Russel Smith, executive director at Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, (TREIA) talked about the development of TREIA and gave a brief historical perspective of a recap on the annual gathering of Texas renewable energy industries at the Texas Renewables 2011 conference held in Corpus Christi November 6th through 9th. Smith reviewed major issues impacting renewable energy industries in Texas, many of which were discussed at Texas Renewables 2011.