Energy in Texas

Texas Energy Intel

Thursday, May 28, 2026
3 min read
9 stories

Welcome to your daily briefing on energy developments in Texas. Today we're covering 9 key stories including updates on texas energy headlines, texas energy updates, background & context. Let's dive in.

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Texas Energy Headlines

5 stories

1.1

Power Up Texas - Supporting Renewable Energy in Texas.

Water is in high demand across Texas, especially in West Texas. Luckily, wind energy doesn't use water to produce electricity, saving Texans over 24 billion gallons last year alone!

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Relevant to energy professionals operating in TX.

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1.2

Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs.

Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs.

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1.3

The Largest Solar Farms in Texas: 2025.

Texas's largest solar farms, upcoming projects, and their impact on grid reliability.

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Relevant to energy professionals operating in TX.

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1.4

Texas | AES.

AES develops clean energy in Texas. Discover our solar & wind projects, creating economic benefits and landowner opportunities.

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1.5

How we partner with communities in Texas - Clearway.

Clearway's clean energy projects have generated $4.4B in investment, $45M in annual tax and lease payments, and over 6,000 jobs in Texas.

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Texas Energy Updates

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2.1

Texas Leads U.S. Renewable Energy Growth | TxEDC.

Texas is leading America’s clean energy transformation with record growth in wind, solar, battery storage, and hydrogen. Discover how Texas is helping power the future.

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Background & Context

3 stories

3.1

Net-metering true-up periods compress payback math.

Most net-metering tariffs include an annual true-up where excess generation is credited at avoided-cost rates rather than retail. A solar system sized for summer peak production can produce excess that gets settled at much-lower wholesale rates each year. Sizing to annual consumption — not summer peak — protects the economics.

Why It Matters

Oversized systems frequently hit payback periods 2-4 years longer than the marketing brochure showed. The true-up math is in the tariff document, not the sales pitch.

3.2

FERC quarterly filings have hard cutoffs even for small entities.

Many electric and gas industry entities have quarterly FERC filing requirements (Form 1, EQR, Form 552) regardless of size. Missing a filing window typically requires a curative filing with explanation; repeated missed windows can produce show-cause orders.

Why It Matters

Show-cause orders from FERC are time-consuming and visible to industry counterparties. Calendar discipline is the only reliable protection.

3.3

Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credit are not interchangeable.

The ITC is a one-time credit against the qualifying project cost, taken in the year the project is placed in service. The PTC is a per-kWh credit earned over the project's first 10 years of operation. Solar projects historically defaulted to ITC; wind to PTC. Recent legislation lets developers choose — and the choice depends on capital structure, not project type.

Why It Matters

The wrong choice can leave 10-30% of project value on the table over the credit period. The decision should be made at financial close, not at project inception.

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DateMay 28, 2026
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