Batteries, solar help keep the lights on in Texas but more needed

Garrett Golding and Reid Taylor

Dallas Fed Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Abstract: Many Texas residents remain skeptical about the reliability of the electric grid since massive dayslong outages in February 2021. Notably, the power supply situation has since improved, with capacity added over the past two years, primarily from solar and a tripling of battery storage capacity.

Keywords: batteries; electricity; energy; solar; Texas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-11-04
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