their installation within 500 yards of another property.

This bill requires permitting of battery storage facilities by the PUC. It requires county notification, public hearings, 

This bill requires permitting for Wind and Solar projects. For the permit a public hearing must be held and residents within 25 miles and county judge must be notified. Facilities must be at least 500 feet from other property lines and 1,000 from any habitable structures.