What's Coming Up

There are several events coming up in the next couple of weeks to look forward to. The theme for this month seems to be transmission.

Next week the Texas Wind Energy Clearinghouse will be hosting a transmission summit. The summit will take place on Thursday April 9th in Sweetwater, Texas. Speakers scheduled to present include Calvin Crowder, President of Electric Transmission Texas LLC; Ken Donohoo, Director of System Planning for Oncor; Cameron Fredkin, Director of Project Development for Cross Texas Transmission; Stuart Nelson, Executive Manager of Transmission Services for the Lower Colorado River Authority; Jay Caspary, Director of Engineering for Southwest Power Pool; Jolly Hayden, President of Lone Star Transmission LLC; Mark Caskey, Vice President of Operations at Sharyland Utilities; and several more. In addition to presenters from those companies who will be constructing CREZ transmission, the summit will also feature discussion concerning non-CREZ transmission issues. Check back in the next couple of weeks to find a overview of what happened at the summit.

Class 4 Winds just recently announced a seminar entitled, "Transmission for Renewable Energy Zones" to take place Monday April 27th from 1:00 - 4:30pm at the Ambassador Hotel Ballroom in Amarillo. The seminar is open to the public at a $45 fee for non-members. A Caprock representative will be attending the seminar, but if you are interested in attending you can find registration information about the event here. Speakers for this event will include Brian Almon from the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Mark Caskey from Sharyland Utilities, and Lawrence Willick and Cameron Fredkin from Cross Texas Transmission.

In addition to these two events, Caprock is looking into putting together a very similar seminar in the very near future for Caprock members. Caprock has been in contact with representatives from Sharyland Utilities, who will be building transmission lines in our immediate area. Please check back to find out more details about the events as they get worked out.

One last event to look forward to is the Annual Wind Energy Conference put on by AWEA. WINDPOWER 2009 is scheduled for May 4th - 7th. A Caprock representative will be attending in order to represent and promote our area to wind developers and transmission specialists. Look back for an update in May.

Please don't hesitate to contact our office with questions or concerns about any of these events.