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A
D
C
E
A
And
I
am
here:
we
have
all
members
present.
Thank
you
all
for
showing
up
today,
I'd
like
to
welcome
everyone
to
today's
meeting
of
the
assembly
committee
on
growth
and
infrastructure.
Today
we
will
enjoy
a
presentation
on
the
state
climate
strategy,
but
before
we
begin
addressing
today's
agenda,
I
want
to
briefly
remind
review
how
our
virtual
meetings
will
work,
although
we're
in
different
rooms,
please
make
sure
that
your
phones
are
on
silent.
A
Please
keep
your
cameras
on
so
that
our
secretary
will
know
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
if
you
wish
to
speak,
you
can
raise
your
hand
or
just
open
your
mic.
If
you
have
a
question
but
make
sure
you
state
your
name
for
the
record,
whether
your
staff
or
legislator,
it
makes
it
much
easier
for
our
secretary
to
keep
records
when
we
state
our
name,
because
she
may
not
be
able
to
see
us
and
for
the
public.
A
A
A
A
A
So
today
I'm
excited
to
have
our
first
presentation
for
this
legislative
session
and
we
will
welcome
the
presenters
to
the
meeting.
A
It
will
be
a
presentation
on
nevada's
climate
strategy
and
we
have
with
us
today
david
boxing,
who
is
the
director
at
the
governor's
office
of
energy
and
from
the
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources,
director,
bradley
crowley
and
david
lovato
and
kristen
everett.
So
thank
you
for
joining
us
here
in
this
virtual
floor
meeting.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
This
is
brad
crawl,
the
director
of
the
combat
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources.
Can
you
hear
me
all
right.
E
I'll
speak
loudly,
we
can
hear
you
on
this
end,
madam
chair,
thank
you
for
I'm
nervous
committee.
Thank
you
for
convening
this
important
here
today
to
look
at
nevada's
climate
goals,
our
challenges
and
our
opportunities.
As
I
said,
my
name
is
bradley
paul.
I'm,
the
director
of
the
nevada
department
of
conservation.
E
All
right,
I
believe
that
should
be
working
if
everyone
can
see
that
on
the
screen.
As
chair
monroe
moreno
said,
I'm
joined
today
by
my
colleague,
favorite
bossian,
the
director
of
the
governor's
office
of
energy,
dr
kristen
averitt,
who
serves
as
our
state's
first
ever
policy
coordinator,
and
I
also
have
with
me
today
mr
greg
lovato,
the
administrator
of
our
division
of
environmental
protection.
E
E
E
However,
while
we
have
much
work
to
do
to
address
climate
pollution
across
across
all
economic
sectors
in
nevada,
this
critical
work
also
presents
significant
opportunities
for
nevada's
economic
recovery,
lasting
economic
diversification
and
creating
new
good
paying
jobs
through
targeting
targeted
investments
in
modern
climate
resilient
infrastructure
throughout
our
state.
Our
efforts
to
more
broadly
tackle
climate
change
began
in
earnest
in
2019,
under
governor
assistant's
leadership
when
he
joined
nevada
with
the
u.s
climate
alliance.
E
As
an
alliance,
member
nevada
is
committed
to
reducing
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
26,
to
28,
by
2025
and
and
in
exchange
for
adopting
these
targets.
Nevada
receives
valuable
technical
and
analytical
support
from
the
alliance
to
help
our
tracking
to
help
track
our
emissions
profile
and
receive
input
for
policy
designs
that
may
work
best
for
nevada.
E
E
The
second
piece
of
legislation,
sb
254,
established
in
statute,
the
economy-wide
greenhouse
gas
reduction
milestones
for
nevada.
These
emissions
reduction
goals
set
by
two
by
sb254,
are
on
the
screen
as
follows:
25
by
2025
45
by
2030
and
net
zero
by
2050..
E
That
said,
as
was
stated
recently
by
senator
chris
brooks
who
was
the
sponsor
of
these
two
bills
in
the
2919
session,
he
said
we
are
going
to
quote
we're.
Actually,
we
are
going
to
use
the
carbon
reduction
goals
of
the
state
to
guide
our
clean
energy
investments
and
that's
exactly
what
we're
hoping
to
do
in
our
climate
strategy,
which
you
will
hear
about
today.
E
This
next
slide-
and
this
will
be
my
last
lady
fortunate
over
the
directory
boxing-
shows
nevada's
most
recent
greenhouse
gas
admissions
projections
as
assembled
by
the
nevada
division
of
environmental
protection.
As
you
can
see,
nevada
is
currently
projected
to
fall.
Four
percent
short
of
our
2025
gold
and
19
percent
short
our
2020
gold,
so
we
clearly
have
work
to
do.
However,
if
you
look
closely
at
this
graph,
you
will
see
gh.
E
G
Possibly
thank
you,
director,
kroll
and
thank
you,
chairman,
roman
reno
and
members
of
the
committee
for
this
opportunity
to
present
to
you
today.
I
would
like
to
give
you
just
a
kind
of
a
quick
snap
snapshot
of
where
we
are
headed
in
terms
headed
into
this
legislative
session
in
terms
of
climate
action
initiatives.
G
As
director
kroll
mentioned,
with
the
governors
joining
nevada
to
the
climate
alliance,
governor
systelac
has
taken
bold
action
addressing
the
climate
crisis
and
that
culminated
in
2019
at
the
end
of
2019,
with
executive
order
2019-22
with
the
goal
of
you
know,
moving
beyond
the
renewable
portfolio
standard
and
electricity
generation
to
focus
on
all
sources
of
ghgs
in
nevada
across
all
of
the
different
economic
sectors.
G
He
tasked
his
entire
administration
to
work
on
the
challenges
and
opportunities
behind
addressing
climate
and
tasked
both
director
kroll
and
myself,
and
our
offices
as
the
leads
in
that
effort.
The
key
milestone
for
that
executive
director
for
that
executive
order
was
the
delivery
of
the
state
climate
strategy,
and
that
is
what
we're
presenting
to
you
today.
That
was
to
be
delivered
by
december
1,
and
we
met
that
milestone.
G
And
so
some
of
the
activities
that
have
been
happening
since
the
last
session,
the
nevada
division
of
environmental
protection
launched
the
clean
cars
nevada
initiative
and
this
is
to
develop
new
regulations
to
facilitate
the
availability
on
a
broad
scale
of
low
emission
vehicles
known
as
lev
vehicles
and
zero
emission
vehicles
known
as
dev
vehicles.
G
G
A
lot
of
these
activities
focus
on
replacing
older
diesel
vehicles
and
the
pollution
that
comes
with
them,
as
well
as
replacing
ground
support
equipment
with
electric
upgrades
at
both
mccarran
and
reno
tahoe
airports.
I
would
note
that,
while
the
contracts
are
out
on
those
there,
there
are
some
changes
to
the
schedule
based
on
pandemic
activities
that
are
happening,
but
that's
been
a
major
achievement.
G
So
far
in
our
work,
ghg
admissions
reduction
strategy
kudos
to
director
swallow
and
all
of
our
colleagues
at
the
nevada
department
of
transportation,
they
have
put
into
their
one
nevada,
statewide
transportation
plan
ghg
reduction
strategies,
and
they
have
been
a
key
partner
in
this
effort
in
the
administration
addressing
climate.
G
Certainly
coming
from
the
governor's
office
of
energy,
there
is
the
nevada
electric
highway
expansion.
I
apologize
for
not
missing
this
one
error
on
the
slide.
I-15
has
been
completed
that
stretch
of
the
nevada
electric
highway
governor
sislak
at
the
first
part
of
2020,
joined
us
in
mesquite
for
a
ribbon
cutting
of
the
final
station
that
enabled
us
to
be
eligible
for
federal
certification
as
an
ev
alt
fuel
corridor.
We
project
a
substantial
completion
of
the
rest
of
the
nevada
electric
highway
on
interstate
80,
u.s
50,
u.s,
95
and
u.s
93
in
2021.
G
We
have
enhanced
energy
efficiency
standards.
Many
of
you
will
recall
assembly
bill
54
that
passed
unanimously
last
legislative
session
establishing
light
bulb
efficiency
standards.
Those
are
now
in
place
and
we
expect
to
be
able
to
realize
an
average
nevada
household
saving
of
over
81
dollars
a
year
and,
lastly,
the
public
utilities.
Commission,
if
you
review
their
strategic
report
for
fy
2020
to
2025
climate
change,
is
front
and
center
right
at
the
beginning
of
that
report
and
is
a
very
important
component
to
their
work
moving
forward.
G
H
All
right,
thank
you,
director,
bobsien,
and
thank
you
to
the
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
to
the
committee
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
to
you
today.
So,
as
director
bob
just
pointed
out
already
see
quite
a
bit
of
action
as
it
relates
to
climate
change
across
the
entire
state,
with
the
recognition
and
of
the
need
to
tie
everything
that's
being
done
together
and
to
have
a
home
for
climate
action.
Governor
sissel
act
launched
his
state
of
nevada
climate
initiative
in
august
of
2020.
H
There
we
go
so
the
nevada
climate
initiative,
it's
really
intended
to
be
the
home
of
climate
action
across
the
entire
state.
So,
with
this
in
mind,
we
intentionally
designed
the
climate
strategy
such
that
it
would
provide
the
scaffolding
around
which
we
could
build
the
entire,
the
entire
nci,
which
is
the
acronym
that
we've
been
using
for
this.
H
The
three
goals
of
the
strategy:
one
to
provide
a
framework
for
reducing
nevada's
greenhouse
gas
emissions
across
all
economic
sectors,
number
two
to
lay
the
groundwork
for
climate
adaptations
and
resilience,
planning
and
three
to
establish
a
structure
for
continued
ongoing
climate
action
across
the
entire
state.
The
climate
strategy
is
really
about
building
the
foundation
for
the
legacy
of
what
the
climate
initiative
can
be.
It's
not
going
to
be
a
single
effort,
a
single
plan
or
a
single
road
map.
That's
going
to
help
us
to
address
all
the
challenges
posed
by
climate
change.
H
It's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
action
on
multiple
fronts,
to
build
the
climate
strategy
and
meet
the
scope
of
the
entire
executive
order.
We
set
up
10
different
working
groups
focused
on
very
different
aspects
of
climate
change.
These
teams
included
over
56
individuals
representing
15
agencies,
as
well
as
three
of
our
ng
research
institutions,
unlv
unr
and
dri,
and
it
was
also
a
pleasure
that
we
were
able
to
have
six
students
who
were
contributing
to
the
climate
strategy.
H
Working
with
stakeholders
was
another
very
important
component
in
building
the
strategy
beyond
one-on-one
messaging
small
group
briefings
and
the
seminar
presentations
that
we
held,
there
were
two
key
stakeholder
engagement
activities.
The
first
was
a
scientific
survey
about
attitudes
and
perspectives
on
climate
change
that
was
developed
and
administered
by
faculty
at
unlv.
H
We
had
over
1500
responses
from
across
13
of
nevada's
counties
as
well
as
carson
city
to
that
survey.
The
second
was
a
series
of
virtual
listening
sessions.
These
were
convened
by
representatives
from
different
state
agencies
that
were
relevant
to
the
topics
at
hand,
and
this
was
not
about
us
from
the
state
perspective
presenting
to
the
public
and
presenting
to
stakeholders.
It
was
about
listening
to
stakeholders,
so
these
were
conducted
in
the
spirit
of
public
comment.
H
H
So
to
the
strategy
itself,
as
director
kroll
pointed
out,
we
did
in
fact
meet
the
key
milestone
of
releasing
the
climate
strategy
to
the
public
on
december
1st,
and
we
did
release
it
as
a
web-based
document.
You
can
find
it
at
climatestrategy.nv.gov.
H
Now
we
release
the
document
in
a
web
format
for
multiple
reasons,
and
the
first
is
that
we
really
wanted
to
ensure
that
it
was
approachable
given
the
scope
of
the
executive
order.
The
strategy
is
necessary,
quite
comprehensive,
and
there
is
quite
a
bit
of
material,
so
all
told
if
we
were
to
print
it
out
single
spaced
at
10
and
a
half
point
font.
It
would
be
over
160
pages.
H
H
The
second,
the
second
reason
why
we
really
want
to
make
sure
that
it
was
web-based
is
that
it
really
lends
itself
to
the
concept
of
a
living
document.
This
strategy
is
intended
to
be
used.
We
want
to
be
able
to
update
different
components.
We
want
to
be
able
to
add
to
it.
We
want
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
it
is
up
to
date
with
the
latest
science,
the
latest
insights
and
the
latest
information
about
what
actions
are
being
taken
at
the
state
level.
H
H
This
section
represents
the
very
first
assessment
of
climate
change.
That's
across
the
entire
state
and
I
will
say
it's
fairly
complex.
However,
there
are
two
things
that
I
would
point
you
to
if
you're
going
to
dig
into
this
section,
the
first
is
the
table
of
climate
impacts.
That
is
right
at
the
very
start
of
this
particular
section
of
the
strategy.
H
H
The
second
thing
I
would
point
you
to
is
at
the
very
end
of
this
section,
and
this
is
where
the
research
team
lays
out
what
the
risks
of
climate
change
are
to
this
to
the
state.
All
told
this
component
of
the
strategy
really
is
the
baseline
work,
that's
necessary
to
ensure
that
nevadans
are
resilient
to
the
impacts
of
climate
change,
so
that
we
can
really
dig
in
and
assess
our
risks
and
our
vulnerabilities
and
plan
for
the
future.
H
The
next
section
of
the
strategy
is
about
what
nevadans
think
about
climate
change.
It
includes
the
initial
results
from
the
scientific
survey
about
climate
that
was
conducted
by
our
colleagues
at
unlv,
and
the
key
takeaway
here
is
that
nevadans
are
concerned
about
climate
change,
and
the
initial
results
show
that
over
75
percent
of
those
who
responded
are
very
concerned
about
the
climate
and
drought
is
the
topic
of
greatest
concern.
H
This
was
somewhat
surprising
because
this
was
actually
administered
during
the
massive
wildfires
and
all
that
really
poor
air
quality
that
we
experienced
in
the
late
summer
in
the
fall
now.
There
are
many
other
insights
that
to
be
gleaned
from
the
climate
survey,
and
I
recently
had
a
conversation
with
professor
bloomfield
from
unlv
who
is
leading
this
effort,
and
she
and
her
students
have
almost
completed
their
deep
dive
into
the
survey
results,
and
it
will
be
our
pleasure
to
share
that
information
when
it's
available.
H
All
right
so
now
I'm
going
to
talk
about
what
is
really
the
center
piece
of
this
iteration
of
the
strategy,
which
is
our
in
mitigation
policy
analysis.
So
what
we
did
here
first
is
that
we
developed
a
framework
that
would
help
policymakers.
This
is
helping
all
of
you
and
helping
the
decision-makers
across
the
state
to
effectively
shape
our
climate
solutions
so
that
they
work
for
nevada.
H
H
H
We
also
did
not
make
specific
recommendations
to
implement
any
of
these
policies,
as
is,
nor
do
we
prioritize
one
policy
or
another.
The
reason
is,
quite
frankly,
we
have
to
get
to
net
zero
emissions
by
2050,
so
nothing
is
really
off
the
table
at
this
point,
we're
at
the
point
where
we
need
to
consider
every
option
that
is
available
to
us.
So
our
approach
was
to
look
at
all
17
policies
and
figure
out.
How
do
we
shape
them
and
how
do
we
make
them
work
for
nevada
now?
H
H
What
impacts
might
this
policy
have
on
low
income,
low
income
communities,
communities
of
color
indigenous
populations?
Have
we
considered
what
benefits
we
might
be
able
to
bring
to
the
table
to
benefit
those
communities
and
third,
is
about
budget?
What
does
it
cost
to
implement
this
kind
of
program
and
what
would
it
cost
to
administer
in
the
long
term
and
finally,
implementation
feasibility?
This
is
about
legal
barriers
to
decarbonization.
H
Is
it
we
have
the
authority
in
statute
already
or
is
it
wow?
We
need
actually
congressional
action
to
make
something
happen.
So
now,
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
I'm
going
to
walk
you
through
a
couple
examples
about
how
this
framework
can
work
for
you?
How
can
work
for
the
decision
makers
and
the
policy
makers
to
help
shape
policy
so
for
the
first
metric?
Let's
take
the
example
for
the
policy
analysis:
that's
related
to
the
transition
from
fossil
fuel
electricity
generation
to
clean
energy
sources
in
this
write-up.
H
For
this
reason,
the
working
groups
assigned
not
that
green
color,
but
that
lighter
green
color
now
again,
because
because
this
is
not
bright
green,
this
is
not
an
indication
that
we
shouldn't
move
forward
with
this
policy.
In
this
case,
the
working
group
and
the
team
is
more
excuse.
Me
is
pointing
out
that,
if
we're
going
to
use
the
transition
from
coal-fired
generation
to
clean
energy
to
meet
our
near-term
targets,
there
may
need
to
be
guard
reels.
Put
in
place.
Excuse
me
put
in
place
that
would
help
us
direct
aiming
of
those
retirements.
H
So
the
climate
justice
metric
in
this
one,
let's
consider
the
analysis
for
the
transition
from
residential
and
the
commercial
use
of
natural
gas.
In
this
case,
the
research
clearly
shows
that
the
use
of
indoor
gas
appliances,
and
specifically
gas
ovens
in
particular,
can
compromise
indoor
air
quality.
In
fact,
children
are
particularly
vulnerable
and
those
kids
that
live
in
households
with
gas
stoves
are
42
percent
more
likely
to
have
asthma
than
those
that
do
not
so
this
transition
could
have
very
outcomes.
H
On
the
other,
we
heard
clear
from
a
lot
of
nevadans
who
were
concerned
about
the
costs
associated
with
replacing
natural
gas
ovens
so
chooses
that
need
to
be
discussed
and
need
to
be
reconciled
and
balanced.
However,
we
do
have
to
get
to
net
zero
2050
and
that
does
necessitate
a
transition
from
natural
gas.
H
So
the
third
metric-
this
is
about
the
economics,
and
we
took
a
slightly
different
approach
here.
What
we
did
was
we
actually
looked
at
the
investments
that
others
were
making
in
order
to
support
the
implementation
and
the
administration
of
these
types
of
policies,
so
in
other
words,
what
kind
of
appropriations
are
other
states
making?
H
This
content
was
put
for
this
particular
excuse
me
the
content
for
this
particular
trick.
It
was
actually
led
out
of
the
ag's
office
in
collaboration
with
faculty
and
law
school,
and
for
this
particular
policy,
which
is
about
energy,
labeling
and
energy
audits.
Excuse
me:
team
really
laid
out
where
the
authority
to
make
this
should
exist,
and
then
they
laid
out
a
fairly
clear
path
forward
for
implementation,
and
in
this
case
it
would
require
legislation.
So
this
is
intended
to
provide
a
guide
for
what
how
we
could
actually
implement
the
policies
moving
forward.
H
So,
moving
on
to
the
next
section
of
the
strategy,
complex
challenges
for
nevada,
now
reducing
and
ultimately
ameliorating
all
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
prepare,
while
preparing
and
planning
for
more
extreme
droughts,
but
extreme,
more
frequent
and
larger
floods,
with
rounded
out
by
longer
bigger
wildfire
seasons,
also
wrecking
environmental
justice
issues
tackle
climate
change
is
complex
and
it
is
complicated.
If
it
was
easy,
we
would
have
solved
it.
We
would
have
designed
need
to
do
to
move
forward,
but
finding
solutions
is
not
insurmountable,
it
can
be
accomplished.
H
So
our
approach
to
this
section
of
the
strategy
was
was
about
laying
bare
all
of
the
issues
at
play
within
the
within
four
very
discreet
themes
that
are
focused
on
the
need
for
economy-wide
greenhouse
gas
emissions
reductions,
the
four
themes,
transportation,
transformation,
transmission
planning
and
grid
modernization,
urban
planning
and
green
buildings
and
land
use
and
natural
and
working
lands.
So
by
laying
out
all
of
the
complexities
acknowledging
stakeholder
concerns,
this
allows
us
to
identify
who's
invested
in
these
issues
I
mean
who
cares
about
them
impacted
and
who
has
the
authority?
H
Excuse
me,
development
helps
us
to
find
who
needs
to
be
at
the
table,
who
needs
to
be
involved
in
discussions
and
within
the
ultimate
goal
of
developing
tweets
of
policies,
programs
and
plans
that
are
harmonized
across
different
levels
of
governance
because
make
no
mistake:
it's
not
going
to
be
a
single
federal
action,
state
action
or
municipal
action
that
is
going
to
solve
our
problems
with
relate,
as
they
relate
to
climate
change
and
help
us
navigate
the
future.
It's
going
to
take
everybody
working
together.
H
And
I
think
this
segways
nicely
into
the
next
section,
which
is
focused
on
monitoring,
modeling
and
managing
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
My
top
line
summary
of
this
section
is
you
can't
manage
what
you
can't
count
now,
we're
all
aware
that
end
up
has
its
greenhouse
gas
inventory
and
they
really
they're
they're
they're,
really
cataloging
everything
happening
statewide.
H
However,
there's
a
relatively
long
list
of
entities
who
are
developing
or
have
already
developed
their
own
greenhouse
gas
inventory
process
so
similar
to
the
point
that
we
just
made
about
the
last
section
about
harmonize
our
cross
levels
of
governance.
We
also
need
to
harmonize
our
accounting
right
now.
For
example,
clark
county
might
make
some
or
implement
some
policy
and
that
that
will
significantly
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
but
there's
no
guarantee
at
this
point
that
that
will
be
captured
in
the
statewide
inventory.
Now
this
isn't
about
oh
gee.
H
The
state
wants
to
take
credit
for
everything,
or
we
must
make
sure
that
we're
accounting
for
every
every
every
bit
of
carbon.
This
is
really
about
how
we
plan
for
the
future.
Again.
From
that
integrated
perspective,
the
important
part
is
projecting
the
impact
of
a
policy
on
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
because
it
might
be
a
municipal
policy
that
will
actually
get
us
closer
to
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
targets.
Then
a
state
policy,
and
we
need
to
have
that
information,
so
we
can
move
forward
collectively
unless
everything
is
aligned,
the
planning
horizons,
the
accounting.
H
H
H
So
now
we're
going
to
segue
into
economics.
Here
we
really
address
the
economics
of
climate
action
in
the
policy
analyses
we
show
that
states
are
investing
in
climate
action
addressing
climate
change,
it's
a
revenue
neutral
proposition.
It
requires
an
upfront
investment,
but
will
it
will
cost
a
lot
more
in
the
long
run?
If
we.
H
So
following
on
the
threat
of
economics
is
economic
recovery
and
revitalization.
The
takeaway
from
this
section
of
the
strategy
is
that
nevada
can
and
should
ensure
that
climate
action
is
its
economic
recovery.
It's
part
of
our
resilience
planning
and
our
job,
which
excuse
me
our
job
growth
efforts
and
really
that
climate
needs
to
become
hardwired
into
the
state's
economic
development
plans.
Now
and
in
the
future.
H
There
were
three
pillars
of
this
section:
the
first
to
quote
the
u.s
climate,
the
u.s
national
climate
assessment.
Climate
change
is
expected
to
cause
substantial
net
the
u.s
economy,
but
fortunately
we
can
prepare
and
ensure
the
resilience
of
our
economy
and
one
way
that
we
can
do.
This
is
actually
the
focus
of
the
second
pillar
of
this
section
and
that's
about
jobs
and
the
new
clean
energy
economy.
H
There
are
tremendous
opportunities
to
amplify
amplify
job
creation,
be
it
through
clean
energy
technology,
transportation,
water
conservation,
technology,
nevada,
can
truly
demonstrate.
We
have
the
capabilities
and
we're
uniquely
positioned
to
demonstrate
how
to
mobilize
clean
energy,
a
clean
energy
economy
across
multiple
sectors
and
finally
workforce.
H
The
nc
institutions
in
particular
the
community
colleges,
can
support
building
a
workforce
and
ensuring
that
we're
retraining
our
workforce
for
these
emerging
industries.
Those
that
we
know
are
coming
down
the
pike
and
those
that
we
don't
know
about
yet,
but
we
can
ensure.
We
know
that
there
are
going
to
be
massive
innovations
on
the
horizon.
When
it
comes
to
clean
energy
and
the
research
institutions,
they
can
contribute
further
through
additional
r
d
and
innovation
that
directly
connects
with
our
climate
action
goals
across
the
state.
H
H
The
next
is
stakeholder
and
community
engagement.
Now
in
this
iteration
of
the
strategy,
we
did
our
best
with
respect
to
stakeholder
engagement,
but
we
can
and
we
should
and
we
will
do
better
moving
forward.
This
is
particularly
important
as
we
address
environmental
justice
issues,
because,
because
it's
very
clear
in
order
to
develop
solutions,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
the
right
people
are
at
the
table
from
the
start.
H
Not
that
they're
brought
in
later,
but
they're
there
from
the
beginning,
the
third
science-based
climate
assessment,
the
science
is
evolving
rapidly
and
we
need
to
ensure
that
we
understand
the
risk
profiles
as
they
are
changing
in
real
time.
We
need
to
be
up-to-date
and
able
to
move
and
pivot
on
a
dime
which
brings
us
to
the
next
principle
is
adaptive
governance.
We
can't
be
tied
down
by
red
tape.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
able
to
mobilize
quickly
to
address
issues
as
they
come
come
up,
but
also
to
seize
opportunities.
H
Executive
leadership
and
staff-
this
is
specific.
These
need
to
be
specifically
focused
on
climate
planning,
for
climate
change
is
not
the
same
as
planning
as
traditional
planning.
It's
there's
much
more
risk
to
to
balance
and
there's
a
lot
more
uncertainty.
It's
a
different
approach.
It
takes
very
different
expertise.
H
Excuse
me,
it
also
requires
that
if
there
is
leadership
from
the
top
demonstrating
that
climate
is
a
priority
along
these
lines,
there
was
the
national
academies
report
that
just
came
out
two
days
ago
and
in
it
they
actually
recommend
that
every
state
have
a
net
zero
transition
office
within
their
capital.
That
is
the
level
at
which
we
need
to
ensure
that
we're
moving
forward
rapidly
and
then
finally
dedicated
resources.
H
H
Authorities,
so
to
summarize,
these
are
the
key
takeaways
wanted
to
put
them
in
one
place
for
all
of
you
and
I'm
not
going
to
read
all
of
these.
But
to
summarize
atoms
want
action.
Climate
is
happening
right
now.
We
can
do
something
or
hope.
We
hope
that
we
armed
everybody
with
the
tools
to
be
able
to
design
policies
that
will
work
for
nevadans.
H
H
And
finally,
I
leave
you
with
this.
We
have
laid
out
a
fairly
sweeping
climate
strategy
here.
There
is
a
lot
of
content
and
a
lot
to
dig
into,
and
I
did
the
best
I
could
to
cover
it
in
a
relatively
short
amount
of
time,
but
it's
going
to
take
robust
governance,
robust
governance
structure,
to
really
realize
the
tactical
indentation
of
everything
that's
laid
out
in
this
strategy.
H
So
with
that,
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
directors,
bob
zion
and
kroll
to
to
talk
about
our
critical
steps.
E
E
So
basically,
now
is
the
time
we've
set
the
stage
with
the
climate
strategy
and
other
efforts
that
we
can
do
under
existing
policies.
But
now
it's
time
to
look
at
what
more
we
can
and
should
be
doing.
So.
This
is
an
invitation
from
us
to
want
to
work
with
you
to
develop
nevada,
specific
policies
that
are
smart.
That
will
enhance
economic
development
while
also
helping
us
reach
our
our
climate
goals,
and
so
with
this
product
and
kristen.
Dr
david
did
amazing
work
pulling
this
together.
E
A
You
thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation.
I
I
have
to
say
kristen.
I
love
your
enthusiasm.
You
can
see
the
energy
and
I
get
to
play
on
words
for
this
committee.
But,
oh,
my
goodness.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
You
made
what
some
people
might
thought
think
was
boring.
You
made
it
really
exciting
and
kept
everyone's
attention.
Thank
you
for
that,
and
thank
you
all
for
the
work
that
you
all
been
doing.
We
have
had
an
interesting
interim
since
our
last
legislative
session,
but
you
all
have
come
together
and
done
great
work.
A
A
Four
we're
falling
short
for
our
2025
and
our
2030
goal,
so
I'd
like
to
have
a
conversation
of
what
we
can
do
for
for
those
families
that
might
be
listening
online,
watching
us
online.
A
What
we
can
do
better
on
our
everyday
things
to
help
us
get
closer
to
that,
because
I
don't
want
to
fall
behind
on
what
our
goals
are
on
those
little
things
that
we
can
help
and
then
the
big
picture,
things
of
you
know
as
the
policy-wise.
But
I
know
we
also
have
a
number
of
our
members
that
have
questions,
but
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
all
know
I'm
very
impressed
with
the
work
you're
doing
and
I'm
loving
the
energy
in
the
room
right
now.
So
our
first
person
for
questions
will
be
assemblyman.
A
B
Thank
you
so
much,
madam
chair,
and
you
know
I
just
want
to
repeat
what
assembly
our
chair
said.
I
mean
fantastic
presentation,
thank
you
for
the
enthusiasm
and
I'm
just
very,
very
impressed
that
you
were
able
to
get
all
of
this
done
during
the
global
pandemic.
When
this
strategy
climate
strategy
document
first
arrived
in
my
inbox.
To
be
honest,
I
was
quite
surprised
when
I
opened
it
up
and
saw
how
long
and
comprehensive
it
was.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you.
I
know
it
wasn't
easy,
and
so
you
know
really.
B
I
just
have
one
question
with
maybe
two
parts
if
you'll
allow
me,
madam
chair,
and
that
question
is
you
know
in
terms
of
outreach,
it
sounds
like
you
did
quite
a
bit
with
the
survey
from
unlv
and
then
reaching
out
to
interested
persons,
I'm
just
kind
of
interested
in
now
that
we
have
this
strategy.
B
We
have
the
data.
How
has
outreach
been?
You
know
talking
to
everyday
nevadans,
about
the
importance
of
trying
to
follow
through
on
this
and
meeting
our
goals
and
sort
of
related
to
that
you
know
I've.
I
don't
know
if
you've
experienced
this,
but
I
found
when
you're
trying
to
convince
people
to
do
things
that
avert
economic
damages
or
avert
costs.
B
Sometimes
it
can
be
hard
to
get
buy-in
for
that
because,
as
human
beings,
we
tend
to
look
at
the
immediate
and
want
to
quantify
things
right
away,
and
it
can
be
hard
to
make
people
change
behavior
when
we're
looking
at.
You
know
10
20,
34
years
down
the
road.
I
think
we
all
know
it's
important,
but
the
execution
can
be
pretty
difficult.
So
I
just
wondered
if
you
could
touch
a
little
bit
on
what
outreach
is
now
to
nevadans
and
how
to
address
that
question
of
stressing
the
importance
of
acting
now.
G
Madam
chair
david
bobstein
for
the
record,
through
you,
too
assemblyman
yeager
I'll,
take
first
crack
at
those
two
questions,
but
I
think
I'll
turn
it
to
dr
avert
to
talk
more
extensively
on
on
the
outreach
to
the
outreach
itself,
and
we
very
much
appreciate
the
kudos.
G
Needless
to
say,
the
world
changed
dramatically
following
the
governor's
issuance
of
the
executive
order
at
the
end
of
2019,
we
had
originally
envisioned
a
very
comprehensive
statewide
community-specific
outreach
effort
that
was
going
to
involve
a
lot
of
in-person
face-to-face
meetings.
All
that
changed,
but
really
under
dr
averitt's
leadership.
G
We
were
still
able
to
mount
a
very
impressive
outreach
effort
that
included
a
number
of
video
listening
sessions
and
other
outreach
to
really
bring
people
to
the
table,
and
I
think
you'll
see
in
the
executive
order
itself,
and
we
know
that
this
is
of
utmost
importance
to
governor
sislak.
G
The
solutions
around
addressing
our
climate
crisis
revolve
everyone
being
at
the
table,
and
we
think
that
you'll
find
that
the
spirit
of
this
strategy
really
is
a
table
setting
for
consideration
of
those
policies
and
the
need
to
have
all
voices,
particularly
the
voices
of
the
communities
that
are
most
impacted.
G
This
has
been
incredibly
rewarding
work
for
all
of
us,
particularly
from
the
perspective
of
how
the
world
has
changed
in
the
global
pandemic
and
how
it
has
highlighted
the
very
immediate
impacts
on
a
whole
range
of
communities
across
our
state
and
so
going
forward.
We
believe
that
this
effort
is,
if
anything,
even
more
important
now
as
we're
addressing
public
health
impacts,
health
impacts
to
to
all
kinds
of
communities
across
the
state.
G
I
think
to
your
question
about
those
longer-term
investment
discussions
and
when
they
are
timed
and
the
concept
of
no
regrets
solutions,
things
that
we
can
start
down
the
path
on
now
that
we
know
that
we
can
build
upon
again
the
2050
goal
that
this
legislature
established
in
2019
of
near
zero
or
net
zero
emissions
is
a
very
tough
one,
but
it
is
doable.
But
it's
going
to
require
a
long-term
scale
of
action
and
thinking,
and
so
chairman
monroe
monreno,
I
hear
you
about
your
stove.
G
Certainly
the
members
of
this
effort
have
our
own
relationships
with
with
gas
in
our
personal
lives,
and
you
know
that's
a
perfect
example
of.
If
you
look
at
that
section
and
spend
time
with
it,
there
is
a
recognition
that
there's
no
easy
pull
it
off
the
shelf.
Here's
the
bdr!
You
need
to
run
to
address
this
specific
issue.
Certainly
it
is
well
understood,
and
I
heard
from
an
executive
from
the
american
gas
association
this
morning
at
a
conference
I
was
at
about
the
long-term
bridge
opportunities
that
gas
provide.
G
Nonetheless,
it
does
produce
greenhouse
gases,
and-
and
so
you
know
what
is
that
long-term
transition
strategy?
How
does
that
work?
And
that
is
one
a
perfect
example
of
the
the
complicated
policy
questions
that
are
in
front
of
the
legislature,
regulators,
etc,
though
there
are
assets,
there
are
investments.
There
are
benefits
currently
that
the
public
enjoys.
But
at
what
point
do
the
the
the
downside
of
those
benefits
outweigh
those?
G
And
so
that
is
hopefully
that's
responsive
to
your
your
your
cost
and
investment
question
assemblyman,
but
with
that
I
may
turn
it
over
to
dr
avert
in
case
I
I
missed
any
of
the
the
details
that
you
should
hear
about
outreach,
but
then
also
what's
next,
because
this
is
not
done
as
a
strategy
document
and
we
are
very
hopeful
to
continue
it
into
the
future.
H
All
right,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
assemblyman
for
the
question,
and
yes
so,
first
a
little
bit
about
that
public
outreach
component.
Since
we
dropped
the
strategy
in
december.
We
of
course
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we've
been
we're
available
to
all
of
you
for
what
you
need,
and
so
please
do
reach
out
to
us,
because
we
are
available
to
provide
what
and
for
information
that
we
can
and
in
terms
of
the
reaction
from
those
that
we
have
that
had
the
opportunity
to
present
to
you
about
this.
H
The
logical
question
is
this
is
great
what's
next,
and
that
is
really
what
we're
hoping
to
figure
out
as
we
move
forward,
but
I
think,
as
I
hope
king
came
through
in
our
presentation
and
a
briefing
on
the
strategy
in
my
professional
opinion,
what
I
think
needs
to
be
next
is
designing
and
implementing
a
governance
governance
structure.
We
need
to
get
to
work
very
quickly
very
rapidly
to
address
all
the
emerging
challenges
that
we
laid
out
in
that
strategy
and
we
really
don't
have
a
lot
of
time
to
spare.
H
D
Thank
you
chair,
so
this
is,
of
course,
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
and
part
of
the
reason
why
I
ran
for
office
and
one
of
the
areas
that
I'm
really
excited
to
be
participating
in
policy
changes
within.
D
I
have
a
variety
of
questions,
some
of
which
have
to
do
with
the
inventory
which
I'll
take
offline
and
chat
with
you
about
later.
D
But
the
big
question
I
have
is
we
talk
about
climate
change
kind
of
as
though
it's
this
presenting
enigma,
but
we
are
experiencing
challenges
today
that
do
cost
us
in
the
day-to-day
efforts
of
of
running
our
state
and
of
living
our
lives,
and
I
think
it's
exacerbated
in
nevada,
with
some
of
the
temperature
differentials
we've
been
seeing
in
in
our
more
urban
areas-
and
I
just
was
wondering
if
you
guys
have
quantified
and
you
did
in
your
climate
strategy-
quantify
the
potential
reduction
of
economic
damages
by
170
72
to
876
million
by
2030
and
4
billion
by
2050,
but
to
today
what
do
those
costs
that
we're
incurring
look
like?
D
Do
you
have
that
information
that
you
could
share
with
us,
and-
and
you
know
I
really
wanted
I
want
to
talk
about-
I
guess
what
we're
what
we're
really
spending
today.
That's
impacting
the
state
budget
scenario
we're
in
today
and
and
how
really
how
impressed
how
important
it
is
that
we
invest
in
these
areas
of
now,
not
in
five
years
or
whenever
we
can
get
to
him.
E
Assemblyman
peters,
this
is
brad
kroll
I'll,
take
a
first
shot
at
responding
to
that
question
and
let
others
fill
in
some
of
the
blanks.
But
I
think
part
of
the
base
of
your
question
is
you
know.
Not
only
do
we
need
to
be
reducing
emissions
in
nevada,
we
need
to
be
addressing
the
impacts
that
we're
currently
seeing
and
experiencing
in
nevada
for
climate
change
and
and
those
are
real
and
they
do
have
a
cost.
E
A
social
cost,
an
economic
cost,
a
public
health
cost
depending
on
the
various
impacts,
but
we
see
it
to
our
natural
landscapes
in
in
the
in
the
form
of
wildfires.
For
example,
we
see
impacts
to
aging
infrastructure
for
more
extreme
weather
events
that
if
we
don't
build
that
infrastructure
back
in
a
smart
climate
resilient
way,
it's
going
to
crumble
again,
so
we
need
to
be
thinking
long
term
in
our
in
our
urban
areas,
particularly
in
the
reno
sparks
in
las
vegas
henderson
area.
E
You
know
those
two
areas
are
two
of
the
fastest
warming
cities
in
the
united
states,
but
it's
not
strictly
related
to
the
broader
issue
of
climate
changes.
It's
largely
related
to
the
urban
heat
item
effect,
and
this
comes
down
to
an
important
objective
of
doing
smart
urban
planning,
where
we
need
to
be
increasing
our
urban
tree,
canopy
forks,
for
example,
to
limit
that
heat
island
effect.
That's
raising
temperatures
in
clark,
county
and
washoe
county.
E
So
you
know
these
seem
like
small
things,
but
they
really
do
need
to
be
implemented
across
the
city,
county,
state
and
federal
sectors
to
have
an
impact,
and
but
they
are
real
and
it's
and
you
know
as
we
diversify
our
economy,
we're
looking
at
outdoor
recreation
as
a
growing
part
of
that.
Well,
if
our
natural
resources
are
not
in
a
good
shape
that
people
want
to
visit
or
our
transportation
infrastructure
isn't
such
that
they
can
get
there
in
a
in
a
cost
effective
and
a
clean
or
an
easy
way.
E
H
Oh
kristen
avert
for
the
record
and
thank
you
for
the
question
so
the
way
that
we
came
up
with
that
that
calculation
is
was
using
something
called
the
social
cost
of
carbon,
and
that
is
calculated
strictly
based
off
emissions,
and
so
we
did
not-
and
I
don't
think
we
have
the
tools
at
hand
to
be
able
to
calculate.
For
example,
the
cost
of
a
wildfire
that
has
been
you
know
is
on.
This
has
been
juiced
up
by
climate
change
that
we
don't
have
we're
not
really
able
to
break
it
down.
Quite
like
that.
H
That
said,
if
you
actually
look
at
the
cost
of
weather-related
events
in
the
past,
that
cost
the
billion
number
of
billion
dollar
events
that
has
happened
that
are
happening
every
year
in
terms
of
impacts
on
our
economy
are
increasing
steadily
through
time.
But
it's
very
hard
to
really
go
through
that
attribution
and
say
this
is
an
additional
cost.
That's
been
realized
because
of
this
very
very
specific
event.
E
You
know,
I
think
one
of
the
not
talk
enough
about
eventualities
in
nevada
that
has
a
significant
climate
nexus
and
is
going
to
have
a
significant
economic
impact
on
us
is:
is
drought
I'm
worried
more
about
drought
than
I'm
about
wildfire
and
floods,
because
many
models
have
us
in
a
long-term
drought
right
now,
and
water
is
the
lifeblood
of
our
economy
and
our
community
in
nevada
and
we're
already
the
most
arid
state
in
the
nation
and
if
we're
facing
more
arid
conditions
due
to
climate
change,
we're
in
real
trouble
on
a
number
of
fronts.
E
D
D
So
I'm
really
excited
about
implementing
some
of
these
strategies,
and-
and
thank
you
so
much
for
your
effort
and
and
expertise
in
this
area
and
bringing
this
really
into
actionable
items
that
we
can
do
as
policymakers
to
make
a
big
difference.
B
Thank
you
chair
my
question
directed
to
any
one
of
you
who
are
on
our
panel
today.
I
have
a
couple
of
them.
If
the
chair
would
indulge
the
first
one
is:
why
are
commercial
and
residential
uses
put
into
the
same
category?
B
If
you
could
answer
that
one
and
then
what
is
the
peel
off
the
residential
out
of
this
whole
overall
contribution
to
ghg?
What
is
the
residential
contribution
to
the
overall
climate
to
overall
greenhouse
gases?
B
And
third,
is
I
just
would
like
a
response
to
the
trying
to
get
gas-fired?
I
guess
coal-fired
electricity
generation
offline,
but
how
then
do
we
deal
with
the
delivery
of
electricity?
I
have
a
son
who
is
a
sort
of
a
little
engineer
kind
of
science,
mind
and
I
can
remember
when
he
was
in
junior
high
school.
B
We
were
talking
about
delivery
of
electricity
and
how
we
lose
so
much
and
if
we're
going
to
use
different
processes
to
do
that,
how
do
we
retain
the
strength
of
that
so
that
we're
not
losing
it
and
then
having
to
do
whatever?
It
is
a
lot
just
to
get
electricity
from
you
know
one
place
to
another
and
thank
you
excellent
presentation,
I'm
so
impressed
you
did
a
wonderful
job,
miss
everett
and
I'm
excited
about
this
topic.
B
E
Assuming
women's
summers
are
strong,
I'm
going
to
suggest
that
that
director
bossy
and
take
the
the
last
part
of
your
question
and
then
greg
lovato.
Our
ndep
administrator
here
with
me
take
the
first
two
parts
of
your
question.
So
director
bob
please
go
ahead.
A
G
And
thank
you
for
the
reminder,
madam
chair,
and
through
you
to
the
assemblywoman
david
boxing
for
the
record
director
of
the
governor's
office
of
energy.
I
I
I
think
I
got
your
questions
down.
I
think
the
first
question
was
about
how
we
differentiated,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
gas,
the
difference
between
the
use
of
gas
for
generation
of
electricity
and
the
other
category,
which
is
commercial
and
residential
use,
and
yes,
for
purposes
of
thinking
about
burning
it
at
a
distributed.
G
End
point
use
whether
that's
in
a
commercial
setting
or
whether
that's
a
residential
sending.
That
is
certainly
very
different
from
its
use
to
generate
electricity,
and
so
that's
that's
where
we
start
from
there.
I
I
think
directoral
lovato,
we'll
go
more
into
the
modeling
part
of
that,
but
I,
if
you
were
to
look
again
at
slide,
four
that
shows
the
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
G
This
chart,
in
particular,
I
think,
is-
is
very
instructive
for
this
high
level
discussion,
because
it
shows
the
tremendous
progress
that
has
been
made
on
the
policy
front
by
previous
legislatures,
particularly
the
last
legislature,
in
setting
that
aggressive
rps
and
because
of
that
we've
seen
more
and
more
renewables
and
enter
the
energy
mix.
G
G
At
this
point
and
in
many
cases
and
I
think
in
nevada,
it
shows
we've
had
replacement
by
renewable
resources
as
well,
as
you
know,
natural
gas
resources
and
so
the
recommendation
about
the
long-term
trends
transfer
from
natural
gas
and
other
fossil
fuels
that
are
still
part
of
the
electricity
mix.
In
many
ways
again,
we've
made
so
much
progress
with
the
rps.
G
You
can
see
that
steady
projection
of
of
a
downward
trend,
but
there
there
will
still
have
to
be
concerted
effort
and
attention
on
eventually
transitioning
from
gas
for
electricity.
Now,
some
of
that
is
technological,
certainly,
the
evolution
of
battery
technology,
southern
nevada
in
particular.
G
These
are
exciting
times
for
the
deployment
of
utility
scale,
solar
projects
that
are
coupled
with
battery
storage
being
able
to
dispatch
power
on
a
time
horizon
that
exceeds
when
a
solar
panel
is
collecting
sun,
so
that
it
becomes
more
like
a
gas-fired
unit
that
can
provide
energy
at
a
moment's
notice,
certainly
future
evolution
of
that
technology
for
longer
time,
longer
time,
horizons
of
battery
storage,
the
importance
of
geothermal
energy
as
a
dispatchable
resource.
G
You
know
that
all
comes
into
play
as
we're,
considering
the
ultimate
retirement
of
of
all
coal
assets.
I
think
your
question
about
transmission
is
a
very
important
one
and
and
that'll
prompt.
My
favorite
answer
it's
complicated,
but
certainly
what
you
see
and
and
what
we've
already
seen,
particularly
in
southern
nevada,
with
the
retirement
of
assets
in
in
clark
county,
is
that
we
have
you
know
almost
across
the
street.
G
You
know
certainly
solar
development
that
has
has
popped
up,
so
your
distance
wire-wise
isn't
necessarily
any
different,
but
you
actually
tap
into
a
very
important
question
for
nevada,
long
term
and
ultimately
an
opportunity
that
we
are
a
keystone
state
when
it
comes
to
the
geography
and
the
resource
mix,
to
serve
load
in
neighboring
states
to
be
able
to
benefit
from
different
generating
resources,
whether
it's
wind
from
all
the
way
from
wyoming
to
serve
our
needs
in
nevada,
when
the
sun
isn't
shining
the
ability
for
us
to
to
pull
power
from
the
pacific
northwest,
and
that
is
a
transmission
question
and
how
we
work
with
other
states
in
a
regional
setting
on
that
overall
western
grid
in
in
transmission.
G
That
is
a
very
important
topic.
It's
one
that
my
office
is
is
is
a
part
of
in
terms
of
moving
that
conversation
forward
on
a
regional
basis
and
so
stay
tuned
on
that.
That's
it's
it's
one
of
my
favorite
topics,
but
I
think
I'll
turn
it
over
to
someone
who
really
knows
what
he's
talking
about
and
that's
directly
lovato
who
can
dive
in
a
little
bit
more
on
those
questions
you
had
about
creating
the
buckets
for.
B
Consideration
you
director,
bobsien
71
summers,
armstrong,
greg,
lovato,
ndp
administrator
for
the
record.
I
think
your
first
question
was:
why
are
the
commercial
and
residential
sectors
lumped
together
in
our
inventory?
Yeah?
That's
really
just
a
function
of
the
tool
that
we
use,
which
is
a
epa
state
inventory
tool,
but
I
could
try
to
break
it
down
a
little
bit
more
for
you.
B
We
look
back
to
2005
and
forward
to
2039
for
our
projections
and
over
that
time
period
on
average,
you
see
about
10
percent
of
the
emissions
statewide
coming
from
both
residential
and
commercial
sectors,
and
it
looks
like
it's
about
equivalent
between
the
two
throughout
that
period,
most
of
what
you're,
seeing
in
terms
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
from
residential
and
commercial,
as
opposed
to
industrial
sector,
is
from
combustion
of
natural
gas
for
heating,
there's
some
small
amount
of
heating
oil
that
people
still
use
and
but
that's
a
much
smaller
percentage
than
combustion
of
natural
gas.
B
So
I
hope
that
answers
your
question
about
commercial
residential
and
breaks
it
down
a
little
bit
further
in
terms
of
you
know
so,
you're
looking
at
roughly,
you
know
five
to
ten
percent
overall.
Coming
from
the
residential
sector
to
total
statewide
emissions,
depending
on
you
know
what
time
period
you
use.
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman.
Next
up,
we
have
a
question
from
assemblyman
miller.
B
Quick,
my
question
is:
when
we
talk
about
the
cost
of
all
of
this
directly
to
households,
are
there
any
strategies
being
discussed
or
that
we're
looking
for
helping
our
low-income
families
make
this
leak,
as
well
as
our
rural
families?
B
Who
may
have
you
know
more
challenges
when
it
comes
to
distance
and
things
like
that,
particularly
when
we
look
at
transportation,
you
know
getting
new
vehicles
or
like
changing
out
their
their
systems
within
their
homes
to
go
all
electric
so
overall,
but
also
you
know
kind
of
more
specifically
in
those
areas
as
well.
Thank
you.
H
So
one
thing
that
I
did
not
cover
in
that
in
the
presentation
was
the
broader
opportunities
to
really
develop
resources
in
the
state
to
support
climate
action.
In
the
same
section
where
we
calculated
the
social
cost
of
carbon,
which
is
the
economics
of
climate
action,
we
have
a
long
catalog
in
there
of
the
opportunities
for
federal
federal
resources
to
support
climate
action.
These
are
resources
that
have
been
where
there
have
been
appropriations
in
the
past.
That,
perhaps
could
be.
H
You
know,
ginned
up
again,
as
well
as
appropriations
that
are
currently
in
place
and
again
these
are
federal
resources
available
to
support
state
climate
action.
So
that
is
one
tool
that
we
put
into
the
strategy.
The
second
is
that
we
lay
out
in
that
section
really
kind
of
the
basics
of
of
carbon
pricing
that
has
been
a
very
popular
mechanism
in
really
globally
and
in
some
states
for
figuring
out.
How
do
we
actually
develop
the
resources
to
support
climate
action?
And
if
we
look
at
the
carbon
pricing
network
called
reggie?
H
Similarly,
the
carbon
pricing
program
that's
in
place
in
california.
They
do
the
same
over
40
and
I
I
think
this
year,
it's
65
I'll,
have
to
get
back
to
you,
but
the
con
that
information
might
actually
be
in
the
climate
strategy
of
those
resources
go
directly
back
into
marginalized
communities.
So
thank
you
for
the
question.
B
C
Thank
you
so
much
madam
chair,
and
thank
you,
dr
abrett,
and
everyone
else
for
the
presentation
very
excited
to
see
this
climate
action
continue
to
move
forward.
So
I
have
a
few
questions.
C
If
the
chair
will
indulge
in
there,
they
are
kind
of
continuing
to
focus
on
what
are
the
next
steps,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
I
appreciate
is
you
know
you
talked
a
little
bit
about
what
other
states
are
doing
in
terms
of
restructuring
kind
of
some
of
their
government
operations
to
incorporate
climate,
and
you
also
mentioned
how
the
department
of
transportation
has
incorporated
climate
explicitly
into
how
they're
planning
and
executing
their
work,
and
I
I
think
you
noted
on
one
of
the
slides
that
15
agencies
were
involved
in
some
way
in
in
the
creation
of
the
strategy,
and
so
I
was
wondering
if
you
know,
if
any
other
agencies
either
already
are
or
in
the
process
of
incorporating
climate
more
explicitly
into
how
they
plan
and
create
their
internal
policies
and
programs
and
initiatives.
E
By
share
watts,
brad
kroll
for
the
record
I'll,
take
a
shot
at
that
and
let
others
jump
in
if
need
be,
so
right,
we're
at
the
stage
right
now
where
various
executive
branch
agencies
are
at
varying
levels
of
incorporating
climate
into
their
activities
and
their
operations.
I
will
just
frankly
admit
that
some
probably
haven't
done
any
of
it.
Some
are
farther
along
like
ndot,
but
what's
really
needed
is.
E
That
is
what
you
know
dr
mentioned,
is
that
the
part
of
climate
governance
is
giving
direction
explicitly
to
the
executive
branch
agencies
about
what
types
of
things
they
should
implement
to
lower
their
emissions
profile,
save
money
quite
honestly
by
having
more
efficient
vehicle
fleets,
for
instance,
having
more
efficient
buildings,
and
you
know
we
discovered
during
this
coping
19
pandemic,
that
our
systems
at
the
state
level
were
very
antiquated
and
we
weren't
prepared
to
go
all
digital
as
quickly
as
we
did
as
quickly
as
was
being
required
and
we're
still
struggling
with
it.
E
Quite
frankly,
so
as
the
state
puts
more
investment
into
upgrading
our
infrastructure
within
the
within
government
agencies,
we
can
do
that
with
an
eye
towards
lowering
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
profile.
And
we
should
do
that
because,
quite
frankly,
that
near-term
investment
is
is
needed
for
basic
operations
for
one,
but
but
two
that
near-term
investment
will
pay
off
with
a
medium
and
long-term
savings.
C
Great,
thank
you.
This
is
someone
watts
for
the
record
again.
The
next
question
I
had
was
you
know,
and
you
spoke
just
a
little
bit
to
this
as
well,
about
some
of
the
federal
government
initiatives
around
this
and
that
it's
not
it's
going
to
take
a
comprehensive
approach.
C
You
know
systemically
at
all
levels
of
government,
so
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
also
speak
to
what
you're,
seeing
in
local
governments
here
in
the
state
of
nevada,
what
the
state's
engagement
with
local
government's
been
and
what
you,
where
you
might
see
us
heading
in
the
future,
especially
you
know
in
conversations
around
building
codes,
zoning
and
other
things
that
can
have
an
impact
on
on
climate
emissions.
H
So
kristen
everett
for
the
record
so
through
the
chair
at
stem
lemon
watts,
there
have
been
multiple
conversations
already
across
the
municipality
municipalities.
We've
talked
with
multiple
cities,
with
multiple
counties
about
what
we're
how
we
were
building
the
strategy.
What
we're
doing
moving
forward,
we
were
trying
to
elicit
what
are
they
doing
with
respect
to
climate
or
climate
resilience,
climate
mitigation
and
whatnot.
H
That
said,
we
have
limited
resources
and
there
are
only
so
many
people
that
can
be
engaged
in
those
conversations
at
one
time.
That
said,
we
if
there
are
specific
organizations,
entities,
municipalities
that
we
should
be
reaching
out
to
that.
Any
of
you
are
aware
of.
We
are
all
ears
and
we
really
welcome
those
kind
of
suggestions,
because
it
is
important
that
way
like
you
said
that
we
are
all
at
the
table
and
that
we
can
harmonize
those
policies.
C
Thank
you,
dr
abe.
I
appreciate
that
again,
someone
watts
for
the
record
one
other
thing
I
just
wanted
to
bring
up,
especially
as
chair
of
the
natural
resources
committee.
C
I
know
we've
spent
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
greenhouse
gas
reduction
in
terms
of
reducing
the
what
we're
putting
out
in
emissions,
but
you
know,
I
know
that
the
inventory
also
mentions
carbon
sequestration
and
capture
and
the
role
that
habitat,
restoration
and
enhancement
can
play
in
that,
and
so
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
more
and
provide
any
additional
thoughts
that
you
have
in
that
area
as
part
of
the
strategy
to
get
us
towards
net
zero.
E
Vice
chair,
what's
very
cool
for
the
record
I'll
I'll,
take
the
first
part
of
this,
so
in
terms
of
of
of
greenhouse
gas
capture
from
from
power
plants.
That's
that's
that's
one
element
of
this,
but
in
terms
of
sequestration
in
nevada,
I
think
we
have
plentiful
opportunities
that
we
can
hugely
build
upon.
Our
landscapes
are
amenable
to
providing
more
sequestration
of
greenhouse
gases
than
they
probably
are
now.
E
That
being
said,
we're
still
doing
some
pretty
important
and
necessary
data
collection
and
analysis,
because
a
lot
of
the
work
that's
been
done
on
the
work
of
landscapes
in
sequestering
carbon
has
been
focused
on
forest
landscapes,
not
so
much
on
scrub
rush,
rangeland
stage
rush
landscapes,
so
we
are
doing.
We
have
a
grant
right
now
with
the
american
forest
to
do
some
cooperative
work
in
this
area,
and
there
is
some
money
in
this
budget
proposed
by
the
governor
for
our
division
of
natural
heritage.
E
To
look
at
this
study
this
issue
further
and
find
out
where
our
opportunities
and
our
challenges
are
across
nevada
for
for
enhancing
sequestration
of
carbon.
Many
people
don't
realize
that
nevada
actually
has
lots
of
wetlands,
but
we
don't
have
a
good
inventory
and
catalog
of
them
and
how
they
work
as
an
ecosystem
service.
So
we
need
to
look
at
our
sagebrush,
our
our
rangelands
and
our
wetlands
in
terms
of
what
opportunities
there
are
for
sequestration
and-
and
personally
I
would
like
to
see
our
very
successful
today.
C
Thank
you
for
that
director
kroll.
I
I
appreciate
that.
I
think
there
are
some
other
areas
where
we
could
incorporate
climate
into
some
of
the
other
habitat
work
that
we're
doing,
and
I
appreciate
you
noting
the
need
for
us
to
study
and
understand
how
other
landscapes
other
than
just
forests
can
assist
in
that
effort.
So
I
again,
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you
have
all
put
into
this
strategy.
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
members
of
this
committee
and
others
who
serve
on
ways
and
means.
C
As
we
look
at
some
of
those
budget
items
and-
and
you
know,
I
have
a
couple
of
bills
coming
up
that
are
related
to
some
of
the
areas
discussed
in
the
strategy.
So
I
appreciate
the
invitation
to
work
in
partnership
with
you
and
the
executive
branch
as
we
continue
to
progress
in
this
area,
and
that's
all
I
have
madam
chair.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
vice
chair
watch.
You
asked
a
few
of
the
questions
that
I
was
going
to
ask
I
just
before
we
wrap
this
up
on
slide
27
during
the
presentation.
H
H
I
I
hate
to
use
the
pandemic
as
an
excuse,
but
as
we
were,
as
we
were
starting
this
up
and
starting
to
rant
this
that
ramp
this
up,
it
was
very
difficult
to
get
messaging
out
that
wasn't
kind
of
focused
on
one
topic,
and
so
it's
really
again.
This
is
part
of
that
assessment
that
we
addressed
in
the
complex
challenges
component
of
the
strategy
of
hey
we're
working
on
this.
H
We
need
to
get
the
word
out
what
do
people
care
about,
and
there
are
people
that
don't
even
realize
they're
working
on
climate
issues,
but
they
are
and
we
need
to
try
and
bring
people
into
the
fold
we
did
our
best
and
we
need
to
do
better
again
to
try
and
get
the
word
out
there
and
particularly
to
engage
marginalized
communities,
whether
it's
latinx
black
communities,
as
well
as
our
rural
communities,
to
try
and
engage
in
that
conversation,
and
so
I
think
just
letting
people
know
that
we
are
moving
forward
on
climate
action
and
we
want
to
hear
from
and
that
outreach
is
going
to
be
really
important
to
get
that
out
to
get
that
message
out
there.
H
A
That
that
answers
your
question
that
does
answer
my
question
and
it
leads
into
my
my
last
question
or
or
maybe
more
of
a
comment.
I
love
that
you
said
that
the
outreach
into
different
communities
when,
on
that
same
screen
on
slide
27,
we
spoke
about
the
executive,
leadership
and
staff
and
the
net
zero
transition
office.
A
As
you
look
to
where
that's
going
to
be
located,
I
think
it
would
be
beneficial
for
the
state
we
have
learned,
as
we've
lived
through
this
pandemic,
that
we
can
work
from
anywhere
and
communicate
from
anywhere
within
the
state,
because
we've
been
forced
to
do
it.
I
would
like
to
see,
as
we
move
forward
in
the
build
out
of
that
office,
that
that
office
is
located
closer
to
those
communities
that
were
not.
A
You
were
not
able
to
get
in
communication
with,
because
I
believe
that
if
that
office
is
located
closer
to
those
communities
and
those
urban
core
areas,
you
would
get
more
buy-in
from
the
communities
around
that
office
because
they
would
feel
more
engaged.
E
I
chair
danielle,
chairman
roman
reign,
gradual
for
the
record.
If
you
can
help
us
receive
or
identify
resources
for
an
office
like
this,
we
will
put
it
wherever
you
want
and
put
your
name
on
it.
A
G
Madam
chair,
if
you're
offering
for
closing
remarks
from
the
panel,
I
would
love
to
take
a
crack
at
them.
Just
again,
thank
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
your
long-term
commitment
and
interest
in
this
topic
for
giving
us
the
opportunity
today
to
make
this
presentation
and
thanks
to
the
members
of
the
committee
for
for
receiving
it
and
considering
it
and
and
getting
in
the
game
and
helping
us
with
this.
G
I
would
quickly
highlight
one
other
thing
that
we
didn't
really
get
to
talk
about,
but
that
vice
chair
watts
brought
up
at
the
start
of
his
questioning,
and
that
is
the
federal
activity.
I
can
assure
you
that
our
climate
initiative
team,
it
seemed
right,
as
we
were,
putting
the
inc
final
link
on
the
strategy
itself
going
into
december.
We
quickly
had
to
shift
into
transition
conversations,
and
now
we
are
in
trans
communications,
with
various
agencies
in
the
biden,
administration
and
I'm.
G
The
degree
to
which
climate
has
been
stitched
through
the
entire
incoming
administration,
whether
it's
the
us
department
of
transportation,
whether
it's
energy,
whether
it's
interior,
through
the
appointments
that
are
being
made,
and
so
we
are
very
excited
but
we're
doing
a
lot
of
work
right
now
to
try
to
keep
up
and
understand
what
the
landscape
means
at
the
federal
level,
what
the
opportunities
are
for,
the
state
of
nevada
and
there
are
very
specific
ones,
and
so
our
team,
the
governor's
office,
our
representation
in
washington
dc.
That
helps
us
keep.
G
On
top
of
this,
and
certainly
our
congressional
delegation.
We
are
all
very
busy
and
excited
about
what
the
the
coming
months
hold
as
we
try
to
navigate
our
way
out
of
this
pandemic
into
an
economic
opportunity
of
embracing
climate
action
as
a
as
a
path
forward
for
nevada's
prosperity.
So
we
look
forward
to
working
with
all
of
you
in
that
effort
and
just
want
to
share
our
excitement
about
the
the
months
to
come.
A
Thank
you
so
much
director
boxing
so
with
that
members.
That
brings
us
to
the
the
next
item
on
our
agenda.
That
will
be
public
comment.
I'm
not
seeing
any
other
questions
from
any
other
members.
A
So,
just
as
a
reminder,
those
that
are
watching
you
can
register
online
to
either
speak
to
the
committee
by
telephone
or
you
may
enter
your
written
comments
for
the
record
on
the
web
page
for
today's
meeting
on
nellis
it's
located
on
the
legislative
website.
You
will
see
buttons
allowing
you
to
submit
your
online
opinion
or
participate
in
writing
or
by
phone.
B
A
F
And
I'm
here,
representing
chispa
nevada,
I'd
like
to
start
off
with
thanking
governor
sisilak
and
his
administration
for
taking
the
climate
crisis
seriously
and
commissioning
the
state
climate
tragedy.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
dr
avery,
who
last
week
presented
the
strategy
report
to
about
60
of
our
chief
nevada
community
members
and
answered
dozens
other
questions.
F
We
were
excited
to
hear
that
the
state
is
planning
for
how
to
tackle
this
crisis
and
especially
that
climate
justice
was
one
of
the
metrics
used
to
analyze.
Potential
policies.
Black
indigenous
and
latinx
nevadans
are
bearing
the
worst
impacts
of
climate
change
with
more
extreme
heat
and
dirtier
air
in
our
neighborhood
climate.
Justice
should
not
only
be
part
of
the
analysis,
but
the
gilding
principle
of
state's
plan.
F
We
can't
achieve
our
climate
goals
if
we
leave
our
communities
and
future
generations
behind
the
state's
goals
are
achievable
if
there
is
a
focus
on
ensuring
middle
and
low
income
have
access
to
solutions
for
solving
the
climate
crisis,
whether
it's
for
energy,
efficient
products,
electric
vehicles
or
solar
panels
in
our
neighborhoods.
At
the
moment,
these
innovations
are
unaffordable
and
unavailable
to
far
too
many
nevadans,
particularly
communities
of
color.
The
state
needs
to
close
this
access
and
affordability
gap.
F
We
are
also
interested
in
learning
what's
next,
how
the
state
plans
to
implement
some
of
these
ideas
in
the
climate
strategy
and
specifically
how
they
will
ensure
climate
justice
is
insured
and
centered
in
all
future
plans.
We'd
also
like
to
know
who
will
be
tasked
with
moving
this
forward.
We
recommend
the
state
issue
a
separate
report
laying
out
steps
needed
to
fully
achieve
climate
justice.
F
This
can
serve
as
a
roadmap
for
future
legislation,
legislative
sessions
and
regulatory
proceedings.
We
cannot
afford
to
not
act
like
the
report
says.
Our
economy
will
lose
billions
of
dollars.
If
we
do
nothing
worse
yet
we'll
lose
countless
lives
through
early
deaths
that
could
have
been
prevented.
F
We
also
commend
the
state
for
its
community
outreach
efforts
and
would
like
to
ask
that
the
state
make
its
efforts
more
inclusive
and
accessible
by
providing
materials
and
presentations
in
multiple
languages
and
in
multiple
ways.
So
not
that
only
english
speakers
who
have
internet
access
can
participate
in
protecting
our
climate.
Thank
you
so
much
for
hearing
me
out.
B
B
B
B
B
F
Hi,
my
name
is
sarah
steinberg,
that's
s
a
r,
a
h,
steinberg
s,
t
e,
I
n,
b
e
r
g
and
I'm
a
policy
principal
with
advanced
energy
economy.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
before
you
today.
Aj
is
an
industry
association
comprised
of
businesses
dedicated
to
making
the
energy
we
use,
secure,
clean
and
affordable.
F
We
represent
over
100
companies
that
include
technologies
such
as
energy
efficiency,
demand
response,
solar,
wind
storage,
electric
vehicles,
advanced
metering,
infrastructure,
transmission
and
distribution
equipment,
geothermal
hydropower,
software
among
others,
used
together.
These
technologies
and
services
create
and
maintain
a
higher
performing
energy
and
transportation
system.
One
that's
reliable
and
resilient
and
diverse
and
cost
effective,
while
also
improving
the
availability
and
quality
of
customer
facing
services.
F
Awa
also
represents
large
electricity
consumers
interested
in
increasing
their
purchases
of
affordable,
clean
energy
to
power
their
operations
in
the
state.
I
first
want
to
applaud
the
governor
and
his
administration
for
the
ambitious
undertaking
that
was
the
state
climate
strategy.
The
strategy
identifies
many
critical
policy
priorities
necessary
to
achieve
nevada's
emissions
reduction
goals.
F
They
stand
ready
to
invest
and
ready
to
help.
You
shape
these
policies
to
ensure
maximum
economic
benefits
from
the
clean
energy
transition.
These
benefits
aren't
just
theoretical
we've
seen
strong
growth
from
these
sectors
in
the
past
and
fully
expect
them
to
drive
economic
recovery
and
diversification
over
the
next
few
years
and
decades
to
come.
The
climate
strategy
policies
allow
nevada
to
get
ahead
of
that
curve
and
re
reap
the
economic
and
jobs
benefits
sooner
rather
than
later.
B
D
D
The
nevada
conservation
league
has
been
keeping
a
very
close
eye
on
that
process
and
we
were
really
excited
to
see
the
report
when
it
finally
came
out.
The
nevada
state
climate
strategy
makes
it
clear
that,
in
order
to
meet
our
strong
climate
goals,
we
need
to
electrify
transportation
transition
away
from
fossil
fuels
such
as
gas
and
coal,
and
invest
in
green
jobs.
D
Nevada
has
a
lot
to
be
proud
of
and
our
work
to
move
towards
a
clean
energy
future,
but
we
can't
slow
down
now
as
home
to
some
of
the
fastest
warming
cities
in
the
united
states.
Nevada
is
already
feeling
the
effects
of
climate
change
earlier.
This
week,
the
nevada
conservation
league
education
fund
released
survey
results
that
explore
nevada's
views
on
climate
change
in
our
state's
response.
D
82
percent
of
nevada
voters
believe
that
climate
change
is
a
serious
problem
and
67
believe
it
is
already
having
a
serious
impact
on
this
part
of
the
country.
Nearly
65
percent
support
lawmakers,
taking
strong
action
to
combat
climate
change
and
believe
that
taking
action
will
have
positive
effects
on
our
families,
our
climate
and
weather,
and
our
economy.
D
Nevada
has
made
strides
to
become
a
cleaner
and
greener
state,
but
we
are
still
not
on
track
to
meet
our
climate
goals
and
there
is
still
plenty
of
work
to
be
done.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
the
nevada
climate
initiative
team
and
the
legislature
to
find
solutions
to
this
crisis,
and
we
thank
you
for
your
time.
B
B
A
Problem
with
all
of
the
meetings
virtually
maybe
having
a
little
difficulty
with
bandwidth
connectivity
and
things,
so
we
will
be
patient.
B
E
Chair
the
caller
has
still
not
unmuted.
A
Okay,
well,
I
think
everyone
that
was
able
to
get
through
on
the
public
comment
line
for
those
of
you
that
were
unable
to
get
through.
I
apologize
for
that,
but
I
encourage
you
to
send
us
your
written
comments
that
we
can
add
to
the
records
for
this
meeting,
and
this
is
just
the
first
of
a
number
of
meetings
for
the
eddie
and
I
encourage
you
to
continue
to
join
us
on
tuesdays
and
thursdays
at
1.
30
p.m.
A
For
very
interesting
discussions
on
this
committee,
but
if
you
were
not
able
to
get
through
today,
I
do
apologize.
Please
please
send
us
your
written
comments
and
again
you
can
reach
us
through
nellis
on
the
legislative
website
to
get
the
call-in
number
and
the
meeting
id.
A
Our
next
meeting
for
the
assembly
committee
on
growth
and
infrastructure
will
be
tuesday
february
9th
at
1.
30.
we'll
have
several
presentations
from
any
from
agencies
that
are
involved
in
nevada's
transportation
sector.
So
with
that
members,
this
meeting
is
adjourned.
I
wish
you
a
great
rest
of
your
day
and
we'll
see.