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A
D
A
A
Before
we
begin
today's
meeting,
I
want
to
briefly
review
how
our
virtual
meetings
will
work.
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A
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A
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A
A
E
Okay,
there
we
go
hope
everyone
can
see
that.
Thank
you
again,
madam
chair
david,
bob
seen
for
the
direct
for
the
record
nice
to
see
you
again
in
this
next
week
of
the
legislative
session.
E
I'm
the
director
of
the
governor's
office
of
energy
for
governor
steve
sisilak
and
both
ms
taylor,
and
I
are
delighted
to
be
with
you
this
afternoon
to
present
an
overview
of
our
office,
some
updates
about
our
activities,
and
certainly
some
some
previews
and
and
some
highlights
of
issues
we
believe
will
be
before
you
and
before
you
and
this
committee
in
specific.
This
come
in.
E
E
There
we
go
okay,
so
our
mission
at
the
governor's
office
of
energy
is
to
ensure
the
wise
development
of
nevada's
energy
resources
and
harmony
with
local
economic
needs
and
to
position
nevada
to
lead
the
nation
in
renewable
energy
production,
energy
conservation,
exportation
of
energy
and
transportation
electrification.
E
If
you're
looking
for
our
statutes,
they
are
nrs701
and
701a,
and
here's
a
little
bit
more
about
our
office.
I
won't
read
the
entire
slide
to
you.
E
Here
is
the
universe
of
activities
that
you
will
find
at
the
governor's
office
of
energy.
This
is
not
an
exhaustive
list,
but
these
are
certainly
the
the
major
items
and
they
fall
under
the
different
buckets.
You
see
here:
energy
efficiency,
renewable
energy,
transportation,
electrification
and
then
general
energy
programs.
E
As
you
are
well
aware,
governor
sislek's,
clean
energy
vision
is
that
he
is
committed
to
regaining
nevada's
position
as
a
clean
energy
leader
to
combat
the
indisputable
effects
of
climate
change
for
future
generations
and
for
the
abundance
of
green
collar
jobs.
Nevada
can
create
right
now,
and
we
certainly
know
that
that
is
now
more
important
than
ever.
E
We
are
the
energy
innovation
hub,
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we
do
and
the
value
that
we
provide
is
in
working
with
other
partners
across
the
government
space
in
state
government.
Local
government
and
here
are
just
some
of
those
agencies
that
we
work
with
on
a
regular
basis
and
some
of
the
topics.
E
But
specifically
tip
for
today-
and
this
is
this-
is
more
like
the
agenda
slide
for
what
you
can
expect
for
the
rest
of
this
presentation-
we're
going
to
go
over
briefly
the
climate
initiative
and
state
climate
strategy.
Very
briefly,
because
of
course,
you
received
it
last
week,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
energy
efficiency,
renewable
energy,
transportation,
electrification,
energy
assurance
and
then
grants
and
funding,
and
then
we'll
close
out
with
regional
electricity
markets.
A
topic
I
know
was
before
the
legislative
commission
committee
on
energy
over
the
interim.
E
So,
as
you
are
aware,
the
climate
initiative,
following
on
action
in
2019
governor
sisilak,
signed
executive
order
2019-22
back
in
november
of
2019.
The
primary
thrust
of
that
was
tasking
state
agencies
to
develop
the
climate
strategy.
E
As
you
know,
that
was
released
last
december
and
we
again
appreciate
the
opportunity
that
we
have
last
year
last
week
to
present
that
strategy
to
this
committee.
E
We're
talking
about
some
of
the
programs
that
we
we
work
with
home
energy
retrofit
opportunities
for
seniors
the
heroes
program
is
is,
is
one
that
we
think
has
tremendous
value
and
we
work
with
low-income
nevada
seniors.
This
is
also
in
coordination
with
the
nevada
housing
division
to
help
them
with
energy
efficiency
improvement
projects
to
help
them
save
money
on
their
energy
bills.
E
The
office
is
tasked
with
updating
each
update
of
the
code,
and
then
we
work
with
local
governments
across
the
state
as
they
follow
their
own
update
schedule.
Their
local
building
departments
then
use
that
as
the
guide
for
how
they
review
projects
that
come
before
them.
We've
been
very
active
with
other
states
recently
in
the
code
update
process
advocating
for
strengthening
of
the
code
in
ways
that
help
achieve
our
climate
goals
and,
of
course,
light
bulb
efficiency.
E
You
may
recall
from
last
legislative
session
ab54,
which
passed
unanimously
from
the
legislature
to
really
take
nevada's
longtime
occupation
of
the
field.
If
you
will
to
make
sure
that
we
had
strong
light,
bulb
efficiency
standards
in
place
and
those
are
now
in
effect.
As
of
january,
one
of
this
year
mandating
a
minimum
standard
of
energy
efficiency
of
45
lumens
per
watt
for
light
bulbs,
general
purpose
light
bulbs
that
are
sold
in
nevada.
E
We
are
not
the
only
state
to
do
this
and,
of
course,
as
you
know,
if
you've
had
to
buy
a
light
bulb
recently,
chances
are.
This
is
the
bulb
that
you're
going
to
be
getting
anyways
they're.
E
The
prices
have
come
down
on
led
technology,
they
save
money
on
your
power
bills
and,
and
they
certainly
last
longer
than
the
older
incandescent
models.
It's
estimated
that
the
average
savings
to
nevadans
is
81
per
household
on
their
electricity
bills
if
they
adopt
the
newer
light
bulbs.
E
So
the
green
building
tax
abatement
program
is
one
that
has
a
long
history
before
the
legislature
and
what
it
does
essentially
is
provide
tax
abatements
to
projects
that
have
energy
efficiency
features
we
as
part
of
our
budget
and
we'll
go
more
into
this
proposal.
When
we
get
to
our
budget
presentation
and
then
a
subsequent
budget
bill
to
accompany
our
budget,
we
are
proposing
a
sunset
of
the
program.
E
E
It
is
our
opinion
that
the
abatements
no
longer
serve
the
purpose
that
they
once
did.
So
that's
your
your
preview
of
a
budget
bill
that
we'll
be
bringing
forward
later
this
session.
E
Now
I
want
to
switch
to
renewable
energy
programs.
Our
two
major
ones
are
the
renewable
energy
tax
abatements,
as
well
as
the
low
income.
Lower
income
solar
energy
program
talk
about
rita.
First,
you
may
recall
in
2019
sb
298
authorized.
An
increase
in
rita
administrative
fees
to
partially
fund
goes
support
of
the
renewable
energy,
develop
development
industry
and
during
the
pandemic
it's
been
remarkable
because
we've
had
six
renewable
energy
projects
in
the
last
year
were
approved
for
rita
totaling,
513
megawatts
of
renewable
energy.
E
A
projected
645
million
dollars
of
investment
and
563
new
jobs,
so
rita,
has
resulted
in
more
than
9
billion
dollars
in
capital,
investment,
property
and
sales
and
use
taxes
and
employment
benefits
and
has
created
more
than
10
000
jobs
and
supported
more
than
five
thousand
megawatts
of
renewable
energy
development.
So
we
continue
to
be
excited
about
this
program.
We
certainly
see
an
uptick
in
activity
despite
the
pandemic
and
our
economic
conditions
that
we're
facing
right
now
as
a
state.
E
So
lycep
is
a
joint
effort
of
mb
energy
and
the
governor's
office
of
energy
that
offers
incentives
for
so
solar
photovoltaic
systems
to
serve
lower
income
populations.
We're
talking
about
apartment
complexes,
food
banks,
it's
a
broad
range
of
projects
over
the
years
that
have
been
supported
across
the
state.
E
The
program
was
created
as
a
pilot
program
back
in
2013
and
then
made
permanent
in
2017
by
sb
145
and
there's
a
total
budget
right
now
of
one
million
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
One
million
from
mv
energy
and
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
goe
is
our
match
that
we
bring
to
the
table
place
up.
Projects
have
included
things
such
as
the
boys
and
girls
club,
the
southern
nevada,
silverado
apartments
in
elko
and
the
highland
manor
apartments
in
carson
city.
E
So
if
you
ever
want
to
dive
in
and
see
one
of
those
projects,
let
us
know-
and
we
can
arrange
for
you
to
see
them
so
on
the
renewable
energy
front,
and
this
is
definitely
an
issue
to
flag
because
there's
certainly
a
lot
of
activity
at
the
federal
level
that's
happening.
I
mentioned
before
the
fee
authorization.
We
were
granted
last
session
to
partially
support
work
that
we
do
advocating
for
the
clean
energy
economy
in
the
state.
E
I
had
the
opportunity
and
the
privilege
to
represent
the
state
in
2019
for
a
hearing
in
support
of
the
public
lands.
Renewable
energy
development
act,
which
seeks
to
set
a
target
for
renewable
energy
development
on
on
federally
managed
public
lands,
as
well
as
better
align
resources
of
the
land
management
agencies
to
achieve
that
target.
E
E
Renewable
energy
development
is
in
place,
and
so
we're
certainly
going
to
see
a
lot
of
interest
as
a
result
of
that
and
we've
been
working
with
solar
industry
and
conservation
advocates,
both
on
a
wide
range
of
issues
related
to
permitting
resourcing
at
the
land,
management
agencies,
sighting,
etc,
and
so
we're
very
appreciative
of
the
the
additional
fee
authority.
E
We
were
given
last
session
to
do
this
work
and
and
be
a
part
of
this
exciting
trajectory
of
of
just
more
and
more
renewable
energy
development
and
opportunity
and
jobs
in
the
state,
and
so
with
that.
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
deputy
director
taylor.
So
I'm
gonna
stop
sharing
my
screen.
Sorry
and
let
her
take
over.
