Mark your calendar now for Texas Renewables 2012
Bastrop, TX,
December 10-12 2012 |
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DATES TO REMEMBER
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TREIA January 2012 Quarterly Board Meeting
Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:00 AM
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NEW MEMBERS
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Michael Hanratty
A123 Systems, Austin, TX
Matthew Moore
Ameresco Solar, Tomball, TX
Johann Niehaus
Ameresco Solar
Dripping Springs, TX
Jeff Vice
Austin Energy, Austin, TX
Nohra Nasar
Bonfiglioli USA
Chicago, IL
Rick Herzberger
Bureau Veritas North America
Plano, TX
Van Tran
Bureau Veritas North America
Plano, TX
Carol Tombari
Carol Tombari Consulting
Trophy Club, TX
Chad Preece
Freedom Solar, LLC
Austin, TX
Timothy McDonald
Growatt New Energy North America
Houston, TX
Charlie Hemmeline
Austin, TX
Rodney Holder
Austin, TX
Dayna Mosier
Austin, TX
Ryan Shinkle
iNSGROUP, inc.
Houston, TX
Kelley Faulk
Office of Rural Affairs, Texas Department of Agriculture
Austin, TX
David James
Renergy Now, Inc.
Cuero, TX
Sharon Ferrell
Shelf Solar Energy, Inc.
Houston, TX
Doug Russell
Slow Boiling Frogs
Cedar Park, TX
Michael Weinnig
Sologen Systems, LLC
San Antonio, TX
Madhu Mareddy
San Antonio, TX
Andromeda Ross
Texas Solar Power Company
Austin, TX
Thomas T. Hutcheson
Winstead PC
Houston, TX
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TREIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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President: Steve Wiese, Clean Energy Associates
Vice President: Hala Ballouz, Electric Power Engineers, Inc.
Secretary: John Lichtenberger, SunEdison
Treasurer: Colin Meehan, Environmental Defense Fund
Members:
Cris Eugster, CPS Energy
Kevin Gresham,
E.On Climate &
Renewables
John Hoffner, CH2M Hill
Robert "Bob" King,
Good Company Associates
Andrew McCalla,
Meridian Solar
Mike Sloan, Virtus Energy
Research Associates
Billy J. "B.J." Stanbery,
HelioVolt Corporation
Robert "Bob" Webb,
Biofuels Power Corporation
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TREIA STAFF
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Executive Director:
Russel Smith
Director of Finance: Kathryn Houser
Manager of Operations: Scott Kornfeld
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Greetings!
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TREIA Annual Conference Holds Its Own In Challenging Times
Texas Renewables 2011 ReCap
During some of the toughest economic times in decades, at a city outside the usual Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas triangle, and barely two weeks after the largest solar conference in the Western Hemisphere in Dallas, we were pleased with the level of participation we had at Texas Renewables 2011 in Corpus Christi Nov. 6 - 9. Over 250 participants attended gaining information and insights from over 80 different presenters, and visiting about products and services with 30 exhibitors. An uncounted number of local area folks visited the exhibits which were open to the public on Monday and Tuesday.
PowerPoint presentations from the conference will be available on the TREIA web site initially linked from the Home Page. Not all of the sessions featured PowerPoints as there were some which were purely interactive panel discussions. Below are links to a couple of articles relating to the conference. Others may be found on the TREIA web site news scroll.
If you attended Texas Renewables 2011 you might have had this morning view.
TREIA member Josh Grubaugh with Recurrent Energy, winner of a new iPad at Texas Renewables 2011, is congratulated by conference Co-chair Hala Ballouz, Electric Power Engineers, donor of the prize.
ERCOT Board Chair, Laura Doll, Keynote Luncheon speaker, and Russel Smith, TREIA Exec. Director.
These photos, and several others, may be accessed on the TREIA website.
