Saturday, January 25, 2025 • 10am–12pm • Virtual
• TXSES members and donors will receive a Zoom link to attend •
Join us for TXSES’s 2025 Annual Member Meeting! All TXSES members and donors are invited to attend.
As we embark on a new year, we are excited to invite all current TXSES members to come together and join us for our Annual Member Meeting. Executive Director Patrice “Pete” Parsons will lead the meeting, providing updates on TXSES’s activities from 2024 and outlining our ambitious goals for the upcoming year. Representatives from our impressive statewide Local Chapters will also provide updates on their activities.
We are also thrilled to announce a dynamic lineup of guest speakers who will delve into pressing solar issues and legislation both here in Texas and on a national scale. We look forward to seeing you there!
According to our by-laws, only TXSES members can attend our annual meeting.
Not sure if your membership is up-to-date? Email tamarak@txses.org. Not a member yet? Join us now (click here).
Speakers
Keynote: D. Drew Bond, Co-Founder, President & CEO, C3 Solutions (Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions)
“What Can We Expect in Solar Energy Policy with the New Administration?“
C3 Solutions is nonpartisan public policy educational organization with a mission to accelerate the acceptance of free-market solutions to the world’s greatest climate, energy and environmental challenges. Drew Bond has decades of experience in the conservative movement and private sector.
In addition to co-founding PowerField Energy Inc., which provides an innovative and affordable solar energy system ideal for rural agriculture and emerging market applications, he served as a Senior Advisor for President George W. Bush at the U.S. Department of Energy, Chief of Staff at The Heritage Foundation under Ed Feulner, Senior Fellow and Director for Energy Innovation at the American Council of Capital Formation, Chief of Staff to former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode and as a Legislative Assistant to former U.S. Senator Don Nickles from Oklahoma. Bond also served as Vice President at Battelle for Energy & Environment Public Policy & Technology Commercialization.
Matthew Boms, Executive Director, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA)
“Texas Legislative Landscape: An Overview of Renewables and Solar“
TAEBA’s Matthew Boms will give us an overview of how renewables and solar will fare in Texas’s 89th Legislature.
Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance is an alliance of businesses, including local and national advanced energy companies, that advocates for policies and programs that support the growth and innovation of the advanced energy industry in Texas. Matthew Boms also currently serves on the Texas Backup Power Package (TBPP) Advisory Committee, as well as the Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) Task Force, where he contributes to the development of solutions and strategies for enhancing the resilience and reliability of the Texas electric grid.
Luke Metzger, Executive Director, Environment Texas
“Solar Energy Legislation: Key Bills You Need to Know this Session“
Luke Metzger will discuss the specific bills related to solar submitted so far to Texas’s 89th Legislature.
Environment Texas is a policy and action group with a mission to build a greener, healthier world. Metzger is one of the most energetic and dedicated defenders of environmental issues in the state, and a leading voice for clean air and water, parks and wildlife. He recently led the successful campaign to get the Texas Legislature and voters to invest $1 billion to buy land for new state parks.