English Language Arts: Presenting Research (TEKS.ELA.9-12.12.J) Practice Test

You've completed a mixed-methods study on the economic and grid reliability impacts of fast-tracking utility-scale solar and battery incentives in Texas. Findings include a panel econometric model with county-level job multipliers, sensitivity analyses showing peak-demand reliability improvements under extreme-heat scenarios, and cost-offset estimates for ERCOT ancillary services. Audience: a Texas House Energy Resources Committee subcommittee of busy lawmakers and senior staff. Context: 12-minute briefing during a packed hearing; Q&A limited to 3 minutes; no public Wi‑Fi; one projector provided; members expect nonpartisan, actionable takeaways; you can bring up to 30 printed one-page briefs; proceedings are recorded for the public archive.

You are presenting at a peer-reviewed academic conference to an audience of energy economists and methodologists. Your research uses a difference-in-differences design with event-study plots to estimate ratepayer impacts from time-of-use pricing, with extensive robustness checks and heterogeneity analysis. Resources: reliable A/V, laser pointer, and permission to share a preprint link. Constraints: 20-minute slot with 3 minutes for Q&A; audience expects transparent identification, assumptions, and estimation details; slides will be archived by the conference.