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A
Good
morning,
everyone
and
welcome
to
the
third
meeting
for
the
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
growth
and
infrastructure.
We
will
call
the
rovers
for
those
members
attending
virtually.
I
would
ask
you
to
turn
on
your
cameras
and
respond
when
your
name
is
called
ms
harper.
Would
you
please
call
the
roll.
C
E
F
D
A
And
I
am
here
and
we
have
all
members
present,
thank
you
guys,
and
I
will
apologize
now
for
the
long
day
that
you
will
have,
but
I
believe,
if
you
feed
them,
they
will
come
so
I
bought
you
guys
lunch,
so
you
can't
be
too
mad
at
me
before
we
get
started.
There
are
a
few
housekeeping
items
that
we
have
to
go
through.
I'd
like
to
remind
everyone
to
silence
their
electronics.
Your
cell
phones
laptops
those
type
of
things
during
this
meeting
for
members
who
are
joining
us
online.
A
Please
mute
your
microphone
when
you
are
not
speaking
but
leave
your
cameras
on.
Additionally,
I
ask
that
our
presenters,
who
will
be
presenting
by
zoom,
please
keep
your
your
videos
off
and
your
microphones
off
until
your
name
is
called
or
if
a
question
is
directed
at
you,
then
please
turn
everything
on
for
the
zoomed
video.
It
has
a
chat
feature.
However,
this
feature
is
only
to
be
used
for
technical
assistance,
any
links
or
information
that
you'd
like
to
share
during
your
presentation.
A
It
needs
to
be
stated
on
the
record,
the
committee's
meeting
materials
they
can
be
found
on
the
nevada
legislative
website.
You
can
also
sign
up
for
electronic
notifications
related
to
any
activities
on
this
committee's
website.
If
you
wish
to
testify
in
person,
please
sign
in
at
the
table
by
the
door
and
leave
your
business
card.
A
A
A
A
Then
enter
the
meeting
id,
which
is
seven
six,
nine
one,
six
eight
zero.
Two
then
press
the
pound
sign
you'll
be
prompted,
and
please
wait
for
that
prompt
to
move
forward.
You
can
email
your
comments
to
us
at
the
committee's
email
address.
You
can
also
send
us
your
written
comments
by
mail
or
you
can
fax
your
comments
to
us.
A
So
with
that
we
will
move
to
our
first
section
of
public
comment
and
we
will
start
in
our
physical
locations
will
start
here
in
las
vegas,
go
to
carson
city
and
then
anyone
who
will
be
joining
us
by
phone
for
public
comment.
So
if
there's
anyone
here
in
las
vegas
who
would
like
to
submit
public
comment,
please
come
up
to
the
table.
G
Madam
chair
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
david
goldwater
opinion
public
affairs
representing
captain
transportation
and
their
partners.
Captain
is
transforming
the
shared
mobility
customer
experience
by
building
a
platform
of
sustainable
vehicles
and
professional
drivers
having
partnered
with
some
of
nevada's
most
successful
livery
operators
like
beltran's,
on-demand
sedan,
yellow
checker,
star
and
desert
cab.
Captain
is
operating
the
country's
largest
fleet
of
teslas
in
the
united
states.
G
We
have
worked
at
every
level
of
government,
federal
state
and
local
to
identify
policy
options
available
to
help
make
nevada
a
leader
in
efficient
and
effective
electric
vehicle
transportation
because
of
nevada's
tourist
economy.
Working
without
livery
operators
and
taxi
operators
presents
a
unique
opportunity
to
craft
policy
that
offers
significant
short
and
long
term
reductions
in
greenhouse
gases.
G
Captain
and
their
partners
stand
ready
to
work
with
your
esteem
committee
and
various
state
and
local
agencies
to
identify
ways.
We
can
advance
the
goals
of
clean,
efficient
and
effective
transportation
for
nevadans
and
our
visitors.
Please
don't
hesitate
to
contact
us
if
we
can
be
of
assistance.
We
stand
ready
to
work
with
you,
the
committee
and
everybody
else.
I
have
submitted
a
letter
on
your
on
your
platform
in
order
in
nellis
to
this
effect.
If.
A
A
J
J
And
I'm
the
policy
director
with
the
progressive
leadership
alliance
of
nevada.
We
believe
everyone
has
the
right
to
live
in
a
clean
and
healthy
environment,
regardless
of
their
race,
income
or
immigration
status.
Addressing
our
dependence
as
a
nation,
and
especially
in
nevada
on
an
extractive
economy,
is
central
to
achieving
a
just
transition.
