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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Patricia Donayne Sallee
Altumaxis Technologies
Austin, TX
Paul Gosselink
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
Austin, TX
Karen Bondy
Lower Colorado River Authority
Austin, TX
David Thompson
Lower Colorado River Authority
Austin, TX
Robert Evans
Genmounts, Pflugerville, TX
Bennett Ford
Meridian Solar, Inc.
Austin, TX
Valerie Paxton
HelioVolt Corporation
Austin, TX
John Prater HelioVolt Corporation Austin, 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:
Andrew McCalla,
Meridian Solar
Mike Sloan, Virtus Energy
Research Associates
B. J. Stanbery
HelioVolt Corporation
Kevin Gresham,
E. ON Climate & Renewables
John Pitts,
SunPower Corporation
Richard Amato,
Venti Energy
Carol Tombari,
Carol Tombari Consultant
Mark Walker,
NRG Energy
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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!
Happy Holidays and welcome to the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association newsletter. This newsletter is sent to you as a member or Friend of TREIA. If you've got suggestions please let us know by reply and giving us your feedback. Thanks for staying in touch!
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TREIA Board, Election Official - 1st 2012 Board Meeting - Policy Lunch/Meeting
First 2012 Policy Meeting January 19
First 2012 Board Meeting January 20
The committee of tellers appointed by President Steve Wiese met on Tuesday, December 6 to count the ballots in the 2012 TREIA Board election. The results are now official. Congratulations to the following individuals who were elected to the six available seats. They will serve through 2013.
The new Board will be seated, officers elected, and Committee and Subcommittee chairs appointed at the first Board meeting of 2012 on Friday, January 20. Planning is under way for the first Policy Luncheon and Policy Committee meeting of 2012 on Thursday, January 19. Events on both days will take place at the OMNI Austin Hotel Downtown. Watch for details which will be circulated and posted in the TREIA web site Calendar of Events.
Click here for the list of new board members and event details>
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3,000 MW HVDC Transmission Project Between ERCOT And Other States Receives Key FERC Approvals
San Francisco, CA (Dec. 19, 2011) /PRNewswirE
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that its Southern Cross transmission project has obtained two key regulatory orders from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Pattern is developing the Southern Cross project to add a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission tie of up to 3,000 MW between ERCOT in Texas and the transmission grid deep in the southeastern United States by 2016.
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Texas Proposal Gets Share Of DOE $12 Million Rooftop Solar Challenge
Washington, D.C (December 1, 2011)
As part of the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative, today Energy Secretary Steven Chu was joined by Lynn Jurich, the president and co-founder of the solar power company SunRun, and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to announce $12 million in funding for the awardees of the Rooftop Solar Challenge. The Challenge supports 22 regional teams to spur solar power deployment by cutting red tape - streamlining and standardizing permitting, zoning, metering, and connection processes - and improving finance options to reduce barriers and lower costs for residential and small commercial rooftop solar systems. This project is part of the Department's larger effort to make solar energy more accessible and affordable, increase domestic solar deployment, and position the U.S. as a leader in the rapidly-growing global solar market. More> |
Small Wind Certification Council Issues First Full Certification
November 18, 2011
This week SWCC issued its first full certification and consumer label to one of the largest small wind turbine manufacturers in the US market. The Bergey Windpower Excel 10 became the first turbine to complete the full SWCC certification process, earning a consumer label that specifies compliance with the AWEA Small Wind Turbine Performance and Safety Standard (AWEA Standard 9.1 - 2009).
The consumer label shows the Rated Annual Energy, the Rated Sound Level and Rated Power. SWCC has also published an official certificate and a Summary Report for the turbine model, which contains the tabulated power curve and ... More> |
PUC Offers Proposed Rule Change On Energy Storage Implementing SB 943
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued proposed amendments to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.192 and 25.501 labeled as Project No. 39917, Rulemaking on Energy Storage Issues. The proposed amendments provide that "electricity purchased by the owner or operator of energy storage equipment or facilities solely for later re-generation and re-sale as energy or ancillary services will be a wholesale transaction and will be settled nodally. The amendments also provide ... More>
To retrieve the proposed amendments and detailed instructions for commenting ... Click here. The proposed amendments to rule will be published in the Texas Register on December 23, 2011. Initial comments on the proposed amendments are to be submitted within 20 days after publication. Reply comments may be submitted within 30 days after publication. |
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Build San Antonio Green Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
San Antonio, November 2011
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Principal Solar Buys PV Install From Talmadge Solar -- Appoints Energy Leader Hunter L. Hunt To Board
Dallas, TX (October 4, 2011)
Accelerating its business strategy, Principal Solar, Inc(PSI; OTC Pink: PSWW), a publicly traded renewable energy holding company rapidly advancing the worldwide utilization of solar power through a unique roll-up strategy,today announced the acquisition of a second solar installation from Talmage SolarEngineering/Solar Market - the SunGen Mill 77 solar facility -- as well as theappointment of Hunter L. Hunt, President and CEO of Hunt Consolidated Energy, Inc.and President of Hunt Power, both subsidiaries of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., of Dallas, toits Board of Directors. More>
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DEFG's New Competitive Retail Electricity Market Assessment Report Available - No Charge
Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG) has announced that availability of its new ABACCUS report. ABACCUS refers to the Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States. The ABACCUS report highlights market growth and increasing consumer benefits from restructured retail electricity markets.
