What Happened for Solar – or not! – During the 2011 Texas Legislative Session
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Russel Smith is the co-founder and executive director of Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA). This webinar will review the 2011 Texas Legislative Session and its impact on the solar market. TREIA’s 13 legislative objectives and outcomes will be discussed including statewide solar incentives tiered for residential, commercial and utility-scale projects as well as the Natural Gas & Renewables bill. Additionally, defeated legislation, such as Chapter 313 of the Tax Code, which could have had harmful effects on the solar industry, will also be discussed.
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What Happened for Solar – or not! – During the 2011 Texas Legislative Session
- 1. Definitive Solar Library “Around The Corner” Webinars: What Happened for Solar – or not! – During the 2011 Texas Legislative Session Russel Smith, Executive Director TREIA Russel Smith is the co-founder and executive director of Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA). His career spans more than three decades working with governmental, educational and non-profit boards, and on state committees promoting the development of solar wind, biomass, geothermal and hydro resources. Smith is also a founding member and former executive director of the educational non-profit Texas Solar Energy Society.
- 2. TREIA’s 13 Legislative Objectives Encourage filing and passage of bills addressing 12 objectives Bills filed relating to 8 of the 12 Bills passed relating to 6 of the 8 objectives 13thobjective - Maintain existing tax exemptions - accomplished
- 3. TREIA’s task during session 113 bills on TREIA’s action list TREIA supported sixty (60) – fifteen (15) passed, and opposed nine (9) – all nine were defeated
- 4. Key bills that failed to pass HB 2961 (Darby) – state-wide solar incentives tiered for residential, commercial, and utility-scale projects HB 774 (Anchia) / SB 330 (Watson) – 1,500 MW goal (RPS) for non-wind renewable energy resources by 2020 HB 3259 (Strama) – change 500 MW non-wind “target” in current RPS to “goal” affirming it as mandatory
- 5. Direct impact on solar market HB 362 (Solomons) – Solar and HOAs SB 981 (Carona) – Distributed Renewable Generation Third Party Ownership SB 1910 (Rodriguez) – Net Metering and Efficiency Programs for El Paso Electric HB 2077 (E. Rodriguez) – State Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance Program for Non-profits and Houses of Worship
- 6. Peripheral, but could have an impact HB 51 (Lucio III) – Efficiency & High Performance Standards for State Buildings HB1728 (Keffer) – Public Institutions Increased Funding Flexibility for Performance Contracting SB 898 (Carona) – Public Institutions Energy Use Reduction Goals Set SB 943 (Carona) – Electric Energy Storage Regulation SB 312 (Seliger) – Natural Gas & Renewables
- 7. Harmful bills defeated SB 1590, HB 2652, HB 3015 Altered Chapter 313 of the Tax Code to the detriment of renewable energy project development.
- 8. Other anti-renewables efforts defeated Ending RPS (Goal for Renewable Energy) Stopping Competitive Renewable Energy Zones transmission program Opening definition of renewable energy technology to include non-renewable resources
- 9. Important issues defeated but kicked to interim Chapter 313 - Select Committee on Economic Development State Energy Plan
- 10. Questions and Discussion Please enter your questions into the Chat window Russel Smith Executive Director, TREIA P. O. Box 10023 Austin, TX 78766 Ph.: 512-345-5446 E-mail: rsmith@treia.org Web: www.treia.org rsmith@treia.org
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