Restrictions on wind, solar unpopular among Texas Republicans: Poll

Saul Elbein | Source: The Hill | Posted 04/30/2025

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Most Texans — including a new majority of Republicans — support the state’s booming renewables industry and oppose the idea of state moves to quash it, a new poll has found.

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A recent poll conducted by Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation reveals that a significant majority of Texans, including many Republicans, support the state's growing renewable energy sector and oppose legislative efforts to restrict it. The survey, which included 1,000 likely voters, found that 91% of Texans strongly supported landowners' rights to utilize wind and solar energy on their properties. Despite ongoing legislative efforts to limit renewable energy growth, the poll indicates a strong preference among Texans for government action to promote clean energy development.

The Texas Senate has passed bills that would impose restrictions on landowners' ability to install renewable energy sources and require new renewable power to be matched by fossil fuel power. While proponents of these bills argue that the renewable boom is detrimental to the state, the poll suggests that such positions are unpopular. Notably, 75% of Republicans and 90% of independents favor government initiatives to accelerate clean energy, highlighting a growing consensus around the importance of renewable energy in Texas.

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