The Texas electrical grid is being powered more and more by renewable energy as the cost of development falls and reliability increases with the improvement of battery storage technology. Wind and solar powered generation is now becoming cheaper than natural gas, and Texans are seeing the benefits, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Investment in clean energy is proving to have vast economic payoffs. It is predicted that federal incentives could trigger $1 trillion in private capital investment and create 1 million new clean energy jobs.