NRL EXAM 2
NRL EXAM 2 Questions and Answers
2025
Which state agency regulates electric and telecommunications utilities in Texas? -
PUC
In Texas, surface water is owned by ________? - The State
___________________ water rights controlled by Statute - not related to land
ownership, instead water rights are acquired by permitted use of the water. Not
necessarily related to adjacent land ownership. - Prior Appropriation
Under the Reserved Right Doctrine, public lands set aside for the public has the
right to ______________? - Use, collect and have water on that land
The origin of groundwater law in Texas is derived from __________? - Common
Law
What are the benefits of permitting a domestic well that produces less than 17
GPM? - Spacing
The Texas Water Adjudication Act of 1967 consolidated the allocation of surface
water into a unified water permit system? T/F - TRUE
The groundwater estate, like a severed mineral estate, is dominate over surface
estate? T/F - TRUE
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According to the 2017 Texas State Water Plan Summary ________ and _______
are the top two demands for usage for 2020. - Irrigation and Municipalities
The ____________________ Administers Texas' soil and water conservation laws
and coordinates conservation and coordinates conservation and non point source
water pollution abatement programs throughout the state. - Texas Soil and Water
Conservation Board
The ________________ develops the State Water Plan. - Texas Water
Development Board
In 1992, Congress passed the Production Tax Credit/Energy Policy Act which
authorized a ___________. - production tax credit of 1.5 cents per kilo-watt hour
of wind-power-generated electricity
In the US, Wind energy production is primarily located in the
_________________. - Central/ middle US Texas Panhandle/West Texas
Wind Energy's Role in the Texas Electric Grid represents approximately 12% if the
energy by fuel type. T/F - TRUE
The largest Electric grid in Texas is - ERCOT
Lubbock is in the Western Electric Coordinating Council Grid. T/F - False - SSP
The Texas Legislature developed competitive Renewable Energy Zones which
ensured that adequate _________________ would be built, fostering large wind
growth. - Transition line to West Texas
NRL EXAM 2
NRL EXAM 2 Questions and Answers
2025
Which state agency regulates electric and telecommunications utilities in Texas? -
PUC
In Texas, surface water is owned by ________? - The State
___________________ water rights controlled by Statute - not related to land
ownership, instead water rights are acquired by permitted use of the water. Not
necessarily related to adjacent land ownership. - Prior Appropriation
Under the Reserved Right Doctrine, public lands set aside for the public has the
right to ______________? - Use, collect and have water on that land
The origin of groundwater law in Texas is derived from __________? - Common
Law
What are the benefits of permitting a domestic well that produces less than 17
GPM? - Spacing
The Texas Water Adjudication Act of 1967 consolidated the allocation of surface
water into a unified water permit system? T/F - TRUE
The groundwater estate, like a severed mineral estate, is dominate over surface
estate? T/F - TRUE
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According to the 2017 Texas State Water Plan Summary ________ and _______
are the top two demands for usage for 2020. - Irrigation and Municipalities
The ____________________ Administers Texas' soil and water conservation laws
and coordinates conservation and coordinates conservation and non point source
water pollution abatement programs throughout the state. - Texas Soil and Water
Conservation Board
The ________________ develops the State Water Plan. - Texas Water
Development Board
In 1992, Congress passed the Production Tax Credit/Energy Policy Act which
authorized a ___________. - production tax credit of 1.5 cents per kilo-watt hour
of wind-power-generated electricity
In the US, Wind energy production is primarily located in the
_________________. - Central/ middle US Texas Panhandle/West Texas
Wind Energy's Role in the Texas Electric Grid represents approximately 12% if the
energy by fuel type. T/F - TRUE
The largest Electric grid in Texas is - ERCOT
Lubbock is in the Western Electric Coordinating Council Grid. T/F - False - SSP
The Texas Legislature developed competitive Renewable Energy Zones which
ensured that adequate _________________ would be built, fostering large wind
growth. - Transition line to West Texas
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