Texas solar bill's death could benefit Tenn. - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Over the weekend, Texas legislators let the clocki run out on a bill that would have createsda $500 million rebate program to buildr solar installations in the Lone Star State. On Tennessee’s Capitol Hill Sen. Jim Kyle was quick to capitalize. “To any companh that had an eyeon Texas, we say come on up to says Kyle, D-Memphis, who is sponsoring Gov. Phil Bredesen’se energy bill. Bredesen has proposer using $600 million in stimulusx bill funds to creatde a Tennessee Solar Institute and West Tennessee Solart Farm that would bring together the resources of the University of and new companies investing here that will producssolar components, including in Bradleg County and in Clarksville.
Those companies were attracted by a packag of state incentivesand infrastructure-ready industriakl megasites. “West Tennessee is well positioned to attract companiesz that will bring in 21stcentury jobs. The new energu industry can play a big part in getting our local economiez back ontheir feet,” says Sen. Roy Herron, D-Dresden, who worke with Finney to get an industrial megasite in West Bredesen hopes to position the state as a leader in developinv alternative energy sources as part of his legacy asa two-termn governor.