An Event, An Interview, An Exciting Day!

An Event

A lot has fallen right into place today; an event I have been trying to get going came together quite nicely this afternoon. A date has been set in stone, well maybe not set in stone but the venue has been reserved. Mark your calendars for June 25th, 2009. Not sure exactly on the time yet, although the event will be taking place in the evening (either 6 or 7 depending on the line up of speakers). We have reserved the Floyd County Friends Unity Center located at the intersection of Hwy 70 and Texas Farm Road 786 between Floydada and Lockney, Texas.

As far as the line up goes, we have several speakers worth getting excited about. John Sullivan from The Shaw Group will be presenting information concerning what you need to do before you can get into the development stage. His discussion will include due diligence, fatal flaw analysis and environmental reviews; basically a how-to prepare for wind development lesson. Next, Brian Almon with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) will be presenting information about the PUCT and how the CREZ process works from their end. Finally, our featured speaker will be a representative from Sharyland Utilities. Sharyland reps will present a timeline of their work in our area and what landowners can expect from them and the process in general.

The event will be open to the public, so spread the word!

An Interview

Another exciting event for the day was my interview with Tony St. James at KFLP in Floydada. Tony and I chatted about Caprock's vision, wind industry issues in general and some upcoming events in the area (of course including Caprock's June 25th event which hasn't received a formal name just yet)! You can listen to our chat on 900 AM out of Floydada, 1310AM out of Amarillo and other tonight at 6:10 and then again in the morning at 8:10 on the Agribusiness report. You can also find the broadcasts online at www.kflp.net.

Overall, an exciting day at Caprock Plains Wind Energy Association!