A coalition led by Harris County won a piece of a multi-billion dollar fund from the Inflation Reduction Act to put more solar panels on Texas buildings.Not only is money coming from the state legislature but also from Washington D.C. When the CEO of ERCOT gave an update in late April, he mentioned the Inflation Reduction Act money passed by Congress is bringing more renewable energy to Texas, which will help the grid overall.
A class of apprentice electricians are well on their way to a profession in Grand Prairie. At the training center for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 20 more than four hundred students learn how power system work and how to install them in homes and businesses. "Nationally it’s been going on for a few years but we’re not seeing it in Texas until there’s federal money funding it," said Price Warwick III, the IBEW Local 20 President.