Around back on the southern slope of David Ronn’s house is something not seen much lately – solar panels. Brand new ones already generating electrical power.

Even though the house isn’t finished yet Michael Strong the builder said they are already generating electricity.

“On a cloudy day like today even when there is virtually no sunshine the solar panels are still producing enough electricity to offset the 15 workers that are working on the house,” said Strong.

Solar panels have come and gone before and they are coming again.

“We are aggressively pursuing homeowners in Texas to go solar,” said Matthew Miggins or Harvestsolar.net.

In the city and state where oil is king, the state legislature is pushing the sun with possible rebates and state officials are welcoming the wind.

Wind farms are sprouting up all across Texas and just a few days ago the University of Houston was told it is one of two finalists to become the department of energy’s official turbine research facility, which means an influx of companies.

Turbine research is so promising Jerry Patterson the Texas Land Commissioner likened it to the decision that brought NASA to Houston.

The bell curve of when demand is highest for electricity makes solar power more popular.

“The utility bills for this house conservatively to be less than $200 a month for a 4,000 square foot home,” said Strong. “

Without solar it would cost $1,000 a month. The homeowner considered more panels.

“It’s a budget issue, we could have covered the entire roof with solar panels,” said Ronn.

In fact he may do just that.