Legislative News – 07-13-2021

Residential/Business solar power fees in Alabama causes federal lawsuit

  • Homeowners and Environmental groups in Alabama have filed a federal lawsuit against the state regulators for approving Alabama’s Solar Power fees on customers who have on-site or rooftop solar
  • Alabama Power argues that the fees are needed to maintain the infrastructure that provides backup power to customers who don’t have sufficient power from  their solar panels

Texas Republicans demand that Democrat legislators return to Austin for new voting restrictions

  • Democrats from the Texas legislature who have left to Washington, D.C. in order to block new election laws have been demanded by the Texas GOP  to return to the Capitol
  • The governor of Texas, Greg Abbot has authorized law enforcement to bring more than 50 legislators “under warrant of arrest if necessary”

By K Buenavista

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