Solar Panel

Late Monday afternoon, a three-member panel of the Board of Ethics dismissed Hudspeth’s complaint at a special-called meeting, pointing out that the benefit is available to all DME customers with solar panels and not only to Beck.

Tarrant County expects to receive $7 million in federal funds to support solar energy projects — or about 2.8% of the $250 million awarded to a coalition of urban Texas cities and counties earlier this year.

Tarrant County commissioners left the door open to joining a coalition of Texas local governments seeking millions in federal solar project funding after initially rejecting the proposal in July.