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ERCOT Project — Frequently Asked Questions

Updated Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Contents:

ORIGINS OF THE PROJECT

THE LAND

INTERCONNECTION

THE TIMETABLE

THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

POWER REQUIREMENTS

THE PANHANDLE ENVIRONMENT

TAXES

THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

THE FUTURE

ORIGINS OF THE PROJECT

  1. Why this location for the Project?

The Project is based around land owned by Windham Loopesko, the founder and majority owner of Panhandle Solar Group.  Mr. Loopesko’s great-grandfather, Windham Robinson Harvey, founded the Harvey Ranch in 1901 and over approximately the next 20 years created a 53-section (= 53 square miles) ranch in southeastern Hutchinson County, TX (approximately 60 miles northeast of Amarillo).  In 2005 and 2008, Mr. Loopesko inherited approximately 13 sections of the former Harvey Ranch in two parcels.  He contributed approximately 2000 acres of land in the western parcel to initiate the Project.  He has subsequently convinced three of his Hutchinson County neighbors to lease their land for the Project.

  1. What is the history of the Project?

The Project has a “bright-line” starting date – 4 am on February 12, 2021.  Mr. Loopesko read an article in the Financial Times describing how the “big tech” companies were not only becoming consumers of renewable energy but also investors in renewable energy projects to provide power for their data centers.  After consulting with various local contacts in the Texas Panhandle, he decided to create Panhandle Solar Group (PSG) to develop a solar farm with the intent of powering a data center on his ranch.

Some of the other key dates in the history of the Project:

THE LAND

  1. How much land does PSGOC have available for use?

PSGOC has exercised options to lease with four landowners covering approximately 11,000 acres (originally ~17,000 acres; some land has been released).  The leases in effect are for an initial 30-year term with the option of a ten-year extension.

The largest participating landowner (~7000 acres currently under lease) has an additional ~30,000 acres available for solar development.  The family entity owning this acreage has indicated its interest in leasing this land for future renewable energy projects.

PSGOC has identified all the landowners in the southeastern quadrant of Hutchinson County and the southwestern quadrant of Roberts County.  Members of the PSG community are familiar with and have personal connections to almost all of these landowners, which should facilitate negotiations for acquiring land for future projects.

  1. How much of the land will be used for the Project?

The Project is tentatively (pending final engineering) organized into three “pods”:

While PSGOC has signed Standard Generation Interconnection Agreements (SGIAs) for each of these pods, the SGIAs for the three PV pods have numbers only (PH Flagship Solar 1, 27INR0022, 443.7 Mwac; PH Flagship Solar 2, 27INR0023, 308.29 Mwac; PH Flagship Solar 3, 27INR0024, 263.67Mwac) and thus can be assigned to any of the pods, depending on the final engineering design and the production from each pod.  The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) agreement (PH Flagship Storage, 27INR0025, 372.08MWac of four-hour storage) will require 40-60 acres of land; this application is also not tied to a specific site.

In addition, PSGOC anticipates using 2000-2500 additional acres of land for the Project, e.g., internal transmission lines, substations, roads, internal infrastructure, and land reserved for the protection of mineral owners’ rights.

The owners of PSGOC have created a second corporation, Panhandle Solar Group – 2, LLC (PSG2).  PSGOC will transfer the land and other assets not used in the Project to PSG2 in exchange for the membership interests in PSG2.

The remaining land is available for infrastructure to support the ERCOT Project and for future developments under PSG2.

  1. What steps is PSGOC taking to assure “quiet enjoyment” of the land for the Project?

In Texas, land ownership is generally separated into three “estates” – the “surface estate”, the “mineral estate” and the “commercial groundwater estate”.

 

The ownership of the surface estate, commercial groundwater rights and the mineral estate may be separated, and when that occurs, the mineral estate and the groundwater estate, with certain exceptions, are considered the “dominant estate,” which means they have the superior right to utilize so much of the surface estate as is reasonably necessary to explore for and produce groundwater for commercial purposes and the oil, gas and other minerals in and under the land.  

