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At 11:26am on February 8, 2009, Ronnie Max Oldham said…
Hi Jeremy,

I noticed that you are in Austin and thought your might be interested in knowing a little more about Natural Gas Vehicle options here in Central Texas.

The Honda GX isn't the only EPA approved CNG vehicle. I drive a new EPA Certified Ford Focus with leather interior and audiophile sound system with Sync and with the tax credits and rebates, it cost much less than the Civic GX. Other vehicle models are also available and more are coming soon. Click here for additional details.

There is still only one public fueling station in Austin, but I am confident we'll see more built soon. I'm even looking at putting one in myself. In the meantime, you can always fill up at home the way Boone does with a Phill from Fox Service Company.

If you'd like to learn more about Natural Gas Vehicles, please don't hesitate to contact me anytime.

Ronnie Oldham
CleanFuel Conversions
www.cleanfuelconversions.com
ronnie@cleanfuelconversions.com
(512) 289-9799
At 5:00pm on January 17, 2009, Jimmy Horn said…
Jeremy,
I am member of the 'Texas for Energy Independence' group and from Dallas, TX. I have a request for you. Can you send out an email to the 'Texas for Energy Independence' members and let them know about the TX Senator Cornyn Call Campaign Event on Tuesday, Jan 20th. They can call anytime during the day. Here is the Event Link: http://push.pickensplan.com/events/event/show?id=2187034:Event:1787187

I would appreciate it a lot.

Please email me back and let me know what you decide.
Thanks,
Jimmy Horn
Pickens Plan District TX-26 Co-Lead
At 10:36am on January 4, 2009, Home Wind Turbine said…
home wind turbine
Happy New Year Jeremy,
Last year I helped so many members of Pickens Plan learn about personal home energy plans. It's all about conservation of power, and home power generation, things I have been doing at my residence to lower my electricity costs. Send me a friend request a to add me Jeremy, I'd be honored to have you as a friend here.

BTW, Texas: I just posted an article link on my pickens page about Home Wind Systems in Texas. Your state's representatives, governor, and public utility commission officials are not in your corner with this "weak policy" on Net Metering. Instead they have the tables turned against green power for businesses and homeowners. Texas has created multiple sets of rules for loopholes and you have less rights than people in other states. You should read that article, important.

At 3:18pm on November 4, 2008, Lou De Frog said…
Jeremy
Is it called spamming when you invite all your friends to join Global Development Group? I hope not.
At 10:45am on September 17, 2008, Geoff Bailey said…
Jeremy,

My name is Geoff Bailey and I am the Pickens Plan regional campaign director for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. I know how involved you've been on the site for the past two months and I just wanted to thank you for all of your hard work!

I am actually looking for folks who would like to blog about the plan in different states. If you would like to be one of our bloggers in the great state of Texas, please let me know.

I just wanted to personally introduce myself. And I hope you are having a great day!

Geoff
At 10:35am on September 14, 2008, Cheyrl Velten said…
When I click on join for your group nothing pops up.
At 7:48pm on September 9, 2008, Kim Anderson said…
Hi Jeremy

CALLING ALL LEADERS!

We have petitions! "THE PLEDGE" is on the main page.

I think this is the very best tool we could ask for. It is so much easier to get someone to sign a petition than to go online and join the plan as a member.

I have been test driving it for a few days and got 200 signatures rather eaasily. Most folks had seen the ads or seen Boone on the news. Most were eager to sign it and strongly support it. A few wanted to get more info- I handed them a business card with the website. Very few said no (2 or 3).

I hope you can ask all your "friends" to download a bunch of PLEDGES and fax them back to the office ASAP. THIS IS HOW WE BUILD AN ARMY much faster. Millions of signatures.

Thank you for all your efforts. We have a very strong team. Many ants can take the Hill!

Best
Kim
At 1:39pm on August 30, 2008, Terry Moore said…
Jeremy, I am interested in organizing Pickens Plan supporters in Central Texas to get together and help get it done. Please let me know if you would like to participate in an Austin group.
At 8:16am on August 26, 2008, Bruce Eric Montgomery said…
Native American nonprofit to focus on green-collar careers

Posted: August 26, 2008
by: Staff Reports / Indian Country Today

AUSTIN, Texas - A new Native-operated 501(c)(3) is turning its focus on green-collar careers for American Indians and veterans.

Native Workplace is officially announcing its new effort to help the community connect with the thousands of careers created by growth in renewable energy industries.

Its mission is to promote green-collar careers and to develop an American Indian and veteran work force for green industries.

Making www.nativeworkplace.com a hub for information regarding green growth in Indian country as well as an educational site is also in the works.

''We realized that there wasn't a place where people could learn about the different types of careers in green energy and the skill sets involved,'' said Cristala Mussato-Allen, founder and executive director of NWP. ''People have no idea what these jobs require or how they are defined.''

The nonprofit is focusing on two main goals: educating the community and recruiting tribal members and veterans into training and employment nationwide.

