The Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA) has been bringing decision makers and industry leaders together in Texas for more than 26 years to build the foundation for developing renewable energy.
TREIA has long believed that renewable fuels could be a major economic development play in Texas – The Energy State. Gasoline sold in the highly populated areas of the state is already blended with up to 10% ethanol as an oxygenate. That blending requirement alone consumes millions of gallons per year. Is Texas producing that ethanol in-state? Or are we sending money outside to acquire it? What are the E-85 opportunities? What new technologies are on the horizon? These questions and many others will be addressed when the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association presents
Shaping Texas’ Fuel Ethanol Policy
Omni Austin Downtown Hotel
September 10, 2010.
“This conference offers a clear picture of today’s realities and opportunities in a growing renewable energy sector that some may have written off,” said Russel Smith, Executive Director of TREIA. “The nation’s use of ethanol will continue to increase, and Texas has huge production possibilities and more flex-fuel vehicles capable of running on E85 than any other state. Our current approach to this important industry may leave money on the table.”
The conference features national, state and local leaders providing an update of the ethanol industry, developing and serving the market, the future of production technologies, Texas feedstock opportunities, and policy experiences in other states.
The draft agenda follows:
Shaping Texas’ Fuel Ethanol Policy
September 10, 2010
Austin, Texas
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – Welcome and Reopen the Discussion
Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association: Russel E. Smith, Executive Director – Austin, TX
Texas Department of Agriculture: Judy Fort – Austin, TX
Ethanol Production and Usage in Texas
Agri-Energy Solutions: Tim Snyder, President– Lubbock, TX
9:15 AM Keynote Session - National Ethanol Policy & Industry Update
Moderated by Steve Wiese, Clean Energy Associates & 2010 TREIA President
Renewable Fuels Association: Bob Dinneen, President & CEO – Washington, D. C.
Ethanol Industry Update, Meeting RFS2, the E10 Blend Wall
EPA/Office of Transportation and Air Quality: TBD - Washington, D.C.
Meeting the Goals of RFS2
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM – Developing and Serving the Market
Panel Moderator:
Burl Haigwood, Clean Fuels Development Coalition –
College Station, TX
The National FFV Awareness Campaign
General Motors: Candace Wheeler, GM Technical Fellow – Warren, MI
General Motors’ Perspective on Future of Ethanol and Flex Fuel Vehicle Manufacture
Growth Energy: Phil Lampert, Vice President Market Development – Jefferson City, MO
National E85 Infrastructure, Issues, and Policy
CleanFuel USA: Curtis Donaldson, Founder & CEO – Georgetown, TX
E-85 Marketing and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Development in Texas
12:00 PM LUNCHEON - Sarah Bittleman, United States Department of Agriculture – Washington, D.C. (Invited)
1:00 PM - Ethanol Production Technologies and Co-products –
Viewpoints on their Near, Mid, and Long-term Adoption
Panel Moderator: Brent Bailey, 25X’25, Canton, MS
ICM, Inc: Greg Krissek, Director of Governmental Affairs – Colwich, KS
Dried Distillers Grains
U. S. Department of Energy: Zia Haq, EERE/Office of the Biomass Program – Washington, D.C.
Overview - Cellulosic Ethanol Conversion Technologies
Abengoa Bioenergy: Chris Standlee, Executive Vice President – Chesterfield, MO
The Bridge From Grain to Cellulosic
BP/ Verenium Corporation: (Invited)
Projections for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
2:30 PM - Break
2:45 PM Feedstock Opportunities for Texas
Panel Moderator: George Caldwell, Texas Farm Bureau - Waco, TX
Texas Corn Producers Board: David Gibson, Executive Director – Lubbock, TX
Producing Food, Feed and Fuel for Texas
Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board: Wayne Cleveland, Executive Director – Salado, TX
Sorghum’s Role in Achieving Advanced Biofuel Production Goals
Cellulosic Ethanol Development Company: Lesley Matthews Carey,
President – Eagle Lake, TX
Landowner/Producer Perspective
Ceres, Inc: Spencer Swayze, Director of Business Development – Thousand Oaks, CA
Biofuel Feedstock Development in Texas
4:00 PM - Policy Experiences in Other States
Nebraska Ethanol Board: Todd Sneller, Administrator – Lincoln, NE
Nebraska Polices, Education and Market Development Programs
Tennessee Clean Cities Program: Jonathan Overly, Director – Knoxville, TN
Tennessee E85 Infrastructure and Cellulosic Ethanol Project Development Programs
Florida Biofuels Association: Jeremy Susac, Executive Director – Tallahassee, FL
Impact of Florida Biofuel Polices on Ethanol/Biofuels Project Development
4:45 PM – Wrap-Up and Call for Texas Policy Ideas Going Forward
Russel E. Smith:
Discussion summary, gathering of new data and feedback, inventory of suggestions and ideas to move forward, and developing plans for additional discussions in the future.
Registration and sponsorships are available here.
