Join the Wait List
Registration for Study Mission 6.0 is now full. If you are interested in attending, we encourage you to sign up for the wait list below and you’ll be notified if a spot in the delegation becomes available.
Here are the details:
- Date: Monday, May 11 – Friday, May 15, 2026
- Where: Austin and Houston, Texas
- Tickets: $3,950 per ticket.
Tickets include lodging, meals, and activities in Texas. Delegation members will be responsible for their own travel into and out of Texas.
Want to attend but need some help? Clean & Prosperous is offering a limited number of scholarships. If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, please reach out to event@cleanandprosperous.org.
Arrival & Departure Information
Recommended flights to Austin on Monday, May 11
(Flight time subject to change)
- Alaska #AS352: Depart: SEA 8:13 a.m., Arrive: AUS 2:39 p.m.
- Delta #DL831: Depart: SEA 10:55 a.m., Arrive: AUS 5:11 p.m.
Hotel rooms will be ready between 3-4 p.m. Please be ready to depart from the Hyatt Regency Austin, 208 Barton Springs Road, for a group dinner between 5:15-6:45 p.m.
Recommended return flight on Friday, May 15
(Flight time subject to change)
- United #2638: Depart: IAH 4:45 p.m., Arrive: SEA 7:44 p.m.
The bus will arrive at Houston International Airport by 3 p.m. To express interest in a return bus to Austin for the weekend, contact event@cleanandprosperous.org.
Why Texas?
It’s time for Washington state to transition from ambitious policy to effective and efficient implementation. That is what we can learn in Texas! They are the clean energy growth leader in the United States.
- In 2024, Texas surpassed California as the state with the most utility-scale solar capacity.
- Halfway through 2025, Texas accounted for nearly one-third of all solar capacity added in the United States.
- Since 2021, battery storage on the Texas grid has nearly doubled every year.
- They have the fastest new energy project to grid connection rate in the country, at roughly 20 months.
Agenda
This section will be updated as additional engagements are confirmed.
Hydrogen in Action at UT Austin
Delegation members will get a briefing and tour of the Hydrogen ProtoHub at UT Austin from Michael Lewis, Director of the University of Texas Center for Electromechanics. The tour will include the university’s newly-finished solar array, enabling green hydrogen production at the ProtoHub.
Deep-Dive on Texas’s Energy Market
We’ll get a briefing from Dr. Drew Kassel of the Webber Energy Group at UT Austin on the history and structure of Texas’s energy marketplace. Dr. Kassel’s research focuses on “big picture energy systems and cleaning up the power grid,” along with “grid resilience scenarios in extreme weather events.”
Planning & Building Utility-Scale Renewables
Learn how Texas’s greenest utility plans for and builds out utility-scale clean energy projects, including a deep-dive into how they coordinate with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s grid operator.
The Ups & Downs of Fleet Electrification
We’ll hear directly from CapMetro – which operates the buses, rail, and electric bikes in and around Austin – about the successes and lessons learned from their efforts to electrify their bus fleet.
We’ll tour their North Operations Center to see their 12-acre solar array – which boosts the agency’s energy resilience – and their on-site charging infrastructure.
Autonomous EV Charging and Maintenance Facility Tour
We’ll visit the depot where Waymo’s electric vehicles are charged and go through inspections and repairs, then are launched into service on the Uber network in Austin. Hosted by Waymo, Uber, and Avomo.
Learn About the Houston Energy Landscape
The Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI) will brief the delegation on its efforts to facilitate a market-based, low-carbon economy in the Houston area. We’ll learn about the Houston energy landscape and hear about industrial modernization efforts and emerging technologies.
Building the Clean Energy Workforce Pipeline
We’ll learn about and tour Goodwill Houston’s Clean Tech Accelerator lab. They are the first Goodwill in the country to feature three major clean energy workforce development pathways: HVAC/heat pump installation, electric vehicle charging station installation, and solar and storage installation.
Grid-Scale Battery Storage with Jupiter Power
We’ll visit Jupiter Power’s Callisto I Energy Center, a 200MW/400MWh battery storage facility built on the site of a former fossil fuel power plant in central Houston. We’ll learn how large-scale storage projects like this help stabilize the grid, store excess renewable energy, and support a more reliable, affordable energy system.
Industrial Modernization with Greentown Labs
We’ll see innovative industrial modernization and decarbonization start-ups in action at Greentown Labs, which provides entrepreneurs with mission-critical access to labs, equipment, customer, capital, talent, community and resources for business and leader growth.
Tour the CenTrio District Cooling Facility
Located next to our hotel, CenTrio’s district energy operations support more than 19 million square feet of building space, including Daikin Park, home of the Houston Astros. CenTrio’s Houston district also features a national operations center (NOC).
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Thank you to our sponsors for making Study Mission 6.0: Building Bigger & Faster in Texas possible!
