Texas now leads the nation in solar power installed on its power grid – knocking California from its longtime leadership. Houston Chronicle reported this week that data from Bloomberg and U.S. Energy Information Administration show growth of utility-scale solar in California has “clearly slowed,” and Texas reported 18,364 megawatts of solar power capacity on its ERCOT grid as of Sept. 30. California Independent System Operator, grid operator for 80 percent of California and a small part of Nevada, had 17,277 megawatts of solar power capacity on its grid at the end of September.
