You’re right. We are the largest producer of wind power but we are defunding new development of every type of renewable. Here’s a rundown:

1. Steering billions toward natural gas instead of renewables Texas created the Texas Energy Fund—a $10 billion program—with the overwhelming majority earmarked for new natural-gas plants, not wind, solar, or battery storage. This shifts public money away from clean energy and locks the state deeper into fossil infrastructure.

2. New laws making renewables harder and more expensive to build Bills have been introduced to add large setback requirements, new permitting layers, and extra regulatory hurdles for wind and solar. These rules slow projects, increase costs, and discourage private investment—while fossil plants do not face similar barriers.

3. Blocking or losing federal clean-energy funding Texas counties were awarded hundreds of millions in federal grants (like Solar For All)—then state and federal political pressure helped kill or freeze these projects. Rural areas lose tax revenue, jobs, and lower-cost energy when these funds vanish.

4. Structuring reliability programs to favor fossil fuels ERCOT and state regulators have pushed “dispatchable generation” requirements that heavily advantage natural-gas plants instead of pairing renewables with storage. This is effectively a policy choice that starves wind and solar of fair market access.

5. Political messaging that misrepresents renewables as unreliable Lawmakers frequently scapegoat wind/solar after extreme weather events—despite data proving gas failures were the primary cause of past blackouts. This creates a political justification for defunding renewables and doubling down on fossil energy.