Peter Fox-Penner, Principal and Chairman, The Brattle Group is the opening keynote at Texas Renewables 2012 Conference, December 10 – 13. The Brattle Group has released several reports studying electric reliability in Texas and Fox-Penner's insights could be valuable to renewable energy industry leaders as they prepare for the coming Texas legislative session.

In June of this year economic consultants at The Brattle Group released a report on The Potential Impact of Solar PV on Electricity Markets in Texas, addressing Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT resource adequacy concerns.  It provided recommendations to improve long-term reliability through generation investment.  The report identified options to better align market design and reliability objectives. The report concluded that if the state of Texas had just 1,000 megawatts of solar energy electric generation on line during the summer of 2011’s record peaking demand, Texas would have seen over $167 million in customer benefits, and 5,000 megawatts would have upped the savings to more than $520 million. 

At Texas Renewables 2012 Peter Fox-Penner, Principal and Chairman, The Brattle Group will provide the opening keynote.  As we approach the coming legislative session in Texas Fox-Penner’s insights will be helpful and provide necessary data to add strength and credibility to industry leaders who hope to influence policy.

This year’s agenda offers top-notch executives, authors, and thought leaders from businesses, agencies and utilities in the forefront of this new energy paradigm and featuring:

  • Opening keynote Peter Fox-Penner, Principal and Chairman, The Brattle Group
  • Roger Duncan, former manager of Austin Energy and president Pecan Street Project
  • Brewster McCracken, executive director of Pecan Street Project
  • Kate Galbraith, Writer and Journalist, The Texas Tribune, NYT
  • S David Freeman, Former General Manager, Los Angeles Water & Power
  • Heidi VanGenderen, Director of Public Engagement, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Energy

There will be numerous other outstanding speakers as well as several informative and inspirational video features and special personal video messages including:

  • Dangerous Memes - Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University
  • Abundance is our Future - Peter Diamandis, X Prize Foundation
  • What Starts Here Changes The World - U.T. Austin baseball coach Augie Garrido 

"Texas Renewables 2012 delivers a new level of inspiration and insight through entertaining videos, debates, panels and Ted Talk style presentations," said Michael Osborne, conference co-chair and author. "The conference focuses on new opportunities and a vision of how renewable energy combined with plug in hybrids and smart homes and appliances can work together to create a reliable and affordable energy system."

Now is the time to register for this conference where renewable energy industries can take advantage of the window of opportunity the industry has during the next four years and prepare for the coming Texas legislative session.

Texas Renewables Conferences are organized by by Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association  (TREIA).  TREIA www.treia.org is the oldest renewable energy non-profit trade organization in Texas whose work promoting development of renewable resources and their wise use has spanned a quarter of a century.  For more conference information on Texas Renewables 2012 go to www.TexasRenewables.org or call 830-997-2350.

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