F
Thank
you,
director,
bobzian.
Let
me
take
one
moment
to
get
my
screen
set
up
here.
B
F
Sure
might
even
rehearse
this
okay
hold
on
a
second
okay,
so
you
should
have
my
slide
and
I'm
going
to
at
a
very
high
level
talk
about
transportation,
electrification,
energy
assurance
and
and
grants
and
and
finance.
F
So
good
afternoon,
chairwoman,
monroe
moreno,
so
great
to
see
you,
even
though
it's
virtual
and
vice
chair
watts,
great
to
see
you
and
all
members
of
the
committee.
Thank
you
so
much
for
giving
goe
the
time
to
share
our
programs
with
you.
As
director
bob's
ian
said,
my
name
is
jennifer
taylor.
I
am
the
deputy
director
for
intergovernmental
relations,
as
you
heard
from,
as
you
heard
from
director
bob
zion
in
mentioning
the
the
climate
action
and
the
climate
strategy.
F
Additionally,
as
you
heard
from
the
climate
initiative
team,
there
were
a
number
of
transportation
policies
analyzed
for
climate
mitigation,
including
a
clean
truck
program.
The
adoption
of
low
carbon
fuel
standards,
a
rebate
system
and
closing
emissions
inspection
loopholes
for
classic
car
license
plates.
F
In
the
meantime,
goe
continues
to
invest
in
an
electric
vehicle
charging
infrastructure.
As
we
see
a
steady
growth
of
electric
vehicles
in
the
market,
while
evs
represent
less
than
one
percent
of
the
total
vehicle
registration
in
nevada.
There
has
been
a
solid
trend
of
growth
in
the
ev
market
year
over
year,
with
an
increase
of
more
than
double
the
inventory
from
2018
to
fy,
2020.
F
F
F
Right
now
we
have
provided
a
network
of
30
charging
locations.
Two
of
them
are
still
pending
across
our
five
major
corridors:
I-80
I-15,
us-95,
us-93
and
us-50,
and
we're
working
toward
federal,
highway
administration,
alternative
fuel
corridor
designations
for
evs
for
for
potential
future
infrastructure
funding.
F
As
I
noted,
there's
30
total
projects
21
have
been
completed,
seven
are
in
development
and
two
are
in
the
planning
phase,
with
planned
completion
around
june
2021,
just
a
little
bit
of
statistics
from
the
the
highway
we
have
had
about
31
charging
sessions
recorded
dispensing
35
000
kilowatts
of
electricity,
which
is
the
equivalent
to
eliminating
ghg
emissions
from
62
000
miles
driven
by
an
average
passenger
vehicle
nevada
has
also
done
is
doing
work
at
a
regional
level.
F
Additionally,
starting
in
july
of
2020
goe
partnered
with
nv
energy
to
offer
two
new
incentive
categories
for
level.
Two
electric
vehicle
charging
infrastructure
qualifying
entities
include
governmental
or
low-income
multi-family
housing
projects.
These
qualifying
entities
can
receive
a
hundred
percent
of
infrastructure
costs
for
level
two
chargers.
Nv
energy
provides
75
of
the
project
costs
in
goe
funds
25
up
to
40
000.
F
unlv
was
our
first
applicant
for
this
program,
reserving
two
dual
port
level:
ev
level,
two
ev
chargers
goes
intergovernmental
outreach
to
promote
this
program
is
continuing
in
partnership
with
nb
energy.
F
This
is
an
event
from
just
about
a
year
ago,
a
little
bit
more
than
a
year
ago.
This
was
you
can
see
this
picture
here
of
the
ribbon
cutting
in
mesquite,
and
I
know
that
some
of
the
members
of
the
committee
were
able
to
join
us
and
thank
you
for
the
continued
support
of
these
events
with
with
designations
for
our
charging
stations.
F
So
again,
as
I,
as
I
noted
on
the
prior
slide,
the
nevada
electric
highway
is
that
partnership
between
goe
and
electric
service
providers
along
those
five
major
corridors.
F
F
F
We
work
in
coordination
in
those
situations
with
dem
goe
may
also
coordinate
its
esf-12
efforts
with
any
local
government
agency
that
may
be
overseeing
disaster
response
on
energy
related
issues.
Part
of
our
work
in
the
energy
assurance
space
is
the
energy
assurance
and
emergency
operations
plan
which
outlines
strategies
to
address
and
mitigate
energy
supply
shortages
and
disruptions
in
october
2020,
an
updated
plan
was
signed
by
governor
sisselak,
and
this
was
the
first
update
in
about
eight
years
to
the
plan.
F
It
elaborated
and
expanded
on
roles
for
goe
and
other
agencies
in
fuel
shortage
work,
and
it
is
an
ongoing
work
that
will
continue
to
be
updated
for
this
critical
function
for
for
goe.
F
The
second
piece
of
this
is
fema
and
the
new
hazard
mitigation
program
that
they've
developed
known
as
brick,
which
is
building
resilient
infrastructure
in
communities.
Goe,
was
really
proud
to
partner
with
and
submit
two
proposals
to
through
again
the
division
of
emergency
management
to
fema.
The
first
was
a
project
with
the
city
of
reno
that
would
look
to
testing
and
design
around
large
penetrations
of
renewable
energy
and
battery
charging
systems
for
critical
infrastructure
and
for
the
city
of
reno.
Specifically,
this
project
focuses
on
their
new
public
safety
center.
F
Along
additional
lines
for
grants
and
funding,
we
have
the
nevada,
clean
energy
fund.
Ncef
this
year
has
continued
its
organizational
work
with
a
full
slate
of
directors.
In
august
2020
director
bob
zian
appeared
in
before
the
interim
finance
committee,
where
they
authorized
goe
to
utilize
repurposed
rf
funds
to
provide
operational
startup
funding
over
two
years.
F
Funding
to
organizations
like
the
ncef
at
the
local
level
and
again
note
that
we
are
looking
actively
to
find
the
executive
director
that
will
lead
the
startup
for
for
ncef
and
one
other
funding
opportunity
that
was
just
released
yesterday
and
that
the
office
worked
on
it
last
in
2019
senate
bill
536
authorized
previously
targeted,
aura
funds
that
were
part
of
goes
revolving
loan
program
to
be
used
instead
for
grants.
E
I
know
that
this
was
a
topic
that
generated
some
interest
during
the
legislative
committee
on
energy
proceedings,
we're
in
receipt
of
the
committee's
letter,
urging
us,
amongst
other
amongst
other
parties,
to
work
on
this
issue,
and
we
were
pleased
to
get
that
and
wanted
to
just
give
you
a
window
into
all
the
various
things
we're
doing
on
that
front,
and-
and
this
is
a
little
bit
of
a
of
a
segue
for
you
to
your
next
presentation
from
the
public
utilities.
E
E
E
As
you
certainly
have
heard
in
the
past,
we
are
in
nevada
part
of
the
energy
imbalance
market
that
is
hosted
by
the
california
independent
system
operator.
This
map
that
you
see
on
the
screen
is
shows
you
a
wide
swath
of
different
participants
in
that
market.
Ultimately,
better
regionalization
of
electricity
markets
is
helpful
on
a
number
of
fronts
as
we
adopt
across
the
west,
either
through
state
policy
or
utility
goals.
E
More
and
more
clean
energy
it'll
be
helpful
to
have
these
markets
so
that
we
can
exchange
electrons
and
address
load
profiles
that
are
differing
because
of
seasonalities
and
latitudes
issues.
As
simple
as
when
the
sun
goes
down
in
one
part
of
the
western
region
and
the
solar
drops
off
the
nighttime
wind
from
places
east
can
can
come
into
the
market.
E
All
of
these
benefits
can
hopefully
be
realized
through
greater
regionalization
beyond,
even
just
the
the
spot
market
relationship
that
we
have
right
now
in
the
eim,
which
has
brought,
as
you
have
heard.
Many
of
you
have
heard
in
in
past
hearings.
Many
benefits
to
customers
in
nevada.
E
We
also-
and
this
is
where
we
partner
with
the
public
utilities
commission,
serve
on
a
steering
committee
for
a
department
of
energy,
funded
study,
really
doing
the
analysis
of
varying
wholesale
electricity
market
options
and
scenarios
to
see
what
the
benefits
would
be
for
various
states,
various
balance
and
authorities
to
guide
and
and
chart
that
conversation
so
just
wanted
to
flag
this
issue
for
the
committee.
I
think
it's
very
important
that
legislators
have
a
view
of
this
very
important
and
yet
incredibly
complex
topic.
E
It's
not
necessarily,
I
think,
in
my
opinion,
that
it
requires
legislative
action
necessarily,
but
it
certainly
certainly
requires
attention
and
awareness
if
anything,
various
actions
that
may
happen
on
the
legislative
front
could
benefit
or
could
hinder,
nevada's
future
ability
to
participate
in
in
a
market
where
we
are
both
benefiting
our
ratepayers,
but
also
benefiting
our
economy
through
the
further
expansion
and
growth
of
renewable
energy
development
and
the
jobs
that
come
with
them.
So
with
that,
I
will
wrap
this
up
and
stand
for
questions.
A
Thank
you
both
for
the
presentation
and
and
thank
you
both
for
the
work
that
you
did
with
the
interim
committee
on
energy.
You
were
dedicated
once
we
could
not
meet
in
person.
I
don't
think
you
guys
missed
any
of
the
zoom
meetings
we
had.
So
we
truly
appreciate
that
work
and
and
the
conversations
that
led
to
some
of
the
legislation
we're
going
to
see
this
legislative
session.
I
know
we
have
a
few
members
that
have
questions,
but
the
first
question
I
have
for
either
one
of
you.