 

Before developing a tract of land for solar energy production, the developer and its lenders will want to assure themselves that the developer has the right of “quiet enjoyment” of the surface estate, including the right to construct and operate a solar facility without interference from the owners of the mineral estate or the groundwater estate. In this case, PSGOC is in the process of obtaining that assurance by the use of surface waivers, whereby the owners of the mineral and groundwater estates waive any rights they have to develop the surface except for certain identified drilling areas from which they can develop the mineral estate, as well as obtaining commercial insurance indemnifying the surface owner from any interference with its solar operations by the owners of the mineral estate. This commercial insurance comes in the form of a T-19.4 Endorsement to a title insurance policy (discussed below).

PSGOC is currently in the process of identifying the owners of the mineral and groundwater estates in the Project, which should be finished by the end of October, 2025.  Once that process is completed, PSGOC will make contact with these mineral and groundwater interest owners for the purpose of obtaining surface waivers.  The surface waiver will include drilling areas from which the owners of the mineral estate can develop the entire mineral estate under the Project by the use of horizontal drilling techniques. PSGOC believes this process of obtaining surface waivers will be completed in the first quarter of 2026.

 

It should be noted that the area in which the Project is located has been geologically studied and explored for the past one hundred years. The known oil and gas reservoirs in the area of the Project have been depleted and there has been no significant oil and gas development in this area over the past twenty-five  years. While a small portion of the Project has oil and gas wells situated on the surface, the vast majority of these wells have not produced oil or gas in several years and have been abandoned. The few wells that are operational are not economic, and the oil and gas leases upon which these wells have been drilled appear to have terminated.

 

 

  1. Why has PSGOC decided to prioritize development of the Northwest Pod?

Given the size of the Project, many potential acquirers have expressed interest in doing the Project in stages.  With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, PSGOC has decided to focus its initial development efforts on the Northwest Pod.  PSGOC believes that, for the reasons described below, an acquirer can begin construction on this first stage (as well as the BESS on this site) by the July 2026 deadline, after which the tax incentives previously available under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will disappear.  PSGOC will seek to develop the remaining pods in a later stage.

The Northwest Pod has several advantages that allow potential acquirers to move quickly:

  1. What is a Title 19.4 Endorsement and what steps is PSGOC taking to obtain it?  

A T-19.4 Endorsement (titled “Energy Project – Minerals and Surface Damage Endorsement”) is an endorsement to a Texas title insurance policy and provides specialized insurance coverage for commercial energy projects. More specifically, it indemnifies the insured against loss or damage to “Severable Improvements” (e.g., solar panels) located on a project caused by the future exercise by the mineral or groundwater interest owners of any rights they have to utilize the surface estate of the project for development of oil and gas or commercial groundwater rights.

 

To obtain a T-19.4 endorsement, PSGOC will need to present a survey, a title search showing  the mineral owners, the groundwater owners and the surface waivers obtained.  As a general rule (and particularly where there is little chance of future oil and gas exploration), title insurers will issue the T-19.4 endorsement if mineral owners representing 70% of the surface have provided surface use waivers.  

PSGOC is currently doing the title research and reaching out to mineral and commercial groundwater  rights owners to obtain such surface use waivers.

  1. What will be the site preparation requirements for the Project?

The land currently under lease for the Project is mostly flat rangeland covered with grass, bushes and small shrubs.  Perhaps 20% has light to moderate mesquite coverage.  There is very little oil-related equipment that must be removed.  Most parcels will require little or no earthmoving.  The road network surrounding the Project is mostly paved (state highways, farm-to-market, and paved county roads), with limited county-maintained dirt roads.  Several county-maintained roads cross the Project.

INTERCONNECTION

  1. What is Bunk House?

​​Cross Texas Transmission (CTT), the Transmission Service Provider (TSP) charged with connecting the Project to the ERCOT grid, will, as part of the SGIAs signed with PSGOC, build a new POI at a new 345kV substation to be named “Bunk House” on the Project site.  CTT will construct and own the “tie line” , a new double circuit 345kV transmission line, between Bunk House and CTT’s existing Railhead substation. CTT will invest an estimated $185 million on these projects, a cost not borne by PSGOC.  Further, as CTT is a utility under Texas law, it has the power of eminent domain pursuant to an approved Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).  With at least 11 landowners between Railhead and the Project, having CTT build the transmission line reduces the risk of cost increases and project delays from potential landowner disputes.

