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Solar Power Has Helped Hold Down Electricity Rates in Texas and California

CleanTechnica 22 October 2026 2 min read

In short

  • Solar power has helped keep wholesale electricity rates down in Texas and California over the past five years.
  • The effect held across partisan politics and heat waves, according to the source.
  • The source is a short CleanTechnica item; figures and studies are not given.

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Solar capacity has lowered what utilities pay for electricity in Texas and California. The benefit has continued through heat waves and across changes in political leadership. The source gives no figures, so the size of the saving is unknown.

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Solar power has helped keep wholesale electricity rates down in Texas and California over the past five years, regardless of partisan politics and heat waves, too. The post Solar Power Keeps Insisting Upon Itself, Red State Or Blue appeared first on CleanTechnica .

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