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A
Right,
thank
you
very
much.
Good
morning.
Everyone
we're
gonna,
go,
go
ahead
and
get
started
with
the
joint
full
committee,
finance
ways
and
means
this
morning
and
hopefully
you
were
able
to
drive
in
safely
and
the
snow
didn't,
impede
you
and
things
are
not
too
bad
out
there.
Why?
Why
don't?
We
can?
We
have
the
committee
secretary.
Please
call
the
role.
C
E
C
C
C
F
G
F
F
Excuse
me,
chair,
brooks,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
I
missed
my
name,
but
I
don't
believe
it
was
called.
E
A
Here
all
right,
this
this
fights
chair
dennis,
so
I
mark
them
as
they
get
here.
I
know
that
chair
brooks
is
doing
a
presentation
in
another
committee,
so
he'll
be
here
shortly.
So
thank
you
all
right.
So
just
remember
reminder
to
everyone
keep
muted
when
you're
not
talking.
A
A
You
just
have
to
go
on
to
nellis
and
register
and
it'll
give
you
the
instructions
in
the
phone
number
that
you
use
to
call
in
when
we
get
to
public
comment
and
we're
limiting
public
comment
to
two
minutes
and
with
that
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
start.
We
have
several
presentations
today,
we're
going
to
start
with
the
first
budget,
which
is
the
office
for
new
american
office
for
new
americans
budget.
So
we'll
have
them.
Do
their
presentation.
They'll
come
forward.
H
Hi
good
morning,
everyone,
I'm
sharina
daisy's
director
for
the
governor's
office
for
new
americans
or
ona
alongside
with
me
today,
is
margarita
salas
crespo,
I'm
senior
advisor
for
the
office
first
off.
It
is
our
pleasure
to
be
in
front
of
you
all
today
for
this
presentation
and
we
are
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
will
arise
from
this.
In
this
presentation
we
will
outline
what
the
office
spring
americans
has
done
from
its
inception.
With
the
budget
we
have
been
appropriated
and
what
we
intended
to
be.
The
next
biennium
next
slide
maggie.
H
So
the
statutory
power
of
ona
comes
from
nrs223
900
to
nrs223
930,
which
of
course
was
passed
through
the
2019
legislative
session.
Immigrants
and
refugees
are
integral
to
the
state
of
nevada
and
are
inextricably
linked
in
the
fabric
and
success
of
our
state.
So
with
that
said,
it
is
the
mission
of
this
office
to
facilitate
the
civic,
social
and
economic
inclusion
and
integration
of
immigrants
and
refugees
in
the
state
and
help
foster
opportunities
for
economic
self-sufficiency.
H
We
envision
an
even
more
welcoming
nevada
where
everyone,
including
new
americans,
can
thrive
and
prosper.
So
currently,
our
office
has
three
positions.
Two
are
generally
fund
appropriated,
which
is
my
position
as
the
director
and
an
administrative
assistant
too.
I'm
the
management
analyst
to
position
who
serves
as
own
a
senior
advisor,
which
missalas
crespo
currently
holds,
is
funded
through
a
private
grant
for
context.
H
I
started
a
senior
advisor
in
this
office
in
march
of
last
year
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic
at
the
start
of
the
pandemic
and
appointed
director
in
july
of
the
same
year,
miss
alaska
started
a
senior
advisor
in
october
of
last
year,
so
the
aa2
remains
unfilled
because
of
the
budget
cuts
brought
about
by
the
pandemic.
To
fill
this
gap,
we
have
partnered
with
workforce
connections,
southern
nevada's,
local
workforce
development,
development
on
board
and
their
one-stop
delivery
system
to
hire
a
paid
intern
through
their
rio,
well-funded,
ux
or
work
experience
program.
H
We
hope
to
partner
with
them
again
in
the
future,
as
that
internship
has
ended.
Additionally,
we
are
looking
into
other
partnerships
to
fund
entering
positions
in
our
office
as
well
next
slide.
So
before
we
get
going
to
what
owner
has
done
since
its
inception
in
2019.
H
Please
allow
us
to
give
you
context
to
the
population
we
serve
and
on
how
truly
important
this
office
is.
It
should
be
noted
that
20
percent
of
nevadans
or
approximately
over
600
k
nevadans,
are
immigrants
and
refugees
from
our
immigrant
population.
40
are
from
mexico.
The
next
biggest
population
is
from
the
philippines,
which
is
about
15
percent,
followed
by
el
salvador
at
four
and
china
three
percent.
H
This
is
a
very
sizable
amount
of
the
population
and
given
the
substantial
number
of
immigrants
in
our
state,
we
have
seen
time
and
time
again
that
all
issues
are
really
immigrant
issues.
Next
slide
much
of
ona's
first
year
was
up
really
a
pivot
towards
kobe
19
response.
The
kubernetes
pandemic
disproportionately
affected.
Our
immigrant
and
refugee
populations
in
the
states
of
the
pivot
to
up
to
the
cover
19
response
was
extremely
crucial
and
extremely
necessary.
G
Thank
you
so
much
director
dances
good
morning.
Oh
my
name
is
margarita
salas
crystal
for
the
record.
I
will
now
go
over
some
of
the
activities
of
ona
in
its
first
year
since
exception
inception
because
of
the
pandemic,
as
mentioned
by
the
director.
Most
of
our
work
pivoted,
towards
covert
response
due
to
the
hardship
brought
on
by
the
closures
and
unemployment.
G
The
office
for
new
americans
helped
establish
the
esperanza
fund
in
partnership
with
the
neta
community
foundation
or
ncf
the
espionage
fund,
piloted
a
direct
cash
assistance
program
included
for
nevadans,
who
did
not
receive
any
federal
or
state
relief.
During
this
pandemic,
the
ncf
serves
as
the
fiscal
agent
of
the
fund,
the
espenoza
fund
board,
which
is
made
up
of
first
and
second
generation
nevada
immigrants
made
funded
locations
to
fortune
community-based
organizations
or
cbo's
across
the
state
of
nevada
and
the
ceos
distributed
the
funds
to
families
in
nevada.
G
Well,
it's
it
while
also
connecting
them
to
services.
They
did
qualify
for
and
other
resources.
Today,
the
esperanto
fund
has
raised
over
one
million
dollars
and
helped
3333
nevada
families
covet
19
rh
in
education
became
crucial
for
this
office.
At
the
start
of
the
pandemic,
ona
launches
website,
along
with
ona
social
media
accounts,
this
was
followed
by
the
launch
of
kobaya
19
resource
guide
for
immigrant
and
refugees
created
in
partnership
with
immigrant
serving
cbos.
G
Additionally,
we
released
a
series
of
psas
that
relate
accurately
in
culturally
competent
information
to
immigrants
and
refugees
who
have
been
disproportionately
affected
by
the
pandemic.
In
total,
ona
has
released
seven
psas.
Four
of
these
psas
were
released
in
collaboration
with
other
partners
and
one
psa.
G
Encouraging
people
to
stay
home
for
nevada
in
six
languages
ran
as
a
commercial
through
las
vegas
pbs,
with
the
approval
of
the
kober19
vaccine,
or
focus
shifted
to
support
the
vaccination
efforts
of
the
state
and
equitable
and
fair
distribution
of
the
coveted
19
vaccine
is
the
top
priority
for
the
governor's
office
for
new
americans.
G
Our
main
focus
is
to
respond
to
the
concerns
of
immigrant
and
refugee
communities,
children's
access
issues
and
hesitancy.
This
includes
issues
on
immigration,
status,
cost
and
data
privacy.
To
address
some
of
these
concerns,
our
office
has
hosted
a
series
of
listening
sessions
with
the
state's
vaccination
team
and
various
immigrant
and
refugee
stakeholder
groups
to
ensure
that
their
feedback
is
incorporated
in
the
state's
ongoing
vaccination
efforts.
G
Lastly,
ona
partnered
with
dpdh
to
implement
section
three
of
governor
scissilex
emergency
order.
11.
this
provision
wastes
certain
incidency
requirements
for
foreign
trade
healthcare
workers
as
long
as
they
are
vetted
and
approved
by
the
chief
medical
officer,
ona
put
in
place
a
system
taking
foreign
trained
applicants,
getting
them
through
the
credentialing
process
and
onto
the
chief
medical
officer
for
approval
and
eventually
deploying
them
into
the
community.
The
credentialing
has
been
made
available
to
the
state
at
no
cost.
G
This
was
made
possible
through
a
technical
assistance
grant
secured
by
owner
former
partners
of
world
education
services
or
wes.
To
date,
bbmc
has
reported
68
foreign
trained
applicants.
28
are
currently
going
through
the
initial
process
of
document
submission
four
in
the
credentialing
process.
16
are
pending
chief
medical
officer,
approval
and
six
have
been
fully
approved
and
are
being
deployed
to
assist
in
the
state's
2019
response.
G
Our
second
party
has
been
providing
constituent
services
to
the
immigrant
and
refugee
community
in
nevada.
We
offer
assistance
to
those
having
a
hard
time,
navigating
state
agency
processes
and
collaborate
directly
with
state
agencies
on
these
issues
if
they
are
one-on-one
cases
or
when
bigger
issues
arise
that
require
further
assistance
and
collaboration.
G
Due
to
the
high
number
of
unemployment
cases,
we
have
largely
focused
on
helping
immigrant
and
refugee
refugees,
navigate
alien
status
issues
related
to
their
immigration
status
and
their
unemployment
claims.
These
issues
are
either
because
they
are
recent
refugees
or
asylum.
Arrivals
have
recently
renewed
their
employment
authorization
card
have
become
naturalized
citizens
or
have
had
a
have
had
their
status
extended
through
a
court
decision,
as
has
been
the
case
with
temporary
protected
status
population.
G
To
date,
our
office
in
partnership
with
dieter
has
assisted
over
250
immigrant
and
refugee
families
in
resolving
issues
with
their
unemployment
claims.
Additionally,
we
assisted
constituents
with
temporary
protected
status,
renew
their
documents
with
the
dmv.
The
tps
designation
was
extended
for
several
of
the
countries.
Under
this
program,
the
designation
was
set
to
expire
in
january
4
2021.
G
This
included
their
identification
in
collaboration
with
with
the
dmv
cbos
or
congressional
delegation
and
the
salvadoran
consulate.
We
implemented
a
process
to
ensure
that
this
population
renewed
their
documentation
in
time
and
did
not
face
any
further
hardship
for
not
being
able
to
drive
or
have
a
valid
form
of
id
to
access.
Other
services
over
500,
pps
recipients
have
been
helped
through
this
process
from
december
9
to
12
2020
to
january
31st
of
this
year.
G
Additionally,
we
work
collaboratively
with
our
federal
delegation
to
help
constituents
navigate
issues
with
uscis
related
to
their
status
or
with
the
social
security
administration,
and
we
also
collaborate
with
local
officials
on
issues
related
to
services
provided
by
agencies
and
organizations
under
their
jurisdiction
being
subject
matter.
Experts
on
immigration,
we
often
engage
in
rapid
response
efforts.
We
work
with
our
agencies
and
other
levels
of
government
where
there
is
when
there
is
an
immigration
policy
from
the
federal
level
that
one
affects
the
immigrant
population
or
two
directly
impacts
their
process.
G
Our
on
our
presentation,
you
can
see
two
ways
in
which
we
have
responded
to
policy
changes
at
the
federal
level.
With
this
inspection
of
the
j-1
visa
program
for
educators,
in
response
to
a
presidential
executive
order
and
a
response
to
a
presidential
executive
order
requirement
to
seek
consent
from
states
and
localities
in
the
refugee
resettlement
process,
it
is
important
to
note
that
250
educators
are
on
j-1
visas
at
any
given
time
in
our
state.
G
G
Our
next
priority
has
been
immigrant
workforce
development
in
our
state,
which
became
much
more
crucial
for
the
recovery
of
our
economy.
It
is
part
of
our
mission
to
help
the
immigrant
and
refugee
population
scale
the
economic
ladder
by
utilizing
the
talents,
skills
and
education
to
assist
their
integration
and
inclusion
prior
to
the
pandemic
owner,
received
a
technical
grant
from
world
education
services.
Global
talent
bridge
to
assist
our
efforts
in
integrating
school
immigrants
in
nevada,
primarily
through
helping
them
translate
their
foreign
education
into
the
u.s
economy.
G
Ona
was
selected
to
be
part
of
the
2020
skilled
immigrant
integration
program
or
sip
cohort.
We
are
working
on
some
set
goals
to
help
skilled
immigrants,
integrate
better
in
the
state
and
to
address
the
brainwaste
issue
in
nevada.
G
Mpa
estimates
that
nevada
currently
has
approximately
40
runways
coming
from
highly
trained
and
high
skilled
immigrants
and
refugees
being
unable
to
translate
those
skills
and
talents
into
the
u.s
job
market,
whether
it
is
a
licensing
barrier,
a
language,
fair
or
a
combination
of
these
factors
and
we're
forced
to
take
on
jobs
that
do
not
utilize
his
skills
and
talents.
G
Our
three
key
goals
are
one
leveraging
workforce,
innovation
and
opportunity
act
dollars
or
we
all
dollars
to
help
with
training,
education
and
language,
learning
for
immigrants
and
refugees
in
the
state
and
ensuring
following
workforce
service
providers,
know
the
immigrant
population
they
are
serving
and
what
services
that
population
is
entitled
to
through
wioa.
Our
second
goal
is
developing
career
pathway
and
licensing
guides
for
the
immigrant
and
refugee
community
in
the
state,
including
outreach
and
education,
about
licensing
requirement
changes
made
with
the
implementation
of
ab275,
which
opened
opportunities
for
immigrant
and
refugee
communities.
G
That
often
move
through
various
immigration
statuses.
Our
last
goal
of
this
program
is
to
develop
a
strategic
plan
for
the
immigrant
workforce.
Development
group
through
the
work
with
sip
ona,
is
spearheading
an
immigrant
workforce
development
group,
which
brings
together
relevant
agencies
and
organizations
to
focus
on
immigrant
workforce
development
in
the
state.
This
is
the
first
of
its
kind
to
specifically
focus
on
immigrant
and
refugee
workforce.
G
Well,
it's
still
on
this
its
program,
strategic
planning
phases.
The
aim
of
this
group
is
to
create
a
train
to
hire
pipeline
to
leverage
the
skills
and
talents
of
our
immigrant
population.
The
state's
refugee
resettlement
agencies,
community
colleges,
state
agencies,
workforce
sports
and
our
workforce.
Development
providers
are
part
of
this
group.
I
will
now
pass
it
on
to
director.
Sharina
diaz
is
to
close
our
presentation.
H
Thank
you
so
much
so
in
the
year
and
a
half
that
ona
has
been
established,
we
have
brought
immigrant
and
refugee
voices
and
concerns
into
the
forefront
of
all
levels
of
government
regarding
different
issues
that
affect
them
like
housing
and
access
to
health
care
and
access
to
education
and
in
the
next
biennium.
We
will
continue
to
do
so.
We
are
intending
to
remain
a
resource
hub
for
immigrants
and
refugees
in
the
state.
Additionally,
our
office
is
always
monitoring
the
ever-changing
immigration
landscape
and
how
it
affects
the
population
we
serve.
H
We
will
continue
to
work
closely
with
our
federal
delegation
to
put
forth
the
concerns
of
nevada
and
immigrants
and
refugees
as
they
promulgate
loss
in
the
federal
level.
Lastly,
there
are
two
things
we
really
intend
to
focus
on:
one
is
our
constituent
services
and
helping
immigrant
nevadans
navigate
state
processes
and
helping
and
helping
and
advising
state
agencies
when
an
immigration
regulation
affects
their
processes
as
well,
and
second,
we
will
be
focusing
more
on
immigrant
workforce
development.
H
You
already
heard
our
efforts
on
this
end
and
we
will
continue
these
efforts
further,
especially
now
that
we
have
created
an
immigrant
workforce
development
group
that
really
focuses
on
helping
immigrants
scale
the
economic
ladder,
either
through
licensing
or
retraining
or
upskilling
through
bridging
programs.
H
Next
slide,
now
that
you
have
all
heard
what
the
work
the
office
for
new
americans
has
done
is
currently
doing
and
our
intention
for
the
next
two
years
we
do
have
two
enhancement
units
for
a
budget,
account
enhancement
unit,
two
to
five,
an
announcement
unit
for
an
id,
so
two
to
five
is
requesting
to
fund
one
management,
analyst
bishop
position.
That
is
currently
the
position
that
the
private
grant
is
funding
enhancement
unit.
490
is
the
request
to
eliminate
the
revenues
and
expenditures
for
the
private
grant.
That
has
has
expired
for
contacts.
H
Both
enhancement
units
were
submitted
before
ifc
approved
the
second
round
of
funding
for
the
ma2
position
last
january
27th
of
this
year,
which
will
fund
the
position
for
fiscal
year
2020
to
22..
Well,
there
is
a
possibility
of
a
third
grand
round
of
third
round
of
this
grant
that
will
possibly
fund
fiscal
year
22
to
23.
H
This
grant
is
not
yet
secured,
so
this
puts
owner
in
a
tough
spot
because
we
do
want
to
continue
this
work
and
having
a
senior
advisor
immensely
helps
push
our
work
forward
without
yet
securing
the
third
round
of
grant.
We
do
ask
the
committee
to
take
that
into
consideration
and
a
final
slide.
To
conclude,
our
presentation.
Our
first
year
was
really
focused
on
alleviating
some
of
our
burdens
and
the
barriers
faced
by
our
immigrant
communities
that
have
been
exacerbated
by
the
kubernetes
pandemic.
H
This
illuminates
the
fact
that
there
is
so
much
work
left
to
be
done
to
help
immigrants
within
our
state.
I
am
very
proud
to
say
that
office
for
new
americans
is
an
immigrant
led
women,
land
and
trilingual
office,
offering
services
in
english,
spanish
and
filipino.
I
personally
am
looking
forward
to
the
next
two
years
to
really
lean
into
our
efforts
in
in
on
the
inclusion
and
integration
of
our
immigrants
and
refugee
nevadans.
I'm
optimistic
that
we
can
move
the
office
forward
towards
the
direction
that
it
needs
to
go.
H
Ms
alex
crespo-
and
I
understand
we
live
and
are
from
these
communities
and
the
communities
the
office
the
office
for
the
americans
serve.
We
are
a
small
team,
but
we
are
a
good
team.
I
think
and
again
it
is
our
pleasure
to
present
in
front
of
you
this
morning
and
miss
alex
cressman,
and
I
are
happy
to
tag
team
all
the
questions
you
have
for
us
today.
A
Thank
you
so
much
that
was,
that
was
great,
a
lot
of
work
in
a
brand
new
thing
that
we
just
started.
So
thank
you
for
all
the
work
you're
doing.
I
was
really
impressed
with
the
on
the
licensure
piece
to
be
able
to
help
some
immigrants
that
had
licensure
a
lot
of
times.
A
We
see
they
come
here
to
this
country
and
they
end
up
driving
a
taxi
when
they
were
a
doctor
where
they
came
from
and
to
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
that
and
help
them
to
be
able
to
fill
especially
workforce
development
that
we
need
here.
So
we
do
have
a
few
questions.
We're
going
to
start.
First
with
senator
ratty.
F
Thank
you
chair,
so
I
just
would
like
to
echo
the
chair's
comments,
I'm
just
so
very,
very
thrilled
that
you
were
in
place
and
up
and
running
in
time
to
address
the
pandemic
and
to
do
what
you
could
to
support
the
governor's
office
to
make
sure
that
the
response
was
seeking
to
achieve
some
equity
and
reach
out
to
some
communities
that
we
hadn't
before.
F
I
guess
that's
my
my
first
question.
The
real.
The
bigger
question
is
just
a
little
bit
of
more
elaboration
you're,
a
small
office,
and
there
were
a
lot
of
goals
on
that
slide,
and
so
I'm
interested
in
how
you're
prioritizing
the
work
in
the
next
biennium.
Where
you
see
your
focus,
is,
I
think,
in
the
immediate
term,
we're
worried
about
the
vaccination
and
and
getting
it
out
to
communities
in
a
more
equitable,
equitable
manner
and
getting
it
to
the
places
that
we
need
to
get
it.
F
H
Dances
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
that
question.
So
yeah,
given
that
our
office
is
quite
small
and
we
we
really
do
believe
that,
because
of
the
size
of
amount
of
the
immigrant
population,
every
issue
really
is
is
an
immigrant
issue.
But
what
we
are
focused
on
right
now
and
miss
alaska
can
further
elaborate.
Is
the
vaccine
rollout?
H
We
have
seen
that
you
know
there
is
quite
a
a
equity
problem
that
has
been
addressed
on
currently,
but
we
are
really
focusing
on
reaching
hard
to
reach
communities
that
either
has
vaccine
hesitancy
or
does
not
know
where
to
ask
resources
from.
But
when,
when
that
that
happens,
when
you
know
the
vaccine
rollout
is
successful,
we
really
do
want
to
pivot
to
workforce
development.
H
This
office
believes
that
you
know
when
you
put
someone
and
help
someone
scale
the
economic
ladder.
It
really
will
help
not
only
themselves,
but
you
know
the
intergenerate
intergenerational
aspect
of
an
immigrant
family,
immigrant
and
refugee
family.
So
that's
why
we
really
formed
the
immigrant
workforce
development
group,
because
we
are
not
workforce
development
experts
ourselves.
So
this
group
really
puts
everyone
on
that
at
the
table.
H
To
specifically
focus
on
immigrant
and
refugee
issues
in
workforce
development,
whether
it's
you
know
putting
them
through
resources,
some
immigrants
don't
know
there
are
resources
available
for
them,
especially
with
eu
funded
resources
and
or
helping
them
through
licensing
or
upskilling.
We
really
do
want
to
launch
our
first
cohort
this
year.
H
It
would
be
a
small
cohort,
it's
a
pilot
program.
We
do
understand
that
and
we
don't
understand
that
our
capability,
but
we
do
want
to
launch
it
in
the
south
and
in
the
north,
and
we've
really
put
our
refugee
resettlement
agencies
we're
trying
to
build
that
cohort
on
their
intake
so
because
their
intake
process
is
really
similar,
it's
already
in
place,
and
then
so
we
already
have
the
data
on
what
the
refugee
population
looks
like.
A
Okay,
so
I
believe
assemblywoman
monroe
moreno
has
some
questions.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation
and
the
work
that
you
are
doing.
I
have
a
question
about
slide
four,
the
graph
that
you
have
on
slide:
four
with
the
breakdown
of
nevada's
immigrants
and
there's
a
large
section,
that's
38
percent
of
other,
and
I
know
that
your
office
is
trilingual,
english,
spanish
and
filipino.
But
what
are
you
doing
to
work
with
community
leaders
in
that
group
of
others
to
make
sure
we
get
cultural
competency
information
out
to
those
communities
about
the
work
that
you
are
doing.
G
Margarita
salad,
stressful
for
the
record,
I'm
sorry
director,
sure
and
I'll
take
this
one
on.
If
you
don't
mind,
so
we
understand
that
the
the
largest
population
of
immigrants
in
nevada
are
hispanic
and
the
aapi
population,
which
is
fantastic,
because,
given
that
I
am
from
the
latino
community
and
and
director
diaz,
this
is
from
the
af
community.
G
We
can
cover
those,
but
one
of
the
other
areas
that
we
have
identified
is
is
being
able
to
reach
your
african
diaspora,
because
a
lot
of
those
other
folks
are
in
in
the
other
section,
are
or
community
members
from
the
african
diaspora.
So
we
are
actively
trying
to
engage
to
some
of
those
leaders.
Some
of
our
rh
has
been
including
to
to
legislators
in
those
communities,
because
we
understand
a
lot
of
the
times
they
do
go
towards
towards
those
members
of
the
community.
G
G
I
would
stress
that
here
that
we
try
to
do
our
best
to
reach
as
many
folks
as
possible,
but
we
are
a
two-team,
a
two
percent
team
and
one
of
the
things
that
that
we
want
to
do-
or
at
least
we
know
given
that
ourselves
are
from
those
communities,
is
trying
to
see
if
we
can
bring
in
other
folks
that
are
representative
of
those
communities
as
well
into
this
office.
G
That
can
connect
directly
with
folks,
because
I
have
a
really
good
connection
with
the
latino
community
in
the
state
of
nevada.
So
it's
really
easy
for
me
to
reach
folks
and
engage
them
into
that
work.
And
let
them
know
that
through
this
office
they
have
a
direct
connection
to
state
government
as
well
as
serena
with
that
population
right.
But
you
know
anytime
we're
trying
to
bring
in
a
a
intern
or
you
know,
potentially
the
other
position.
We
want
to
have
those
folks
represented
even
within
our
office,
to
ensure
that
we're
connecting
with
them.
G
But
we
are
actively
engaging
with
those
leaders,
including
through
our
the
esperanza
fund.
We
had
we
had
representation
from
those
from
that
cdo.
We
ensured
that
there
was
representation
from
from
all
the
immigrant
communities
from
the
cbos
that
received
that
funding.
C
So
much
for
that,
because
once
we
set
up
the
the
the
office
of
new
americans,
I've
I've
heard
from
community
constituents
where
they
seem
they
felt
left
out.
They
weren't
part
of
it.
So
I
appreciate
the
outreach
that
you're
doing
it's.
It's
very
important
that
we
make
sure
we're
connecting
with
all
of
our
immigrants
everywhere
in
the
state
and
make
sure
that
any
literature
that
goes
out
to
the
community
is
actually
going
out
in
the
language
that
they
understand
and
and
and
know
the
resources
that
are
available.
A
Thank
you
I
have,
I
do
have,
let's
see,
I've
got
senator
hammond
and
then
assemblyman
roberts
and
then
assemblywoman
tolls
just
so
that
you
know
that
I've
got
john's
track
there.
So,
let's
start
with
senator
hammond.
B
Oh
make
sure
that
can
you
hear
me
now,
I'm.
B
So,
thank
you,
mister
for
your
presentation
this
morning.
I
I
think,
there's
a
couple
comments
that
have
been
made
that
you
know.
I
think
that
are
really
important
for
us
to
remember.
You
know,
historically,
when
we
talk
about
immigrants
when
they
come
in
the
country,
I
know
senator
dennis
mentioned
it.
Sometimes
they
come
in
and
they
don't
get
the
resources
necessary
for
them
to
be
then
placed
into
the
economy
where
they're
actually
more
beneficial,
more
helpful
to
everybody.
I
think
too
many
times.
B
As
you
know,
as
americans,
we
forget
that
the
immigrant
population
is
really
necessary.
I
mean
I'm
looking
at.
You
know
right
now
for
the
purposes
that
for
this
office
you
know,
I'm
part
of
gen
x,
gen
x,
we're
a
small
population
and
every
time
somebody
from
the
baby
boomers
every
time
they
retire
go
away.
They're,
just
there's
not
enough.
B
There's
not
enough
of
us
to
replace
them,
and
now
you
have
an
immigrant
population
that
comes
in
does
a
fantastic
job,
but
they
could
do
a
lot
better
if
we
actually
place
them
in
the
position
where
they
actually
can
do
the
most
help,
and
I
think
that
your
your
program
to
to
educate
and
get
them
in
the
proper
position.
I
think
that's
wonderful,
but
I
wanted
to
hone
in
on
the
esperanza
fund
that
you
guys
talked
about
a
little
earlier.
I
saw
that
it's
been
helping
over
3000
families.
B
B
How
are
you
going
to
use
that
fund
in
the
future,
because
you're
talking
a
minute
ago,
with
senator
raddy
about
some
of
your
plans?
Do
you
have
a
plan?
How
are
you
going
to
pivot?
Are
you
still
receiving
funds?
Are
people
still
putting
money
into
the
esperanza
fund
and
then
what
are
you
going
to
be
using
it
for
in
the
future?
What
are
your
thoughts
on
that?
If
you've,
given
any
thought
to
that.
H
H
Basically,
we
connected
our
cbo's
and
there's
14
of
them,
as
we've
said
really
spanning
the
demographic
of
the
immigrant
and
refugee
population,
and
then
the
fund
has
an
esperanza
fund
board
that
makes
decisions
based
on
the
fund
and
they're
the
ones
that
are
actively
really
tr,
also
trying
to
get
more
funds,
and,
although
the
right
now
there
are
no,
I
think
all
the
funds
have
been
allocated
to
our
cbo's.
H
H
We
know
that
licensing
is
a
big
key
to
really
uplifting
yourself
in
terms
of
economic
sustainability,
and
sometimes
these
licenses
are
hard,
they're,
expensive
they
take
hours
and
when
you're
taking
care
of
a
family,
let's
say-
or
you
know,
just
have
a
lot
of
bills
to
pay
it's.
It's
really
hard
to
kind
of
have
that
money
for
licensing,
so
we
do
intend
that
fund
to
kind
of
supersede.
I
mean
really
like
after
this
pandemic
kind
of
be
in
perpetuity.
H
We
also
want
you
know
that
potentially
those
funds
to
help
our
daca
recipients,
daca
applications
are
very
expensive
and
sometimes,
as
I
said,
you
know,
some
daca
eligible
recipients
can't
afford
those,
and
so
we
really
want
to
hone
in
on
their
talents
and
skills
as
well
in
terms
of
you
know,
giving
them
that
opportunity
to
have
to
apply
for
for
daca,
and
I
think
miss
margaret
does
allah.
If
you,
you
have
anything
else
to
add.
G
Yes,
margaret
tell
us
telescopes
before
the
record,
I'd
just
like
to
also
clarify
that
the
funds
are
not
being
received
by
ona.
The
funds
are
being
received
and
managed
by
the
nevada
community
foundation,
so
our
role
really
has
been
more
of
bringing
folks
into
the
table
and
helping
think
through
some
of
these
programmatic
goals,
but
ultimately
the
goals
and
where
the
money
is
allocated
into
what
programs
is
not
a
decision
that
is
set
to
this
office.
G
That
decision
is
made
by
the
esperanza
fund
board,
which
has
some
really
great
recognizable
names
duncan
lee,
who
is
also
who
also
chairs
the
nevada
community
foundation,
is
the
board
chair
of
the
esperanza
fund
board.
So
I
just
wanted
to
to
make
sure
I
emphasized
that.
G
But
of
course,
as
we
have
those
conversations
and
and
as
the
board
members
take
ask
us
for
advice-
and
this
is
some
of
the
advice-
we're
telling
them
based
on
the
needs
that
we're
seeing
for
the
community,
as
sharina
mentioned
around
our
daca
population
right,
it
is
a
lot
of
them-
have
become
head
of
households
right.
G
So
if
they
are
renewing
their
application,
we
want
to
ensure
that
they
have
access
to
the
work
permit
that
allows
them
to
work
legally
and
continue
to
provide
for
their
families,
especially
as
we're
going
through
this
pandemic.
So
those
are
some
of
some
of
the
some
of
the
things
were.
G
Some
of
the
information
were
given
to
to
the
board
members
as
they're
making
these
decisions.
But
again
it
is
our
intent
to
continue
to
speak
very
highly
of
of
of
what
the
spencer
fun
board
has
accomplished
for
the
community
and
for
additional
information.
The
espionage
on
board
gave
a
300
one-time
allotment
to
families.
B
Thank
you.
I
think
that
answers
my
question
and
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
that
I
think
a
lot
of
times
with
the
bureaucratic
agencies.
Sometimes
we
don't
get
the
passion
that
we
necessarily
need
to
actually
provide
the
services.
That's
not
true
here
I
really
I
can.
I
can
feel
the
passion
that
you
both
have
for
your
community
and
those
who
are
coming
in.
So
I
really
appreciate
the
work
you're
doing
I'd
like
to
reach
out
to
you
later
on
and
see
what
I
can
do
to
help.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
We're
going
to
go
to
summerlin
roberts.
D
Hey
mr
chair,
you
know,
I
appreciate
the
presentation
today
you
know
I.
I
supported
the.
J
The
creation
of
the
office,
my
wife's
half
filipino
and
her
extended.
D
Family
immigrated
here
and
a
lot
of
them
live
in
las
vegas
and
the
other
reason
was
in
my
time
at
metro.
We
had
a
significant
gap
in
refugees
and
engagement.
H
Thank
you
for
the
question
trinidad
for
the
record,
so
our
refugee
resettlement
in
the
state
of
nevada
is
handled
by
three
refugee
resettlement
agencies.
Two
down
here
in
southern
nevada,
which
is
catholic
charities
of
southern
nevada
and
the
african
center,
or
on
ecdc,
and
then
up
north
will
be
northern
nevada
international
center,
which
is
under
the
umbrella
of
unr.
H
So
they
have
a
refugee
division
as
well,
so
what
they
do
for
for
for
refugees
to
resettle
here
they
go
through
the
federal
process,
of
course,
of
vetting
they're,
the
most
vetted
population
coming
into
our
country
right
and
they
come
here
and
then
the
refugee
resettlement
agencies
are
actually
the
ones
that
help
them
resettle.
They
do
get.
H
You
know,
funding
from
federal
government
and
through
orr
and
a
few
other
things,
and
they
do
help
them
what
we
do
as
a
as
an
agency
is
we
listen
to
what
the
refugee
resettlement
agencies
concerns
and
issues
are,
for
example,
a
lot
right
now
and
miss
sales
creswell
can
expound
because
she
is
the
lead
for
constituent
services
is
unemployment.
These
refugees
come
in.
You
know
that
they
don't
have
a
lot
of
work.
H
H
Secondly,
if
there's
anything,
you
know
that
issues
are
rising,
they,
the
refugee
results
agencies,
come
to
us
for
that
and
then
we'll
help
them
connect
with
any
resources,
whether
it's
state,
some
of
our
problems
that
we've
encountered
before
is
like
the
dmv,
for
example,
did
not
we
had
a
problem
with
the
licensure
because
they
could
not
figure
out
what
an
I-94
is,
which
is
the
documentation
of
refugees.
So
you
know
there
were
several
refugees
that
had
a
problem
with
obtaining
their
license.
H
We
connect
with
the
dmv
for
that
explain
to
them
what
you
know.
That
process
is
like
on
the
refugees
and
and
then
explain
to
them
that
it
is
a
legal
document.
So
we
do
work
with
our
state
agencies
as
well
to
address
that
right
now,
currently
as
well,
we're
really
trying,
as
we
said,
for
the
workforce
development,
our
pilot
program
will
focus
on
skilled
refugees.
These
refugees
that
come
here
being
doctors,
engineers
in
their
home
countries
and
can't
just
translate
the
skills
here.
H
So
we're
really
trying
to
find
a
pathway
for
that
cohort
to
leverage
those
skills
and
talents
and
education-
that's
already
been
paid
for
in
their
own
country
and
to
come
here
and
help
them
not
maybe
not
get
the
job
that
they
had
before
in
their
home
country.
But
at
least
in
that
industry
that
really
uses
those
talents
and
skills.
E
A
Thank
you.
We
will
go
to,
let's
see,
71
tolls.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
I
especially
appreciate
the
work
that
you're
doing
helping
people
navigate
the
often
complex
licensing
boards
and
and
process
and
and
getting
professionals
into
those
into
those
positions
that
we
often
you
know,
would
talk
about
issues
of
access
to
health
care
and
we
have
trained
skilled
individuals
who
could
fill
those
positions,
in
particular
at
the
university
level,
teaching
and
so
forth,
and
just
really
appreciate
the
work
in
that
regard
and
going
back
to
sb
538.
F
There
was
a
a
section-
and
maybe
I
missed
it
in
in
your
presentation,
but
I
know
that
the
the
bill
laid
out
that
one
of
the
one
of
the
roles
of
the
office
of
new
americans
was
to
review
and
analyze
policies
and
programs
to
look
for.
You
know
essentially
duplication
in
services
and
to
make
recommendations
to
the
state
and
to
the
governor.
Did
you
have
a
report
that
you
produced
in
regards
to
any
any
duplications
and
services
statewide
that
you
found
that
you
could
provide
to
this
to
this
committee?
F
I'd
love
to
see
what
work
was
done
in
regards
to
that,
as
prescribed
in
in
the
bill.
H
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I'm
sure
that
yes
he's
for
the
record.
You
know
I've
got
to
be
honest
with
the
assembly
woman.
Our
work
really
has
pivoted
to
kubern
19
response
this
year,
and
given
that
I
was
alone
in
the
office
for
some
months
and
then
miss
alaska
came
in
in
october,
it
was
really
really
just
tough
to
juggle
on
certain
things
we
do.
We
do
want
to
prioritize
that
part.
H
You
know
with
the
with
the
duplication
and
the
repetition
of
statutes
as
well
as
well
as
implementation
we've.
Really.
We
started
also
trying
to
implement
ab275,
which
is
the
licensure
one
that
struck.
You
know
the
the
requirement
for
ssn
and
we've
been
getting
constituent
inquiries
about
that.
Sometimes
we
work
with
the
boards
as
well.
Recently
we
worked
with
one
board
that
kind
of
helped
them
streamline
their
process
and
implement
that.
But
really
it's
it's
a
really
a
problem
of
of
capacity.
H
I
I
would
say
that
this
office
has
not
been
able
to
kind
of
achieve
what
we
want
to
achieve
in
that
aspect.
We're
a
two
women
team
with
with
with
just
a
lot
of
issues
and-
and
you
know
that
is
on
our
plate
as
well
as
you
know,
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
but
once
I
guess
we
pivot
to
you
know,
post
pandemic
and
what
that
looks
like
we're,
really
looking
forward
to
kind
of
take
that
on
as
well.
H
So,
unfortunately,
there
would
be
no
report
at
this
time,
but
we
we
will
prioritize
that
once
we
get
over
the
cover.
19
kind
of
you
know,
vaccination
roll
out,
margaritas.
G
Sorry,
some
of
the
women
margaritaville
solids
for
the
record.
I
would
also
like
to
say
that,
based
on
the
constituent
services
that
we
have
been
providing
and
because
those
come
from
different
issues,
not
just
one
issue
right-
sometimes
it's
housing,
sometimes
it's
healthcare.
G
What
we
actually
have
noted
is
that
there
really
isn't
a
lot
of
duplication,
but
more
so
fragmented
services
that
are
available
right,
like
sometimes,
for
example,
one
of
the
issues
that
we
have
noted
quite
a
lot
on
almost
in
every
single
area,
with
every
single
agency
is
the
lack
of
consistent
language
access
services.
Right
one
agency
may
be
doing
things
one
way,
while
another
agency
does
something
different
based
on
their
needs,
which
is
understandable,
but
then
often
enough
populations
are
served
to
the
capacity
that
they
need
to
be
served.
G
So
if
anything,
I
would
say
that,
while
we
haven't
been
tracking
what
we
have
noted
given
the
different
services
that
we
have
been
providing
are,
as
we
address
issues
that
are
coming
to
our
office
from
the
constituency
that
we
serve.
Is
that
there's
more
so
a
fragmented
approach
on
how
we
are
treating
and
servicing
the
immigrant
population?
In
the
state,
which
is
something
that
we're
taking
note
of
so
that
we
can
start
thinking
creatively
or
what
are
some
ways
that
you
know
we
can
streamline
processes
for
state
and
the
community.
We
serve.
F
Thank
you
for
that,
and
and
it
it
sounds
like
through
through
this
process,
you
have
been
gathering
that
information,
it's
just
a
matter
of
getting
it
down
into
into
one
report
and
and
certainly
nobody
anticipated
the
challenges
we
would
be
facing
this
past
year.
So
I
I
can
certainly
appreciate
that
and
mr
chair,
if
I
can
just
follow
up
with
a
clarifying
question
from
the
presentation
and
then
I'll
be
done.
F
Thank
you.
So
I
understand
that
we
did
and
thanks
for
referencing
the
january
27th
ifc
meeting,
so
we
did
receive
the
the
grant
funding
for
fy
2022
for
the
110
000
and
we
are
going
to
apply
again
for
additional
funding
for
fy23,
because
it
does
relate
to
the
request
that
we
have
before
us
as
a
body
that
at
least
the
first
year
of
that
funding
has
been
taken
care
of
by
that
private
grant.
Is
there
any
reason
to
believe
that
we
would
not
receive
that
second
grant?
F
That
would
cover
fy23,
and
when
do
we
think
we'll
get
that
answer.
H
I'm
sharing
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I
would
not
want
to
really
speculate
until
that
con.
The
mou
is
in
front
of
me
and
signed
I'm
highly
optimistic.
I'm
always
highly
optimistic
that
we
will
get
the
third
grant.
H
We
will
probably
know
in
the
when
the
in
the
middle
of
when
the
second
grant
has
been
dispersed
and
allocated
to
see,
but
we
I
I
really
don't
want
to
speculate
if
we
do
get
that
funding
or
not,
because
if
it's
not
official,
then
you
know
it's
really
not
official.
A
H
Trinidad
for
the
record,
we're
aiming
to
be
that
we
do
engage
with
a
lot
of
our
agencies
and
their
divisions,
but
yeah
they
when
immigration
regulation
happens,
that
you
know
gets
promulgated
in
the
federal
level.
We
do
work
with
our
state
agencies
if
this
affects
the
processes,
as
you
can
see,
with
the
tps
delegation
being
extended
a
lot
of
our
even
our
agencies
reach
out
to
us.
H
If
there's
you
know
any
problem
that
arise
when
it
comes
to
immigration,
relation
problems
but
yeah,
but
we
are
also
proactively
reaching
out
to
them
as
well.
Introducing
this
office
saying
you
know
if
you
want
to
reach
the
immigrant
population,
we
are
here
to
help.
We
are,
you
know
we
always
advocate
for
a
refugee
and
immigrant
population,
and
so
it's
maybe
a
two-way
thing
us
them
reaching
out
to
us
and
us
proactively,
really
introducing
ourselves,
given
that
we
are
really
a
new
office
on
one
year
and
a
half
in
its
inception.
A
Thank
you,
similar
levitt.
I
believe
you
have
a
question.
D
Population
is
the
second
largest
immigration
immigrating
population
into
nevada,
and
so
my
grandfather
was
a
filipino
immigrant
immigrated
to
the
united
states
from
the
philippines.
I
wondered
if,
with.
D
K
D
On
you
have
anyone,
do
you
have
anyone
dedicated
to
that
population?
I
know.
There's
a
there's
a
huge
language
barrier
in
some
of
that
in
that
population
you
have
anyone
dedicated
to
that.
H
I'm
sharing
dances
for
the
record,
I'm
actually
filipino,
so
I
actually
am
from
the
philippines.
I
I
and
I
moved
here
about
almost
10
10
years
ago
a
decade
ago,
but
we
are
a
small
team
of
two
so
miss
margarita
sellers
chris.
H
When
I
we
tag
team
everything,
so
I
am
the
one
that's
dedicated
to
filipino
and
broadly
the
aa
api
community,
because
I'm
the
one
that
is
from
that
community
and
in
terms
of
the
language
access
problem
as
well-
and
we
do
have
a
report
from
our
partners
from
the
american
economy
that
about
in
our
immigrant
population,
2.8
percent
of
filipinos,
are
our
you
know,
need
language
access.
So,
yes,
we
we
try
to.
You
know,
translate
a
lot.
It's
really
and
I'm
gonna
be
honest.
H
It's
really
hard
to
kind
of
juggle.
You
know
putting
resources
in
in
another
language.
When
there's
you
know
our
plates
are
overflowing.
We
we
do
try
to
kind
of
to
to
reach
out
to
engage
with
community-based
organizations
as
well
that
serve
the
filipino
community,
but
broadly
also
the
aapi
community.
But
that's
you
know
what
we
will
continue
with
our
efforts
because
it's
you
know
as
well
personal
as
well
for
me
too,
because
I'm
from
that
community.
D
Well,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
that,
and
I
just
reiterate
my
colleague
my
colleague
sentiment
that
I'm
happy
to
help
with
that
with
that
community.
In
any
way,
I
can
I'm
being
tied
to
that
community.
A
F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
if
I
could
I'd
like
to
go
back
and
just
clarify
something,
I
got
a
little
confused
about
the
esperanza
fund
and
it
sounds
like
it
did
some
fantastic
work.
I
know
there
were
a
lot
of
challenges
when
the
cares
act.
Money
came
out
and
you
know
we're
all
a
part-time
legislature.
We're
all
citizens
legislature,
so
in
our
in
my
other
job
was
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
that
and
we
saw
some
of
the
barriers.
F
So
I'm
glad
you
were
able
to
figure
out
a
way
to
be
able
to
address
some
of
those
to
be
able
to
to
help
some
folks
get
the
assistance
that
they
needed,
but
because
it's
listed
within
your
budget
presentation.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I
understand
exactly
what
the
relationship
is.
The
legislature
is
always
very
careful
about
agencies
being
involved
in
non-profits
and
fundraising.
I
just
really
want
to
understand
the
relationship
you
had
mentioned
aboard.
F
So
if
you
could
just
sort
of
clarify
the
the
where
the
purpose
of
the
esperanza
fund
and
how
you
work
with
that,
and
how
does
it
actually
fit
into
your
everyday
work
that
that
that
would
help
me
understand
a
little
bit
better.
H
Thank
you
for
the
question
similar
woman,
I'm
sharing
for
the
record
so
yeah
the
esperanza
fund
is
completely
its
own
entity.
It
has
an
esperanza
fun
board
with
first
and
second
generation
immigrants.
H
What
we
really
do-
and
I
think
I've
stated-
is
that
we
connect
just
the
cbo's
that
we
work
with
to
the
fund
and
then
the
cbos
apply
for
this
fund
that
you
know
if
the
when
the
fund
has
grant
money
to
to
disperse,
we
are
also
we
we
advise
the
esperanza
fund
board
in
a
sense,
you
know,
given
that
we
are
very
closely
working
with
our
immigrant
and
refugee
communities,
but
but
that's
essentially
how
the
structure
is
broken
down.
H
H
At
the
initial
round
of
the
first
round
of
esperanza
fun,
we
actually
did
reach
like
identified
this
community
based
organizations
to
the
funders
to
the
esperanza
fund
board,
and
we
said
okay,
these
are
the
community-based
organizations
that
we
believe
run
the
whole
gamut
of
the
immigrant
and
refugee
population
in
their
state
and
they
serve
the
constituency
they're
there
on
the
ground
day
in
and
day
out,
and
they
know
their
constituency
and
they
would
benefit
from
that
grant
money.
F
Okay,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
we
really
understand,
because
we
want
to
be
careful
about
that
they're
totally
separate,
but
yet
we
saw
them
in
the
presentation.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
there
was
a
very
clear
record
of
of
what
was
going
on.
Knowing
that
you
do
have
a
small
shop.
You
don't
have
a
fiscal
person
in
your
shop,
so
we
want
to
give
you
all
the
support
that
you
need
to
make
sure
that
your
records
are
correct
and
that
everyone
understands
the
work
that
you're
doing
so.
A
A
A
I
never
imagined
that
we
could
get
as
much
going
as
we've
been
able
to
get
in
in
the
short
period
of
time
that
we've
had
the
office
open
when
we
were
working
on
this,
and
so
this
is
amazing.
So
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
with
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
close
the
discussion
on
this
budget,
and
we
are
now
going
to
move
to
the
office
of
energy
budget
presentation.
E
Thank
you,
mr
vice
chairman,
david
bobsien,
for
the
rector
record
director
of
the
governor's
office
of
energy.
If
you'll,
allow
me
a
second
I'm
going
to
bring
my
slides
up.
A
E
Thank
you,
okay,
thank
you
and
with
me
today
is
jennifer
taylor.
Deputy
director
for
intergovernmental
relations,
she'll
be
sharing
some
of
the
presentation
duties
this
morning.
