About Texas Energy Summit

(previously CATEE)

The Texas Energy Summit is a leading forum for advancing community decisions that reduce the energy and water intensity of the built environment and lower related emissions. The conference promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing around effective energy efficiency policies at the state and local levels. Key goals include increasing awareness, celebrating successful initiatives, identifying policy gaps, and catalyzing next steps toward a cleaner, more sustainable future.

Hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory, part of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the 2025 Summit will take place at the Texas Capitol in Austin on November 4-6.

The Summit focuses on the critical link between energy systems and air quality—spanning electricity, transportation, oil and gas, and industrial sectors. Sessions are designed to drive action and support strategies that reduce emissions and improve air quality across Texas.

Attendees represent a diverse mix of government agencies, private industry, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations. Topics include energy management, renewable energy, storage, zero-emission fleets, sustainability, and resiliency. Participants engage with thought leaders and practitioners to explore innovative technologies, effective policies, and real-world solutions that drive progress while reducing costs and waste.

More than just a conference, the Texas Energy Summit is a call to action—aiming to inspire and equip attendees to take concrete steps that improve quality of life and deliver measurable benefits for communities across Texas.

Texas Energy Summit Manager

Angie Rowell

Program Specialist II

Texas Energy Summit (TES) Manager

Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Group

Assistant to Bahman Yazdani, ESL

CAP-OM

979.458.3437

arowell@tamu.edu

Texas Energy Summit Executive Director

Dana Harmon

Joining us in 2024, Dana brings to the Summit 20 years of experience in the energy sector and consulting across industry, NGOs, and government. She founded Juniper Advisory Group in 2021 to help clients working to solve complex energy, environmental, and social challenges. She previously served as the Executive Director of the Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute, advancing solutions for affordable, reliable, and clean energy to underserved communities. She brings experience from an early career in supply chain management consulting and subsequent leadership positions in two energy technology start-ups. She is a Marshall Memorial Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, an Energy Transition Fellow of the University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute, and a previous winner of the Austin Under 40 Award for Energy, Sustainability, and Transportation. She previously served as the chair of the City of Austin Resource Management Commission and currently serves on the Research Advisory Board of the American Council for An Energy Efficient Economy in Washington, D.C.

The Summit, now in its 21st year, continues to focus on the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, and in particular air quality and public health improvements from energy efficiency, renewable energy, electrification, and other clean energy technologies and strategies. The Texas Energy Summit has long emphasized the importance of energy management, with special attention on the public sector. The Summit provides attendees the opportunity to network and engage with industry experts, state and local policymakers, business leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, facility and energy managers, utility and energy service experts, and more in conversation about cleaner air, a better built environment, and the Texas economy.

Keynote talks, plenary panels, and breakout sessions will occur on the first two days with workshops on the final day. Plenary panels and breakout sessions are around one hour with 30 minutes each for presentations and discussion/Q&A. Workshops can go much deeper lasting 2-3 hours and usually with smaller groups.

For questions, or to get involved, please contact Dana Harmon, Executive Director, at dharmon@texasenergysummit.com