A
I
have
some
new
members
on
this
committee
that
may
not
know
as
much
about
the
energy
phil
as
members
who
were
here
last
time,
or
especially
the
two
of
you,
the
experts
by
chance,
do
you
have
a
one-pager
with
all
the
acronyms
so
that
you
could
send
over
to
our
committee,
our
committee
manager,
so
that
everyone
can
be
up
to
speed.
E
We
we
need
to
do
that.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
david
bobsien,
for
the
record.
I
very
much
appreciate
the
question
and
I
strive
very
hard
to
cut
through
the
acronyms
and
the
abbreviations
as
much
as
I
can,
but
I
think
it's
inevitable
that
you
fall
into
it
when
you
get
into
energy
and
all
the
fancy
acronyms
and
abbreviations
make
this
policy
issue
set
seem
much
more
opaque
than
it
needs
to
be.
So.
E
Yes,
we
will
work
on
on
trying
to
put
together
a
glossary
of
the
the
usual
terms
that
you
hear.
We
may
very
well
be
coordinating
with
the
public
utilities
commission
to
put
that
together,
but
we'll
get
something
to
you
shortly.
A
B
Thank
you,
chairman
moreno,
thank
you,
director,
robsian
and
deputy
director
taylor
for
your
presentation.
I
really
appreciate
the
level
of
information
and
the
detail.
My
question
is
relative
to
the
supplied
detailing
the
transportation,
electrification
programs,
specifically
the
electric
vehicle
charging
incentives,
and
you
mentioned
targeting
low-income
families
and
government
entities
and
that
funding
was
available
for
electric
charging
stations.
So
my
question
is:
do
you
have
a
target
number
of
stations
that
you
are
trying
to
reach
a
number
of
units
installed
and
then
is
there
a
cap
on
the
funding
that's
available
for
that?
E
F
Director
you
want
to
take
that
sure.
Thank
you,
director,
bobzien,
thank
you
for
the
question
assemblywoman
and,
and
congratulations
on
your
appointment
and
welcome
to
the
legislature.
F
So
as
far
as
the
the
funding
there's,
not
necessarily
a
target
number
of
entities
we're
trying
to
reach
because
there
is
capped
funding,
so
it's
300
000
for
each
300
000
for
each
of
the
programs
for
the
multi-family
and
for
the
governmental,
the
multi-family,
sorry
and
it's
multifamily
low-income.
So
it's
not
low-income
single-family.
F
It's
only
for
those
multi-family
low-income
projects
and
we
have
done
workshops
with
nv
energy
and
done
outreach
to
the
entities
that
help
to
serve
those
multi-family,
low-income
developments
and
that
work,
as
I
noted
on
my
slide,
will
continue
so
that
we
can
make
sure
we
get
as
much
outreach
and
engagement
from
the
folks
that
we're
targeting
as
as
possible
and
we're
looking
forward
to
that
program.
Continuing
into
the
next
annual
plan
year,
which
will
start
on
july.
1
of.
F
C
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Our
question
is
about
more
specifically
in
the
area
of
the
multi-families
like
in
apartment,
communities
and
hoas.
What
does
the
the
plan
or
the
goal
look
like
to
get
the
the
charging
stations
there?
When
you
look
consider
a
single-family
home,
you
can
have
your
own
dedicated
charging
station,
but
when
you're
in
a
apartment
community,
where
there
are
oftentimes,
probably
more
cars,
then
charging
stations
can
reasonably
be
put
in.
Are
there
any
particular
goals
or
strategies
to
try
to
get
that
down
to?
C
I
guess
as
much
as
a
one
car
one
charging
station
possibility,
are
there
strategies
within
that?
You
are
aware
of
within
the
industry.
That
will
make
that
a
little
easier
to
do.
I'm
just
trying
to
get
some
understanding
there
as
we
move
forward.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
question
assemblyman
and
jennifer
taylor
again
for
the
record
there
are.
I
think
that
what
I
would
offer
is
that
let
us
potentially
also
put
together
for
you
some
specific
information
on
those
programs,
so
that
you
have
that
the
the
idea
of
a
strategy
for
developing
within
multifamily
multi-family
communities.
F
There
are
incentive
programs
again.
That
is
part
of
analysis
done
annually
by
the
public
utility
commission
that
support
the
development
of
infrastructure
for
charging.
The
next
plan
year
starts
again,
like
I
said
july
1
and
nv
energy.
That
is
again,
our
primary
utility
provider
for
the
state
has
just
submitted
its
annual
plan
with
those
proposed
incentives,
and
that
will
be.
That
could
be
something
that
we
can
I'll
take
a
look
at
and
we
can
get
you
the
data.
F
But
this
is
an
issue
that
is
of
great
concern
and
great
interest
to
many
stakeholders
and
industry
as
well,
and
so
there
has
been-
I,
I
would
say,
a
lot
of
collaborative
work
around
how
to
best
tackle
some
of
the
challenges
that
exist,
just
as
you
described
within
multi-family
housing,
regardless
of
of
the
income
strata.
That
may
be
the
residents
of
that
housing.
F
E
Madam
sure,
if
I
might
david
bobsien
for
the
record
through
you
to
assemblyman
miller,
just
some
additional
context
to
the
information
that
jennifer
provided,
I
think
it's
important
to
recognize
the
the
pilot
nature
of
many
of
the
energy
programs
in
which
we
participate.
E
This
one
is
is
certainly
because
it's
the
first
year,
the
idea
in
partnership
with
mv
energy
was
really
a
brainstorm.
We
had
together
where
we
said
okay.
Well,
we
need
to
enter
the
space
and
see
what
it's
like
to
develop:
charging
in
the
multi-family
apartment
environment,
recognizing
the
importance
of
that
charging
for
the
transition
to
electrified
transportation.
So
the
hope
is
gaining
some
early
experience,
learning
some
lessons
being
able
to
to
do
a
a
first
toe
in
the
water
to
then
inform
what
I
hope
to
be.
E
You
know
more
comprehensive
planning
around
adoption
in
the
multi-family
space
on
a
much
broader
level,
so
I
I
don't
think
we're
there.
Yet
if
I
understood
your
question
to
the
point
where
we're
making
you
know
specific
targets
and
and
having
a
more
comprehensive
look
on
where
to
go,
I
think
it's
right
now.
Can
we
get
a
few
of
these
projects?
Done,
can
we
have
a
few
partners
step
up
and
make
the
investments
and
learn
the
lessons,
and
where
do
we
go
from
there.
C
Thank
you
for
the
additional
context
and
my
it
might.
I
guess,
as
we
look
forward
into
moving
towards
this
electrification,
just
considering
how
many
cars
can
be
in
one
household
or
in
one
multi-family
household
and
just
kind
of
you
know,
trying
to
get
an
understanding
of
how
we
think
forward
on
that
and
what
we're
looking
at.
So
any
information
as
you
get
it.
If
you
would,
please
share
it
with
me,
I'd
love
to
know
and
be
in
the
know
of.
What's
developing.
Thank
you
chair
for
the
time.
B
E
C
E
Might
I
might
add,
if
I
could,
thank
you
assemblyman
david
boston,
for
the
record,
we'll
absolutely
get
that
information
to
you
would
love
to
to
share
in
the
conversation
with
you
and
again
from
a
very
high
level.
We
understand
the
equity
challenges
and
imperatives
behind
transportation,
electrification,
and
so
it's
all
well
and
good
for
those
with
the
means
to
have
charging
for
their
evs
in
their
garage
to
be
able
to
get
electric
vehicles.
E
But
you
know
we
hope
that
there's
broader
access
across
all
of
nevada's
communities
to
the
benefits
of
ev
ownership.
A
Thank
you,
and
I
think
all
of
the
members
could
benefit
from
that
information,
so
once
you
have
it
would
you
send
it
to
our
committee
manager
and
she
will
get
it
to
all
of
the
members.
That
would
be
great,
I
believe,
assemblywoman
peters
has
a
few
questions.
Thank.
D
You
chair,
and
I
a
third
one
came
up
for
me,
so
if
I
may
indulge,
I
have
a
third
question
as
well.
Okay,
my
first
question
should
be
relatively
simple.
I
think
I
just
wanna
was
wondering
if
you
could
expand
on
who
who
are
eligible
recipients
of
the
renewable
energy
tax
abatement
and
how
much
of
that
tax
abatement
goes
towards
the
everyday
working
nevadan.
Who
are
you
know,
employees
in
the
state
or
taxpayers
in
the
state.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Through
you
to
assemblywoman
peters
david
bobsien,
for
the
record,
we
will
get
you
a
specific
information
sheet
on
the
rita
program,
but
the
broad
contours
are:
there
have
been
over
the
years,
certainly
components
of
the
program
that
are
designed
to
benefit
nevada
workers
and
provide
health
benefits
to
those
workers.
So
there's
a
requirement
for
nevada
higher
with
the
program
the
program
they
have
to
be
renewable
energy
projects
to
be
eligible
for
the
tax
abatement
itself.
E
But
there's
always
there's
been
a
long
history
of
of
the
nevada
legislature
ensuring
that
there's
nevada
benefits
for
for
jobs,
in
particular
from
the
program.
So
we'll
follow
up
with
you
and
give
you
the
specific
program
sheet
that
lays
out
all
the
specifics
of
the
program.
D
Perfect,
I
appreciate
that
and
and
we'll
follow
up
with
you
on
questions
that
I
that
may
bring
up
for
me.
My
second
question
is
regarding
the
funding
opportunity
to
assist
tribal
nations.
