8 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Course: New Opportunities – Maximizing Your Acreage with Solar
Course Level: Intermediate
Speaker: Phillip Guerra, JD, CPL
This course will focus on what in-house oil & gas land professionals need to know if a solar developer approaches their company about building a project in their leasehold area. You will learn about the different types of solar energy projects (e.g., BTM vs. FTM) and the land criteria for different solar energy projects (i.e., why has my company been approached?). You will learn about various elements of solar energy projects, including project design, engineering, future surface uses (e.g., pad sites, pipeline), potential title issues, access, permitting, construction, and decommissioning. Lastly, you will be introduced to the different options for your company.
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – What are your calculations to justify your price?
Course Level: Intermediate
Speaker: Douglas Potter, CPL
Are you thinking about attending NAPE someday... and are you wondering about what-could-be-for-sale and how-is-the asset-priced?
For Sale: One [1] Net Acre.
For Sale: One [1] Royalty Acre.
For Sale: One [1] Net Revenue Acre.
What are your calculations to justify your price?
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Wind Energy Leasing and Title Curative
Speaker: Robert H. Wilson III, RPL
Researching and conducting a successful land campaign with landowners and communities in order to procure the options, leases, easements, and purchases of property necessary for a utility scale wind farm. A discussion on the types of site control agreements as well as the curative needed to create clean and equitable land control rights and encumbrances for title insurance policies associated with debt and tax equity financing of a wind farm.