  1. Why is CTT seeking to build Bunk House?  

CTT is a utility under the laws of the State of Texas subject to regulation by the PUCT.  As a utility, it is allowed to earn a reasonable rate of return on its asset base.  By constructing Bank House, upgrading Railhead and extending the tie line between Bunk House and Railhead, CTT will substantially increase the size of its asset base – the only way to grow its business.

CTT sees Bunk House as a step to building the “Great Northern Arc”, a new transmission line system north of its current Competitive Renewable Energy Zones in West Texas and the Panhandle (CREZ) line which will, when it is completed, provide additional transmission and redundant capacity in case of an outage on the CREZ line.

  1. Why is Bunk House so important to PSGOC and PSG’s future?

Bunk House offers four significant advantages to PSG, both for the ERCOT Project and to PSG beyond the ERCOT Project:

  1. Where will Bunk House be located?

CTT has indicated that the choice of the site for Bunk House will be coordinated with PSGOC, so that it is suitable for construction and potential future expansion.  PSGOC is currently preparing a site plan that will show the proposed site for Bunk House, which PSGOC anticipates locating on the Northwest Pod.

  1. What is the status of the Project’s interconnection applications with ERCOT?

PSG signed the four SGIAs with CTT as of August 28, 2025.  CTT filed the SGIAs with ERCOT and the PUCT in early October.

THE TIMETABLE

  1. What is the timetable for delivering power from the Project?  

CTT estimates the time to energize is 4+ years, based on the availability of circuit breakers.  The SGIAs provide the following schedule:

CTT indicates that this timetable can be accelerated by 1-2 years if deposits (see immediately below) are available promptly.

  1. What is the deposit schedule that CTT has requested to meet the schedule outlined above?

The deposit schedule is listed below:

  1. What are PSGOC’s ongoing responsibilities with ERCOT concerning the Project?  

PSGOC will be required to register with ERCOT as a Resource Entity (RE).  By registering, the RE commits to abide by ERCOT rules for resource performance, outage scheduling, and so forth. The RE must then have a Qualifying Service Entity (QSE), which can be itself or a third party, to represent those resources in the market.  A QSE is authorized to communicate bids, offers and schedules to ERCOT and to settle financially with ERCOT on behalf of one or more market participants.  In summary, the RE is the asset owner role, while the QSE is the market interface role. Many companies register as both an RE and a QSE (to manage their own assets), while others register as an RE and contract a separate QSE.

THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

  1. What are the regulatory requirements that the Project will have to meet?

Discussions with Hutchinson County Commissioners indicate that there are no specific local approvals required for construction of the Project (and PSG has spoken to and believes it has the support of all five county commissioners); local approval will be indicated by granting the Texas Tax Code 312 abatements.  As the Project is located entirely on private land, no federal or state land-use planning requirements apply.

The Project will require a CCN from the Texas Public Utilities Commission.  CTT, which has been through this process numerous times, indicates that obtaining such approval could take 9-12 months (depending on how quickly negotiations proceed with the approximately 11 landowners between the current POI (the Railhead substation) and Bunk House.

Permits will be required for:

Because the ERCOT Project is producing more than 20MW and is not a cogeneration plant, it does not appear to need to acquire Federal approval for site construction.

  1. Are there any zoning restrictions with which the Project must comply?

The land is currently zoned for agricultural use.  Building the solar farm would change the zoning to commercial use, which would have a considerable tax impact for the landowners.  PSGOC believes that the project operators will compensate the landowners for any change in their tax status.

Discussions with Hutchinson County Commissioners indicate that there are no zoning restrictions concerning the construction of the Project.

  1. Will the Project encounter any environmental restrictions or regulatory hurdles?

PSGOC has conducted the following environmental studies on the project site:

Based upon the results, PSG’s consultant indicates minimal regulatory or environmental risk, given the absence of identified constraints due to the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, or the National Historic Preservation Act.   Copies of the environmental studies are available upon request once a non-disclosure agreement has been signed.

POWER REQUIREMENTS

  1. What additional electric power is available for the Project?

CTT is building Bunk House, a new POI on the Project site, as well as the tie-line from the Railhead substation, the current POI.  The new tie-line will be able to take all the power generated by the Project.  If the generation is “off-line” (e.g., when the sun sets), the line can handle the same capacity of supply.  However, if the capacity question involves serving a large load at Bunk House after sunset, the system analysis becomes more complex.

