Texas Renewable Energy Land Laws
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Monday, September 28, 2020
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Log into Webinar: 8:00 – 8:30 am CDT
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am CDT
Break: 11:45 am – 12:15 pm CDT
Afternoon Session: 12:15 – 3:30 pm CDT
Land Development for Utility-Scale Wind Energy Systems
J. Lederle
Understanding rights to develop wind energy
Ownership of right to wind energy
Determining what is a good site for a wind energy system
Wind resources
Land access
Zoning/land use restrictions
Environmental considerations
Transmission potential
Other simultaneous land uses
Typical types of agreements for development of wind energy
Drafting considerations
Land Development for Utility-Scale
Solar Photovoltaic Energy Systems
S. Deatherage
Understanding rights to develop solar energy
Ownership of right to solar energy
Determining what is a good site for a solar energy system
Solar resources
Land access
Zoning/land use restrictions
Environmental considerations
Transmission potential
Other simultaneous land uses
Typical types of agreements for development of solar energy
Drafting considerations
Webinar Instructions
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Credits
Attorneys
6.0 Texas CLE Hours TBLS Hours:
6.0 Administrative Law
6.0 Oil, Gas and Mineral Law
6.0 Real Estate Law
Professional Engineers
6.0 CE Hours
Landmen
6.0 AAPL CE Hours
Paralegals
6.0 Real Estate Law
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is approved for 6.0 CLE hours for Texas attorneys. The Texas Board of Legal Specialization has awarded 6.0 CLE specialization hours in the areas of Administrative Law, Real Estate Law, and Oil, Gas and Mineral Law for attorneys.
This webinar offers 6.0 PDHs to Texas professional engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval.
The American Association of Professional Landmen has approved this program for 6.0 RL, RPL or CPL recertification credits, no ethics credit, and no CPL/ESA credits.
The Texas Board of Legal Specialization has awarded 6.0 CLE hours in the area of Real Estate Law for paralegals.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event, respond to prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the presentation (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Scott Deatherage
S. Deatherage LawMr. Deatherage is a founding partner in the Dallas law firm of S. Deatherage Law, PLLC. For more than 30 years, he has focused on environmental issues, energy, and climate change. For most of his career, he worked with large law firms in Dallas, but four years ago he formed his own firm and also began pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities. He earned his B.A. in Letters from The University of Oklahoma in 1984 with highest honors, with minors in Botany and French, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987 cum laude, where he served as the Articles Editor for the Harvard Environmental Law Review. Mr. Deatherage was one of the founders of the American Bar Association’s Environmental Disclosure Committee. He has published a book entitled Carbon Trading Law and Practice, originally published by Oxford University Press. He has taught Climate Change Law at the University of Texas Law School. He currently is general counsel of a company developing electric vehicle charging stations and planning to supply them with utility-scale solar plus storage facilities.
Jake Lederle
Partner, Wetsel, Carmichael, Allen, & Lederle, L.L.P.
Jacob R. “Jake” Lederle is a partner at the firm of Wetsel, Carmichael, Allen, & Lederle, LLP. He maintains a broad practice in the energy sector and specializes in renewable energy (wind and solar), eminent domain and condemnation, and oil and gas law. In addition to his energy-related practice, he also routinely advises clients in other areas of real estate and estate planning as well as in civil litigation. He is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law where he was a research assistant to preeminent oil and gas scholar Ernest E. Smith. He frequently writes and speaks on a variety of topics in the energy business, including the accommodation doctrine, executive rights, competing surface uses, severance of wind rights, environmental concerns in siting renewable energy, condemnation proceedings, and negotiating leases and easements. In fact, his paper “Everything Under the Sun: A Guide to Siting Solar in the Lone Star State” was one of the first published articles on solar energy in Texas.