Is it really appropriate to use
Austin as a proxy for the entire state?
Didn't Texas, the state, recently pass an exceptionally high EV registration tax that 100% exempts hybrids?
Edit:
> Austin Energy is the prime recipient of
> Department of Energy funding and has
> successfully led an infrastructure planning
> process called the Texas River Cities Plug-in
> Electric Vehicle Initiative.
You're highlighting the results at the edge of federal funding that
must be spent on these things. TFA is about grid-scale problems, the energy supplying these charging ports.