Utility power will come from North Plains Electric Cooperative (NPEC), one of 16 rural electric cooperatives that constitute the retail distribution network for Golden Spread Electric Cooperative (GSEC), the generation and transmission (“umbrella”) cooperative.  The  Project substations (i.e., the gathering stations that will feed power into Bunk House) will require some “house power” to cover, e.g., lights, air conditioning, and control systems.  If the Project follows typical practice, the owner will have auxiliary transformers, metered by NPEC, supplying this house power.  The costs of this power are set in a tariff published by NPEC, but arriving at a precise cost figure will likely require the services of an engineer and a lawyer.

To obtain additional power from the ERCOT grid, PSGOC will need to prepare a request similar to an interconnection application – except that it will go to CTT rather than to ERCOT.  CTT will perform a study to determine how and under what conditions the on-site load can obtain power from the grid.  As data centers require 24/7/365 power, CTT will assume a constant draw on the grid (in contrast to PSGOC’s interconnection applications with ERCOT, where the injection of power is intermittent).  The cost of this study is approximately $100,000; CTT indicates that it is the prospective load, rather than PSG, that should bear the cost of the study. 

Delivering power to a large load involves complicated studies and calculations.  CTT will be responsible for completing the studies.  Each co-op has a published tariff that dictates any cost obligation and service fees that will be required by a large load.  In such cases, NPEC is likely to seek the assistance of GSEC in determining the applicable tariff for the large load.

PSG’s founder, Windham Loopesko, is a retail customer of NPEC.  PSG has had numerous contacts with the managements of both NPEC and GSEC; both have indicated their willingness to support the Project, particularly for a NPEC retail member.

  1. How feasible is a gas-fired power plant as base load for the Project?

Gas is abundant around the Project area, as are pipelines.  Pipeline owners, however, do not supply gas directly to retail customers.  Instead, they go through intermediaries that arrange the sale on their behalf.  One of the biggest obstacles to setting up a gas-fired power plant (which several sources have indicated is the preferred solution to provide base-load power, particularly as gas plants can add to the stability of the grid in the Panhandle, which depends even today to a large extent on renewables) is the long lead times to obtain the turbines and other equipment necessary to operate the plant. 

  1. What redundancy is available for the Project in the event of an outage?

CTT is planning to build a double-circuit 345kV line from Railhead to Bunk House.  The double-circuit line allows CTT to take one of the lines off-line and do maintenance while continuing the flow of power uninterrupted.  The double-line circuit will provide some redundancy, but only for a direct hit on the tie-line or the Bunk House substation, as it remains in the short term a radial line from Bunk House to Railhead, the main POI. Longer term, CTT will evaluate connecting Bunk House an additional circuit connecting Bunk House to another substation other than Railhead (the “Great Northern Arc”); if the need can be justified, the Great Northern Arc would provide additional redundancy.

THE PANHANDLE ENVIRONMENT

  1. Are there other renewable resources in the Panhandle?

The current renewable resources in the Panhandle of which PSG is aware are:

  1. What is the availability of fiber?

The map below shows the fiber network in the area of the Project.

In the Texas Panhandle, Sparklight and Kinetic by Windstream are notable fiber internet providers. Other providers in the area include Viasat, AT&T, and Verizon (with 5G Home Internet). HughesNet and Starlink also offer coverage in the Panhandle. 

  1. What is the availability of water in the area around the Project?

The Borger Economic Development Corporation has indicated that the Philipps refinery, approximately 4.5 miles from the nearest point to the Project site and ten miles from the proposed Bunk House point of interconnection, releases five million gallons of treated water from its industrial operations into Dixon Creek.  The Nutrien ammonia facility (8-12 miles from the site) has significant additional discharges.  As a last resort, groundwater from the Ogallala aquifer is available.  The Phillips refinery and Nutrien own their water.

To use the discharge water, pipelines will need to be built.  If groundwater is the primary source, wells will need to be drilled.  The cost of such operations will depend on site-specific factors.

If water  from industrial users in Borger is not available, PSGOC intends to take advantage of Mr. Loopesko’s executive rights on the Northwest Pod site to provide water for an offtaker located on the Project.

