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The Texas Solar Power Association is a statewide industry trade association that promotes the development of solar electric generation in Texas. Our member companies invest in the development of solar photovoltaic products and projects in Texas, cost-competitively serving customers in both wholesale and retail markets. Our membership includes manufacturers, large-scale power plant developers, residential and commercial rooftop integrators, and other Texas companies participating across the full solar photovoltaic supply chain.
Lynnae Willette serves as Director of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs for EDF Renewables. Lynnae leads the policy strategy and implementation for ERCOT, SPP, SERC and several Intermountain West states. She also works closely with her team on Federal policy.
Lynnae is a licensed Texas attorney, earning her JD from South Texas College of Law.
Ron Nickelson has more than 20 years of leadership experience in energy, construction, technology and workforce management. Ron cofounded HCS Renewable Energy, a leading solar installer, acquired by Workrise Technologies in 2019. Most recently, Ron served as Head of Construction and Solar of Workrise Technologies (formerly RigUp) a workforce and energy services marketplace, since its founding, the company has raised $752.5 million from 137 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Bedrock Capital, Brookfield Growth Partners, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton, and Moore Strategic Ventures. Ron serves as Vice President, and on the Board of Directors for the Texas Solar Association.
As Manager of Policy and Government Affairs at Recurrent Energy, Cari VanAmburg Collins supports the company’s regulatory, policy and advocacy strategies. She advises on various state regulatory and policy matters, new and existing laws, and regulations in key markets, particularly in PJM. In this role, Cari also helps Recurrent Energy develop its market strategy and approach by providing expertise in clean energy policy as it relates to specific technical issues.
Prior to joining Recurrent Energy, Cari managed utility scale solar development at EDP Renewables NA (EDPR). Cari worked to launch and establish EDPR’s North American solar energy and energy storage platform, working on greenfield development projects in MISO, SPP, ERCOT, and the Southeast. Before working at EDPR, Cari worked for Clean Line Energy Partners and managed stakeholder engagement and public affairs in her home state of Missouri for the Grain Belt Express Clean Line, a long distance high voltage direct current transmission line.
Cari is the newly elected President of the Board of the Southern Renewable Energy Association, recently serving as Board secretary. Previously, Cari served as Vice Chair of the Utility Scale Solar Division on the Board of Directors of the Solar Energy Industries Association. Cari earned a Masters of Political Science from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and holds a B.S. in Political Science from Southeast MO State University.
Marshall is the Director of Government Affairs at Treaty Oak Clean Energy. Throughout his fifteen years at the intersection of government, law, and business, he has earned a reputation as an enthusiastic, charismatic, and diligent senior executive.
His professional endeavors and accomplishments are broad. He’s served as a trusted advisor to key elected officials like Governor Rick Perry, he’s held senior leadership positions at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and he’s lobbied and consulted for major industrial facilities.
Marshall is a graduate of the Texas Tech School of Law, and he holds an MBA from the McCombs School of Business.
He owes it all to the love and support of his wife Megan, with whom he is raising three children, David, Gus, and Maggie.
Bob Helton is Vice President, Government & Regulatory Affairs for Engie North America and has 30 years of experience in the electric industry. He is responsible for developing regulatory/market design policy in support of Engie retail/wholesale business development and market activities within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). This includes extensive participation and advocacy in the Legislative, ERCOT stakeholder and Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) processes for the development and modification of the ERCOT retail and wholesale market design and protocols.
Bob is a past member of the ERCOT Board of Directors, member the Board of Directors of the Texas Solar Power Association and the Advanced Power Alliance and past President of the Competitive Power Advocates Legislative Lobbying Consortium. He currently serves as the Chair of the ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee and is a former elected official serving on the Water District Board as President and Councilman on the Village Council of Point Venture, Texas.
Bob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear science from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Courtney leads SunPower’s market development and policy strategy for Central, Rockies, and Southwest states (including Texas). Her work encompasses government and public relations, strategic business initiatives, and new market entry at the federal and state level.
Courtney has nearly twenty years of experience in clean energy. She’s worked extensively in the areas of state and federal energy policy, utility efficiency and renewable programs, and decarbonization initiatives. Prior to joining SunPower, Courtney worked directly with electric and gas utilities across the US and Canada as Director of Distributed Energy Resources & Electrification Strategy at E Source. Her experience also includes policy and project development with cities, counties, states, and federal agencies while at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. She’s also directly influenced and supported clean energy initiatives with state legislators while working with the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Courtney holds a Masters of Environment and Natural Resources Law and Policy from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and a BA in Environmental Studies and International Relations from Bowdoin College.
Mark Stover leads government and regulatory affairs activities in ERCOT and a portion of SPP for Apex Clean Energy, a national leader in the utility-scale wind, solar, energy storage, and green hydrogen industries.
Mark holds over 20 years of external affairs experience in the electric power industry. Prior to joining Apex in 2017, Mark ran a consulting practice focused on renewable energy policy and project development. He served as a consultant to Apex for a year before joining the company.
Among his accomplishments, Mark secured the first-ever operating license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a hydrokinetic power project. He spent 11 years working in Washington DC at three national trade associations, including the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) and the National Hydropower Association (NHA). He has testified before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Texas Senate, the Texas House of Representatives, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Mark graduated from Syracuse University, where he studied political science and international relations. He lives in Austin, TX with his family.
Amy Heart is Vice President of Public Policy with Sunrun. Sunrun is the nation’s leading provider of residential solar, battery storage and energy services, serving over 760,000 customers in 19 states including Texas. With over 20 years in clean energy advocacy and policy, Amy helps to lead Sunrun's policy team, developing policy to expand access to home solar and battery solutions. Amy works across the country to develop strategic partnerships and localized solutions to increase access to, and leverage the benefits from, home solar and storage. Amy is proud to serve on board of Texas Solar Power Association, as well as serving the development of DERs in Texas on the Texas Public Utility Commission DER Task Force. Amy Heart received her law degree from Marquette University Law School.
Tonya Miller is the Executive Director of the Texas Solar Power Association. She has over ten years’ experience in governmental affairs for various elected officials and state agencies in Texas, and she has worked extensively in the environmental and utility arenas and the energy industry.
Tonya received a bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of South Dakota and completed both the senior management and executive management programs at the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Governor's Center for Management Development.
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