TREIA 2011 Legislative Agenda
Adopted October 08, 2010, updated April 11, 2011 .

 

For a downloadable .pdf version of this agenda, click here (PDF format, 303 Kb).

 

INTRODUCTION

In order to ensure development of large-scale, and distributed and smaller-scale, renewable electric and fuel generation from solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydro resources the State of Texas should adopt the following policies.
What is TREIA?

Mission Statement

Renewable Energy Defined

Policy Statement

Code of Ethics

  

Guiding Policy Principles


TREIA advocates for the increased development and use of renewable energy in Texas through means that:

  • Create markets, rely on market mechanisms, and eliminate barriers to efficient markets.
  • Reward performance.
  • Leverage Texas’ innovation economy, skilled workforce, and private investment.
  • Enable widespread participation in benefits at lowest costs. 

  

 

Policy Objectives for the 82nd Legislative Session


Creating and Expanding Markets for Renewable Energy in Texas


TREIA supports:

  • A state-wide initiative for developing solar and distributed renewable generation resources, along with incentives that are tiered for residential-, commercial-, and utility-scale projects.
  • Effective implementation of Texas’ renewable portfolio standard to encourage development of Texas’ renewable energy resources that are complementary to wind.
  • Development of storage technologies that enhance cost-effective utilization of the State’s abundant renewable energy resources.
  • Incentives that promote the installation of blender pumps for expanding availability of biofuels.

 

Fixing Regulations That Impede Renewable Energy Development


TREIA supports:

  • Maintaining existing tax exemptions for renewable energy development.
  • The right of homeowners to add solar and other distributed renewable generation systems to their properties.
  • Policies which ensure fair, market-based compensation for energy delivered to the grid by distributed renewable generation resources.
  • Revision of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) legislation to address the problems with previous legislation.
  • Clarification of rules for third-party ownership of distributed renewable generation systems.


State Leadership and Economic Development

TREIA supports:

  • The use of distributed renewable generation, solar water heating, and LEED (or similar) building standards on state buildings.
  • The Governor’s Office’s clean energy cluster economic development activities and the coordination of the state’s resources towards supporting the development of these clusters.
  • Encouraging the state’s universities to make clean energy technology a priority through targeted scholarships, recruitment of students and faculty, research, and transfer of technology and training to other education and training institutions.
  • The use of state investment funds to spur investment in renewable energy technologies.

 
 
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