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Download Brochure PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY O F TEXAS SC H OOL O F LAW AND UTCLE THE OIL, GAS AND ENERGY RESOURCES LAW SECTION OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS THE PREMIER GATHERING OF KEY PARTICIPANTS IN TEXAS WIND, SOLAR AND GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT February 2, 2010 – Fundamentals February 3-4, 2010 – Institute Austin Convention Center Austin, Texas PLATINUM SPONSOR Watson Professional Group Inc. GOLD SPONSORS Austin Energy Chadbourne & Parke LLP Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. Stahl, Bernal & Davies, LLP Silver Sponsors listed inside www.utcle.org 512-475-6700 February 2, 3-4, 2010 Austin Convention Center Austin, Texas Earn up to 18.75 Hours of MCLE Credit Specialization Credit Approved for Administrative Law and Real Estate Law CEP Credit for Professional Engineers available TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 2, 2010 2:35 p.m. .25 hr 4:55 p.m. .83 hr Select on Registration Form Special Legal Issues When Renewables and Employment Opportunities in the Wind, Oil and Gas Projects are Jointly Developed Solar and Other Renewable Sectors WIND, SOLAR AND A discussion of the impact of the development of This session covers the growth of employment in RENEWABLES FUNDAMENTALS wind and other renewable energy sources on the the renewable energy sector including finance, oil, gas and mineral industries, illustrating some construction, accounting, engineering, operations, existing conflicts between mineral lessees and and maintenance. The session concludes with Presiding Officer: renewable energy lessees, as well as potential some tips on applying for jobs in the renewable John Moore, Consultant to Power Industry, areas of dispute in concurrent development. energy sector. Austin, TX Roderick E. Wetsel, Wetsel & Carmichael, LLP, Moderator: Sweetwater, TX John Hoffner, CH2M Hill, Austin, TX 12:00 p.m. Registration Opens Panelists: Includes light refreshments. 2:50 p.m. .33 hr Jose Beceiro, Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin, TX Steve Taylor, Applied Materials, Austin, TX Q&A Session with Land Use and Leasing 12:30 p.m. Speakers 5:45 p.m. Adjourn Wildcatting for Wind: The Texas Experience A 20-minute opportunity to ask the presenters of the previous sessions questions regarding land use from Turbine to Market WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 3, 2010 This short documentary takes you onto working development. wind farms in the Sweetwater, TX region, from Select on Registration Form ground operations to the top of the turbines, to 3:10 p.m. Break explain construction, generation, operation and WIND, SOLAR AND interconnection. 3:25 p.m. .50 hr RENEWABLES INSTITUTE The Rise of Private Transmission for 1:15 p.m. .50 hr Renewables: Developer and Landowner Presiding Officer: Perspectives Lisa Chavarria, Stahl, Bernal & Davies, LLP, The State of Wind and Solar Development Moving renewable energy from largely rural Austin, TX in Texas generating locales to major cities with highest The Texas market continues to lead the country demand (and rates) is a critical challenge for the 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens in wind development and is beginning to see a development community and proponents of wind Includes continental breakfast. range of solar generation deployment. A summary and solar. This session addresses the recent use of current wind generation development levels, of private transmission lines as an alternative to location, and identification of key market drivers is traditional regulated transmission, and contrasts 8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks presented. Ongoing solar generation development is and compares key issues, such as access, capacity, summarized at both the utility scale and commercial right-of-way, speed of build out, and costs. customer levels. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Gregory S. Friend, McElroy, Sullivan & Miller, L.L.P., John Moore, Consultant to Power Industry, Austin, TX Austin, TX David Parquet, Pattern Energy Group LP, 8:55 a.m. Fundamental Land Use, Leasing, San Francisco, CA Introduction of Federal Energy Regulatory and Property Rights Issues Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff for Renewable Development 3:55 p.m. .50 hr Chairman Barry Smitherman Public Utility Commission of Texas, Austin, TX 1:45 p.m. .83 hr Small Scale Solar From the Ground Up: The Nuts and Bolts In the trenches: Highlights and lessons learned 9:00 a.m. .67 hr of Renewable Energy Project Land Rights – from installing over 900 small scale solar projects Landowner and Developer Perspectives in Austin. Federal Transmission Initiatives for Leslie Libby, City of Austin - Austin Energy, Austin, TX An overview of key issues involving land rights Renewables: The View from FERC and leases for renewable energy projects from the Chairman Wellinghoff shares his views on new perspectives of a landowner and a developer. 