just because of the political split on renewables. All the reasons you mentioned are right, plus Texas makes it easier to add power to the grid than California (you can thank the nuclear activists for that I suspect). As for Massachusetts and company, they were getting 7.7% of their power from solar as of 2017 and the capacity has more than doubled since then (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Massachusetts). It's not as easy up there for sure, but with battery technologies getting cheaper wind and solar are still growing.

Thought you might like this op-ed from your boy Joey M as well.

"I’m going to do something you probably haven’t heard me do much in the past three years: I want to congratulate President Biden for the record-breaking energy production we are seeing in America today. The United States is producing more oil, gas and renewable energy than ever before. We are exporting more fossil fuel energy than we import. Our country has never been more energy-independent than we are today.

This is something to celebrate. And it would not have been possible without the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Biden signed. Thanks to these two historic laws, we are unlocking major opportunities throughout the country, implementing an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy that we need today while continuing to innovate the technologies we want for tomorrow."

Thanks Joeys!