The report can be downloaded at no charge: Click here
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New Energy Economy Partners Starting To Power Up San Antonio
San Antonio, TX (December 7, 2011)
CPS Energy's commitment to aggressively pursue clean energy solutions and boost San Antonio's economy is becoming a reality. The utility, in partnership with Mayor Julián Castro, unveiled its New Energy Economy initiative last June. Along with creative energy planning, the initiative focuses on creating jobs and local manufacturing as well as enhancing funds for local education.
The utility's premier partners have begun implementing their commitments to San Antonio. Recent developments include the following: Click for details>
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Austin Energy Opens Solar Learning Center - TXSES Adds Curriculum Contest
Austin, TX (Nov. 18, 2011)
 For the 65 students in the Construction Technology program at Crockett High School, the new outdoor Solar Learning Center on campus is helping others know that learning to work with your hands to create solar energyis both clean and cool. The students helped cut the ribbon today to the first of 15 interactive Solar Learning Centers that will be constructed at Austin Independent School District campuses by the end of this year. Each learning center will be equipped with ... More> |
ImagineSolar To Hold Open House January 7 At State-Of-The-Art Facility
Solar and Smart Grid Open House
 ImagineSolar is hosting a Solar and Smart Grid Open House to introduce its new training courses for 2012. The Open House is Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 4000 Caven Road in Austin. Three organizations to which Imagine Solar belongs (TREIA, TXSES, and TGN) have been invited to make brief presentations and provide membership materials. Presentations are scheduled at 10:15 am and 11:15 am. Attendees will have five opportunities to win a free seat in ImagineSolar's PV Fundamentals course, a $295 value. They can also take advantage of a $90 special course package combining three popular PV Fundamental courses ... More details> |
| ONTILITY Details Comprehensive Greennovation Project For Smith & Associates
Editors note: ONTILITY has recently completed one of the most comprehensive commercial "Greenovation" projects in the Houston area. The company's description of the process and the project follows.
 When Smith & Associates, a global electronics company based in Houston and an industry pioneer among independent distributors of electronic components, recognized that the problem of resource scarcity and concern for the environment was growing more important, the company's executives decided that they wanted Smith to be the first in its industry to provide world class service in an environmentally sustainable and responsible way. They realized that to affect real change within the organization and to have a significant impact, the company needed to address not only the energy needs of their building and their operations, but also their environmental and sustainability practices. Thus, Smith set out to integrate environmental sustainability into its business operations and culture - to become part of the environmental and ... More> |
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Just What The Doctors Ordered - Hill Country Ecopower Installs PV On S.A. Medical Center
San Antonio, TX (December 9, 2011)
 Camden Medical Center and the group of visionary Medical Doctors who work within it are making a commitment to a more sustainable future and setting an example for their profession with the installation of a 69kW Solar Photovoltaic (PV) array. Hill Country Ecopower (HCE), an Austin, TX based integrator of Solar PV and other Renewable Energy technologies, was contracted to design and install the system. The 294 solar panel system is projected to offset well over 2 million kWhs over the next 25 years, enough power to offset the consumption of many thousands of patients who will be seen and treated at this leading medical facility. ... More> |
Johnson Controls Efficiency Performance Contract With Fort Bliss Includes Solar
Milwaukee and Fort Bliss, Texas (Dec. 20, 2011) /PRNewswire/
Johnson Controls, the global leader in delivering solutions that increase energy efficiency in buildings, and the U.S. Army today announced a federal contract for a solar energy installation and other energy efficiency improvements at Fort Bliss. The nearly $16 million project, executed through the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Ala., is expected to save the post $39 million in energy costs over the next 24 years. ... More>
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Russel Smith, Editor
Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association
Debrah Dubay, Layout & Design
Dubay Communications |
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