[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E323-E324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MR. JOHN BILLINGSLEY

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                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 16, 2016

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the honoring of 
John Billingsley, a founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tri Global 
Energy, in the Dallas Business Journal's ``2015 Who's Who in Energy.'' 
Mr. Billingsley has worked in a variety of industries including 
commercial real estate, banking, and manufacturing. However with Tri 
Global Energy, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, his focus is on wind 
power in Texas.
  Mr. Billingsley was born south of Lubbock, Texas on a cotton farm and 
attended college at Texas Tech University where he graduated

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with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Accounting. 
Among other admirable ventures, he co-founded a CPA firm, Johnson 
Kubica & Co. that later merged into Arthur Young, and served as 
Chairman of the Board and President of the Western State Bank of 
Midland.
  Billingsley founded Tri Global Energy in January of 2009 when a few 
wind developers approached him asking to lease his land. Tri Global 
Energy now leases land in Texas to a renewable energy developers and 
has become a solar energy developer and provider as well. The company's 
``Wind Force Plan'' allows for ownership and partnership for 
landowners, stakeholders, and local communities who are involved in 
their wind projects--creating a strong community within the company.
  Tri Global Energy is now the top developer of wind energy projects in 
Texas, and reflects the growing diversity of energy production in the 
state of Texas. Billingsley has wind generation projects under 
development in Texas and New Mexico that could potentially produce some 
6,600 megawatts of power when they become fully operational. He has 
proven himself to be a valuable member of the North Texas business 
community and leading energy entrepreneur in the state of Texas, and I 
am honored to recognize him as a constituent of my district.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to recognize the career of John 
Billingsley. I ask all of my distinguished colleagues to join me in 
celebrating this milestone in his remarkable life.

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