Feb '24 NTREG Mtg: Sat. 2/10: Infinite Power: TakeYour Share of the Texas Sun with TXSES' Pete Parsons
In-person with Virtual Presenter & Streaming Live via Zoom
Date: Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Presentation: Infinite Power: Take Your Share of the Texas Sun (a statewide Campaign by the Texas Solar Energy Society)
Presenter: Patrice "Pete" Parsons, Executive Director, Texas Solar Energy Society (TXSES)
About Our Presentation:
The Texas Solar Energy Society has kicked off a Statewide Campaign to double the amount of rooftop solar from 300,000 rooftops to 600,000 by 2035. The focus of the Campaign is to improve distributed energy policy at the state and local jurisdictions, and increase the adoption of virtual power plants, microgrids, and net zero subdivisions.
Hear more of Pete's take on possible 2025 legislation she hopes to promote and what she is currently tracking at the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). She will also talk about her progress with SolarApp+ and the current status on the TXSES/TEPRI (Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute) low to moderate rooftop solar program she hopes to take statewide later this year.
About Our Presenter:
Patrice ‘Pete’ Parsons is a seasoned strategist with more than two decades in public policy development, alliance building, community networking, and administration and management in the public and nonprofit sectors. A veteran of energy and air quality issues, her experience has focused on climate change in the areas of mitigation, resiliency and sustainability with an emphasis on clean and emerging technologies in both stationary and mobile applications.
Currently, she is Executive Director of the Texas Solar Energy Society where she creates programs to educate and inspire every Texas to adopt solar energy as part of an equitable 100% clean energy future.
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Prior to TXSES, Pete’s experience includes Director of External Relations for ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability; Director of the Houston Advanced Research Fuel Cell Center; and Toyota. As Director of the Alternative Fuels Program at the Texas General Land Office, she was on a National Alternative Fuels Task Force created by President Clinton which helped the Department of Energy develop the US Clean Cities Program. As Associate Deputy Land Commissioner, Pete was the Commissioner’s spokesperson on climate change, renewable energy and represented him on the U.S. Clean Air Act Advisory Committee.
In her politically appointed position as the Director of the Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO), Pete managed 33 different energy conservation program areas with a $200M budget where she created the SECO LoanStar Revolving Loan Program that has become a model for other states.
Meeting location:
This will be a hybrid meeting starting at 10:00 AM on Saturday, February 10, at this location:
North Lake Campus of Dallas College in Irving Building G, room G-401
Enter campus near “N Lake College Circle, Irving, TX 75038” on mapping apps for easy directions.
Building G is the building on your right as you enter from the Walnut Hill Ln entrance to the circular drive.
Room G-401 is a tiered auditorium where we initially met last year. If you park in the lower lot near the Blink EV charger, you can enter on the lower level and take the elevator to the upper level 4. The meeting room is near the elevator. There is also an upper entrance near the entrance to the circular drive.
The link to join via Zoom will be posted on the NTREG events page closer to the day of the meeting:
NTREG Meeting archives: https://ntreg.org/pastmeetings.html