I
am
familiar
with
the
program
in
california
for
tribes
assisting
with
energy
resiliency,
and
I
was
wondering
about
what
the
scope
of
that
of
this
particular
grant
program
for
the
state
of
nevada
looks
like
how
your
office
will
be
assisting
those
tribes
and
any
pre
prerequisite
requisites
for
that
program
or
for
grant
submissions.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
through
you
to
assemble
women,
peter's
I'll,
take
a
first
crack
at
this,
and
deputy
director
taylor
may
fill
in
the
gaps
for
me
because
she
was
really
instrumental
in
putting
together
this
notice
of
funding
opportunity,
and
so
she
may
know
some
of
the
details
better
than
I
do.
But
I
will
say
this:
you.
E
Okay,
thank
you
old
habits.
Thank
you
for
recognizing
the
california
experience
and
in
fact,
as
we
were,
putting
together
and
doing
the
scoping
for
what
the
opportunity
would
look
like,
we
actually
did
work
with
the
california
energy
commission
to
kind
of
get
a
window
into
what
they
did,
and
so
there
is
some
alignment
there
in
terms
of
where
we're
hoping
to
go
with
this
program.
We
also
work
extensively
with
the
department
of
energy
on
putting
this
together.
E
It's
important
to
note-
and
this
is
very
clear
in
all
the
information
that
was
released
this
week
about
the
nofo
on
our
website,
that
these
are
repurposed
aura
funds
and
those
many
of
you
may
remember
from
the
last
recession
how
the
rs
story
went
in
nevada
and
certainly,
as
I
had
pledged
last
session
to
the
money
committees,
as
we
were
going
forward
to
put
this
grant
program
together,
we
have
built
in
much
stronger
accountability,
I
believe,
than
what
was
present
during
the
loan
era
of
of
these
rf
funds.
E
So
because
of
that,
you
know,
there's
a
very
clear
and
structured
application
process
and
review
process.
There
are
also
requirements-
and
I
think
this
is
responsive
to
your
question-
about
your
prerequisites.
E
Remember
these
are
federal
funds
and
so
all
of
the
federal
procurement
requirements
in
incumbent
with
those
are
funds-
things
like
you
know,
buy
america,
davis,
bacon,
etc.
All
those
need
to
be
adhered
to,
and
so
our
announcement
makes
all
that
very
clear,
but
we're
hopeful
that,
whether
it's
energy
planning,
whether
it's
resilience
there
are
a
wide
range
of
energy
topics
that
could
be
applicable
to
interested
tribal
nations
that
make
application
and
so
deputy
director
taylor.
F
As
director
bob
zian
said,
there
are
very
clear
prerequisites,
spelled
out
in
the
no-fo
documents,
but
what
we
did
for
the
scope
was
recognizing
that
there's
different,
that
the
different
tribal
nations
may
be
in
different
places
for
what
they
view
as
critical
pieces
of
of
energy
resilience
and
and
economic
development
opportunities
around
that
we
did,
structure
the
nofo
so
that
it
is,
can
be
infrastructure
development
which
would
then
have
those
by
american
davis
bacon
those
types
of
prerequisites
on
it.
F
But
there
is
also
an
opportunity
for
regulatory,
consulting
and
analysis
and
planning
consulting
and
analysis
that
the
tribal
nations
could
submit.
We
did
work
with
the
nevada
indian
commission
in
in
in
some
of
the
development
of
the
of
the
grant
and
in
outreach
to
our
tribal
nations,
and
I
think
that
that
sort
of
fills
in
the
the
little
bits
of
color
that
I
was
wanting
to
share
with
you
about
this,
but
we're
again
really
excited
about
this
opportunity.
D
Thank
you
for
bringing
the
opportunity-
I
just
see
so
much
so
much
opportunity
to
do
some,
some
really
innovative
trials
in
indian
country,
so
I'm
excited
to
see
how
that
program
falls
out
now.
My
third
question
has
to
do
with
hazard
mitigation
and
emergency
response
programs
that
you
guys
mentioned
have
been
updated
and
you've
been
working
on.
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
you
guys,
because
I
think
that
the
puc
is
also
working
on
this
component
with
with
our
major
transmission.
F
Director
bobsien,
if,
if
I
may
just
cover
one
small
piece
and
then
you
could
fill
in
if
that's
okay,
that's
good!
Okay,
great!
Thank
you.
So
the
energy
assurance
plan
does
not
specifically
at
in
its
current
form,
address
specific
climate
mitigation
efforts,
but
for
the
fema
and
the
bric
grants
there
are
components
around
environmental
benefits
that
have
to
be
part
of
your
analysis
for
submission,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that
and
then
I'll
let
the
director
fill
in
anything
that
may
be
also
responsive
to
your
question.
F
Oh
and
actually
sorry,
director
assemblyman.
I
to
your
last
question.
I
I
apologize.
I
would
really
just
love
to
share
with
you
that
at
the
office
of
indian
energy
through
doe,
there's
all
kinds
of
fantastic
analysis
that
echoes
what
you
said
about
the
opportunities
on
tribal
lands
and
and
if
you
would
like
me
to
send
you
one
of
those
studies,
I'm
happy
to
shoot
that
over
to
you
or
to
the
committee
manager,
for
your
for
your
information,
sorry,
and
with
that
I'll
pass
it
back
to
director
bobsien.
D
Thank
you
miss
taylor.
I
would
appreciate
that
I
may
already
have
that
in
one
of
my
files,
because
I've
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
and
study
in
this
area
for
my
california
programs,
but
I
would
I'm
just
really
excited
to
see
how
this
goes
and
so
grateful
that
the
states
are
stepping
up
as
partners
in
this
area.
A
Okay
and
seeing
that
I
do
have
one
question,
you
had
talked
about
the
executive
director's
position
for
the
nevada
clean
energy
fund.
Could
you
tell
me
a
little
bit
more
about
that
position?
Will
that
position
be
located
up
north
in
the
south?
Where
will
that
position
be
located,
and
what
are
you
looking
for
in
that
director's
position?.
E
Sure
thank
you
for
the
question,
madam
chair,
david
bobsien
for
the
record.
As
I
made
clear
to
the
interim
finance
committee
in
my
update
over
the
summer.
It
is
my
desire
to
see
this
position
be
based
in
las
vegas,
for
the
very
simple
reason
that
it's
a
two-fold
job
they've
got
to
raise
the
money,
capitalize
the
bank,
and
they
have
to
find
the
projects
to
make
loans
to
so
I
don't
see
how
the
position
couldn't
be
in
las
vegas.
E
So
we're
very
hopeful
that
that's
where
that
position
will
go.
I
also
again
want
to
highlight
kind
of
the
the
arrangement
here,
because
we've
made
this
very
clear
to
the
legislature
and
we're
sticking
by
this.
We
needed
two
years
of
funding
to
incubate
the
clean
bank
or
the
green
bank,
the
clean
energy
fund
to
get
it
off
the
ground,
helping
with
operations
helping
with
the
salary
for
the
executive
director.
But
then
we're
passing
the
baton.
E
E
But
ultimately,
it's
going
to
have
to
go
and
be
its
own
thing,
and
so
deputy
director
taylor
mentioned
the
federal
legislation
that
we're
very
hopeful
will
provide
some
federal
assistance
to
capitalize
these
banks,
but
there's
also
private
capital
that
the
executive
director
will
be
charged
with
securing
to
get
into
the
bank
and
start
making
some
projects.
E
So
you
know,
certainly
a
theme
of
this
session
is
all
the
tools
that
we
need
to
chart
our
recovery
and
we
are
very
hopeful
that
we'll
be
up
and
running
soon
with
this
tool
to
assist
in
that
effort.
A
Perfect,
thank
you.
So
I
am
not
seeing
any
other
questions
from
members,
so
I
am
going
to
thank
you
both
for
joining
us
here
today.
It's
always
a
pleasure
to
see
you
you,
both
at
this
committee
meeting
and
we'll
probably
see
more
of
you
as
other
bills,
come
up
throughout
the
session,
so
have
a
great
day
until
we
we
see
you
again.
A
So
next
on
our
agenda
is
the
overview
of
the
public
utilities,
commission
of
nevada,
and
we
will
have
chair
haley
williamson,
who
is
the
executive
director
and
stephanie
mullen
and
garrett
weir?
I
think
you're
all
here
who
serves
as
general
counsel
for
the
commission.
A
G
Here
all
right,
I
hope
everyone
can
see
this
good
afternoon,
chairman
roman
reino
members
of
the
committee,
I
am
stephanie
mullen
executive
director
for
the
public
utilities.
Commission
with
me,
as
you
mentioned,
is
our
chair,
ms
haley
williamson,
and
our
general
counsel
garrett
weir.
G
G
G
The
pucn
regulates
approximately
400
investor-owned
utilities
engaged
in
electric
natural
gas,
telecommunications,
water
and
wastewater
services,
gas
and
electric
master
meter
services
at
mobile
home
parks
and
some
propane
systems.
The
agency
is
also
involved
in
monitoring
gas
pipeline
safety,
which
includes
monitoring
the
design,
construction,
operation
and
maintenance
of
gas
systems
and
underground
excavation
near
subsurface
installations.
G
Additionally,
the
rail
safety
division
monitors
four
disciplines
within
the
state.
They
are
hazardous
materials,
operations,
practices
track
and
mode
of
power
and
equipment.
The
continuous
involvement
in
the
monitoring
and
oversight
of
these
safety
programs
helps
to
ensure
our
safe
infrastructure
in.
G
G
I
am
very
proud
to
say
that,
even
when
and
with
the
unprecedented
challenges
that
kovid
brought,
the
agency
has
been
able
to
carry
on
over
the
last
biennium
we
held
49
public
agenda
meetings
conducted
eight
rulemaking
hearings
to
address
legislative
directives,
participated
in
and
ruled
on.
