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An agreement where the developer is allowed to install meteorological towers on
the land to collect wind data for a period of time - ans -Met Tower Agreement.
A study where the developer and the utility who will use the energy determine
the infrastructure needed to transfer and the produced wind energy - ans -
Transmission Study.
1-3 Years - ans -Wind Lease Developmental Period
9-18 months - ans -Wind lease construction term
A fee paid under a wind lease for damages associated with the construction of
wind turbines - ans -Wind Lease Installation Fees
A permanent power station in a system for the generation, transmission, and
distribution of electricity where the voltage is powered up or down by
transformers - ans -Substation
Temporary storage area for turbine segments, building materials, and equipment
during the construction of a wind farm - ans -Lay-down yards
This contract clause transfers the risk of loss from one party to another. A
commitment for one party to compensate the other for any harm, liability, or loss
arising out of the contract - ans -Indemnity Clause
Contractual Obligations that can be transferred from one of the parties to another
- ans -Assignment
"Any act of God" events beyond the control of the parties - ans -Force Majeure
An easement of adjacent land, usually upwind from a wind farm, which protects
wind flow across the land - ans -Wind-Flow easement
, Compensation from a wind lease based on production - ans -Royalties
Water percolating below the surface of the earth - ans -Groundwater
A governmental entity, that has the authority to promulgate rules for conserving,
protecting, recharging, and preventing waste of underground water - ans -
Underground water Districs
The state agency that controls the permitting of surface water in Texas - ans -
TCEQ
Basic concept that private water rights are tied to the ownership of land
bordering a natural river or stream - water rights controlled by land ownership -
ans -Riparian Doctrine
Which state agency regulates electric, and telecommunication utilities in Texas -
ans -PUC
In Texas, the surface water is owned by _________ - ans -The State
______ Water rights, controlled by statue - not related to land ownership, instead
water rights are acquired by permitted use of the water. Not necessarily related
to adjacent land ownership - ans -Prior Appropriation
Under the reserved rights doctrine, public lands set aside for the public have the
right to - ans -The water underneath
The origin of ground water law is derived from _______? - ans -Common Law
What are the benefits of permitting a domestic well that produces less than 17
GPM - ans -No laws or regulations
The Texas Water adjunction act of 1967 consolidated the allocation of surface
water into a unified water system - ans -TRUE
The ground water estate, like a severed mineral estate, is not dominant over the
survace estate - ans -TRUE