J
Currently
poor
and
marginalized
communities
are
disproportionately
affected
by
pollution
and
climate
change,
while
dirty
fossil
fuels
and
mining
corporations
break
in
millions
in
profits.
Moving
away
from
fossil
fuel
dependence
is
not
only
long
overdue,
but
critical
to
mitigating
the
current
climate
crisis
and
while
electric
vehicles
are
an
important,
our
improvement
from
the
fields
we
use
today.
The
mining
of
lithium
needed
for
their
batteries
harms
our
environment,
rural
and
indigenous
communities.
J
J
I'm
personally
familiar
with
the
difficulties
of
navigating
reno
via
public
transit.
When
I
moved
to
nevada
from
portland
oregon,
I
didn't
actually
have
a
driver's
license
in
portland.
I
could
catch
the
light
rail
of
the
bus
or
the
streetcar
throughout
the
city,
and
they
ran
on
a
schedule
of
every
15
to
30.
I
J
The
bus
by
my
house
in
reno
comes
once
an
hour
as
the
route
is
a
single
bus
that
drives
a
loop
we've
been
making
a
huge
mistake
to
continue
down
this
path
alone,
and
the
safety
of
our
roads
and
air
depend
on
expanding
public
transportation
in
an
equitable
and
ethical
way,
prioritizing
committees
of
color
and
lower
income
communities
that
need
access
to
transit
right
now.
Thank
you.
J
Good
morning,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
christy
cabrera
and
I'm
the
policy
and
advocacy
director
for
the
nevada
conservation
league
we'd
like
to
thank
the
legislature
for
your
leadership
and
commitment
to
addressing
the
climate
crisis.
Today,
you'll
be
hearing
presentations
about
some
of
the
impacts
of
climate
change
in
our
state,
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
some
of
the
actions
we're
taking
to
reduce
them.
The
transportation
sector
continues
to
be
the
number
one
source
of
greenhouse
gas
pollution
in
nevada.
J
We've
taken
action
to
address
emissions
from
the
sector
by
enacting
clean
car
standards,
closing
the
small
loophole
and
investing
in
ev
charging
infrastructure
through
sb
448.
Additionally,
in
march
the
governor
announced
nevada
has
signed
on
to
the
medium
and
heavy
duty
vehicle
mou.
However,
more
work
is
needed
to
further
reduce
emissions
from
this
sector.
We
must
continue
to
pass
policies
that
encourage
consumers,
governments
and
businesses
to
speed
up
the
transition
to
electric
vehicles.
J
This
is
especially
important
in
the
medium
and
heavy
duty
sectors
which
make
up
a
small
fraction
of
vehicles
on
the
road,
but
accounts
for
more
than
60
percent
tailpipe
emissions.
Tackling
the
sector
would
also
provide
significant
benefits
to
historically
underserved
communities
that
are
frequently
located
near
trekking
corridors
and,
as
a
result,
are
disproportionately
affected
by
those
harmful
pollutants.
J
Overall,
our
work
to
address
the
climate
crisis
is
not
done
and
nevada
is
projected
to
fall
short
of
our
emission
reduction
goals.
Reno
and
las
vegas
are
the
two
fastest
forming
cities
in
the
country
and
we're
already
feeling
the
impacts
of
climate
change
across
our
state.
It
will
require
bold
and
aggressive
action
at
all
levels
of
government
to
save
off
the
worst
effects
and
meet
our
climate
goals.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Today.
J
Good
morning
my
name
is
sarah
steinberg.
That's
s
a
r,
a
h
s,
t
e,
I
n,
b
e
r
g
and
I'm
a
policy
principal
with
advanced
energy
economy.
Awe
is
a
multi-technology
industry
association
comprised
of
businesses
dedicated
to
making
the
energy
we
use
secure,
clean
and
affordable
because
we
represent
businesses
working
across
the
energy
spectrum.
We
understandably
have
many
priorities
with
respect
to
how
nevada
spends
new
federal
dollars
coming
from
the
bipartisan
infrastructure.
J
Bill
nevada
has
an
unprecedented
opportunity
to
apply
for
and
distribute
billions
of
dollars
in
federal
funding
to
jumpstart,
critical
energy
and
electric
transportation
projects
that
accelerate
progress
towards
state
goals.
We'd
like
to
call
out
four
buckets
of
available
funding
for
your
attention
today,
which
include
energy
efficiency
and
electrification
to
help
low
and
fixed
income
residents
and
businesses
control
their
energy
costs.
