In preparation for her keynote at the upcoming Permian Energy Dialogues, Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, MD, joins Monika Simoes for a conversation about the role of state lands in Texas energy, mineral development, public education funding, and grid reliability.

Starting from the office's stewardship of 13 million acres and its role in funding Texas public education through the Permanent School Fund, the conversation moves to the practical questions facing a fast-growing state:

• Produced water reuse for agriculture and data center cooling

• Rare earth minerals and building Texas supply chains

• Geothermal, natural gas, and other dispatchable generation as load growth tests the grid

• The Land Office's partnerships with industry across water, hydrogen, and energy development

Chapters

• 0:00 Introducing Dawn Buckingham and the Texas General Land Office

• 0:45 From medicine to public service

• 1:45 The Land Office's 13 million acres

• 3:30 Mineral rights and Texas energy

• 5:15 Produced water and data center cooling

• 7:25 Industry problem-solving and partnerships

• 8:40 Rare earth minerals and Texas supply chains

• 10:15 Dispatchable energy and grid reliability

• 11:05 A message for Permian Energy Dialogues attendees

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