Click here for more information
Texas Renewables 2011 Exhibitors
TREIA Board extends thanks to this year's sponsors
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TREIA Awards Spotlight Exceptional Contributors To Texas Renewable Energy Development
This year's Awards Luncheon on November 8 during Texas Renewables 2011 honored seven individuals and one company. 2011 Awards Committee chair John Pitts, Jr. was joined on stage by TREIA president Steve Wiese to welcome and recognize the award winners. Presentations were made under five categories this year. State Leadership Senator John Carona - Author, SB 981 (third party ownership) and SB 943 (storage defined as generation asset) Special Recognition Paul Sadler former member of the Texas House of Representatives, director of The Wind Coalition. Member Company of the Year Individual Member of the Year
Cris Eugster, Chief Sustainability Officer, CPS Energy
2011 Service Award
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FERC Chairman Wellinghoff Featured At TREIA Policy Luncheon
Austin, TX (11/10/11)
 FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff (l.) and TREIA Exec. Dir. Russel Smith (r.) Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA) welcomed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, (FERC) Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, who spoke at the latest in a long series of informative TREIA Policy Luncheons on November 10th, 2011. The luncheon was hosted by Lloyd Gosselink, Attorneys at Law. Chairman Wellinghoff's visit to Austin was coordinated by the Geothermal Electric Subcommittee of TREIA. |
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E85 Station Opens In Corpus Christi
By Joanna Schroeder
A new E85 station has opened at the Stripes Convenience Store in Corpus Christi, Texas and is now the only E85 station within 100 miles. The pump is located at its location on Weber Road, south of Saratoga Blvd. The company also offers E85 at its station in Lubbock, Texas. Only flexible fuel vehicles can fill up with E85.
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Gov. Perry Appoints Pablos, Reappoints Anderson To Public Utility Commission
Austin, TX (September 20, 2011)
Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Rolando Pablos of Olmos Park and reappointed Ken Anderson Jr. of Dallas to the Public Utility Commission (PUC). The three-member PUC encourages competition and customer choice in Texas, and ensures electric and telephone operations, services and rates are fair and reasonable. More>
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Texas Tops In Recent Round Of REAP Renewables And Efficiency Grants
On August 16, 2011, USDA announced the latest round of recipients for the Rural Energy for America (REAP) grants. Of more than 900 grants totaling more than $11.6 million, Texas tied with North Carolina with the most grant dollars this round - $667,000.
Details on recipients>
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Austin City Council Approves Third New Wind Contract
Austin, TX (September 22, 2011)
 The Austin City Council today approved a 25-year purchase power agreement for 200 megawatts of coastal wind power from the Penascal III project in Kenedy County, Texas. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012 and will bring Austin Energy's renewable energy portfolio to about 30% by that time. The utility has a goal that 35% of the power it provides its customers will come from renewable resources by 2020. |
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Austin Largest Local Government In U.S. To Go 100% Green Powered
Austin, TX (September 29, 2011)
The City of Austin municipal government is switching to 100% clean, renewable energy starting Oct. 1, 2011 - becoming the largest local government in America to power all of its facilities with 100% green energy. All facilities from neighborhood libraries and recreation centers to police and fire stations are subscribing to Austin Energy's nationally recognized GreenChoice® renewable energy product. In all, the City of Austin is subscribing to about 400 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy. Only the City of Houston buys more renewable energy for its municipal facilities at 438 million kWh but that amount accounts for just 34 percent of its energy use. |
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CPS Energy Issues Revised 400MW Solar PV RFP
CPS Energy has issued a revised Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to 400 MW of Solar PV energy.
Details with links have been posted on the TREIA web site. Questions about the RFP are due by 5 p.m. 11/30, and the proposal due date is 2 p.m. CST on December 7, 2011. In addition to your basic proposal there are four supporting documents you will need to download, complete, and submit with it.
The easiest way to access the RFP is to:
- go to www.treia.org
- login to your TREIA account *
- select the Members Only item from the menu on the left, then
- select the RFP-RFI-RFQ-FOA-etc. submenu. More>
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SMU Geothermal Lab Releases Groundbreaking New Research Funded By Google.org Dallas, TX (October 24, 2011)
New research from SMU's Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power - 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today.
Sophisticated mapping produced from the research, viewable via Google Earth at www.google.org/egs, demonstrates that vast reserves of this green, renewable source of power generated from the Earth's heat are realistically accessible using current technology.
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Russel Smith, Editor
Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association
Debrah Dubay, Layout & Design
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