J. E. TAYLOR
WITH STUDIES AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, UPON GRADUATION, J. E. (ED) TAYLOR JOINED THE FAMILY BUSINESS. HAVING THREE DAUGHTERS, ED ESTABLISHED THE III SISTERS LAND & CATTLE COMPANY, AS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF TAYLOR ENERGY SERVICES, WHERE THE GIRLS, BEING THE THIRD GENERATION, COULD LEARN FARMING AND RANCHING AS WELL AS THE OIL AND GAS BUSINESS.
GROWING UP IN RURAL WEST TEXAS THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THE GIRLS WOULD HOPEFULLY ATTRACT SUITABLE HUSBAND MATERIAL FROM ONE OF THE REPUTABLE ENDEAVORS, PARTICULARLY IF THEY KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT A PUMPING UNIT TO MILKING OF A COW, FROM THE DRIVING OF A TRACTOR AND A PICKUP TRUCK, TOSSING BALES OF HAY, TO THE RIDING OF A HORSE, BARREL RACING AND ROPING OF A STRAY CALF.
IT WORKED. SIX GRANDCHILDREN NOW MAKE UP THE FOURTH GENERATION, WITH THE THREE OLDEST NOW ATTENDING COLLEGE.
RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOLAR POWER FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, ED TEAMED UP WITH KAVAN GRAYBILL IN 2013 AND CREATED SJ EQUIPMENT CAPITAL SOURCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SOLAR SYSTEMS MANUFACTURED BY NORTH CREEK ENERGY FOR FARM AND RANCH OPERATIONS, WHILE THE SOLARJACK ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CONTINUES ITS CONCENTRATION ON BEHALF OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, SPECIFICALLY WHERE PUMPJACKS ARE UTILIZED.
SUBSEQUENTLY, SJ EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH TCB FARMS OUT OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ON A SOLAR POWER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT ITS OPERATIONS, WHICH PROCESS IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. ED HAS ACHIEVED NUMEROUS INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. IN 2015 HE WAS HONORED AS "MEMBER OF THE YEAR" AND IN 2017 HE WAS HONORED AS "HERO OF THE INDUSTRY" BY THE NATIONAL STRIPPER WELL ASSOCIATION.
KAVAN GRAYBILL
KAVAN GRAYBILL, THROUGH HIS SOLAR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PARENT COMPANY, NORTH CREEK ENERGY (NCE), BEGAN TO DEVELOP AND SELL SEVERAL OFF-GRID SYSTEMS DESIGNED FOR USE IN SMALL REMOTE RANCHES AND FARMS, LEADING UP TO MIDSIZE ON-GRID “NET-METERED” SOLAR PV SYSTEMS.
NCE WENT ON TO DEVELOP THE “GO GREEN” SOLAR GENERATOR FOR THE HIGH-END QUARTER HORSE TRAILER MANUFACTURER BLOOMER TRAILERS. THESE SYSTEMS MADE THEIR DEBUT IN 2011 AT THE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
ONE OF THE FIRST CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE THE SOLAR GENERATOR WAS FROM LOVINGTON, NEW MEXICO, OWNER OF A RANCH AS WELL AS AN OIL-FIELD PIPE SUPPLY COMPANY. UPON PROVING THAT NCE COULD BUILD A SYSTEM THAT WOULD POWER THE TRAILER, THE RANCHER ASKED NCE TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM TO RUN HIS SUPPLY COMPANY’S OIL-FIELD PUMPJACKS.
NCE WAS TASKED WITH BUILDING A SYSTEM TO OPERATE THE PUMPJACKS “OFF GRID” SINCE THERE HAD BEEN SUCH A LARGE POWER COST INCREASE OVER RECENT YEARS. WHILE STUDYING THE MOTION OF THE JACK AND ISSUES THE PRODUCERS WERE FACED WITH, THE IDEA FOR THE SOLAR VARIABLE SPEED REGEN SYSTEM WAS BORN.
AFTER DEVELOPING AND PROVING THE CONCEPT, NCE FILED FOR A PATENT, LEADING TO A SECOND PATENT FILING MORE APPLICABLE TO FARM AND RANCH OPERATIONS, BRINGING TO MARKET THE ONLY GREEN RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS SPECIFICALLY FOR BOTH THE OIL AND GAS AND THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES. KAVAN'S INITIAL PATENT FILLING HAS NOW BEEN GRANTED AND SUCCESSFULLY REGISTERED WITH THE U.S. PATENT OFFICE.