J
Our
electric
vehicle-related
member
companies
stand
ready
to
engage
in
conversations
with
you
all
to
ensure
that
your
dollars
are
stretched
the
furthest
furthest
from
the
most
private
capital
and
create
the
most
overall
economic
benefits
for
drivers,
fleet
managers
and
the
state
at
large.
These
include
jobs,
lifetime
fuel
and
operation
savings
and
growth
state
product
growth.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
today
and
for
your
diligence
and
making
the
most
out
of
the
unique
opportunities
before
you.
A
A
For
many
nevadans
during
the
pandemic,
a
broadband
connection
was
essential
for
school
work
and
health
care,
as
well
as
connecting
to
your
friends
and
family.
So
today
we
will
have
mr
brian
mitchell,
director
of
osit,
who
will
provide
an
overview
of
broadband
and
the
connectivity
in
nevada.
Mr
mitchell,
you
can
begin.
I
I
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today,
I'm
brian
mitchell,
the
director
of
the
office
of
science,
innovation
and
technology
or
the
state
broadband
office,
and
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
today
I'll,
provide
you
with
an
overview
of
some
of
the
state
goals
and
envision
surrounding
broadband,
we'll
talk
about
digital
equity
and
digital
infrastructure,
and
then
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
I
Governor's
broadband
vision
is
universal
access
to
broadband
for
all
nevadans
that
is
affordable,
reliable
and
scalable.
Each
of
those
three
components
are
very
important.
I
You
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
nevadans
are
able
to
afford
their
connection
and-
and
that's
certainly
something
that
I'm
going
to
get
into
in
more
detail
here
in
a
minute
how
we
get
there
we're
going
to
need
a
lot
of
stakeholder
engagement
and
a
lot
of
collaboration
with
with
entities
across
the
state
and
that's
that's
a
process
that
we've
begun
and
we
continue
to
welcome
opportunities
to
engage
with
partners
both
in
the
private
sector,
in
the
nonprofit
sector
and
and
in
with
our
partners
in
local
and
municipal
government.
I
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
funding
as
well
and
we'll
certainly
gonna
need
an
efficient
and
a
very
efficient
use
of
funds
and
and
to
stretch
the
dollars
as
as
far
as
possible
in
order
to
meet
our
universal
access
goal.
And
then,
finally,
I
think
you'll,
what
you'll
see
from
us
are
we'll
have
a
focus
on
making
long-term
investments
in
broadband.
We
don't
want
to
end
up
in
the
same
situation
as
we
were
during
the
pandemic,
and
so
the
investments
that
we
make.
I
We
want
them
to
be
long-term
assets
that
the
state
will
have
access
to
and
that
our
citizens
will
have
access
to
as
well
as
we
as
we
work
to
improve
internet
access
for
everyone
in
the
in
the
state
broadband
connectivity
strategy
that
the
chair
mentioned.
We,
in
addition
to
our
focus
on
universal
access.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
every
student
has
access
to
the
internet
for
for
digital
learning
and
both
in
the
classroom
and
at
home.
I
I
We
want
to
make
our
broadband
infrastructure
and
economic
and
workforce
development
asset
for
the
state
so
that,
when
our
economic
development
agencies
recruit
companies
to
either
expand
or
relocate
to
the
state
that
they're
able
to
that,
we
have
the
infrastructure
in
place
that
is
needed
in
the
modern
economy
and
then
finally
ensuring
that
digital
equity
inclusion
is
our
north
star
in
in
all
of
the
investments
that
we
make
some
of
the
challenges.
I
I
was
asked
to
speak
about
the
challenges
that
we
have
in
the
state
and
certainly
geographically
we're
at
a
disadvantage
when
we
are
compared
to
some
of
our
other,
some
of
the
other
states
in
the
country
like
iowa
or
kansas,
that
are
relatively
flat
and
have
a
nice
rich,
smooth,
soil,
the
soil
and
the
topography
and
then
they're
difficult.
I
We
have
rocky
soil,
we
have
mountains
that
we
need
to
either
go
around
or
through,
and
that
drives
up
the
cost
of
building
infrastructure,
and
another
challenge
that
we
have
is
that
84
of
the
data
is
owned
by
the
blm
and
so
the
permitting
processes
I
can
often
times
take
quite
a
while
and
delay
projects.
I
I
I
If
you
don't
have
access
to
a
computer
or-
or
you
can't
afford
your
internet
connection,
then
you're
just
as
unconnected
as
you
would
be.
If
you
lived
in
the
most
remote
parts
of
the
state,
I
want
to
start
by
talking
about
a
few
definitions,
just
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
on
the
same
page-
and
I
know
it's-
it
can
be
tedious
when,
when
someone
reads
their
slides,
but
I
I
do
wanna
read
what
the
what
these
definitions
are.