Five
electric
and
water
resource
planning,
dockets
issued
26
uefa
permits
and
54
certificates
of
public
convenience.
G
We
fielded
over
6
200
questions
and
complaints
from
nevadans
safely
conducted
210
field
inspection
days
for
the
pipeline
safety
program
and
over
3000
rail
units.
Additionally,
the
safety
division
investigated
four
gas
incidents
and
81
railroad
incidents
with
nearly
380
compliances
ordered
and
over
983
thousand
dollars
in
fines
and
penalties
collected
and
sent
to
the
state's
general
fund.
G
Now
I'm
going
to
move
on
to
the
organizational
structure,
which
also
plays
a
very
important
role
in
meeting
requirements
set
forth
by
the
agency,
the
103
full-time
employees
are
contained
in
two
distinct
parts
within
the
agency.
There's
the
commission
and
the
regulatory
operations
staff.
The
commission
is
a
quasi-judicial
three-person
panel
appointed
by
the
governor
in
staggered
four-year
terms.
G
Our
current
commissioners,
chair,
hayley
williamson,
commissioner
cj
manthe
and
commissioner
tammy
cordova,
preside
over
contested
cases
and
make
decisions
regarding
the
operations
of
public
utilities.
The
regulatory
operations
staff,
often
referred
to
as
staff,
is
an
independent
division
that
investigates
and
audits
utility
operations
and
participates
as
a
party
in
all
proceedings.
Before
the
commission,
careful
attention
is
given
to
ensure
the
independence
of
staff
and
the
commission
is
prohibited
from
communicating
with
staff
in
any
manner
that
undermines
the
due
process.
Rights
of
other
parties,
however,
because
the
commission
and
staff
are
housed
within
the
same
state
agency.
H
All
right,
can
you
guys
see
me
or
are
we
on
ms
mullen's
screen
still.
H
Okay,
so
for
the
record
garrett
we're
general
counsel
for
the
public
utilities,
commission
and
I'm
just
gonna
walk
through
the
the
types
of
proceedings
that
the
commission
has
and
the
various
sectors
of
utility
operations
that
the
commission
regulates.
So
first,
our
executive
director
mentioned
the
quasi-judicial
nature
of
the
public
utilities.
Commission,
it
is
an
executive
branch
agency,
but
it
performs
a
quasi-judicial
function
and
presiding
over
contested
cases.
It
also
performs
quasi-legislative
functions
in
adopting
regulations,
so
the
types
of
cases
that
are
contested
are
generally
those
applications.
H
Like
rate
cases
where
the
commission
engages
in
rate
making,
looks
at
the
costs
of
providing
safe,
reliable
service
to
customers
and
sets
appropriate
rates,
customer
complaints
and
proceedings
that
involve
evaluating
whether
there
needs
to
be
penalties
for
certain
misconduct
by
regulated
entities
and
to
ensure
reliable,
safe
service
rule
makings.
That's
that's
the
regulatory
function.
The
commission
regularly
generally
following
legislative
sessions,
opens
multiple
rulemaking
proceedings
to
implement
legislation.
H
The
vast
majority
of
our
regulations
that
are
adopted
in
recent
years
have
been
pursuant
to
legislation
and
then
petitions
there
are
there's
an
opportunity
for
people
to
file
for
general
relief
from
the
commission
seeking
advisory
opinions
or
declaratory
orders
regarding
matters
within
the
jurisdiction
of
the
commission
and
then
finally,
investigations.
The
commission
regularly
undertakes
investigate,
initiates
investigations
to
look
into
utility
service
in
various
areas.
H
The
electric
sector
that
the
commission
regulates
is
primarily
related
to
two
electric
utilities
in
the
state
that
provide
retail,
fully
regulated
service.
That's
the
nevada
power
company
in
the
in
the
south
and
sierra
pacific
power
company
in
the
north,
and
they
both
do
business
under
the
name
nv
energy.
H
So
in
the
electric
sector,
the
pscn
regularly
presides
over
cases
involving
rate
making
integrated
resource
planning
and
permitting,
and,
as
I
mentioned,
has
many
cases
implementing
numerous
state
policies
and
programs
related
to
things
like
renewable
energy,
development,
energy
efficiency
and
conservation
and
consumer
protection
and
then
just
staying
within
this
sector.
H
It's
important
to
note
that
these
are
cases
that
determine
the
prices
that
nevadans
pay
for
electricity
and
the
short
and
long-term
planning
obligations
for
utilities
who
serve
nevadans,
and
so
the
rates
charge
to
customers
of
electric
service
consist
of
various
components
that
recover
particular
costs
of
providing
service.
The
two
largest
components
of
that
are
the
purchased
power
costs
and
general
costs,
which
include
the
costs
of
operating
a
utility
that
aren't
collected
through
another
specific
rate.
H
Also,
it's
important
to
note
that
the
commission
does
not
allow
a
return
on
the
cost
of
operation
and
maintenance
expenses
such
as
employees,
salaries.
It's
this
prudent
oversight
by
the
pcm.
That's
resulted
in
nevada
having
among
the
most
stable
electric
rates
in
the
country
over
the
past
two
decades.
H
The
losers
in
this
decision-making
process
will
be
unhappy
with
the
results,
but
for
parties
who
believe
that
the
commission
decision
is
inequitable
or
unlawful.
There
are
processes
in
place
to
seek
an
appeal.
First,
at
the
administrative
agency
level,
through
reconsideration
or
rehearing
of
a
matter
and
subsequently
through
judicial
review
through
the
state's
courts,
then
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
H
The
natural
gas
industry,
the
commission
regulates
two
investor-owned
natural
gas
utilities,
that's
southwest
gas
corporation
and
syria,
pacific
power
company,
doing
businesses
in
the
energy
in
what,
in
the
northern
part
of
the
state
for
these
utilities,
the
pucn
holds
proceedings
to
set
rates
and
implement
legislative
policies,
promoting
energy
conservation,
the
use
of
renewable
natural
gas
and,
in
particular,
the
natural
gas
industry,
the
expansion
of
infrastructure
to
provide
service
to
new
areas
of
the
state.
H
H
Finally,
the
pucn
oversees
gas
pipeline
safety
in
partnership
with
the
united
states
department
of
transportation
pipeline
and
hazardous
materials,
safety,
administration,
femsa
office
of
pipeline
safety.
So,
as
with
electric
utilities,
natural
gas
utilities
recover
the
cost
to
purchase
purchase
fuel
the
natural
gas
that
they
sell
to
customers
on
just
a
dollar
for
dollar
basis.
They
aren't
allowed
to
mark
up
the
cost
of
the
natural
gas
that
they
sell.
H
The
commission
regulates
the
service
territories,
but
not
the
rates
or
service
quality
of
water
and
wastewater
utilities
under
control
of
non-investor
owned
governing
bodies
such
as
cooperative
associations
and
homeowners
associations.
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
for
rails
as
executive
director
mullen
mentioned.
H
The
commission
has
personnel
who
regularly
perform
inspections
and
are
specialized
in
areas
of
inspection
that
enforce
federal
regulations.
Those
disciplines
include
operations,
practice,
inspection,
motive,
power
and
equipment,
inspection
track
inspection
and
hazardous
materials.
Inspection
next
slide.
H
H
322
telecommunication
providers
are
comprised
of
incumbent
local
exchange
carriers,
as
well
as
their
222
competitive
suppliers,
and
the
commission
does
not
rate
regulate
those
entities
but
ensures
well.
It
regulates
programs
that
some
of
those
entities
are
able
to
draw
from
federally
and
at
the
state
level,
for
example,
there
are
30
eligible
telecommunication
carriers
in
the
in
the
state
which
are
able
to
access
federal
lifeline
support.
26
of
those
are
seeking
or
receive
federal
lifeline
support
to
provide
support
telecommunications
services
to
low-income
consumers.
H
And
providing
discounted
rates
both
through
for
mobile
service
as
well
as
landline
and
actually
at
the
federal
level,
broadband
access
is
included
in
that
as
well
and
and
then
we
also
have
seven.
I
believe,
nine
etcs,
like
eligible
telecommunication
carriers,
receiving
high
cost
support
in
the
state
to
subsidize
the
build
out
to
more
rural
areas
where
the
cost
of
present
providing
service
is
more
expensive.
H
So
it's
we're
always
engaged
in
exciting,
intellectually
stimulating
complex
issues
and
and
it
continues
to
grow
and
become
more
interesting
every
year,
especially
as
we
pivot
toward
adopting
changing
technologies
and
implementing
more
aggressive
policies
with
regard
to
climate
change
and
and
consumer
protection.
I
Thank
you,
mr
weir.
Thank
you,
chairman
roe
moreno
and
vice
chair
watts
and
committee
members
for
having
us
here
today.
I'm
happy
to
present
an
update
on
the
very
busy
session
you
all
had
in
2019
and
what
the
puc
has
done
with
those
bills.
I'll
just
go
in
order
here,
as
you
see
them
on
your
screen.
I
So
first
off
is
sb
547,
which
required
the
pucn
to
set
annual
limits
on
the
amount
of
energy
and
capacity
that
may
exit
nv
energy's
system
pursuant
to
nrs
chapter
704b,
to
determine
the
appropriate
annual
limits.
Pursuant
to
sp547,
the
utility
must
present
a
sensitivity,
analysis
that
addresses
load
growth,
import
capacity
system
constraints
and
the
in
fact
effective
eligible
customers
purchasing
less
energy
and
capacity.
I
Spp
547
clarified
that
the
impact
fee
charged
to
the
exiting
customer
must
ensure
that
the
customer
pays
their
load
ratio
share
of
the
costs
associated
with
the
electric
utilities,
obligations
that
were
incurred
as
deviations
from
lease
cost
resource
planning.