4:25 p.m. .50 hr transmission initiatives and proposals that affect wind, solar and other renewable energy. Karen E. Jones, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR Small Scale Wind Gregory S. Friend, McElroy, Sullivan & Miller, L.L.P., Chairman Jon Wellinghoff Opportunities, technologies, incentives and Austin, TX Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), regulatory issues for distributed small wind at Gary Foster, Little F Ranch, Sterling City, TX Washington, DC homes, ranches and businesses. Andy Kruse, Southwest Windpower, Flagstaff, AZ phone 512-475-6700 fax 512-475-6876 www.utcle.org 9:40 a.m. 1.00 hr WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 3:30 p.m. .83 hr Crossing the Line: Regional Challenges Presiding Officer: Will Texas be the Next Giant in Geothermal? and Initiatives in Exporting Wind, Solar Karl R. Rábago, City of Austin – Google is working on a wide variety of ways to and Other Renewables across State and Austin Energy, Austin, TX improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions International Lines and develop low-cost renewable energy and has A panel discussion of the unique challenges faced Follow the Money: identified Texas as a potential leading producer by areas such as the Panhandle and El Paso regions DOE Treasury Loan Guarantees, of geothermal energy. The Southern Methodist which possess an abundance of wind and solar Grants, and Credit Programs University Geothermal Laboratory is a renowned resources but lack the infrastructure necessary to leader in geothermal research and in 2008, received harness and deliver those resources to load. The a major grant from Google to support their work on panel also discusses policy initiatives such as SPP’s LUNCHEON PRESENTATION geothermal resource assessments. Representatives X Plan and the Midwest’s Green Power Express. from SMU, Google and a firm leading in Moderator: 12:10 p.m. Pick up Box Lunch commercializing new geothermal concepts provide Julie Caruthers Parsley, Parsley Coffin Renner LLP, an overview of geothermal geology, prospects and Austin, TX Included in conference registration fee. economics in Texas. Panelists: Charles Baron, Google.org, Climate and Energy, Hon. John Cook, Mayor of El Paso, El Paso, TX 12:30 p.m. .75 hr Mountain View, CA Bruce Rew, Southwest Power Pool, Little Rock, AR The Financing of Renewable Energy Projects David D. Blackwell, Southern Methodist University, Beth Soholt, Wind on the Wires, St. Paul, MN Department of Geology and Geological Services, in a Post-Stimulus Environment Dallas, TX A discussion of how developers are financing their 10:40 a.m. Break Martin Kay, Texatherm Energy, Inc., Houston, TX projects in this post-stimulus market, through the use of DOE loan guarantees and Treasury cash 10:55 a.m. .50 hr grants, including the opportunities, challenges and 4:20 p.m. 1.17 hrs CREZ 2010–2013 pitfalls for effective use of these programs. Developers Panel In 2008 the Texas Public Utility Commission Adam S. Umanoff, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, A discussion of the latest market trends and issues approved a 2,300-mile transmission plan to deliver Los Angeles, CA facing wind and solar developers from some of the Douglas Schultz, U.S. Department of Energy, Loan energy to customers in Texas from five “Competitive market leaders. Renewable Energy Zones” in West Texas and the Guarantee Program, Washington, DC (Invited) Moderator: Texas Panhandle. The target date for completion John Moore, Consultant to Power Industry, Austin, TX of this massive renewable energy project is the end 1:30 p.m. Break Panelists: of 2013. This session reviews the plan’s progress to Michael Bowring, NextEra Energy Resources, date and identifies the challenges that remain. 1:45 p.m. 1.00 hr Juno Beach, FL Steven Baron, Consulting and Legal Services, Austin, TX Glenn Allen Hodges, Pattern Energy Group LP, Solar Development and Deployment: Austin, TX Technology, Economics and Short-Term 11:25 a.m. .75 hr Shalini Ramanathan, RES Americas Inc., Austin, TX Market Potential Howard Taylor, Tessera Solar, Houston, TX The Impact of Electricity Markets and Pricing This session opens with a 30-minute overview and Patrick Woodson, E.ON Climate and Renewables, on Renewables briefing on solar technologies and deployment Austin, TX An examination of select issues of electricity trends and continues with a follow-up discussion market prices – particularly nodal pricing – relating on the Texas solar market including the views and 5:30 p.m. Adjourn to Sponsored Reception to renewables, including: pricing variations over goals of market participants. the time of the day and location; day-ahead versus Lisa Frantzis, Navigant Consulting, Inc., Burlington, MA real-time prices; negative prices, both locally and Commentators: THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 4, 2010 ERCOT-wide, with the CREZ transmission devel- John Bonnin, CPS Energy, San Antonio, TX opment; and the interaction of wind and solar on Eric Graham, Dell, Inc., Round Rock, TX Presiding Officer: prices. The session concludes with commentary Judith Kim, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR John K. Arnold, Locke Lord Bissell & from Dan Jones on the impact of renewables on Liddell LLP, Houston, TX 2:45 p.m. Break electricity markets and, as time permits, a short Q&A opportunity. 7:45 a.m. Conference Room Opens 3:00 p.m. .50 hr Ross Baldick, The University of Texas, Department of Includes continental breakfast.
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