Chairman King and Members of the Committee:

Life:Powered and the Texas Public Policy Foundation support HB 3228 because the environmental and property rights issues that surround the decommissioning of wind and solar facilities also extend to the disposal of the components. Protections are needed to ensure Texas is prepared to properly handle the large stream of wind and solar waste that will need to be either recycled or disposed of when these facilities reach their end of life.

Read Dr. Bennett’s full testimony here.