The
commission
opened
a
docket
docket
1906029
to
conduct
the
necessary
rulemaking
to
implement
this
bill.
The
regulations
being
considered
in
this
docket
provide
additional
detail
regarding
the
impact
fee
calculation
determining
certain
charges
that
will
be
paid
by
those
customers
who
are
approved
to
exit
and
re-entry
system
pursuant
to
704b.
I
Also,
the
proposed
regulations
state
that
the
exiting
customer
must
pay
a
non-bypassable
charge
monthly
in
an
amount
at
least
equal
to
the
customer's
share
of
the
ongoing
out-of-money
portion
of
the
costs
of
long-term
renewable
energy
contracts
entered
into
by
the
utility.
Among
other
public
policy
program
costs.
I
The
different
phases
are
in
various
draft
stages
phases,
one
and
three,
which
pertain
to
the
energy
and
capacity
limits
are
pending
with
lcb
for
review
phase
two,
which
has
to
do
with
licensing
requirements
for
providers
of
new
electric
resources
were
recently
returned
to
the
commission.
The
commission
will
continue
the
formal
233b
rulemaking
process
with
a
workshop
and
hearing
coming
soon
on
those
regulations.
I
Next
up
ab465
this
bill
provided
for
expanded
solar
access
in
nevada
to
low-income
residents
and
businesses,
and
to
those
that
could
not
access
traditional
net
metering
programs,
because
they
either
rented
or
owned
a
home
that
was
not
conducive
to
rooftop
solar.
The
bill
also
contains
a
solar
jobs
and
workforce
training
program.
The
commission
is
nearing
the
end
of
its
rule.
Making
process
to
implement
ab465
is
actually
scheduled.
A
formal
233b
workshop
and
hearing
next
week
to
hear
these
regulations.
I
This
bill
increased
the
renewable
portfolio
standard
to
50
renewable
energy
by
2030..
It
also
added
provisions
to
statutes
related
to
resource
planning
and
rate,
making
that
authorize
electric
utilities
to
acquire
existing
renewable
facilities
without
getting
specific
approval
from
the
pcn
for
such
acquisition.
If
terms
have
been
met
or
with
pucn
approval
construct
a
new
renewable
facility
without
placing
that
facility
within
the
rate
base,
the
pucn
opened
a
rulemaking
docket
19060
to
adapt
regulations
in
accordance
with
this
bill
throughout
the
fall
of
2019
and
winter
of
2020.
I
The
pucn
sent
draft
regulations
to
lcb
and
recently
received
those
regulations
back.
The
pucn
will
continue
its
formal
233b
rulemaking
process
with
workshops
and
hearings
to
continue
this
spring.
Another
important
piece
of
sp
358
is
the
pucn
last
year
issued
an
order
requiring
envy
energy
to
submit
a
report
containing
information
consistent
with
a
net
zero
carbon
emissions
goal
by
2050..
I
I
Moving
on
to
sp
300
sp
300,
which
was
adopted
during
the
2019
session,
requires
the
pcn
to
determine
alternative
rate
making
mechanisms
and
what
mechanisms
an
electric
utility
may
include
in
an
alternative
rate
making
plan
alternative
rate.
Making
mechanisms
represent
a
shift
from
the
traditional
cost
of
service
rate,
making
that
the
pucn
and
most
other
state
utility
commissions
have
applied
to
utilities.
For
decades
the
electric
utility
industry
is
changing
rapidly
and,
as
a
result,
regulators
across
the
country
are
evaluating
whether
changes
in
rate
making
are
required
to
align
regulatory
mechanisms
with
those
industry
changes.
I
Sp
300
includes
a
menu
of
possible
alternative
rate
making
mechanisms,
including,
but
not
limited
to
performance-based
rates,
subscription-based
pricing,
formula
rates,
decoupling
earnings
sharing
mechanisms
and
multi-year
rate
plans.
Although
the
pcn
has
already
implemented
many
of
the
alternative
rate,
making
mechanisms
listed
in
300
in
some
form,
it
will
now
under
sp
300,
take
a
holistic
view
of
how
various
alternative
rate
making
mechanisms
interact
and
how
traditional
rate
making
may
be
improved
upon
by
the
application
of
such
alternatives.
I
I
The
pcn
has
released
concept
papers
to
set
the
stage
for
more
stakeholder
driven
processes
and
for
collaborative,
really
reviewing
and
issuing
and
providing
key,
not
only
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
key
questions
to
inform
the
pcn's
assessment
of
these
alternative
rate
making
plans,
but
so
that
the
dialogue
can
go
back
and
forth
with
stakeholders
subsequent
to
finishing
the
facilitated
workshops.
The
300
rulemaking
has
advanced
to
a
strahman
proposal
process
and
the
pcn
hopes
to
have
draft
regulations
sometime
in
the
second
quarter
of
this
year.
I
Sb299
the
electric
school
bus
bill.
This
bill
added
incentives
from
the
renewable
generations
program
for
public
schools
to
purchase
electric
school
buses
and
school
bus
charging
infrastructure.
The
commission
did
not
need
to
adopt
regulations
for
this
bill
implementation,
and
so
once
the
bill
was
signed,
it
has
been
implemented.
The
annual
plans
docket,
as
you
just
heard,
from
the
governor's
office
of
energy,
was
just
filed
this
february
with
the
pcn
and
the
dollar
amounts
for
those
incentive
programs,
including
the
electric
vehicle
charging
program,
will
be
set
for
the
upcoming
year.
I
I
this
year
on
january,
5th
2021
southwest
gas
submitted
its
first
application
for
authority
to
purchase
renewable
natural
gas
up
to
three
percent
and
that
application
is
currently
pending
with
the
commission
and
finally,
while
not
on
the
side,
it's
very
important
to
recognize.
I
Sp254
254
from
last
session
recognizes
the
threat
of
climate
change
and
calls
for
a
statewide
inventory
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
examines
solutions
for
reducing
these
ambitions.
Moving
forward,
the
commission
worked
with
the
governor's
office
of
energy
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources
and
department
of
transportation
on
the
emissions
report
and
looks
forward
to
continuing
this
collaborative
effort.
And
finally,
the
commission
also
looks
forward
to
collaborating
with
its
sister
agencies
on
climate
change
measures
moving
forward,
and
that
concludes
our
presentation
from
the
pc
and
we're
very
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
D
Thank
you
very
much.
Chair
williams,
mr
weir,
miss
mullen
for
the
presentation
very
informative
and
appreciate
the
updates
on
the
implementation
of
legislation
from
last
session.
Yes,
we
did,
we
did
do
quite
a
lot
and
we
appreciate
you
helping
get
those
policies
enacted.
J
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
I
have
just
a
simple
question:
we've
seen
some
issues
in
our
sister
state
to
the
west,
with
wildfires
and
gas
explosions
and
just
wondering
is
there
a
strategy
in
place
that
ensures
that
our
utilities
are
updating
and
upgrading
their
their
facilities
so
that
we
don't
have
those
issues
here?
I
know
you
all
passed
something
last
time,
but
I'm
new,
so
I
don't
know
all
the
the
details.
So
I
would
appreciate
your
assistance
and
information.
I
I
Thank
you.
I
will
start
and
then
I'm
going
to
pass
this
off
to
mr
weir
to
say
anything
I
missed
so
that
the
two
issues
wildfire
and
the
gas
safety
are
two
obviously
extremely
important
issues.
You're
right,
we've
seen
our
neighbors
deal
with
these
in,
in
pretty
horrific
fashion,
huge
credit
to
the
legislature
in
2019
for
passing
sb
329,
which,
for
the
first
time
required
elect
electric
utilities
in
nevada
to
file
national
disaster
protection
plans.
So
we
started
to
look
at
this
issue
holistically.
I
Then
nv
energy
did
file
its
first
plan
that
the
commission
approved
it's
aggressive.
It
calls
for
number
one.
The
most
important
thing
we
can
do
is
a
lot
of
vegetation
management.
I
There
are
sections
of
it
that
contain
undergrounding
of
certain
lines
that
are
in
high
fire
zone
areas,
and
there
is
also
the
public
safety
outage
management
program
which
in
california
is
the
public
safety
power
shut
off,
which
is
the
pre-emptive
dead,
energization
of
power
lines
so
wildfire.
I
share
your
concern
has
been
first
and
foremost
on
my
mind
for
a
while
now
and
every
wildfire
season.
I
We
see
it
continues
to
get
worse,
so
we
we
continue
to
update
those
plans
yearly
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
everything
we
can
to
aggressively,
monitor
and
regulate,
to
the
extent
that
we're
able
to
the
wildfire
threat
for
gas
pipeline
safety.
We
are
proud
to
say
that
we
continue
to
rank
number
one
in
the
nation
for
gas
pipeline
safety.
That
rating
comes
from
the
federal
government,
and
so
that
is
also
something
that
we
take
very
seriously.
I
Our
inspectors
are
out
there
monitoring
every
day
every
week
of
pipeline
safety,
and
we
have
a
very
aggressive
pipeline
safety
program
and
with
that
I'll
I'll,
let
small
owner
mr
weir
pick
up
anything.
I
missed.
H
I
I
think
chair,
williamson,
fairly
comprehensively
covered
everything.
She
was
the
commissioner
presiding
over
the
national
disaster
protection
plan.
Proceeding
recently,
the
the
commission
did
approve
the
first
application
pursuant
to
that
legislation
it
was
filed
in
march
and
it's
it
was
approved
and
we
we
still
do
have
a
pending
rulemaking,
proceeding
at
the
commission
to
examine
some
of
the
specifics
of
cost
recovery
associated
with
that
plan,
and
you
know
it
wouldn't
there's.