The organization will be hosting ''Green Collar Career Day'' events where the community can learn about these new jobs. Events will be a combined effort with on-site recruitment into local training, on-the-job training employment, and certification opportunities.

Affordable entry-level training is already available at some schools near tribal communities, and expansion into tribal colleges is under way. Many of the employment opportunities are on-the-job training, so tribal members can be working, learning and receiving a paycheck from day one.

''Indian country is poised to fill the work force void the renewable industry is currently experiencing. Tribal communities, both rural and urban, are located near growing opportunities,'' said Lee Ann TallBear, who chairs the board of directors. ''These careers are a perfect fit for who we are as Native people.''

The organization hopes schools use the site as a place for creating green education and career projects.

Additional resources provided include nationwide listings of Native chambers of commerce, urban Indian centers and tribal colleges, as well as green Native businesses, green grants for tribes, green tribal news and links to other Native environmental organizations.

''We are excited at the possibilities of our community being in the forefront of these new jobs. Besides the obvious contribution we will be making to save our sacred sources, it gives us a chance to learn trades that provide secure income and an opportunity for business development,'' Mussato-Allen said.

For more information, visit www.nativeworkplace.com
At 7:45pm on August 25, 2008, Bruce Eric Montgomery said…
Volunteers Earn Carbon Credits while Supporting Green Initiatives

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas----When the people at Green Mountain Energy heard that the Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair was looking for additional volunteers for their fall festival, they responded by offering to sponsor renewable energy credits for the first 100 people who sign up.

This opportunity will provide individuals with a way to take action and support the move toward renewable energy options in Texas. Not only will volunteers earn renewable energy credits toward reducing their own carbon foot print, they will also receive free entry into the fair and the Roundup tee-shirt. We hope you will volunteer by signing up at www.theroundup.org or call the Roundup Coordinator at 877-376-8638.

At the Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair, over 7500 people gather annually to explore products and technology that is sustainable, renewable and recyclable – products that offer green-living choices. The Renewable Energy Roundup takes place in Fredericksburg, Friday, September 26 through Sunday, the 28th. A fusion of information and entertainment, this year’s schedule includes workshops, kid’s activities, healthy cooking demos, and a natural organic food café. Hands-on activities include interactive exhibits and demonstrations, dozens of practical and informative workshops, vehicle ride-and-drive and live entertainment in the beer garten.

Green Mountain Energy knows that, more than ever, Texans are exploring how to meet their daily needs in ways that help ensure their future quality of life. Taking steps like reducing carbon emissions from driving and flying, buying cleaner electricity, and choosing local, organic products all play a part in the increasingly popular green lifestyle.

Green Mountain Energy Company is the nation’s leading retail provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions. Green Mountain offers residential, business, institutional and governmental customers an easy way to purchase cleaner, affordable electricity products, as well as the opportunity to offset their carbon footprint. So it makes sense that the folks at Green Mountain Energy were ready to provide sponsorship for those who volunteer at the Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair. Green Mountain’s carbon offset brand, BeGreen also helps Texans “walk the talk” by providing easy ways go green. Visit the BeGreen website to get more ideas about reducing and offsetting your household’s carbon footprint (www.begreennow.com).

The ninth annual Texas Renewable Energy Roundup is co-organized by the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association and the Texas Solar Energy Society, in cooperation with the Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Event proceeds will benefit TREIA and TXSES, two non-profits that strive to increase the understanding and awareness of renewable energy applications and promote their wide use. Major sponsorship is provided by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office.

Contacts
Debrah Dubay Communications
Debrah Dubay, 512-306-9075 or cell: 512-627-3782
ddubay1@austin.rr.com
At 3:39pm on August 14, 2008, Bruce Eric Montgomery said…
Two Large Solar Plants Planned in California

By MATTHEW L. WALD
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/15solar.html

Two California companies said Thursday that they would each build solar power plants that were 10 times bigger than the largest now in service, creating the first true utility-scale use of a technology now mostly confined to rooftop supplements to conventional power supplies.

The solar power will be sold to Pacific Gas and Electric, which is under a state mandate to get 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010. The utility said that it expected the plants, both using photovoltaic technology, which turns sunlight directly into electricity, would be competitive with other renewable sources, including wind and solar thermal, which uses the sun’s heat to boil water.

Solar power is more costly than wind, watt for watt, experts say, but delivers the energy at a time of day when electricity prices are higher and is more valuable even if it is more costly.

OptiSolar, a company that has just begun to make thin-film solar panels — with a layer of semiconductor material thinner than a human hair on the back of a glass panel — will install 550 megawatts in San Luis Obispo County, in central California. And the SunPower Corporation, which uses crystalline cells, will build 250 megawatts in the same county. The OptiSolar plant will cover about nine square miles and the SunPower plant about 3.5, although the actual cell area will be smaller.

They will total 800 megawatts. A megawatt is enough power to run a large Wal-Mart. At peak hours, together the plants will produce as much power as a large coal plant or a small nuclear reactor. But they will run far fewer hours of the year so output will be at least a third less than that of a coal plant of the same size.

