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Texas Renewable Energy Market
Contains material from Feb 2016
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Session 2: Texas’ Transforming Energy Market: Big Changes Underway - Major shifts in energy markets—historic and persistent low natural gas prices, relentless drops in the price of solar generation and the steady march forward of wind in high resource areas—are transforming the energy space worldwide and here in Texas. Explore how these shifts are each affecting Texas today, what challenges and opportunities they present and what we can expect in the near future.
Session 3: Texas Property Tax Incentives - A review of Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code dealing with value limitation agreements, including failed legislation, the new form agreement, and rules. Briefly discuss Chapters 312, 380 and 381 of the Local Government Code.
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Dan Woodfin
Session 1
—27 mins
Future Ancillary Services in the ERCOT Market (Feb 2016)
ERCOT has proposed a major change to the current 1990s-era ancillary services framework to meet evolving system needs and facilitate the use of new types of resources to meet those needs efficiently using market-based tools. Discuss the proposed Future Ancillary Services framework, the driving factors for the change, the current state of the proposal, and its interaction with the future development of renewables in ERCOT.
Originally presented: Feb 2016 Renewable Energy Law
Dan Woodfin,
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. - Taylor, TX
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Andy Bowman
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Session 2
—47 mins
Texas’ Transforming Energy Market: Big Changes Underway (Feb 2016)
Major shifts in energy markets—historic and persistent low natural gas prices, relentless drops in the price of solar generation and the steady march forward of wind in high resource areas—are transforming the energy space worldwide and here in Texas. Explore how these shifts are each affecting Texas today, what challenges and opportunities they present and what we can expect in the near future.
Originally presented: Feb 2016 Renewable Energy Law
Andy Bowman,
Pioneer Green Energy, LLC - Austin, TX
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Renn G. Neilson, Robert Wood
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Session 3
—32 mins
Texas Property Tax Incentives (Feb 2016)
A review of Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code dealing with value limitation agreements, including failed legislation, the new form agreement, and rules. Briefly discuss Chapters 312, 380 and 381 of the Local Government Code.
Originally presented: Feb 2016 Renewable Energy Law
Renn G. Neilson,
Baker Botts L.L.P - Houston, TX
Robert Wood,
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Austin, TX