Ironic that the state with huge fingers in the oil industry also leads in wind/solar. Equally ironic that its tax burden isn't exactly low. Is it actually higher than Calif (check out the Cato Institute link below that takes a deeper dive).
Texas is certainly an easier place to do business in and provides a lower cost of living than fricken Calif.
TEXAS IS BEATING CALIFORNIA IN RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY
Texan politicians have made hay of San Francisco’s problems and lured some companies from the Golden State, including major firms like Tesla and Oracle. Some point to taxes as a reason, but the average tax burden in Texas is higher than in California for most people.
A better answer is the regulatory environment. A lack of bureaucracy, for instance, has made it easier to find land, build wind and solar farms, and plug them into the grid. Texas has become a leader in building out renewable energy, far surpassing California.
Texas’s willingness to let people build is something California could learn from. But Texas itself is changing: Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of the state, wants to thwart all this laissez-faire green activity with new rules for green projects and more subsidies for natural gas, nipping in the bud the very development that is helping Texas run ahead of California.
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