  1. What is the risk of earthquakes in the area of the Project?

“With respect to earthquake hazards nationally, the [Texas and Oklahoma] Panhandles are in a relatively low threat level compared with locations along the U.S. west coast and the Intermountain West (Figure 1).  Within the state of Texas, the Panhandle is a geographic region with the second highest earthquake risk level . . . Although the exact number of earthquakes that have affected the Texas Panhandle is unknown, nearly 91 percent of known Texas Panhandle earthquakes since 1907 have had Richter Scale magnitudes less than 5.0.  Only three known earthquakes have had magnitudes at or above 5.0.  The largest known earthquake in the Texas Panhandle had a Richter Scale magnitude of 5.4 and occurred on 30 July 1925.  No known earthquakes in  area have had a magnitude of 6.0 or greater, but there is no guarantee that has never happened since the seismic record is extremely small.  Frohlich and Davis (2002) estimated that an earthquake with a magnitude greater than 6.0 might occur every 300 years in the Texas Panhandle, which could result in serious damage if it occurred near an inhabited location.  An earthquake with a magnitude between 5.5 and 6.0 is estimated to occur every 50 to 100 years in the Texas Panhandle.”

United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Seismic Hazard Map. 

  1. What is the risk of tornadoes in the area of the Project?  

Hutchinson County, Texas, faces a moderate to high risk of tornadoes, particularly during the spring and early summer months (typically April through June).  While risk levels are moderate to high compared to the national average, risks are lower than part of Oklahoma or central Texas.  The most common tornado intensities are EF0 to EF2, but stronger ones have occurred.

  1. What is the risk of hurricanes in the area of the Project?

Hutchinson County is not considered a hurricane-prone area. The county's inland position, approximately 300 miles from the Gulf Coast, places it outside the primary path of most hurricanes.

According to FEMA's National Risk Index, Hutchinson County has a "Very Low" risk for hurricanes, with an average annual frequency of zero events.  While hurricanes can weaken as they move inland, they can still bring heavy rainfall, flooding, and tornadoes to areas far from the coast. However, such impacts are rare in Hutchinson County.  No hurricanes have been recorded in recent history.

  1. What is the risk of flooding in the area of the Project?

There are no recent reports of significant flood events specifically in Borger or Skellytown, Texas, based on the available search results. The closest relevant information includes general severe weather alerts for Borger, but no specific flood incidents have been documented recently*.

Additionally, a recent weather summary from March 2025 describes snow and rain events in the broader South Plains region, including the Texas Panhandle, but it does not mention flooding in Borger or Skellytown.

The area is generally semi-arid, with lower overall flood risk compared to coastal or river-heavy regions.  The only water course near the ERCOT Project is Spring Creek, an intermittent stream.  The areas under panels in th Project are a minimum of 500 feet from Spring Creek and on ground 10-20 feet higher in elevation, so that the risk of flooding seems to be negligible.  Mr. Loopesko is not aware of any flooding ever in the Project site.

*  Flood maps / FEMA.gov

  1. What is the risk of hail in the region?

Hail is one of the more frequent and damaging risks in the Texas Panhandle.  PSG’s acquirer will either self-insure for potential hail damage or work with a casualty insurer to provide insurance coverage.

TAXES

  1. Does the Project have any tax advantages?

PSG anticipates that the Project will benefit from two types of tax abatements.

A.  Texas Tax Chapter 313.  On November 29, 2022, PSGOC signed a tax abatement agreement with the Spring Creek Independent School District (SCISD) under Texas Tax Chapter 313 (TTC 313) providing that, so long as PSGOC makes the Qualifying Investment during the Qualifying Time Period (which ends on December 31, 2027), the Appraised Value of PSGOC’s Qualified Property shall be limited to $20 million (now $30 million after the merger of SCISD into the Borger Independent School District [BISD]) during the Tax Limitation Period (which runs from January 1, 2028 through December 31, 2037).  

PSGOC estimates the value of this tax abatement at a minimum of $33 million.  No competing solar projects will be able to get this abatement, which “sunset” on December 31, 2022; similar subsequently adopted tax incentives explicitly exclude renewable energy projects.

The subsequent merger of SCISD into BISD will not affect the existence or the validity of the tax abatement, although it will affect the amount that the Project owner will be required to pay BISD to benefit from the abatement.

B.  Texas Tax Chapter 312.  The TTC 313 abatement affects only the taxes the Project owner is required to pay to BISD.  Other taxing authorities in Hutchinson County (namely, the County, the hospital district and Frank Phillips College) offer abatements under Texas Tax Chapter 312 (TTC 312), which remains in effect.  

