Nation Not blowing smoke: Wind has overtaken ‘risky’ coal for energy use in Texas for the first time July 24, 2019 Vandana Ravikumar, USA TODAY Comments Off on Not blowing smoke: Wind has overtaken ‘risky’ coal for energy use in Texas for the first time For the first time since the Electric Reliability Council of Texas began collecting data in 2003, wind has surpassed coal as an energy source.