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Helpful links
The official sources behind this site, grouped by who you would contact. Every guide also lists its own sources at the end.
Texas agencies
- Texas Comptroller: county appraisal district directory Find your appraisal district and county tax office.
- Texas Comptroller: agricultural and timber appraisal Rules and manuals for ag valuation.
- Texas Comptroller: Franchise Tax Account Status Search (free) Check whether a company can do business in Texas.
- TCEQ regional offices Which office covers your county.
- TCEQ construction stormwater permit Required when construction disturbs 1 acre or more.
- Railroad Commission of Texas: GIS viewer Oil and gas wells and pipelines on a map.
- Texas Department of Insurance: battery storage safety State Fire Marshal guidance on battery sites.
- Texas Attorney General: Landowner's Bill of Rights What a condemning entity must give you.
- Public Utility Commission: landowners and transmission line cases How to take part in a route case.
- Texas811 Call 811 at least 48 hours before you dig.
The grid
- ERCOT: resource adequacy and interconnection reports The monthly GIS Report and battery report this site uses.
- ERCOT: resource integration (how to connect) The interconnection process and forms.
- Federal transmission line map (HIFLD) The line data behind the map.
Federal agencies
- FEMA Flood Map Service Center Official flood zones for any address.
- EPA: Clean Water Act Section 404 permits Wetland and stream fill permits.
- FEMA floodplain management rule (44 CFR 60.3) Local permits for development in flood hazard areas.
- FinCEN: beneficial ownership information U.S.-formed companies are exempt from reporting.
Texas laws
- Utilities Code 302.0005: solar removal and financial assurance What solar leases must include.
- Utilities Code Chapter 303: battery storage agreements Removal and recycling rules for battery leases.
- Tax Code 23.55: change of use and rollback How the rollback tax works.
- Property Code Chapter 21: eminent domain Offers, easement terms, and your rights.
- Utilities Code 251.157: marking underground lines The 48-hour marking rule.
- HB 3824 (2025) battery fire safety: bill analysis The law behind Utilities Code Chapter 187.
Lease and land-use references
- Texas A&M AgriLife: solar lease considerations The best Texas-specific lease guide.
- Texas A&M AgriLife: wind lease requirements (2019) Removal rules for wind leases.
- National Agricultural Law Center: solar leasing for landowners Plain-English overview and payment structures.
- Penn State Extension: landowner's guide to utility-scale solar leasing Lease length, options, payments, and site criteria.
- Iowa State: tax implications of farmland leases How cash rent is taxed.
- Texas Farm Bureau: eminent domain resources Help for landowners facing condemnation.
Research on neighbors' questions
- Berkeley Lab: home values near large solar projects The largest property-value study.
- NC State: health and safety impacts of solar photovoltaics Panel toxicity and safety, reviewed.
- Virginia DEQ: solar panel leaching and disposal Leaching tests and disposal rules.
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