H
There
is
some
ambiguity,
arguably
with
with
the
legislation
with
regard
to
cost
recovery,
and
it
wouldn't
surprise
us
if
we
saw
this
session
the
issue
of
clarification
of
the
cost
recovery,
the
costs
for
mitigating
natural
disaster
risk.
H
If
that
does
come
before
the
legislature,
and
perhaps
this
committee,
so
that's
something
I
guess
you
can
keep
your
eyes
open
for
and
and
that's
currently
going
out
at
the
commission
right
now.
J
Chair,
may
I
have
a
follow-up
question.
Please.
J
I
guess
my
question
is,
I
guess,
I'm
looking
for
a
distinction
between
whether
or
not
a
utility
has
the
the
power,
the
agency
to
turn
off
utilities
in
case
of
a
possibility
of
of
a
wildfire
or
gas
or
whether
or
not
they
are
being
expected,
and,
if
not
even
required,
to
look
at
their
own
inventory
of
technology
to
ensure
that
it
is
up
to
date,
so
that
they're
not
contributing
to
these
issues,
and
I
say
that,
because
many
years
ago,
when
we
built
our
house
in
west
las
vegas,
the
power
infrastructure
was
so
old.
J
There's
a
lot
of
overhead
lines,
power
lines
in
west,
las
vegas,
near
north,
las
vegas
area
and
and
for
from
from
my
perspective,
these
are
things
that
we
should
be
looking
and
expecting
to
be
updated.
Now
that
we
have
new
technology,
we
understand
the
dangers.
J
I
Great
question:
thank
you
for
the
question
and
again
I'll
I'll,
take
the
first
shot
and
pass
it
off.
So
the
the
short
answer
is
yes,
the
utilities
it
is
some
of
it
at
least,
has
been
our
purview.
Some
goes
to
the
counties
and
goes
to
the
cities
in
terms
of
building
codes
and
things
to
make.
Let's
say,
like
your
house
safer,
but
for
the
utilities.
I
How
different
how
dry
a
certain
leaf
is
in
a
certain
part
of
reno
we're
starting
to
look
at
that
huge
credit
actually
to
reno
the
university
in
reno
they're.
Doing
a
lot
of
the
weather
science
that
actually
the
whole
west
is
using
for
gas
pipeline
is
required
in
nevada.
We
have
to
update
it
if
it's
unsafe
utilities
are
looking
at
newer
technologies
of
pipe
and
updating
it,
and
that
is
something
also
within
the
commission's
purview.
I
I
We
want
to
be
looking
forward
so
to
the
parts
that
are
in
the
power
sector,
the
parts
that
we
regulate
for
the
lines
themselves,
the
weather
technology,
the
vegetation,
how
how
far
the
lines
have
to
go
out
the
clearing
lines
of
trees,
around
power
lines
that
vegetation
management
we're
looking
at
that
on
a
going
forward
basis,
not
just
on
a
reactionary
basis
to
get
ahead
of
that
and
then
for
pipe
replacement.
D
D
Hearing
none,
I
have
one
quick
question,
so
you
know
you
spoke
of
some
of
the
actions
that
the
legislature
took
in
advancing
climate
adaptation
and
mitigation
and
how
that's
been
incorporated
into
some
of
the
activities
of
the
commission.
D
Could
you
speak
just
a
little
bit
more
to
that,
and
I
know
that
in
the
last
legislative
session
we
really
focused
on
efforts
in
the
energy
generation
sector
and,
as
your
presentation
showed,
you
regulate
multiple
areas,
not
just
electric
utilities,
and
you
know
I
think
there
are
obviously
climate
connections
to
gas,
water
and
some
of
the
other
areas.
So
could
you
just
speak
a
little
bit
more
about.
D
What
what
else
is
being
done
and
where
else
climate
could
be
incorporated
into
some
of
the
decisions
and
processes
that
the
commission
undertakes.
I
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
question,
first
and
foremost
just
internally.
I
want
to
give
a
lot
of
credit
to
executive
director
mullen
who,
in
our
last,
we
always
do
a
multi-year
report
about
our
own
internal
policies
and
procedures,
and
she
recognized
with
our
team
that
climate
change
was
going
to
be
first
and
foremost.
I
So
we
moved
that
as
a
standard
for
the
pc
itself,
so
that
we're
viewing
things
in
a
climate
lens
that
we're
always
taking
climate
change
into
account
that
we're
meeting
on
the
goals
set
out
by
you
folks
in
any
legislation
that
comes
our
way
in
a
timely
manner.
So
we
we
have
incorporated
that
into
our
own
strategic
plan
at
the
puc
that
climate
change
is
a
metric
by
which
we
want
to
measure
our
own
agency.
I
By,
on
top
of
that,
we
have
been
working
with
our
sister
agencies
on
things
like
sb254,
for
the
client
for
the
emissions
report
and
then
actually
the
the
climate
strategy.
We
can
always
provide
technical
assistance.
I
We
have
a
whole
building
full
of
incredibly
capable
people
of
engineers
and
accountants
who
who
are
willing
and
excited
to
continue
work
on
climate.
For
the
other
industries,
that's
that's
a
really
great
question
to
the
extent
and
I'll.
Let
mr
weir
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
these
one
of
the
things.
That's,
I
think
unique
about
the
commission
that
the
governor's
office
of
energy
touched
on
is
that
our
quasi-judicial
side
is
contested
case-based.
I
So
I
always
very
much
appreciate
when
people
participate
in
those
dockets
advocates,
participate
in
those
dockets
and
bring
to
us
evidence
and
testimony
that
we
can
weigh
in
our
cases
to
look
at
climate
change
and
then
in
the
non-contested
case
realm
in
rulemakings
and
investigations,
and
we
we
say
this
and
I'd
love
to
emphasize
it
again.
Please
come
to
us,
we
have
a
rulemaking
or
an
investigation,
and
you
have
climate
information.
Your
climate
advocate.
Please
come
to
the
pcn.
I
I
know
it's
a
little
antiquated,
but
we're
always
happy
to
help,
but
we'll
help
you
file
comments,
please
come
and
present
what
you
have
so
that
we
can
take
it
into
account
and
and
we're
open
to
that,
and
we
would
like
to
continue
that
and
with
that
I'll
hand
it
over
to
garrett
and
stephanie
to
again
fill
in
where
I'm
missing.
H
All
right,
thank
you
for
the
record
garrett
weir,
so
sure
williamson
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
with
regard
to
the
quasi-judicial
process.
H
With
you
know,
we
are
largely
con
confined
or
constrained
by
the
records
that
are
put
before
the
agency,
with
the
assemblyman
watts,
you're
correct,
or
vice
chair
watts,
you're
correct
that
existing
law
does
really
for
the
state
primarily
focus
on
the
electric
industry
with
regard
to
planning
and
emphasis
and
planning
to
examine
the
effects
of
planning
on
climate
change
and
to
implement
programs
that
also
combat
climate
change
and
carbon
emissions.
H
So,
but
there
are
ways
that
prudent
oversight
of
decisions
by
other
utilities
can,
you
know,
be
helpful.
With
regard
to
natural
gas,
I
mean
obviously
it's
important
that
the
commission
not
approve
recovery
of
investments
that
aren't
prudent
anything
excessive,
where
you're
committing
to
that
infrastructure.
H
That's
dedicated
to
fossil
fuels,
so
you
know,
but
we
we
do
have
a
limited
ability
to
engage
in
planning
for
natural
gas
in
the
same
way
that
we
do
for
electric,
which
sheriff
williamson
was
very
careful
to
not
mention
any
pending
case
cases,
but
I
mean
even
right
now
we
have
a
pending
case
related
to
resource
planning
for
the
utility
and
those
very
things
I
mean
state
policy
objectives
related
to
carbon
emission
reductions
are
being
discussed
and-
and
those
are
considerations
in
the
planning
process
that
the
commission
takes
into
account.
D
Thank
you
both
for,
for
that,
and
you
know
I
would
just
like
to
commend
the
commission.
Thank
you
for
highlighting
the
fact
that
you've
incorporated
as
a
as
a
metric
in
a
key
operational
aspect
of
your
agency.
D
I
also
applauded
the
department
of
transportation
for
for
doing
the
same,
and
I
I
am
asking
you
know
any
agency
that
was
involved
in
the
climate
initiative
process.
What
they've
been
doing
to
continue
to
incorporate
that
internally.
So
thanks
for
sharing
that
information
with
us
and
and
some
of
that
additional
perspective,
I
know
that
a
lot
of
the
frameworks
that
the
commission
works
off
of
are
determined
by
by
us
at
the
legislature.
D
So
that's
going
to
be
some
continuing
conversations
that
that
we'll
be
having
here,
but
the
background
that
you
provided
is
very
informative
in
that
regard
with
that.
Are
there
any
other
questions
for
the
commission.
D
All
right
hearing-
none
thank
you
again
for
your
presentation
today
and
for
our
final
presentation.
Today
we
will
move
on
to
the
nevada,
transportation,
nevada,
transportation,
association
authority
and
the
department
of
business
and
industry.
You
can
begin
your
presentation
whenever
you
are
ready.
B
K
K
You
madam
chair
mourinho,
and
by
shera
watts
distinguished
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
I'm
don
gibbons
and
I'm
in
the
office
of
the
nta
in
reno.
As
a
commissioner
and
chair,
I
will
be
sharing
a
presentation
with
you
today
on
the
nevada,
transportation
authority
and
joining
me
today.
Is
commissioner
newton
and
deputy
commissioner
derose?
Well,
I
hope
that
she's
gotten
up
and
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
little
background
on
the
people
that
work
at
the
nta
and
then
I'll
proceed
with
the
presentation.