PSG’s consultant estimates that the period necessary to obtain the abatement is 90-120 days.  Thus, even if the bill is passed by the Texas House of Representatives, PSG believes that, based upon discussions it has had with County Commissioners who have reacted favorably to granting such abatements, it can obtain the necessary approvals to get the abatement prior to the effective date of the new law (and thus benefit from these abatements).

Assessing the complexity of tax approvals is difficult, but PSG believes that its personal relationships with the County Commissioners and other Hutchinson County tax authorities will ease the obtaining of any necessary tax approvals.

  1. Will the Project have to pay state income tax?

Texas has no corporate income tax.  Texas imposes a franchise tax on businesses, which may apply to industrial facilities.  However, Texas law provides a franchise tax exemption for corporations that are “engaged solely in the business of manufacturing, selling, or installing solar energy devices”.*

*  Texas Tax Code Section 171.05669

  1. Are there sales tax exemptions available to the Project?

Sales tax rates for Hutchinson County are as follows:

The Project will benefit from certain sales tax exemptions under Texas law.

Natural gas used in manufacturing may be exempt from sales taxes under some circumstances.

Electricity used directly in manufacturing, processing, or fabricating tangible personal property for sale may be exempt from state and local sales taxes. This exemption can also apply to lighting, cooling, and heating utilities in the manufacturing area during production.

  1. Are there special tax exemptions or incentives for data centers?

Yes.  Texas has several broad and specific programs that benefit data centers:

1. Texas Data Center Sales Tax Exemption (Sec. 151.359, Texas Tax Code)

2. Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF)

THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

  1. Is construction labor available in the area??

Construction (NAICS Code 23) was one of the fastest-growing industries in the Texas Panhandle, growing from 7400 jobs in 2018 to 9110 in 2023, an increase of 23%. Earnings per worker were approximately $70,000.

  1. Is skilled operations staff available in the area?

According to the Panhandle Workforce Development Area (PWDA), “ . . .the region's lower-than-desired percentage of individuals with a bachelor's degree or higher poses a challenge for economic growth and development.”  However, various community colleges and universities have indicated a willingness to develop customized training programs for potential employers.  PSG has spoken to Glendon Forgey, President of Frank Phillips College (Borger campus), who has personally indicated his enthusiasm for creating such programs.

  1. Are labor costs competitive?

Labor cost competitiveness is difficult to measure.  Some local economy statistics (as provided by the PWDA Economy Overview; available upon request) are:

  1. What are the post-secondary education institutions in the area?

The Texas Panhandle offers the following post-secondary educational institutions:

  1. What is the level of local political support for renewable projects and data centers?

Hutchinson County and the Texas Panhandle generally vote very conservatively.  However, many public officials realize that renewable energy and data centers represent the best opportunities for creating sustainable economic development and enlarging the tax base.  While no official polling has been done, PSG’s conversations with landowners, officials and other members of the public suggest that support for data centers is widespread due to the recognition that construction and operation of data centers represent the best opportunity for creating construction and ongoing jobs in the area and increasing the tax base.

  1. Did the Texas legislature adopt any legislation impacting the Project?

Despite many attempts to introduce bills that would have damaged the renewables sector in Texas, the only bill the legislature passed that has an impact is SB 6.  SB 6 gives ERCOT the ability to oversee energy transactions between power generators and large consumers that don’t involve the state’s grid and the authority to cut their power and use it during an emergency.

THE FUTURE

  1. Does PSG intend to do other renewable projects besides the Project?

Yes.  

  1. What are the characteristics of the partner that PSG is seeking for this future development?

PSG’s ideal partner would be a well-resourced construction company or owner/operator of renewable projects that is not currently active in the Texas Panhandle but shares PSG’s vision – namely, that the Texas Panhandle should be the renewable energy capital of the United States (because the sun shines, the wind blows, and the land is flat) and wants to be a first mover in developing that vision.  By collaborating with its partners on the Project, PSG will learn the criteria for successful projects from its partners and develop future projects to meet these standards.

  1. Why would PSG be attractive to such a partner?

PSG believes it offers unique competitive advantages to a potential partner that distinguish it from larger competitors and provide considerable barriers to entry into the Texas Panhandle market, namely: