Want to find out how other jurisdictions are making solar work for them? These are the projects, programs, and policies from Texas solar leaders. Below are links to solar commitments, large solar projects, Solarize initiatives, solar development plans, and PACE programs throughout Texas.
Austin's municipal utility plans to bring its total solar generation capacity up to 400-450 megawatts by the end of 2016, and up to 600 megawatts by 2019.
Through a commitment to go totally renewable by 2017, the City of Georgetown will become one of the largest municipally-owned utilities in the US to supply its customers with 100% solar and wind energy.
Denton is on a mission: to increase renewable power in Denton from 40% to 70% by 2019. Solar will provide 17% of the total, making it a critical component of the plan.
"The City of San Antonio’s “Solar Development Plan” identifies a set of stakeholder-recommended strategies, concepts, goals, and action steps that will increase San Antonio’s leadership in the solar industry and will help guide the region’s activities in deploying solar technologies and in growing various aspects of the solar industry in the near-, middle-, and long-term (defined as 2015, 2020, and 2030 respectively)."