K
Commissioner
newton
has
been
with
nta
for
many
years.
First
is
the
deputy
attorney
general
dennis
the
administrative
attorney
and
for
the
past
three
years
he's
been
a
commissioner
commissioner.
Assad
has
been
with
nta
for
eight
and
a
half
years.
He
was
a
municipal
court
judge
in
las
vegas
prior
to
joining
the
nta.
K
Both
commissioners
are
attorneys
and
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
them
at
the
nta
deputy
commissioner.
Derose
was
previously
with
the
taxi
cab
authority
and
has
now
been
with
nta
for
nearly
four
years.
I
come
from
the
private
sector.
My
background
is
business
and
with
hard
work
and
a
lot
of
luck,
I
did
have
five
very
successful
businesses
coming
to
reno,
especially
since
I
came
here
in
1974,
was
just
a
couple
hundred
dollars
like
you.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
serve
as
a
legislator
and
I
was
a
former
first
lady
of
nevada.
K
They
preside
over
their
own
cases
as
they
have
separate
hearings
from
the
other
two
commissioners
and
every
five
to
six
weeks.
We
have
a
general
session
normally
with
a
hundred
plus
cases.
That
means
that
each
of
three
commissioners
must
not
only
know
their
own
cases,
but
also
have
to
be
well
informed.
On
the
other
two
commissioners
cases
we
have
a
chief
of
enforcement,
which
is
a
very
tough
position.
He
oversees
12
investigators,
nine
in
las
vegas
and
three
in
reno.
K
So
it's
a
hundred
and
ten
thousand
square
feet
of
new
head
encompassing
being
on
the
field,
can
be
very
dangerous,
especially
when
you
have
rogue
or
gypsy
drivers
that
are
not
certificated.
Also
there's
a
problem.
Sometimes,
when
tncs
go
off
the
app
and
pick
up
cash
riders,
it's
not
only
illegal,
it's
unfair
to
the
state
coffers
and
the
companies
they're
working
for,
but,
most
importantly,
once
the
driver
goes
off
the
app.
They
are
no
longer
insured
by
the
tnc
companies.
K
And
if
there
is
an
accident,
then
the
passengers
are
not
insured
and
we
have
other
people.
Chief
revins
who
does
the
compliance,
does
very
good
job,
and
I
want
to
mention
application
manager,
liz
babcock
when
we
get
to
one
of
the
slides.
K
These
are
the
statutes
that
we
govern
and
I'm
sure
that
you're,
probably
familiar
with
these
we've,
been
around
a
long
time
at
the
nta's
long-standing
agency,
we're
regulatory
division
of
the
business
and
industry,
we're
a
division
of
them
and
we
and
I'll.
Let
you
read
that
because
I
don't
want
to
take
up
all
your
time
and
we're
going
to
get
to
this
in
a
little
bit
in
a
minute.
K
These
are
some
of
the
members
of
our
staff
and
I
I
just
like
to
to
put
some
pictures
of
them.
I
can't
put
them
you
know
all
the
enforcement
people,
because
we
don't
want
them
to
be
recognized,
but
we
have
a
really
positive
staff
that
believes
in
making
sure
everybody
that
uses
transportation
are
safe
and
just
some
of
the
work
we've
done,
we've
processed
2687
driver
permit
applications
in
2020
and
129
new
expanded
service
and
tariff
applications.
K
K
K
K
K
She
was
having
trouble
getting
on,
but
she's
very
I've
been
very
good
at
making
the
nta
more
efficient
and
she's
done
a
lot
when
I
first
came
in,
we
had
all
these
just
couldn't
hardly
even
move
in
in
there
with
all
these
office
where
they
kept
paper,
and
so
I
didn't
feel
like
I
was
in
the
21st
century
at
that
point,
but
she's
made
great
strides
in
helping
us
advance
and
keep
efficient.
K
These
are
some
of
the
motor
carriers
that
we
have
this
706
motor
carriers
and
we're
pretty
proud
of
those.
We
also
have
a
a
new
entrepreneurial
type.
Guy
and
he's
using
all
teslas
in
his
fleets
I'll
go
over.
The
706
motor
carries
14
tour
companies.
K
We
have
seven
of
the
non-emergency
medical
transfer
companies
that
really
came
in
and
it
was
very
important
this
this
past
year
and
they
had
to
spend
a
lot
of
money
redoing
their
vehicles
to
make
sure
that
those
people
that
had
coveted
they
were
safe,
but
the
driver
was
safe
and
the
first
responders
were
safe.
K
K
And
just
giving
you
a
you
know
little
we
we
now
we
went
from
uber
and
left
to.
We
have
five
now
transportation
network
companies,
uber,
lyft
and
tango.
K
They
deliver
passengers,
hop,
skip
and
drive,
they
take
kids
back
and
forth
from
school
and
and
to
you
know
their
football
baseball
games
and
different
things
and
uc
urz.
They
help
disable
kids
and
adults,
and
this
again
is
the
network
companies.
K
K
Financial
commitment
to
the
state
revenue
from
both
uber
and
lyft
equals
2.2
million
per
year
and
on
nrs
706
b
is
autonomous
vehicles
right
now
the
vehicles
are
being
tested
through
the
dmv,
but
we
have
the
administrative
regulations
and
we're
ready
for
them.
Whenever
we
they
can
prove
that
they're
safe
and
we
can
prove
they're,
safe
revenue,
sources
and
expenditures.
K
Our
total
revenue,
six
million
seven
hundred
eighty
one
thousand
nevada
highway
fund
is
two
million
six.
Eighty
nine,
the
tnc
revenue,
including
reserve,
is
three
million.
Six
hundred
and
thirty
two
nrs
706
revenue
is
460
000.,
so
I
we
divided
it
up
under
highway
fund
for
is
tnc
revenue
is
the
biggest
part
of
our
budget
than
highway
fund
and
706.,
and
here's
for
the
next
year
is
pretty
much
the
same,
and
these
are
our
expenditures.
K
Personnel
service
is
our
largest
expenditure,
and
then
we
have
the
cost
of
the
attorney
general
for
legal
investigative
services
and
business
and
industry.
We,
the
216
000,
is
for
fiscal
services,
the
transportation
network
companies
is
operating
expenses
for
them,
and
then
we
have
operating
this
134
and
pretty
much
the
same
in
2023.
K
That
is
the
end
of
our
presentation,
and
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
I'm
available
to
answer
questions.
The
person
probably
best
is
dave
newton
who's
been
there
the
longest,
and
so
whoever
you
want
to
talk
to
we're
fine.
A
K
Well,
they
can
call
us
we're
very
available,
and
I
think
you
know
you
know.
I've
talked
to
you
many
times
and
you
really
know
so
much
about
what
we
do.
Because
of
your
background,
and
I
appreciate
all
of
you-
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
being
a
state
employee.
I
was
in
the
private
sector,
I
never
got
you
know
insurance.
K
I
never
got
to
have
a
christmas
or
new
year's
day
or
thanksgiving
or
or
martin
luther
king
any
of
those
days,
and
I
just
want
you
to
know
how
much
I
appreciate
and
and
our
the
nta
appreciates
you
for
taking
care
of
us
state
employees,
because
you
do
a
very
good
job.
A
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
saying
that
we
don't
hear
that
often,
so
we
appreciate
that
yeah
and
we
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
are
doing
and
and
your
staff.
A
Awesome:
okay,
members.
That
brings
us
to
the
last
item
on
our
agenda
and
that
will
be
public
comment
at
this
time
for
anyone
watching
our
committee
meeting
on
our
webpage
for
today's
meeting
on
nellis
there's
located
you'll
find
the
buttons
to
allow
you
to
submit
your
opinions
online
or
participate
in
writing
by
telephone,
and
I
will
ask
bps
if
we
have
anyone
in
the
waiting
room
for
public
comment.
L
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
monroe,
marino
members
of
the
assembly,
growth
and
infrastructure
for
the
record,
my
name
is
laura
abram,
I'm
the
director
of
project
execution
and
public
affairs
with
first
bowler,
and
thanks
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today.
First
solar
is
an
american
solar
manufacturer
and
the
largest
us
provider
of
thin
film
pv
panels.
We
have
an
have
extensive
experience
and
a
proven
track
record:
developing
constructing
and
operating
the
world's
largest
solar
plants,
including
over
2.3
gigawatts
of
projects
in
development
and
operation.
Right
here
in
nevada.
L
First,
solar
has
500
megawatts
of
solar,
pv
projects
that
have
applied
for
the
renewable
energy
tax
abatement
program,
with
each
project,
contributing
millions
in
sales
and
property
tax
revenues
for
state
and
local
governments
and
creating
hundreds
of
jobs.
We
really
want
to
acknowledge
director
bob
zian
and
his
office
for
their
continued
support
and
collaboration.
L
The
governor's
office
of
energy's
excellent
tax
abatement
program
enabled
the
construction
operation
of
these
projects,
and
without
this
program
they
would
not
be
economically
viable.
Through
the
years
we've
seen
successful,
continuous
improvement
implemented
in
the
program,
and
we
really
applaud
the
increased
efficiencies
and
ease
of
processing
the
office
has
instituted
demonstrating.
A
Thank
you
so
much
so
members
that
will
conclude
our
meeting
for
today.
Thank
you
to
our
presenters,
the
committee,
our
broadcast
staff
and
the
members
of
the
public
who
have
virtually
joined
us
here
today.
Our
next
meeting
for
the
assembly
committee
on
growth
and
infrastructure
will
be
tuesday
february
16th
at
1
30..
We
will
have
several
presentations
from
agencies
involved
in
nevada's,
highway
safety
and
energy
sectors,
and
with
that
this
meeting
is
adjourned,
and
I
wish
you
all
a
great.