The Honorable John Davis
Wind lease payments help keep family land in family hands
Voices
Voices
Real Texans. Real stories. Real power.
Stories from rural Texas
13 Texans — farmers, ranchers, landowners, educators and former public officials — explain in their own words how wind, solar and battery storage affect their land, families and communities.
Texas Voices
Mike Ollinger
Wind has provided the only revenue seen here since 1900
Brian Zbylot
Let rural landowners decide how to use our land
Tim Teagarden
Wind revenue funded much needed school upgrades
Jessica Bevill
Renewable energy funds rural schools & counties
Conon Emmons
Wind revenue offers hope to rural communities
Meredith DeBorde
Solar helps family farms stay afloat
The Honorable Jerry Patterson
Texas needs all available energy sources
Partner Voices
Mary Margaret McDonald
Solar helps preserve family legacy
The Armours
Wind revenue keeps family ranch intact
Allen Gully
Solar helps keep farmland in family
Texas Solar Shepherds
Solar helps ranchers stay in business
The Biedenharn Family
Solar power continues a family legacy in energy & agriculture