The scale of the California announcement makes it “pretty significant,” said Robert J. Thormeyer, a spokesman for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, whose members sit on the state public utility commissions.

But such developments are only possible in states that have ambitious quotas for renewable power and have good sun, he said. “It’s hard to say if it’s something we’ll see replicated in other states,” he said. But “it opens up a door.”

The chairman of SunPower, Thomas H. Werner, said the 250 megawatts that his company would build was as much solar photovoltaic capacity as was installed worldwide last year.

At OptiSolar, the chief executive, Randy Goldstein, said, “There is really no point in doing this on small scale.”

“If you’re going to make a difference, you’ve got to do it big,” Mr. Goldstein said in a telephone interview.

The largest current installation in the United States is at Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada, with 14 megawatts, also built by SunPower. Spain has one completed plant at 23 megawatts. A German company, Juwi, has a 40-megawatt installation east of Leipzig. Florida Power and Light recently ordered a 25-megawatt plant.

Solar energy, both photovoltaic and thermal, which uses the sun’s heat to make steam, is bounding ahead, driven mostly by state quotas. California requires that 20 percent of the kilowatt-hours sold by investor-owned utilities come from renewable sources by 2010, a goal that some companies are struggling to meet. Pacific Gas and Electric expects that when these two solar plants are completed, its total will rise to 24 percent, but that will not be until 2013.

Both plants would require a variety of permits.

The planned California installations raise questions about the idea that solar power is best deployed on the roofs of houses and businesses. Although they can help avoid transmission expenses when built near load, the companies said that by building on a gargantuan scale, they expected to achieve economies of scale in the cost of design, installation and connection to the grid, as well as marketing and overhead. A typical home installation is several thousandths of a megawatt, while these are in the hundreds of megawatts.

The prices are not clear. The companies said their contracts did not allow them to talk about the price, and a spokeswoman for Pacific Gas and Electric said her company was trying to obtain the best possible deal for its ratepayers by not disclosing the contracts and not telling other suppliers of renewable energy what it was willing to pay.

According to the California Energy Commission, last year the price of power from a solar photovoltaic installation was 70.5 cents a kilowatt-hour, roughly six times the national average retail rate for residential power. But both OptiSolar and SunPower said their costs were much lower.

SunPower’s panels are mounted at a 20-degree angle, facing south, and pivot over the course of the day, so they face the sun. OptiSolar’s panels are installed at a fixed angle. They are larger and less efficient, but much less costly, so that the cost per watt of energy is similar, company executives said.

Both are good at producing power at the time of day when prices tend to be high, in the afternoon.


Neither approaches the economy of fossil-fuel burning plants, said Jennifer Zerwer, a spokeswoman for Pacific Gas and Electric. But they are competitive with wind power and with power from solar thermal plants.

And prices will eventually fall, she said.
At 5:09am on July 18, 2008, Cheyrl Velten said…
Hello all,
I am a new member and would like to know about programs in the north East Texas area.
At 4:48pm on July 14, 2008, Ryan said…
Hey there. Thanks for the add.

-RYAN
energygreen.us
At 8:40am on July 13, 2008, Jim Miller said…
I am in Wichita Falls, TX, and ready to do what I can to end our addiction to fossil fuels.
At 6:32am on July 13, 2008, Ryan said…
Are there any plans for a meeting in the Houston area?
At 10:01pm on July 11, 2008, jeffrey gordon said…
Jeremy, you seem to be doing a great job of leading this group, good for you!! Ron Rhodes and Clyde have made a great start on the organizational structure alternative for this movement, can you make sure it is distributed to your troops so they can chew on it and contribute their experience, questions, suggestions and utltimate wisdom?

thanks jeffrey gordon

http://push.pickensplan.com/group/organizers/forum/topic/show?id=2187034%3ATopic%3A114226
At 7:54pm on July 10, 2008, zzzhere said…
HI JEREMY. I AM TRYING TO JOIN YOUR GROUP, BUT I CANT FIGURE OUT HOW. I HAVE CLICKED WHERE IS SAYS TO JOIN, BUT IT DOESNT SHOW THAT I HAVE BEEN ADDED. OK...SO I AM NO COMPUTER WIZARD....SO MAYBE IT IS JUST ME....HA
At 1:50pm on July 10, 2008, Wayne Alderman said…
Jeremy,

We have a group called "Live Carbon Neutral" we would love to have you join. Here is a link you might like to add to your list of links to promote becoming Carbon Neutral.
www.carbonacquisitionsinc,com
This a company promoting environmental health and getting paid to do it.
At 10:59am on July 10, 2008, Ruthann said…
Tell me more! Very interested in knowing where you are located, etc. Thanks, Ruthann
At 8:42am on July 10, 2008, Kevin Kelley said…
Jeremy: Yes I will work to coordinate the meeting or meetings. I am sure we will have several others who will assist.

I am off to Brasil on Saturday for a week in the oil patch. I will get moving with the project July 21st. I will have my laptop with me and have some limited access to e-mail.

Kevin

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