We
also
have
program
managers
robin
yoakam
and
laura
wickham
on
hand
in
case
there
are
specific
questions
that
are
in
their
areas.
E
And
701a,
and
you
can
see
broadly
what
it
is
we
do
right
there
on
that
slide.
E
Our
major
programs
are
sorted
here
by
these
various
buckets:
energy
efficiency,
renewable
energy,
transportation,
electrification
and
our
general
programs,
and
we'll
be
going
more
in
depth
into
those
as
the
slide
presentation
proceeds.
E
From
a
high
level,
it's
important
to
recognize
governor
sislex,
clean
energy
vision,
governor
sysolak
is
committed
to
regaining.
E
A
clean
energy
leader
to
combat
the
indisputable
effects
of
climate
change
for
future
generations
and.
E
This
imperative
has
taken
a
dramatically
different
imperative.
E
The
pandemic
and
as
we
begin
our
post-pandemic
recovery
in
the
state
and
in
terms
of
what
we've
really
been
busy
with
over
the
past
two
years.
It
really
is
the
climate
initiative.
As
you
are
aware,.
D
E
Nevada
took
decisive
action
to
address
the
climate
crisis,
nevada
joined
the
u.s
climate
alliance,
we
passed
sb
254,
setting
greenhouse
gas
reduction
goals
and
then
governor
systolak
signed
in
november
of
2019
executive
order,
2019-22
directing
state
agencies
to
develop
a
climate
strategy
and
of
course
that
was
released
december
1st
and
you
can
find
that
strategy.
A
E
E
Okay,
I'll
keep
it
close
thanks
and
if
you've
not
had
a
chance
to
review
that,
we
would
remind
you
that
that
plan
can
be
found
online
at
climateaction.mv.gov.
E
So
for
our
performance
metrics,
you
can
see
here
percent
increase
in
renewable
energy
generated
percent
reduction
in
per
capita
energy
consumption
percent
reduction
in
energy
consumption
in
state-owned.
I
E
Energy
information
administration
at
the
federal
level,
as
well
as
information
that
we've
had
to
enter
into
nebs
you'll,
see
some
of
these
still
list.
This
projected,
rather
than
for
actual
so
for
the
organizational
structure
of
the
office
you'll
see
here
are
11
positions,
one
of
which
is
open
right
now
arranged
here.
E
Almost
back
up
to
full
strength
here
at
this
point
after
the
hiring
freeze
went
into
effect.
We
had
four
vacancies,
our
grants
and
fiscal
manager,
one
of
the
ma3
positions,
our
public
information
officer,
our
administrative
assistant
4
and
the
energy
efficiency
specialist.
E
E
E
I
would
also
note
that
the
organization
regional
recently
realigned
some
of
the
reporting
arrangements,
deputy
director
taylor,
now
oversees
one
of
the
energy
program
managers,
which
is
consistent
with
the
intergovernmental
relations
work
and
portfolio
that
those
two
positions
worked
together
on,
and
so
this
is
a
better
alignment
inside
the
agency
and
so
for
our
funding
snapshot
from
fiscal
year
2020.
You
can
see
our
revenue
at
4.7
million
dollars
comprised
primarily.
D
E
Of
energy's
state
energy
program,
and
then
we
also
have
various
fees
at
three
percent
and
then
of
course,
a
big
chunk
is
the
volkswagen
settlement
at
27
percent.
We'll
talk
more
about
director.
D
Bob
zee
and
I
apologize
for
the
interruption.
This
is
broadcasting
production
services,
you're
still
cutting
a
little
in
and
out
with
your
microphone.
So
if
you
could
just
hold
that
closer
to
your
mouth
there,
I
think
your
microphone
is
just
really
good
at
cutting
out
background
noise
and
you
may
need
to
use
more
directly
into
it.
E
And
so
turning
specifically
to
ba
4868
administration-
oh
I
I
do
want
to
note
this.
Let's
go
back
real
quick,
certainly,
there's
a
gap
between
the
revenue
of
4.7
million
and
the
expenditures
are
3.5,
and
I
do
want
to
note
that
that
gap
was
was
really
due
to
multiple
staff
vacancies,
as
well
as
the
hold
on
expenditures
during
the
pandemic.
E
And
so
for
ba
4868
administration
you'll
see
a
revenue
of
1.2
million
expenditures
of
1.1
million.
The
funding
for
this
account.
H
E
Of
energy
state
energy
program,
the
grants
funds
grant
funds
so
highlights
in
b8,
ba
4868
we
had
an
office
move,
we
moved
last
year.
The
previous
office
was
too
large
and
we've
right-sized
into
a
new
location
and
are
saving
money
as
a
result.
E
You
can
see
that
our
prior
year's
lease
was
sixty
five
thousand
six
hundred
twenty
nine
dollars
per
year
and
the
new
lease
is
significantly
less
than
that.
So
we
have
an
initial
office
savings
of
just
over
13
thousand
dollars.
I
would
also
note
that
we
have
a
las
vegas
office
and
our
annual
lease
obligation.
There
is
just
over
four
thousand
dollars.
E
So
in
terms
of
the
office
configuration
realized,
savings
is
just
shy
at
nine
thousand
dollars
in
fy
21.,
so
our
enhancements
e710
computer
hardware
replacements
that's
just
per
the
eats
replacement
schedule.
Similarly,
e711
equipment
replacement
there
again.
E
And
then
the
one
that
I
wanted
to
call
specific
attention
to
is
e-901.
This
is
elimination
of
gbta
fees.
I
want
to
note
that
you'll
be
hopefully
hearing
the
budget
bill
for
this,
where
we
can
have
a
broader
discussion.
This
slide
notes
the
nebs
bdr
number,
but
I
would
call
to
the
attention
of
the
committee
that
the
bdr
is
bdr
1070,
so
that
you
can
keep
an
eye
on
that
and
it
is
for
sun
setting
provisions
of
nrs701a
otherwise
known
as
the
green
building
tax
abatement
program.
E
Gbta
we'll
certainly
go
more
into
the
rationale
for
this
decision
for
inclusion
in
the
governor's
recommended
budget,
but
the
high
level
is
the
with
the
evolution
of
building
codes,
energy
efficient,
building
codes.
We
believe
that
there's
the
time
for
incentivizing
energy
efficiency
through
this
program
has
passed,
and
so
this
enhancement
is
noting
that
with
sun
setting
into
the
program,
there's
certainly
a
pool
of
fees
that
come
into
our
office
at
the
time
of
application.
E
That
will
be
going
away,
and
so
those
application
fees
do
cover
some
staff
time
for
processing
projects
we'll
be
removing
that
revenue
from
the
office
if
it
sunsets,
and
I
would
note
that,
as
many
of
you
aware,
this
program
actually
goes
back
to
2005.
E
E
So
while
we
will
no
longer
be
accepting
new
participants
to
the
program,
it
is
important
to
note
that
there
will
continue
to
be
abatements
that
will
have
to
be
monitored
by
our
office.
E
Turning
now
to
ba
4869
the
renewable
energy
fund
revenue
here,
four
million
dollars
expenditures-
2.3
million-
we'll
go
in
in
successive
slides
into
more
detail
about
what
this
fund
is.
E
But,
of
course,
there's
a
lot
more
revenue
coming
in
than
expenditures,
because
this
is
based
on
the
selection
of
abatements
that
were
granted.
H
E
A
distinct
time
period
that
pay
into
the
renewable
energy
fund
participants
in
the
renewable
energy
tax
abatement
program
that
came
in
after
that
window
do
not
pay
into
this
fund
and,
of
course,
at
a
certain
point
in
the
future,
this
fund
will
be
expended
and
the
office
will
will
lose
that
major
area
of
support.
Mr.
A
Mr
bobsy,
yes,
let
me
ask
real
quick
because
you've
got
these
in
the
budget,
we're
going
to
ask
questions
in
in
the
order
of
the
budgets
and
that's
the
second
one.
Do
you
want
us
to
go
back?
We
could
probably
ask
our
questions
on
on
since
you've
already
covered
48.68.
E
A
Yeah,
let's,
let's
do
that
because
I
know
we
have
some
questions
on
on
4868.
I
believe
miss
assemblywoman,
monroe,
moreno.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
I
do
have
a
question
on
that
budget
and
on
the
presentation
as
a
whole.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation
as
you
for
e
250,
the
elimination
of
the
green
building
tax
abatement.
C
E
Thank
you
for
the
question
assemblywoman
through
vice
chair,
dennis
to
you,
david
bobsien,
for
the
record.
We
will
potentially
open
up
some
staff
time
and
resources
to
possibly
devote
to
other
projects
and
priorities.
As
a
result
of
this,
we
will
lose
as
noted
a
significant
amount
of
revenue,
but
it
will
there
will
be
a
corresponding
resource,
freeing
that
we'll
realize,
as
a
result
of
that.
E
But
again
it
is
important
to
note
that
there
are
still
abatements
that
will
have
to
be
monitored
during
the
course
of
their
life.
Even
though
we
will
no
longer
accept
new
participants
in
the
program.
C
C
When
you
listed
out,
you
filled
a
number
of
positions,
gotten
a
waiver
to
fill
a
number
of
positions,
but
I
asked
before,
and
I'm
going
to
ask
again
the
energy
efficiency
specialist
that
that
vacant
position-
and
I
believe
you
mentioned
another
position
today-
a
climate
policy
position
will
those
two
positions
be
in
house
in
southern
nevada.
E
Thank
you
for
the
question
david
bobsien
for
the
record
assemblywoman.
That
has
yet
to
be
determined.
It's
one
position
that
we're
talking
about,
but
to
give
you
a
preview
and
to
kind
of
give
you
a
window
into
the
thinking
that
we're
gonna
have
to
go
through
before
we
just
make
any
determinations
on
the
switching
of
station
to
duty
on
that
position.
E
If
anything,
moving
from
an
energy
efficiency,
specialist
position
to
more
of
a
climate
policy,
renewable
energy
policy
type
position,
a
major
area
of
need
for
us
right
now
and
there's
a
little
bit
of
irony
to
this.
But
we
will
detail
this
later
in
the
presentation.
Is
our
work
related
to
renewable
energy
siting,
specifically
solar
energy
siting
that
has
a
lot
of
importance
to
southern
nevada.
E
But
the
challenge
for
us
that
we
have
to
figure
out
is
that
there's
a
tremendous
amount
of
communication
and
interaction
with
the
state
blm
office,
which
is
actually
located
in
reno.
So
I'm
I'm
going
to
have
to
kind
of
balance
as
we
go
forward
with
the
search
where
that
person
will
be
best
situated.
E
So,
chairman,
robin
rayno,
let
me
see
if
I
can
clear
up
the
confusion
on
this
one.
The
promise
that
we
made
you're
actually
scooping
our
presentation,
because
we
do
have
the
announcement
to
make
that
the
we
have
made
a
hire
for
the
executive
director
of
the
nevada,
clean
energy
fund
and
that
position
will
be
in
las
vegas.
As
I
committed.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
I
am
going
to
I
see
chair,
brooks,
is
here
and
going
to
turn
it
back
over
to
him
want
to
make
sure
he
gets
for
the
record
that
for
the
attendance
that
he's
back-
and
I
don't
know
if
we
and
also
senator
cansaro-
want
to
make
sure
that
they
both
got
for
the
attendance
purposes
are
marked.
Thank
you,
senator
or
chairman,
brooks.
K
Thank
you
vice
chair,
dennis,
and
thank
you
for
starting
the
meeting
off
and
running
it.
To
this
point,
I'm
sorry
I
took
so
long
to
get
on.
There
was
just
so
much
support
for
my
bill.
I
presented
that
it
took
longer
than
I
thought
I
I
I
wanted
to
follow
up
on
on
assemblywoman
moreno's
question
about
that,
and
then
your
reply.
K
You
know,
while
the
the
state
office
for
the
blm
is
in
in
carson
city,
the
majority
of
the
volume
of
work
and
the
problem
is
in
the
las
vegas
field
office
and
and
so
and
the
coordination
largely
takes
place
at
field
office
level,
and
so
I
think
that,
while
I
totally
recognize
that
the
state
office
is
adjacent
to
where,
where
you're
located
up
in
person
city,
there's
there's
a
lot
of
rationale
for
locating
that
position
in
southern
nevada
as
well
and-
and
I,
like
assemblywoman
moreno-
think
that
you
know
where
possible
in
some
places
it's
not
possible.
K
C
I
and
I've
asked
it
kind
of
in
previous
hearings,
but
it's
always
been
an
enigma
to
me
how
we
we
have
an
established
state,
climatologist
in
statute
and
have
for
a
long
time
literally
someone
who
was
you
know,
driving
out
to
the
middle
of
nevada,
all
around
placing
out
water
basins
collect
doing
water
collection,
kind
of
the
all
of
that
kind
of
stuff,
and
we've
got
this
one
person
that
I
believe
is
up
in
the
university
that
that
seems
to
be
just
so
disconnected
from
everything
else
that
we
do,
and
I
think
there
could
be
conversations
about
why
or
anything
like
that.
C
But
it
just
always
seems
to
me
that
we've
that
that
position
could
make
such
better
use,
perhaps
like
somewhere
else
or
even
in
this
office
or
if
there's
been
more
of
a
connection
with
that
office,
so
that
we,
you
know
we're
we're
getting
more
nevada,
specific
data
coming
out
of
our
universities
to
help
support
the
work
that
you're
doing,
because
we
have
it
there.
Just
always
kind
of
seems
to
be
a
piece
of
the
conversation
that
is
not
as
enriched
as
other
things
we
have
going
on.
E
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
question
david
bobsien,
for
the
record
through
chair,
brooks
to
you.
E
I
would
note
that
in
the
governor's
executive
order
on
climate
and
she
and
the
need
to
coordinate
across
the
administration
was
definitely
a
major
part
of
the
work
plan
that
was
given
to
us
and
so
through
the
hiring
of
our
state
climate
coordinator,
which
is
essentially
a
joint
position
working
with
the
governor's
office
of
energy,
as
well
as
the
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources,
we
were
able
to
activate
resources
based
at
unlv.
E
C
I
appreciate
that
because
I
think
that's
what
it's
going
to
take,
because
then
we've
got
the
you
know
both
of
our
universities.
Working
on
this.
It's
long
been
the
the
desire,
the
the
legislature
to
see
that
happening,
and
so
it
kind
of
feels
like
you're,
going
to
get
it
all
put
together
with
a
nice
big
bow
on
it.
So
thank
you.
K
Thank
you,
assemblyman
benitez
thompson.
I
have
a
question
from
senator
hammond
as
well.
B
And
thank
you,
mr
chair.
Welcome
back
it's
a
real
quick
question
actually,
and
it's
going
to
show
everybody
that
I
am
new
to
the
finance
committee
because
and
also
it
I
can't
help
myself.
Sometimes
I
get
curious
about
things
when
I
see
it,
I'm
looking
at
your
budget,
the
revenues
in
the
general
fund
for
2020,
2021
and
then
again
in
2022
and
2023,
there's
a
recommendation
of
a
hundred
dollars.
It's
got
to
be
some
sort
of
finance
thing
that
I
just
don't
understand.
I
probably
should
ask
I
bet
you.
B
E
Happy
to
do
it,
senator
david
bobson,
for
the
record
through
chair,
brooks
to
you.
We
are
not
a
general
fund
supported
agency
other
than
the
hundred
dollars
we
get
so
that,
if
needed,
we
can
access
the
contingency
fund.
B
K
Thank
you
senator,
and
I
believe
that
we
can
move
on
to
our
next
budget.
Now.
E
E
Okay,
so
ba
4869.
E
This
is
the
renewable
energy
fund,
as
I
was
beginning
to
explain,
you'll
see
that
the
revenue
far
exceeds
the
expenditures
and
all
go
into
the
details
about
why
that
is
on
the
following
slides,
but
it's
important
to
note
the
sources
of
the
revenue
here.
It's
the
volkswagen
settlement,
as
well
as
the
renewable
energy
tax
program,
so
renewable
energy
tax
abatement,
rita
established
in
2009,
modified
in
2013
to
eliminate,
goes
percentage
of
property
taxes.
E
So
there's
your
window
abatements
that
were
granted
during
this
period,
pay
into
the
fund
agreements
abatements
granted
after
2013.
Do
not
this
funding
source
will
continue
until
the
current
project
abatements
there
are
13
of
them
expire.
Of
course,
this
is
approximately
59
of
goes
revenue,
so
we've
got
decline
in
revenue
here.
There's
a
four
percent
projected
annual
decrease
in
property
tax
revenue,
as
well
as
the
assessments
themselves
are,
are
viewed
as
declining,
so
the
specific
abatements
you
can
see
here,
as
well
as
their
end
dates.
E
So
this
gives
you
a
sense
of
the
fact
that
we
have
a
rolling
impact
on
the
ultimate
cessation
of
the
funding
from
the
renewable
energy
account
and
this
next
spreadsheet.
I
apologize
on
screen,
it's
it's
rather
busy.
This
is
a
spreadsheet
that
we
prepared
for
senator
brooks
last
summer
detailing
the
the
different
abatements
that
are
in
the
pool,
as
well
as
their
their
location,
their
geographic
location.
E
So
the
important
thing
to
see
here
is
the
the
rows
at
the
bottom
that
show
the
percentage
of
funds
by
region.
So
what
you
can
see
here
is
that
currently
it's
33
from
clark,
county
and
67
percent
from
outside
of
the
county.
You
will
note
that
the
online
transmission
project
actually
has
two
rows
on
this
chart.
So
it's
14
rows
and
that's
just
because
it
of
course
spans
multiple
counties
in
the
state.
E
I
do
want
to
flag
one
issue
of
concern
for
us
that
we're
watching,
and
that
is
the
crescent
dunes
projects.
You've
certainly
seen
this
in
the
headlines
recently.
The
update
here
is
that
in
early
2020
the
plant
lost
its
customer
mv
energy.
The
us
department
of
energy
took
control
of
the
plant
had
taken
control
of
the
plant
a
few
months
earlier,
and
so
the
viability
of
the
plant
is
in
question.
E
What
that
means
for
us
is.
We
have
concern
as
to
whether
or
not
they're
going
to
be
paying
their
taxes
and
paying
into
the
fund
if
they
do
not.
That's
a
big
challenge
for
us,
because,
of
course,
30
percent
of
the
revenue
that
goes
into
the
renewable
energy
fund
comes
from
this
particular
project.
If
they
were
to
stop
paying
in,
we
would
see
a
steep
decrease
in
revenue
as
early
as
fiscal
year.
E
2022,
however,
we've
been
monitoring
this
and
what
we
know
is
that
they
did
pay
their
taxes
despite
being
dark
in
fiscal
year
20.,
so
we're
we're
hopeful
that
this
will
not
be
an
impact
to
us,
but
we
have
to
be
prudent
and
keep
an
eye
on
it.
On
this
next
slide,
you
can
see
two
columns.
E
This
is
a
projection
of
the
decline
in
revenue
to
the
renewable
energy
fund
again
because
of
those
retiring
abatements
no
longer
paying
into
the
fund,
as
well
as
a
column
that
has
protected
projected
revenue
without
crescent
dunes,
and
so,
if
you
look
where
I
start
to
get
nervous
is
in
fy
2031,
that's
where
the
money
really
starts
to
decline
and
that
sort
of
danger
point
comes
almost
three
years
earlier
without
crescent
dunes.
In
the
picture.
E
E
E
We
were
supportive
and
provided
testimony
on
capitol
hill
for
the
public
lands,
renewable
energy
development
act,
portions
of
which
ultimately
made
it
into
the
energy
development
act
of
I'm
sorry,
the
energy
act
of
2020
that
big
one
being
a
25
gigawatt
target
by
2025
of
renewable
energy,
development
on
federally
managed
public
lands,
and
so
that
is
a
fantastic
opportunity
for
nevada,
of
course,
but
there
are
also
some
challenges
if
you
think
of
the
30
conservation
imperative
by
2030.
E
E
I
would
also
note
that
we
were
working
with
the
solar
industry
to
talk
about
the
various
challenges
that
they
have,
as
chair
brooks
mentioned,
with
both
the
southern
nevada
district
office,
as
well
as
the
state
office
and
and
we're
communicating
those
concerns,
but
also
the
opportunities
following
the
energy
act
to
those
offices,
as
well
as
other
levels
of
of
interior
and
in
the
new
administration,
also
been
working
a
lot
with
various
ngos
as
they're
trying
to
find
balance
solutions
for
smart
for
the
start,
siting
and
how
we
can
reconcile
all
of
these
challenges
for
the
opportunities
that
renewable
energy
development
provides
us
in
the
state.
E
I
would
also
note
we
had
a
successful
engagement
before
the
california
public
utilities
commission,
whereby
that
commission
identified
an
additional
1400
megawatts
of
solar
resources
in
southern
nevada
that
were
then
communicated
to
the
california
independent
system
operators
so
that
they
can
put
that
into
their
transmission
planning
so
that
we
can
see
as
a
result
of
these
actions
and
our
successful
engagement
with
other
partners,
development
of
transmit
transmission
and
additional
resources
in
southern
nevada.
E
So
that's
really
a
part
of
the
work
that
I
know
that
senator
brooks
was
keen
on
supporting
last
session
when
he
looked
to
expand
our
fee
authority
in
this
space,
and
so
with
that,
I
would
like
to
turn
it
over
for
the
remainder
of
the
presentation,
with
the
other
programs
to
deputy
director
for
intergovernmental
relations.
Jennifer
taylor.
L
Thank
you,
director,
bob's
ian
good
morning,
chairman
brooks
and
chairwoman
carlton
for
the
record.
My
name
is
jennifer
taylor,
deputy
director
for
intergovernmental
relations,
and,
if
you
will
allow
me
one
moment
to
get
my
slides
on
screen,
I
will
be
covering
the
programs
and
projects
in
accounts
4869
and.
L
K
Absolutely
thank
you,
chairman,
brooks,
and-
and
just
so
you
know
we're
kind
of
running
low
on
time
here,
so
we
need
to
be
as
efficient
as
we
possibly
can
so
that
we
make
sure
that
the
members
can
get
some
of
their
questions
on
on
the
record
and,
and
so
we
might
not
need
to
go
through
slide
by
slide.
Maybe
just
kind
of
briefly
hit
the
slides
as
you
go
through.
L
Sorry
hold
on
one
second,
can
you
guys
can?
Can
the
committee
see
my
oh
hold
on
there's
a
tiny
problem
with
the
slideshare.
L
L
K
Your
slide
broadcast
services
is
it?
Can
the
public
see
it.
D
L
You
chairman,
brooks,
as
I
mentioned,
I
will
be
covering
the
remainder
of
account
4869,
which
supports
programs
and
projects
created
to
offset
the
cost
of
electricity
to
or
the
use
of
electricity
by
retail
customers
of
the
utility
subject
to
the
portfolio
standard,
and
those
include
the
programs
that
you
see
listed
here.
L
I
will
be
covering
this
one
category
9
program
under
4869.
That
is
the
deal
program.
It
is
no
longer
active,
it's
temporarily
on
hold,
while
staff
examined
how
it
can
be
improved
to
better
serve
state
employees.
It
was
a
pilot
program
that
provided
nevada
employees,
an
interest-free
loan
for
energy
efficiency
upgrades.
L
You
can
see
the
statistics
on
it
during
its
lifetime
in
terms
of
the
number
of
employees
served
and
the
amount
of
energy
saved.
L
I
will
next
cover
category
11
of
4869,
which
are
the
energies
programs
that
will
reference,
including
performance
contracting,
lower
sorry,
lower
income,
solar
energy
program
in
the
grant
square
battery
performance
contracting
program.
It
flows
out
of
nrs,
332
and
333a,
which
allow
government
agencies
to
utilize
performance
contracting
to
finance
energy
related
building
improvements
and
projects
that
pay
for
themselves
through
future
energy
savings.
L
Since
its
inception,
it
has
awarded
1.7
million
dollars
to
accelerate
performance
contracting,
resulting
in
projects
totaling
100
million,
while
creating
an
estimated
730
jobs
and
saving
more
than
51
million
kilowatt
hours
of
energy
and
463
000
firms
annually.
The
lycep
program
is
a
joint
effort
of
md
energy
and
the
governor's
office
of
energy.
It
offers
incentives,
through
the
annual
plan
by
nv
energy,
to
the
public
utility
commission,
for
approval
for
incentive
to
low-income
business
customers
for
solar
systems
that
serve
those
lower
income
populations.
L
L
The
next
project,
the
next
program
that
we
have
up,
is
our
grant
sawyer
battery
pilot
approach
project
in
late
2002,
2017
goe
was
considering
a
pilot
project
for
a
commercial
scale,
battery
energy
storage
system,
known
as
the
best
intending
to
understand
how
those
systems
worked
analyze.
If
those
systems
could
save
state
money
and
through
strategies
like
reducing
time
of
use,
demand,
charges
and
paid
demand
reduction
provide
those
savings.
Additionally,
the
point
of
the
project
was
to
look
to
advise
on
future
battery
storage
projects
and
policies.
L
The
pilot
was
undertaken
in
three
phases.
The
first
was
a
study
that
was
granted
to
varidity
in
2017
to
take
a
look
at
the
full
portfolio
of
state
agency
offices
and
determine
which
buildings
might
be
appropriate
candidate
for
the
installation
of
the
best.
The
second
phase
was
the
construction
of
the
best
after
analyzing
the
work
done
in
the
first
phase.
L
It
was
determined
that
the
grant
sawyer
building
would
be
the
best
candidate
for
the
installation
of
the
system
and
for
the
pilot
project
that
construction
ran
from
october
2018
to
july
2019,
and
now
we
are
in
phase
three,
which
is
operation.
We
selected
an
entity
known
as
jelly
out
of
san
francisco
to
operate
the
battery
on
behalf
of
the
state
with
the
goal
of
maximizing
energy
savings
for
dispatching
the
best
of
stored
energy
during
peak
hours
and
charging
the
best
during
offspring
hours.
L
The
next
category
of
4869
is
category
16,
which
includes
the
nevada
electric
highway.
You
should
have
all
received
the
report
from
director
bob's
ian
that
goe
just
released
on
the
nevada
electric
highway
that
details
our
partnerships
and
electricity
providers
and
host
sites
across
the
state
to
electrify
nevada's
major
corridors.
L
The
report
provided
an
overview
of
the
program,
its
funding,
its
climate
policy
context
related
regional
and
federal
matters
and
details
for
each
project
site.
Briefly,
the
neh
began
as
a
partnership
between
goe
and
v
energy
and
valley
electric
to
put
strategic
and
cost-effective
charging
stations
along
us-95
between
reno
and
las
vegas.
In
2018,
it
was
expanded
to
include
I-80,
I-15,
us-93,
us50
and
additional
locations
along
95..
L
The
goal
is
to
substantially
complete
this
by
june
of
2021.
We
have
30
sites
identified.
21
of
those
installations
are
complete,
seven
are
under
construction
and
two
are
pending.
Funding
comes
from
nv
energy
incentives,
these
the
vw
settlement
funds
and
estate
match
starting
in
july
2020,
since
this
is
for
additional
incentives.
L
We
partnered
with
indy
energy
to
offer
two
new
incentive
categories
for
level:
2:
electric
vehicle
charging
infrastructure
qualifying
entities
in
the
governmental
or
lower
income
categories
to
receive
100
of
infrastructure
costs
for
level
2
chargers
with
nv
energy,
providing
70.5
percent
of
the
funds
and
goes
providing
25
of
the
funds.
So
the
cap
on
those
incentives
are
forty
thousand
dollars
with
a
maximum
of
four
ports.
L
Unlv
was
our
first
applicant
and
we
continue
our
outreach
to
promote
the
program
and
continue
to
partner
with
friends
that
covers
4869
chairman
brooks,
and
we
can
stand
for
questions
on
that
budget
account
at
this
point.
F
Thank
you,
chair
brooks,
and
thank
you,
miss
taylor
for
being
here
really
excited
to
hear
about
this
electric
highway
project
and
that
you've
been
able
to
expand
on
several
of
the
other
highways,
not
just
95.
I
saw
the
graph
that
there's
30
of
them
that
are
planned
and
21
have
been
completed,
seven
in
progress.
H
Very
well
so
it
does
look
like
there
might
be
some
bigger
blue
dots,
but
that
just
could
be
my
glasses.
So
could
you
expand
a
little
bit.
L
Okay,
thank
you
chairwoman.
I'm
sorry,
assemblywoman
gorlo
through
chair,
brooks
to
you.
If
you
will
allow
me
one
minute
to
pull
up
to
pull
up
a
spreadsheet,
that
I
can
provide
that
information
to
you.
K
You
miss
taylor
and
please
go
direct
to
the
members
you
have
to
go
through
and
I
will
say
that
at
this
point
now
I
think
I've
driven
on
about
2
000
miles
of
the
highway
and
probably
have
used
at
least
15
of
maybe
about
15
of
the
charging
stations
throughout
the
state.
L
Thank
you,
chairman
brooks,
and
thank
you
for
traveling
along
the
electric
highway.
We
have
a
couple
of
that.
Let's
see.
L
In
progress
are
sites
in
baker
and
eureka
that
are
in
mount
wheeler
powers
territory.
We
also
have
a
site
at
the
I-15
us-93,
junction
silver
springs
and
at
rye
patch
state
park
that
are
in
nv
energy
service
territory
that
are
under
construction
and
then,
finally,
we
have
chew.
L
In
wells,
rural
electric
companies,
service
territory
in
carlin
and
in
wells
the
ones
that
are
still
being
assessed
are
one
that
would
be
located
near
the
I-80
and
us-95
junction
around
the
the
area
of
the
ndot
trinity
rest
stop
and
then
one
at
middlegate
did
that
cover
your
question.
Assemblywoman.
Did
you
want
the
list
of
all
the
ones
that
have
been
completed.
H
Maybe
let's
just
do
that
offline.
I
know
we're
a
little
pressed
for
quite
so
we'll
get
that
offline.
F
L
Cetera,
thank
you
assemblywoman
for
the
question.
Let
me
take
those
in
order.
So
lysapp
is
the
lycep
program
works
where
again,
with
annual
plans
that
are
approved
by
our
public
utility
commission.
There
is
a
period
of
time
they
run
from
july,
1
to
june
30th
of
every
cycle.
L
When
the
program
opens
up,
applicants
are
allowed
to
reserve
funds
to
complete
projects.
Those
funds,
the
allocated
funds
for
the
licep
program
are
usually
reserved
right
away.
The
projects,
though,
have
the
ability
to
seek
an
extension
of
time
from
the
initial
12-month
period
that
construction
must
be
complete.
L
They
can
seek
an
extension
of
that
reservation
of
funds
through
the
company
and
be
energy
who
then
makes
the
determination,
if,
if
the
extension
can
be
granted
what
we
have
seen
not
so
much
necessarily
for
last
year
with
our
look
back
during
this
presentation,
but
as
we
roll
forward
into
the
period
that
will
be
ending
in
in
june
on
june
30th
for
this
fiscal
year,
the
pro
the
projects
that
were
reserved
for
lysa
have
been
impacted
by
covid.
L
From
the
perspective
of
being
able
to
complete
construction,
we
have
been
advised
by
the
utility
and
its
contractor
that
the
majority
of
those
projects
under
now
lice
up
six
will
be,
or
have
already
be,
seeking
extensions
related
to
covet
impacts
from
being
able
to
do
the
construction.
L
We
it's
a
vibrant
program.
People
are
very
interested
in
it.
We
know
that
the
funds
will
be
expended
and
we're
excited
to
be
able
to
get
past
covet
and
continue
to
provide
these
opportunities
for
our
lower
income.
Nevadans
for
the
highway
really
covet
has
coveted,
has
not
really
impacted
the
construction
along
the
highway.
There
have
been
other
issues,
but
the
projects
that
are
still
pending
were
not
to
my
knowledge,
coveted
related
delays,
ordeal
the
projects
as
we
as
I
described.
That
program
has
been
put
on
hold.
L
Therefore,
no
more
applications
had
been
received.
I
think
passed
right
around
the
beginning
of
this
of
2020s
calendar
year,
maybe
spring
of
2020
and
and
so
apologies,
and
so
that
really
in
terms
of
moving
forward
with
ongoing
projects
and
ongoing
applications.
That
has
not
really
been
an
issue.
When
we
look
to
stand
that
program
back
up,
there
may
be
some
evaluation
about
how
do
we
address
future
concerns
about
social
distancing
about
contractors
being
in
homes,
but
that
is
part
of
the
assessment
that
we
would
take
moving
forward
for
that
program.
L
L
One
of
the
concerns
in
the
deal
program
was
being
able
to
find
the
requisite
types
of
contractors
to
do
the
work
and
we
were
not
always
able
to
secure
contracts
with
with
those
folks
causing
a
backlog
in
the
applications,
and
so
that's
another
opportunity
that
we
think
could
be
something
that
we
can
look
at
to
again.
Reinvigorate
the
program
to
best
serve
the
state
of
nevada
as
we
move
past
coven
and
then
finally,
for
heroes.
L
Heroes
was
delayed
because
of
kovid
because
it
really
prevented
the
the
ability
to
go
into
folks.
Homes
was
pretty
was
a
problematic
during
the
height
of
the
pandemic,
and
it
prevented
contractors
from
going
to
homes
for
a
few
months,
but
in
the
summer
it
has
picked
back
up
and
again.
This
is
a
program
that
is
really
impactful
to
those
lower
income,
seniors
that
have
some
of
the
highest
energy
burdens,
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
being
able
to
really
have
an
invigorated
program
during
the
this
spring
and
into
the
summer
and
fall.
K
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair
yeah,
one
quick
question.
First
of
all,
good
to
see
you
miss
taylor
you're
one
of
my
favorite
constituents,
so
it's
always
good
to
hear
your
presentations
and
know
what
you're
up
to
one
observation,
one
quick
question
about
the
electric
highway,
I
think
eddie
grant,
would
have
been
happier
if
we
called
it
electric
avenue.
B
That's
my
observation
number
two:
is
there
any
deals
in
the
works
or
any
any
conversations
about
private
enterprise
coming
in
and
also
collaborating
with
this
I
mean
we
cut.
We
hear
about
nd
energy.
We
keep
hearing
about
the
state
putting
money
into
this.
B
Is
there
anybody
out
there
talking
about
putting
electric
stations
other
places,
maybe
even
along
next
to
service
stations
that
exist
right
now,
just
kind
of
going
forward
to
see?
If
that
that
actually
would
expedite
or
you
know,
accelerate
the
number
of
charging
stations
along
the
way.
L
Thank
you
senator
hammond
for
that
question,
and
thank
you
for
serving
me
and
all
your
constituents
in
senate
district
18..
There
is
a
great
interest,
I
think,
in
the
market
for
the
installation
of
charging
infrastructure,
but
I
can't
speak
specifically
to
what
the
market
is
doing
with
one
exception.
Electrify
america
is
a
private
entity
that
that
grew
out
of
the
vw
settlement
as
well.
L
They
have
also
now
rolled
out
a
phase
two
that
was
intended
to
build
up
urban
corridor
charging
urban
center
charging
and
they
had
intended
to
do
three
to
six
charging
stations
in
las
vegas
at
strategic
locations
such
as
you
know,
a
big
anchored
shopping
center
with
a
target
or
a
walmart,
and
that
is
one
really
good
example.
I
can
share
of
not
just
a
private
entity
doing
it,
but
a
private
entity
that
grew
out
of
of
a
public
good
and
a
public
trust
under
the
vw
settlement.
L
But
there
are,
there
are
private
entities
that
are
looking
into
this
and
I
can
find
additional
information
on
what
might
be
some
of
the
efforts
of
some
of
our
larger
corporations
doing
the
work.
There
are
also
charging
stations
at
some
of
the
resorts
that
they
have
put
in
themselves.
L
E
Mr
chair,
if
I
might
kind
of
round
out
that
answer
a
little
bit
sure
thank
you,
chair,
brooks
david
bob
saying
for
the
record
to
senator
hammond
agree
with
everything
that
deputy
director
taylor
said.
E
I
think
it's
important
to
note
here
this
really
kind
of
highlights
the
importance
of
the
nevada
electric
highway
as
filling
a
gap
need
for
a
period
of
time,
a
very
specific
niche,
and
that
is
being
able
to
reduce
range
anxiety
for
ev
drivers
that
wish
to
travel
the
long
distances
of
nevada's
major
highway
routes
which,
when
you
think
of
it,
was
maybe
not
the
first
business
opportunity
that
a
private
venture
would
look
at
so
we're
many
years
into
the
nevada
electric
highway.
E
At
this
point,
we've
definitely
made
a
lot
of
progress
and
I'm
confident
that,
because
of
this
program's
contribution
serving
as
one
piece
of
the
overall
puzzle
for
this
transition
to
electrified
transportation
in
many
ways,
it
sets
the
stage,
particularly
our
partnership,
with
mv
energy,
providing
experience
and
sort
of
a
a
ramp
up
to
potential
future
engagement
on
the
part
of
the
utility
for
building
out
even
more
charging
infrastructure.
E
But
then
also,
I
believe
there
will
be
room
and
lots
of
activity
in
the
near
future
of
private
activity
in
building
out
infrastructure
as
well.
So
we
had
a
very
distinct
role
to
fill
to
serve
with
the
nevada
electric
highway
and
we're
confident
that
in
the
years
to
come,
once
the
transition
really
gets
ranked
rampant,
we'll
we'll
see
lots
of
different
models
for
investment
and
build
out
of
infrastructure.
B
And
I
really
appreciate
the
answer
and
I
think
the
reason
why
I
I
asked
that
I
posed
the
question
first
of
all,
the
electric
avenue
is
is
because
you
keep
hearing
more
and
more
manufacturers
talk
about
their
commitment
to
trans
transitioning
completely
to
electric
vehicle
vehicles
in
general,
and
so
I
think
by
2035
we're
going
to
see
so
many
more
electric
vehicles
on
the
on
the
road.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
appreciate
it.
My
question
was
for
director
bobsien,
you
know
you
painted
the
revenue
side
of
this
equation
is
doom
and
gloom
and
what
what
is
worrying
you,
but
I
mean
this-
is
functioning
exactly
how
we
created
it
in
2013
right.
This
isn't
a
surprise.
E
Senator
king
up
for
david
bob's
in
for
the
record,
no,
it
is
not
a
surprise,
and
certainly
this
committee
is
well
aware
of
it.
I
think
it's
come
forward.
Every
budget
presentation
we've
had
it's
just
flagging
that
over
the
next
hill,
it's
yet
another
issue
to
be
addressed,
and
so
I
apologize.
We
don't
come
forward
this
time
with
a
solution,
but
we
certainly
look
forward
to
working
with
the
legislature
on
trying
to
figure
out
where
the
state
energy
office
goes
in
the
future
with
sustainability.
E
I
will
note-
and
certainly
this
is
a
big
question-
that's
hanging
out
there,
the
possibility
and
our
very
active
engagement
with
our
delegation
with
the
department
of
energy
on
the
potential
upscaling
of
federal
support
in
this
area.
E
Certainly,
there
are
discussions
about
expansion
of
the
state
energy
program
and
if
we
see
some
of
that-
and
I
think
this
goes
back
to
assemblywoman
monroe
and
reynolds
question
and
and
points
earlier-
I
have
already
identified
for
doe
that
the
one
area
I
would
want
to
see
a
significant
ramp
up
in
terms
of
personnel
would
actually
be
related
to
renewable
energy
siting.
E
D
E
K
Thank
you,
and
I
I
will.
I
will
note
senator
keegan
that
they,
the
office,
has
the
ability
to
use
fees
for
services
and
and
the
siting
of
helping
with
permitting
and
siting
for
the
private
industry
is
going
to
be
a
hugely
important
thing
coming
up
in
the
next
oh
10
to
15
years,
especially
if
we
get
more
transmission
in
the
state
and
and
and
so
I
think
that
there
it
could
be.
K
I
believe
that
brings
us
to
our
last
budget
and
no
pressure.
This
is
the
last
budget
between
you
and
the
director
of
the
legislative
council,
bureau
and
and
and
the
legislature.
So
you
know,
let's,
let's
move
along
fish
efficiently,
but
make
sure
that
we
get
all
the
points
out
and
all
the
questions
answered.
K
L
You
chairman,
brooks
again
just
give
me
one
moment
to
get
my
screen
set
up.
Please.
L
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
so.
The
next
account
is
again
48.75
category
11.,
and
that
is
our.
L
Renewable
energy
loan
program,
this
budget
account,
is
made
up
of
american
recovery
and
reinvestment
act.
Funds
that
were
utilized
to
administer
goes
revolving
loan
program,
as
you
can
see
from
the
slide.
23
loans
from
the
inception
of
the
project
to
today,
11
were
paid
repaid
in
full.
Four
are
in
current
repayment
status.
L
Eight
loans
went
into
default
that
they
were
approved,
though
in
the
fall
by
the
board
of
examiners
to
be
written
off.
Joey
did
attempt
to
collect
every
one
of
these
debts,
including
obtaining
summary
judgments
and
having
those
recorded.
However,
our
attorney
general,
and
that
office's
due
diligence
determined
that
these
were
uncollectible
debts.
There
was
one
other
potential
collectible
debt
that
had
a
judgment
recorded
and
was
up
for
renewal
upon
further
investigation
against
involving
this
sorry,
debt
against
sunburst
energy.
L
Our
dag
made
the
determination
that
there
were
no
funds
to
pursue
and
it
would
be
not
a
productive
use
of
staff,
time
or
state
funds.
Our
grant
program
that
was
created
last
session
under
sbe
536
and
with
usdoe
approval,
however,
has
utilized
these
funds
to
repurpose
them
as
a
grant
program
to
address
nevada
goals
and
initiatives.
L
We
have
released
our
first
notice
of
funding
as
we
discussed
on
the
prior
slide.
Sb
536
in
2019
allowed
us
to
be
able
to
stand
this
program
up.
These
repurposed
funds
will
be
available
to
all
market
sectors,
residential
commercial,
industrial
or
public,
and
will
be
subject
to
prior
our
requirements,
such
as
nepa
by
american
davis
bacon.
L
Our
first
opportunity
of
for
funding
was
a
targeted
program
and
it
focuses
on
assisting
nevada's
tribal
nations
and
identifying
solutions
for
energy
resilience,
increasing
their
clean
energy
access
and
offering
opportunities
for
economic
diversification
on
tribal
lands.
That
nova
was
released
and
it
closes
in
early
april,
and
you
can
find
more
information
about
it
on
our
website
and
with
that.
Let
me
see
oh
one
other
category.
Category
12
is
our
clean
energy
fund,
which
was
created
in
2017.
L
This
account
and
category
12
covers
operating
reimbursements
for
the
fund.
Again,
the
bill
was
sb
407
in
2017
goe
needed
received
approval
to
use
these
rf
funds
for
startup
costs
for
the
clean
energy
fund
during
its
2019
budget
closings
quickly
as
an
overview
of
ncef.
It
is
intended
to
improve
the
standard
of
living
by
of
nevadans
by
promoting
more
efficient
lower-cost,
clean
energy
projects
that
create
high-paying,
long-term
jobs,
developing
ways
to
streamline
financing
and
make
it
more
efficient
for
folks
applying
once
covet
hit.
L
However,
ncef
progress
was
paused
as
directed
by
gfo
work
that
we
had
been
doing
did
not
progress
again
until
goe
received
approval
to
move
forward
at
the
end
of
june,
2020
that
time
frame
permitted
goe
to
seek
approval
during
the
august
20
ifc
to
allocate
funds
for
the
hiring
of
ncef's
first
executive
director
following
that
ncef
moved
forward
for
continued
operational
startups,
including
determining
the
process
for
hiring
ceo
and
slash
executive
director
and,
as
director,
bob
zen
noted
earlier
in
our
presentation,
pleased
to
announce
that
we
did
make
that
the
ncef
did
make
an
offer
to
a
candidate
to
be
the
inaugural
executive
director,
and
they
will
be
starting
on
april
12th
of
this
year.
L
E
Thank
you,
director,
deputy
director,
taylor
and
chairman,
brooks.
We
would
stand
for
questions.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
present
the
governor's
recommended
budget.
K
Thank
you
director.
I've
got
a
couple
of
questions
here,
I'll
start
with
assemblywoman
titus.
M
M
M
I'm
just,
and
there
was
a
comment
that
the
attorney
general
felt
that
these
these
companies
didn't
have
any
funds,
so
they
weren't
going
after
them,
etc.
I'm
just
wondering
what
the
are
there
no
consequences
to
these
these
bad
debts.
Do
these
folks,
then,
can
move
to
another
state
or
area
and
and
also
do
the
same
process?
I'm
just
wondering:
are
they?
Is
it
posted
somewhere
that
there's
a
bad
debt?
Is
it
posted
that
these
companies
went
under?
I'm
just
wondering
about
consequences?
That's
a
lot
of
taxpayers
dollars
there.
E
Sure,
thank
you
for
the
question
deputy
director
joe.
You
want
to
go
ahead
and
take
the
first
crack
and
I
can
I
can.
I
can
back
you
up
on
that.
L
Sure,
thank
you
director,
bob
zen.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
titus.
Yes,
there
there
was
a
process
in
place.
What
for
collecting
the
loan
when
and
this
all
precedes
our
administration?
These
go
back
quite
a
few
years
back
to
the
original
back
to
the
original
aura
funds
that
were
issued
during
the
last
recovery
and
sorry
in
recession,
and
these
started
under
the
givens
administration.
L
So
these
loans
were
intended
originally
to
stand
up
projects
to
help
develop
workforce
opportunities
and
employment
opportunities
during
the
recession
of
2008-2009.
L
When
you
look
at
loans
and
when
you
look
at
debt
and
you
get
a
judgment
against
somebody,
this
happens
in
litigation,
not
infrequently
assemblywoman,
where
you
you
go
through
the
court
system,
you
end
up
with
a
judgment
that
is
as
good
as
the
paper
that
it
is
written
on.
That
is
not
a
typical
in
litigation.
L
We
were
lucky
enough
to
be
able
to
secure
summary
judgments
and
to
have
those
recorded
should
assets
or
an
a
functioning
entity
be
brought
forward
to
try
to
collect
on
our
d.a
or
our
dags
did
do
extensive
work,
trying
to
find
the
entity
find
assets
and
when
just
again
with
lots
of
other
litigation.
When
that
cannot
be
done,
you
have
to
make
the
decision
about
renewing
judgments
and
continuing
to
expend
funds
or
moving
on
and
having
them
written
off.
L
But
again,
this
was
this
process
of
securing
judgments
and
trying
to
collect
on
them
as
one
of
the
best
systems
of
accountability
in
dealing
with
debts,
and
we
took
into
account
all
of
those
sorts
of
issues
when
looking
at
the
grant
program-
and
we
have-
we
have
tried
to
set
up
a
system
that
is
much
more
thorough,
much
more
detailed
in
terms
of
who
we
will
work
with
on
on
the
grants
as
folks
come
in,
to
bring
forward
projects-
and
I
think
director,
robsie
and
I'll
kick
it
over
to
you
for
additional
details
on
some
of
the
work
that
that
you
were
doing
in
the
summer.
E
Yeah
yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
deputy
director
taylor,
and
I'm
glad
that
you
pointed
out.
I
think
what
is
most
important
to
the
committee
is
we
heard
in
our
budget
presentation
two
years
ago
loud
and
clear,
and
we
agreed
that
lessons
learned
from
this
sad
chapter
needed
to
be
applied
to
the
remaining
funds
going
forward
with
the
grant
program,
and
so
we
are
excited
to
talk
about
the
fact
that
we
do
have
this
first
notice
of
funding
opportunity
out.
E
We
have
a
plan
for
a
series
of
targeted
releases,
and
all
of
that
is
with
the
lessons
horned
in
mind,
so
that
we
can
avoid
that
in
the
future,
and
I
guess
overall
assemblywoman.
We
would
say
that
we
share
your
frustration.
M
Hello,
mr
chair,
so
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that.
M
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
new
members
on
this
committee
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
they
all
understood
that
in
20
you
know
19,
because
it's
the
same
frustration
I
had
then
I
have
now-
and
I
appreciate
that
you
have
indeed
tightened
it
up
a
little
bit
on
the
application
process,
had
some
consequences
and
followed
through
on
this,
because
I
just
letting
that
set
their
lessons
learned,
but
it's
learned
at
taxpayers
expense,
and
so
we
just
want
to
make
sure
moving
forward
that
we
have
a
much
tighter
reign
on
some
of
these
some
of
these
programs,
and
I
do
recognize
that
these
were
from
2010
and
at
that
time
you
know
there
was
a
push
to
open
up
bring
businesses.
M
It
was
after
the
great
recession
and
so
there's
some
need
to
move
forward,
but
again
people
need
to
be
held
accountable.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
the
question.
K
Thank
you,
salmonella
titus.
You
can
go
real,
deep
down
a
rabbit
hole
on
this
one.
It's
it's
really
there's
an
interesting
history
and
with
the
gibbons
administration
and
the
office
of
energy
during
that
time,
and
some
of
these
folks
are
still
around.
So
thank
you
for
answering
that
question.
Thank
you
for
dr
titus
for
asking
the
question.
Assemblyman
watts.
Do
you
have
a
question
on
this?
This
budget.
D
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
have
two
questions
I'll
make
them
as
brief
as
I
can
going
back
to
the
competitive
grant
program.
You
mentioned
the
this
grant
for
tribal
energy
resilience,
and
I
think
you
just
mentioned
that
you
have
some
other
plans
and
you
noted
there's
in
your
slide
deck
there's
a
few
different
specific
areas,
but
I
was
wondering
if
the
agencies
identified
other
focus
areas
for
future
rounds
of
grant
funding.
L
Thank
you,
assemblyman
watts.
For
that
question.
The
agency
is
working
on
identifying
specific,
targeted
grants
for
our
next
round
of
solicitation.
We
believe
sorry
excuse
me.
We
believe
that
there
are
plenty
of
of
targeted
options
that
can
cover
the
the
goals
of
of
this
new
grant
program,
which
would
include
providing
grant
opportunities
within
renewable
energy
and
energy
efficiency
grid,
modernization
and
energy
resilience,
energy
storage
and
innovative,
clean
energy
technologies,
energy,
education
and
workforce
development,
as
well
as
climate
change
initiatives
and
transportation
transformation.
L
We
we
have
some
ideas
and
we
are
working
on
getting
a
new
series
of
funding
opportunities
sort
of
vetted
out
so
that
we
can
release
them
coming
up
in
the
in
the
next
few
months.
D
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
clarification.
I
appreciate
that.
I
also
appreciate
that
this
first
round
is
focused
on
historically
marginalized
communities
and
promoting
equity,
as
well
as
falling
within
those
areas
that
you
listed.
So
thank
you
for
that.
My
other
question
is
about
the
clean
energy
fund
and
specifically
on
the
the
budget
aspect
of
it.
I
think
you
gave
a
great
update
on
where
things
are
at
right
now.
L
Thank
you
for
that
question:
assemblywoman
watts.
No,
the
agency
does
not
anticipate
that
there
would
be
funds
needed
beyond
what
was
allocated
for
those
initial
startups.
L
The
goal
of
ncef
is
always
that
it
be
a
standalone
and
fully
sustainable
entity
and
goe
is
looking
forward
to,
along
with
the
board
members,
I'm
sure
of
this
separate
entity
to
the
work
of
the
incoming
executive
director
and
the
funding
that
he
can
bring
to
the
fore.
I
also
would
mention
that
in
august,
when
director
bob
zian
came
before
ifc
to
request
these
funds,
he
did
mention
the
opportunities
that
might
be
presented.
L
Should
there
be
a
change
in
administration
and
the
work
that
had
been
done
around
legislation
proposing
a
national,
clean
energy
fund,
national
green
bank.
We
do
think
that
that
effort
may
will
be
continuing
at
the
federal
level
and
look
forward
to
some
hope
for
funding
opportunities
to
support
the
work
of
green
banks
nationally
through
a
national,
green
bank
and
national
initiative
for
these
types
of
funding
and
finance
opportunities.
D
Thank
you
for
that
clarification
and
again,
thank
you
to
the
office
for
helping
get
this
fund
off
the
ground.
I
know
when
we
first
created
it.
We
didn't
allocate
any
funding
towards
it,
and
so
I
am
appreciative
for
finding
some
some
funds
that
we
can
use
to
to
get
this
started
and,
and
hopefully
once
we
do
so,
it
will
be
able
to
sustain
itself
and
grow
and
help
support
some
of
these
important
projects
in
our
community.
That's
all
the
questions
that
I
have
mr
chair.
Thank
you.
E
Mr
chairman,
can
I
provide
some
additional
information
on
that
front?
Please.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
david
bobson,
for
the
record.
Some
of
them
watts
totally
agree
with
what
deputy
director
taylor
provided.
I
also
additionally
want
to
highlight
that
we
will
be
making
an
announcement
shortly
about
the
hire
of
the
new
executive
director
and
that
person
their
work
plan
will
be
tasked
with
trying
to
find
operating
funds
to
come
in
after
the
state
investment
is
done.
E
I
very
much
appreciate
the
interim
finance
committee
allocated
the
money
last
time
when
we
presented
on
this
topic
two
years
ago,
I
made
it
very
clear
that
I
saw
the
need
for
a
two-year
investment
and
then
we
were
done,
and
so
we
have
had
that
conversation
at
the
board
level
with
the
fund.
E
Throughout
all
the
conversations
there
will
be
robust,
fundraising
to
private
foundations
and
other
sources
to
fill
in
after
the
state's
incubation
support
is
there,
but
I
take
very
seriously
the
pledge
that
I
made
two
years
ago
and
continue.
That
pledge
is
that
we
are
done
once
we
have
spent
our
money
and
then
it
will
be
others
responsibility
to
step
in
and
fill
the
void.
K
So
I
think
that
that
is
the
last
question
we
have
for
the
budget
for
this
budget
and
for
for
the
governor's
office
of
energy
today.
So
thank
you
for
the
the
presentation
and
thank
you
for
answering
all
of
our
questions
and
we'll
be
following
up
with
you:
either
members
or
staff.
If
we
have
further
questions
thanks,
chair
thanks.
K
You,
and
so
that
brings
us
to
our
last
budgets,
and
that
is
from
the
legislative
council
bureau
and
there
is
a
handout
that
was
provided.
We
got
it
last
night
from
the
legislative
council
bureau
that
has
some
of
the
budget
information
in
it,
and
I
think
that
director
erdos
will
be
presenting
this
morning.
Is
that
correct.
I
Thank
you,
chair
books,
I'd
like
to
introduce
you
all
to
dan
russian.
He
also
be
chief
financial
officer.
I
He
has
quickly
mastered
the
lcd
accounting
programs
and
has
also
been
able
to
use
both
basin
and
nebs
and,
as
all
right,
I'm
going
to
ask
dan
to
walk
you
through
our
budget
presentation
today,
which
will
include
lcb
legislative
commission
and
committees
spo
and
with
the
accord
of
the
chief
clerk
and
the
of
the
assembly
and
the
secretary
of
the
senate,
the
interim
senate
assembly
budgets
as
well
dan,
and
I
will
both
be
available
to
answer
questions
that
you
might
have
dan.
Would
you
like
to
proceed.
D
Yes,
can
everybody
hear.
K
J
J
I
don't
really
have
any
slides
to
share
for
this
presentation,
but
as
you
reference
there
should
be
a
memo
for
everyone
to
hopefully
follow
along.
Certainly
if
any
questions
come
up,
just
feel
free
to
stop
me
at
any
time.
Specifically
today,
we'll
be
talking
about
three
budget
accounts.
J
327-2631-327-2626-741-1330
accounts
in
these
three,
which
segregate
the
various
functions
of
the
of
the
agency.
The
lcb
itself
consists,
of
course,
of
the
legislative
commission,
the
administrative
staff
of
the
interim
senate
and
assembly,
the
state
printing
office,
and
then
there
are
five
divisions
within
the
bureau
itself.
J
Before
we
get
into
the
details
of
what
comprises
this
binium's
budget,
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
briefly
go
over
the
current
status
of
it
and
obviously
the
process
that
was
used
to
prepare
it.
The
budget
itself
was
completed
in
late
december
and
the
legislative
commission
subsequently
authorized
the
director
to
submit
the
budget
to
the
governor's
finance
office
for
inclusion
in
the
executive
budget.
J
So-
and
I
don't
know
if
any
of
you
had
received
the
pages
from
the
executive
budget,
that
included,
but
it
is
in
the
legislative
branch
section
regarding
the
preparation
process
itself
for
those
of
you
that
have
seen
previous
lcb
budgets,
this
one
is
probably
going
to
look
quite
a
bit
different.
For
starters,
there
are
far
fewer
decision
units
reflected
in
the
detail
of
the
budget.
The
decision
unit
is
basically,
as
you
know,
a
mechanism
that
segregates
changes
to
the
base
budget
that
result
from
specific
actions
or
decisions.
J
J
J
Therefore,
the
only
operating
costs
that
we
could
really
look
to
reduce
to
meet
this
budget
reserve
target
were
things
like
travel
and
training
and,
in
some
cases,
contract
services,
but
basically
the
the
majority
of
of
the
budget
reserve
target
was
going
to
just
by
its
very
nature,
going
to
have
to
be
personnel
costs.
So
one
of
the
things
we
first
looked
at
was
implementing
a
furlough
for
all
employees
on
all
divisions
of
the
lcb,
a
24-day
throw
basically
one
day
for
each
month
of
both
fiscal
years.
J
J
We
looked
at
eliminating
some
positions
and
other
things
of
that
nature,
but
thankfully,
before
we
had
to
make
any
additional
measures,
we
were
informed
by
the
governor's
finance
office
that
the
budget
reserve
target
was
being
reconsidered.
In
light
of
some
recent
economic
data
that
they
had
been
reviewing,
so
they
told
us
that
we
could
basically
reduce
that
target
by
approximately
half.
So,
in
the
end,
by
reducing
from
the
base
budget,
the
operating
expenditures
related
to
travel,
training,
contract
services,
things
of
that
nature
and
the
implementation
of
this
24-day
furlough.
J
J
It's
going
to
look
a
lot,
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
less
detail
in
this
budget
than
the
previous
one.
J
So
moving
on,
I'd
like
to
go
through
each
division
in
each
segment
of
budget
accounts,
starting
with
budget
account
two
six
three
one
before
I
go
in.
Are
there
any
questions?
Okay,
so
for
budget
account
2631.
That
includes
the
legislative
commission
and
all
the
various
committees
that
meet
in
the
interim
between
sessions.
J
It's
important
to
note
that
there
were
some
reductions
in
this.
This
part
of
the
budget
related
to
travel,
going
with
the
assumption
that
most
of
the
meetings
that
they
can
will
be
conducted
via
video
conference.
J
It's
also
worthy
to
note
that,
in
an
effort
to
meet
our
target,
we
we
didn't
include
any
additional
amounts
for
new
interim
committees.
Should
they
be
created
during
the
session.
So
bear
that
in
mind
that
if
any
new
committees
or
studies
are
created
by
legislation
now
they
will
require
additional
funding.
J
J
It
provides
operating
and
technical
support
to
all
the
other
lcb
divisions,
as
well
as
the
legislature
itself.
It
comprises
our
accounting
department,
the
audio
and
video
communications
department,
information
technology
provides
for
the
maintenance
of
buildings
and
grounds
the
legislative
police
and
also
includes
the
director's
office.
So
this
budget
currently
has
93
full-time,
equivalent
permanent
positions,
and,
let's
see
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
the
fact
that
this
budget
does
not
include
the
major
maintenance
products
projects
that
are
included
in
a
separate
budget
request
referred
to
as
the
one
shot.
J
J
This
was
subsequently
reduced
by
implementing
again
the
aforementioned
furlough
24-day
furlough,
which
was
calculated
in
decision
unit
e-681
the
furlough
reduced
appropriations
and
expenditures
by
about
316
000
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
320
thousand
dollars.
At
this
we
are
23..
J
In
addition,
there
was
another
decision
unit
applied
that
reduced
one
full-time,
equivalent
position
to
half-time,
which
resulted
in
some
additional
savings
that
are
referenced
in
the
memo.
J
Next
division
I
wanted
to
discuss
is
the
audit
division.
The
audit
division,
of
course
performs
audits
of
the
executive
and
judicial
branches
of
the
state
government
as
part
of
the
legislature's
oversight
responsibility
for
public
programs.
The
audit
division
also
ensures
that
an
audit
of
the
nevada
state
government's
federal
programs
is
conducted
each
year,
known
as
the
single
audit.
That
audit
is
necessary
to
ensure
that
the
continuing
continued
funding
of
federal
programs
at
the
state
level,
the
audit
division,
has
32
full-time
equivalent
permanent
positions.
J
They
addressed
some
of
their
their
budget
reserve
requirements
by
reducing
wherever
possible,
travel
and
training
costs
from
the
base
budget
and
then,
in
addition
to
that,
of
course,
the
decision
unit
e681
for
the
furlough
was
applied
to
the
audit
division
as
well.
J
J
Next
division
is
the
fiscal
analysis
division.
This
division
provides
the
legislature
with
the
capability
for
independent
review
and
analysis
of
budgetary
tax
and
fiscal
matters.
It
examines
the
budget
suggests
possible
adjustments
and
provides
expenditure
and
revenue
analysis
to
aid
the
legislative
money
and
tax
and
revenue
committees.
J
It's
also
responsible
for
providing
administrative
support
and
revenue
projections
for
the
economic
forum
and
for
ensuring
that
fiscal
notes
are
provided
for
legislation
as
required
by
law.
The
fiscal
analysis
division
has
currently
29
full-time,
equivalent
permanent
positions
and
then
to
address
the
budget
reserve
that
we
previously
previously
discussed.
J
The
the
furlough
decision
unit
was
applied
to
them
as
well.
The
base
budget
for
fiscal
division
was
provided
for
appropriations
of
approximately
4.2
million
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
23,
and
the
furlough
decision
unit
reduced
those
expenditures.
By
about
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
and
twenty
two
and
twenty
three.
J
Then
we
move
on
to
the
legal
division,
which
is
one
of
the
larger
divisions
in
terms
of
staffing
for
the
lcb.
Obviously,
the
legal
division
drafts
bills,
resolutions
and
legal
opinions.
It
provides
committee
council
for
all
interim
studies
and
most
standing
legislative
committees,
the
division,
drafts
and
reviews
regulations
and
serves
as
legal
advisor
to
the
legislature.
H
J
J
The
budget
for
the
legal
division
includes
funding
for
78
full-time,
equivalent,
permanent
positions
to
address
the
budget
reserve,
in
addition
to
the
application
of
the
furlough,
which
we
discussed,
the
legal
division
reduced
its
budgeted
expenditures
for
the
20
2021-2023
biennium
by
reducing
travel
and
training
expenditures
were
possible
and
also
costs
associated
with
printing.
The
nevada,
revised
statute
sets
were
removed
from
the
operating
budget
and
will
now
be
charged
to
the
legislative
session
that
relates
to
those
changes.
J
The
base
budget
for
the
legal
division
provided
for
appropriations
of
approximately
10.1
million
dollars
fiscal
year,
22
and
10.2
million
for
fiscal
year
23..
The
furlough
decision
units
resulted
in
a
reduction
of
appropriations
and
expenditures
of
about
338
000
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
341
in
fiscal
year
23..
J
In
addition,
there
was
another
decision
unit
applied
to
the
legal
division
that
reduced
two
full-time,
equivalent
positions
to
half-time
and
actually
eliminated
one
position
in
fiscal
year
23..
This
produced
additional
savings
of
approximately
97
thousand
dollars
because
we
are
22
and
almost
200
000
in
fiscal
year.
23.
J
The
research
division
is
the
general
information
and
service
arm
of
the
legislature.
It
conducts
research
into
a
wide
variety
of
subjects,
at
the
request
of
legislatures
legislators,
committees
and
other
and
state
global
officials
as
well
as
citizens.
It
also
responds
to
inquiries
concerning
nevada's
government
laws
and
public
policy
from
residents
counterpart
agencies
and
public
officials
in
other
states.
J
The
base
budget
for
the
research
division
includes
funding
for
47
full-time,
equivalent,
permanent
positions
and
before
the
application
of
the
decision
units
of
the
furlough
decision
units,
the
the
division
address.
The
budget
reserve
by
reducing
their
travel
and
training
expenditures
were
possible
and
in
addition
to
that,
three
intermittent
positions
were
eliminated
from
their
base
budget.
J
The
base
budget
called
for
appropriations
of
approximately
5.6
million
for
fiscal
year
22
and
23..
The
furlough
decision
unit
produced
savings
of
about
193
thousand
dollars
because
we
are
22
and
23
and
then,
additionally,
they
did
reduce
one
full-time,
equivalent
position
to
a
three-quarter
time
position,
which
resulted
in
some
some
additional
savings
there.
J
K
You,
mr
russian,
I
I
do
believe
we
maybe
we'll
start
with
a
question
from
speaker:
fryerson,
okay,.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
it's
not
really
a
application.
Recognizing
me.
I
I
really
wanted
to
to
just
at
the
outset
acknowledge
all
the
hard
work
that
lcb
has
done
to
to
adapt
during
these
unusual
times,
whether
it's
adapting
and
making
sure
that
our
staff
are
trained
up
on
this
new
virtual
existence,
coordinating
with
dhhs
and
osha,
as
well
as
providing
testing
and
temperature
checks
for
members
of
this
body
and
for
staff.
D
The
focus
has
always
been
to
create
a
safe
work
environment
for
everybody
in
this
building
and-
and
I
have
been
blown
away
at
how
much
work
has
been
done-
to
try
to
accommodate
both
not
only
legislators
and
staff
and
and
the
concern
about
making
sure
the
staff
are
safe,
but
they've
always
kept
access
to
the
public
as
a
priority
as
well
and
encouraging
us
to
find
ways
to
adapt,
and
I
think
that
we
have
done
so
largely
expanding
it
to
give
folks
that
are
not
within
driving
distance,
equal
access
to
this
process.
D
So
I
really
just
wanted
to
acknowledge,
in
light
of
all
of
these
cuts
and
adjustments,
that
lcb
has
has
just
done
a
yeoman's
job
of
of
making
sure
that
we're
able
to
function
and
and
do
so
with
a
flexible
manner.
So
considering
all
of
the
the
adjustments
that
we're
just
talking
about
today,
I
just
wanted
to
thank
lcd
and
ignite
and
all
of
that
work.
J
Okay,
thank
you.
Budget
account
2626
for
is
used
to.
K
F
Yes,
mr
chairman,
this
is
assemblywoman
carlton.
If
I
could
ask
a
brief
question,
please.
K
F
J
F
And
I
I
I
appreciate
that
mr
chairman
and
I
just
wanna
put
on
the
record
that
you
know
we've
been
in
these
positions
before,
where
we've
had
to
make
some
really
really
tough
decisions,
and
I
know
that
everybody
here
values
our
staff
greatly.
We
brag
about
our
staff,
all
over
the
country
we
have.
We
have,
I
believe,
the
best
legislative
council
bureau
that
there
is,
we
have
always
gotten
awards
and
been
way
ahead
of
the
curve.
I
I
know
these
were
very,
very
difficult
decisions.
F
We've
seen
in
a
lot
of
other
budgets,
a
lot
of
vacancies,
layoffs
and
just
discontinuing
of
physicians.
So
I
think,
having
the
conversation
about
how
we
came
to
the
furloughs,
even
though
no
one
wants
to
ask
someone
to
take
a
furlough,
because
in
essence
it
is
a
pay
cut.
We've
been
there
before,
but
I
think
it
would
be
good
for
us
to
have
that
conversation
now
about
why
the
furloughs
are
a
better
choice
than
vacancies
or
possible
layoffs.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I'm
happy
to
address
the
the
furlough
issue.
What
we
looked
at,
especially
when
we
were
considering
that
we
were
going
to
make
a
say,
a
12
cut.
I
It
really
had
a
very
dramatic
effect
again
because,
as
dan
indicated
over
90
percent
of
our
budgets
are
our
people
and
there's
not
much
that
we
can
do
about
that.
I
And
and
if
you
look
at
the
staffing
of
the
legislative
council
bureau
as
well
as
the
interim
senate
assembly,
what
you
see
is
a
is
a
pretty
slim,
especially
compared
to
other
states
force
of
people
to
work.
And
I
would
I
would
also
point
out
that
many
of
the
divisions,
legal,
fiscal
actually
all
of
them,
but
have
a
a
fairly
high
amount
of
overtime
open.
Clearly
in
the
in
the
lead-up
to
session
and
during
session,
but
also
for
for
legal
and
and
especially
physical.
I
This
this
past
biennium,
we
saw
quite
a
bit
of
overtime.
I
That
was,
I
believe,
absolutely
necessary
to
get
through
this
past
dinner
event
and
we've
had
a
fair
amount
of
overtime
and
additional
in
the
other
interims
as
well,
and-
and
I
think
that
what
maybe
has
happened
here
is
that
the
lcb
has
not
really
ever
recovered
as
much
as
maybe
some
of
the
other
agencies
have,
and
that's
just
my
basic
observation
in
terms
of
staffing
going
forward
and
and
that's
for
many
reasons,
not
the
least
of
which
is
has
been
space
and
issues,
and
things
like
that,
but
also
being
careful
with
the
budget.
I
And
our
concern
is
that
even
cutting
one
or
two
positions,
in
especially
small
divisions,
like
the
fiscal
division,
really
results
in
basically
just
more
work
for
the
people
who
are
already
working
there
and
and
frankly,
most
of
them
are
working
overtime
to
meet
the
demands
of
the
legislature.
And
I'm
not
I'm
not
sure
that
this
is
the
best
way
to
approach
this.
I
But
it
is
certainly
the
best
way
that
we
could
find
to
to
more
spread
this
across
our
employees,
so
that
we're
not
actually
losing
employees
who
task
will
have
to
be
picked
up
by
other
people.
We
didn't
really
find
any
service
areas
or-
or
things
like
that,
that
we
could
really.
We
really
felt
like
we
could
suggest
cutting
in
this
in
this
climate
and,
in
fact,
truly
with
some
of
the
other
issues
that
have
come
up.
I
You
know,
including
covet
as
well
as
we've,
had
many
more
gatherings
in
the
in
the
legislative
grounds
during
this
whole
interim,
and
we
are
advised
that
that
those
kinds
of
things
will
continue
so
we're
just
not
seeing
the
ability
to
cut
the
cut
the
the
job
itself.
I
I
Hopefully,
I'm
helping
out
there,
but
we
also
are
seeing
a
large
number
of
regulations
during
the
interim
for
legal,
so
they're
having
much
more
difficult
time.
If
you
look
at
our
indicators
of
of
workload
and
and
our
things
that
we
try
to
meet,
which
is
that
standard
of
getting
regulations
back
in
30
days,
we
are
nowhere
near
where
we'd
like
to
be
in
terms
of
getting
those
regs
back
as
quickly
as
the
administrative
agencies
are
by
statute
supposed
to
be
able
to
expect
to
get
them
back.
I
We
just
have
a
tremendous
workload
and
didn't
see
where
we
could
cut
that
workload
and
felt
that
spreading
you
know
by
using
the
furloughs
to
spread
it
across
the
visions
would
be
the
best
way
to
go.
The
same
was
true
really
for
the
interim
synonym
assembly.
They
have
very
small,
staffs
and
and
cutting
people
there
just
didn't
seem
possible
at
all.
So
I
guess
that's
the
basics
of
how
we
got
to
the
furlough
decision.
F
And
thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair,
and
if
I
could
just
do
a
real
brief
follow-up,
you
know
we
were
kind
of
wondering
about
the
cares
act
dollars.
F
A
lot
of
this
work
seems
to
be
related
to
the
pandemic.
I
know
there's
some
smart
people
in
fiscal
that
will
figure
out
if
we
can
access
some
of
those
dollars
or
how
we
can
move
forward.
We
know
there's
another
round
of
funding,
possibly
coming,
I'm
hoping
that
every
opportunity
will
be
taken
to
investigate
that.
F
We
know
how
valuable
our
staff
is
and
believe
me.
I
can
totally
relate
to
all
the
ifc
meetings
and
all
the
work
that
was
done
there.
F
I've
got
to
know
the
fiscal
staff
very
very
well
last
summer
and
I'll
never
be
able
to
thank
them
enough
for
all
the
work
that
they
did.
So
I'm
hoping
we
can
find
a
resolution
for
this
in
the
future
so
that
we
can
keep
the
the
standard
of
work.
That
is
that
we've
grown
to
appreciate
to
be
able
to
keep
it
there
and
to
make
sure
that
our
lcb
folks
have
the
opportunity
to
do
the
work
that
they're
passionate
about.
So,
thank
you
very
much,
ms
erdos.
K
J
K
J
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
the
record
dan
russian
budget.
Account
2626,
as
I
said,
accounts
for
the
activities
of
the
interim
senate
and
assembly,
there's
basically
four
full-time
equivalent
positions
in
each
of
those
houses
for
fiscal
year,
22
that
reduces
to
three
full-time
equivalent
positions
in
the
subsequent
fiscal
year.
2023,
as
that
position
is
then
funded
by
the
respective
session.
J
The
base
budget
for
both
houses
totaled
approximately
970
000
for
fiscal
year
22
and
800
thousand
dollars
from
fiscal
year.
23.
again,
as
we
discussed,
the
the
furlough
was
applied
to
this
this
part
of
our
budget
as
well,
and
produced
about
30
000
of
savings
in
fiscal
year
22
and
about
25
000
in
fiscal
year
23..
J
K
Hold
on
please,
mr
russian,
any
of
the
members
have
any
questions.
I
do
not
see
any
in
my
five
computer
screens
in
front
of
me
right
now.
J
J
It's
important
to
note
that
the
printing
office
does
not
receive
any
appropriations
from
the
state
general
fund.
It's
funded
from
the
sale
of
publications
to
other
state
agencies
and
local
governments
in
nevada,
obviously,
the
sale
of
printed
materials.
J
This
budget
includes
19
full-time,
equivalent
permanent
positions
for
the
next
biennium.
The
revenues
from
printing
sales
are
budgeted
at
approximately
3
million
dollars
for
each
year
of
the
biennium.
J
I
did
think
it
was
worth
noting
that,
even
though
this
this
particular
division
of
of
the
bureau
does
not
receive
any
appropriations,
the
furlough
is
is
still
being
applied
to
it
as
well,
though.
Basically
for
the
sake
of
equity,
the
furlough
resulted
in
reduction
of
expenditures
of
about
fifty
eight
thousand
dollars
for
each
year.
Each
fiscal
year
of
the
next
biennium.
K
Mr
russian
did
I
miss
budget
2630
interim
finance
committee
that.
J
Mr
chair,
for
the
record
dan
mushroom
that
budget
account
was
not
on
the
agenda,
so
I
I
it
was
my
understanding.
We
wouldn't
be
presenting
that
that
particular
budget
account
at
this
particular
meeting.
Similarly,
we
will,
we
won't
be
presenting
the
the
capital
budget,
the
one-shot
appropriation,
as
I
previously
mentioned,.
K
Okay,
thank
you.
Do
any
of
the
members
have
any
questions
on
the
last
budget.
K
I
see
none
see
what
happens
when
you're
right
before
lunch.
Mr
rushing,
I
see
no
question
so
I
I
going
once
going
twice
so
I
appreciate
the
presentation
this
morning
and
appreciate
the
information
you
sent
over
last
night
and
and
everything
that
you
all
do
to
to
keep
us
safe
and
to
keep
the
state
of
nevada
running.
So
I
appreciate
that
and
with
that
we
are
closed
with
this
agenda
item.
K
Thank
you,
director,
erdos,
thank
you,
mr
russian,
and
that
we
will
move
on
to
our
last
agenda
item
and
our
last
agenda
item
is
public
comment
and
broadcast
services.
Do
you
think
that
you
could
please
make
sure
that
the
lines
are
open
and
let's
give
them
a
minute?
Any
public
that
wanted
to
call
in
and
comment
give
them
a
minute
to
call
in.
M
M
M
C
C-H-R-I-S-T-I-C-A-B-R-E-R-A,
I'm
the
policy
and
advocacy
director
for
the
nevada
conservation
league
ncl,
wants
to
thank
and
recognize
the
efforts
of
the
governor's
office
of
energy
for
taking
a
leadership
role
on
expanding
our
clean
energy
economy
and
reducing
our
state's
carbon
emissions.
Governor
sisselak
released
the
state
climate
strategy
in
december
of
last
year,
which
lays
the
groundwork
for
nevada
to
meet
the
carbon
reduction
goals
outlined
in
statute
and
in
our
agreements.
C
As
a
member
of
the
u.s
climate
alliance,
the
governor's
office
of
energy,
along
with
the
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources,
fled
the
state
climate
initiative
and
the
work
of
the
office
of
energy
will
continue
to
be
crucial
in
making
progress
on
our
goals.
Expansion
of
renewable
energy,
energy
efficiency,
transportation,
electrification
and
reducing
the
use
of
fossil
fuels
are
all
important
components
which
makes
the
work
of
this
office
so
important.
C
M
M
C
Chair
brooks
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
jayna
moan
and
I'm
the
external
affairs
director
for
the
nature
conservancy
in
nevada.
We
are
here
today
to
offer
a
testimony
in
support
of
the
budget
requests
for
the
governor's
office
of
energy.
Goe
has
taken
leadership
on
the
important
issue
of
tackling
climate
change
and
may
serve
a
critical
climate
governance
function
for
nevada,
with
their
administration
of
the
renewable
energy
fund
and
energy
efficiency
and
conservation
funds
and
the
projects
and
programs
they
support.
Goe
plays
an
integral
role
in
our
path
to
a
clean
energy
economy.
C
In
addition,
goe
is
nevada's
energy
information,
administrator
gathering
and
collating
annual
metrics
about
energy
generation
use
and
consumption
in
the
state.
In
his
presentation,
director
bob
jian
touched
on
the
office's
engagement
with
ngos.
The
nature
conservancy
is
one
of
those
ngos.
We
are
working
with
three
other
national
ngos
to
advance
smart
from
the
start,
deployment
of
renewable
energy
systems
in
nevada,
a
smart
from
the
start.
C
Energy
plan
identifies
and
prioritizes
lower
impact
areas
where
renewable
energy
generation,
transmission
and
storage
can
be
deployed,
with
as
little
impact
as
possible
to
natural
lands,
cultural
resources,
recreation
and
other
conservation
values.
Over
the
past
year
and
a
half
we
have
met
several
times
with
goe
on
how
to
address
this
complex.
If
issue
they
have
participated
in
our
online
forums,
providing
information
and
expert
opinion,
we
appreciate
the
insight
and
the
ideas
they
bring
to
the
table
and
the
ongoing
engagement
and
dialogue.
We
hope
that
you
will
fully
support
their
budget
request.
K
All
right,
then,
thank
you,
so
thank
you,
members
of
the
the
joint
committee
with
that
we
will
adjourn
today's
meeting.