Until our politicians get a handle on how they have been used by renewable companies and the old adage of "landowner rights trumps all", they will never understand what has happened to our grid, our other landowner rights and the mass subsidization of one product over another. Money does not fix all, neither does patching the system.
My view of landowner rights for what that is worth.... the landowner has the right to lease or do as he will with his land - he just exercised that right when he leased to a renewables company. They took his air rights, his surface rights and his mineral rights - he just signed over all his rights to that property, especially with solar. He no longer has any rights as far as the companies are concerned. So now the legislators are ONLY dealing with the companies for regulation the landowner is no longer in the picture. Regulating a company is different from regulating a landowner. Agree or disagree - let me know..
Agree 100% with the first paragraph. For the second, is say I didn't think it works that way. Fire instance, with those types of regulations in place, it is less likely that the contract would be signed in the first place. Therefore, the regulation hurts the landowner by eliminating potential income. Rather than regulating the land use, I think their is an approach that works asking the ways you suggest. Texas should tax the renewable company to recover the reliability costs it imposes on the grid. While the outcome for the land might be the same, it is not land use regulation-which is almost never good. Plus, it directly addresses the problem harming Texans.
I would agree with you on the reliability cost aspect and I hope those bills pass. But that doesn't not help at a local level for the neighbors who have been abused by their neighbors and these predatory companies. They need better set backs, hydrology studies and more to protect their land and investment. Too many lives across the state affected negatively, land lost and dreams shattered and security for their futures gone.
I love all these bills. Sadly, our latest Congress has passed 0 bills, or even brought forth any for discussion. But hey, they honored Bionce. 🙄 These are not serious people.
Until our politicians get a handle on how they have been used by renewable companies and the old adage of "landowner rights trumps all", they will never understand what has happened to our grid, our other landowner rights and the mass subsidization of one product over another. Money does not fix all, neither does patching the system.
My view of landowner rights for what that is worth.... the landowner has the right to lease or do as he will with his land - he just exercised that right when he leased to a renewables company. They took his air rights, his surface rights and his mineral rights - he just signed over all his rights to that property, especially with solar. He no longer has any rights as far as the companies are concerned. So now the legislators are ONLY dealing with the companies for regulation the landowner is no longer in the picture. Regulating a company is different from regulating a landowner. Agree or disagree - let me know..
Agree 100% with the first paragraph. For the second, is say I didn't think it works that way. Fire instance, with those types of regulations in place, it is less likely that the contract would be signed in the first place. Therefore, the regulation hurts the landowner by eliminating potential income. Rather than regulating the land use, I think their is an approach that works asking the ways you suggest. Texas should tax the renewable company to recover the reliability costs it imposes on the grid. While the outcome for the land might be the same, it is not land use regulation-which is almost never good. Plus, it directly addresses the problem harming Texans.
I would agree with you on the reliability cost aspect and I hope those bills pass. But that doesn't not help at a local level for the neighbors who have been abused by their neighbors and these predatory companies. They need better set backs, hydrology studies and more to protect their land and investment. Too many lives across the state affected negatively, land lost and dreams shattered and security for their futures gone.
I love all these bills. Sadly, our latest Congress has passed 0 bills, or even brought forth any for discussion. But hey, they honored Bionce. 🙄 These are not serious people.