I
So
digital
equity
is
the
condition
which
individuals
and
communities
have
the
information
technology
capacity
that
is
needed
for
full
participation
in
society
and
the
economy
of
the
united
states,
whereas
digital
inclusion
are
the
activities
that
are
necessary
to
ensure
digital
equity,
and
so
digital
equity
can
be
the
kind
of
determined
the.
What
and
the
digital
inclusion
can
be
trimmed,
and
this
language
is
lifted
directly
from
the
digital
equity
act
that
was
included
in
the
infrastructure.
Investment
act
that
was
passed
by
congress
and
signed
by
the
president
last
fall.
I
The
specific
covered
populations
that
are
called
out
and
belong
are
individuals
that
are
one
living
in
poverty.
Two
that
are
members
of
racial
or
ethnic
minority
groups.
Three
reside
in
a
rural
area,
four
have
a
language
barrier,
five
are
aging
individuals,
six
are
individuals
with
disabilities,
seven
are
incarcerated,
individuals,
eight
and
finally,
eight
are
that
are
veterans.
I
So
when
we
talk
about
digital
equity
and
and
the
plans
that
we
will
make
in
the
state,
these
are
the
populations
that
we
will
be
focused
on
in
terms
of
ensuring
that
we
have
the
digital
inclusion
strategies
in
order
to
achieve
digital
equity
for
for
our
for
the
residents
of
the
data,
so
the
needs
for
digital
equity
can
be
summed
up
very
briefly
as
having
affordable
home
broadband,
that
families
and
households
can
access
having
an
appropriate
connected
device
that
allows
you
to
navigate
the
internet
and
use
it
in
a
way
that
is
productive
and
finally,
digital
literacy,
which
is
understanding
how
to
use
the
internet,
how
to
be
safe,
online
and
and
awareness.
I
When
we
talk
about
an
appropriate
device,
as
you
all
know,
it
can
be
very
difficult
to
do
your
homework
on
a
cell
phone
and
many
in
our
low-income
communities.
You
know,
maybe
are
marginally
connected
to
the
internet
because
they
have
a
a
cell
phone
plan
with
a
prepaid
plan.
But
you
know
we
want
to
ensure
that
that
you
know
that
our
students
and
that
people
who
are
accessing
healthcare
or
or
other
services
online
are
able
to
do
so
on
a
on
a
device.
I
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
funding
that's
available,
and
so
how
do
we?
You
know?
How
do
we
achieve
digital
equity?
How
do
we?
How
are
we
going
to
go
about
and
do
this,
the
infrastructure,
investment
and
jobs
act?
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
focus
on
the
infrastructure,
the
hard
infrastructure
part
of
that,
but
there's
also
infrastructure,
funding
for
affordability
and
digital
equity
programming.
So
I'll
talk
about
two
different
programs
here
for
you.
I
The
first
is
the
affordability,
the
affordable
connectivity
program
and
then
the
second
is
the
digital
equity
act,
and
there
was
a
significant
funding
that
congress
set
aside
of
for
these
two
programs.
I
Let's
first
talk
about
the
affordable
connectivity
program.
This
is
a
benefit
program
or
a
subsidy
program
for
individuals
who
qualify
and
what
the
benefit
is.
Is
they
receive
thirty
dollars
a
month
discount
on
their
broadband
service
or
the
associated
equipment?
Rentals.
The
benefit
is
higher
in
tribal
lands.
It's
up
to
seventy
five
dollars
and
there
there's
also
the
possibility
of
securing
a
one-time
discount
for
a
connected
device
such
as
a
laptop
or
a
desktop
or
a
tablet.
I
The
eligibility
for
the
program,
the
iija,
increased
the
eligibility
threshold
to
200
of
the
federal
poverty
pipeline,
so
anyone
200
percent
of
a
lower
living
in
a
household
that
meets
that
that
standard
would
qualify
for
the
the
program
automatic
eligibility
if,
if
a
member
of
a
household
is
is,
is
participating
in
the
snap
or
medicaid
or
housing
assistance
or
some
of
the
other
programs
listed
there,
they
would
also
be,
if
they're,
if
you're,
able
to
prove
that
you
are
receiving
those
services,
it
was
for
the
aura
for
participating
in
those
programs.
I
Then
you
would
automatically
be
eligible
for
for
the
affordable
connectivity
program.
Getting
people
signed
up
for
the
program
and
and
enrolling
households
that
are
eligible
is
is
the
you
know
is,
is
a
big
challenge
and
and
one
that
we
are
actively
working
on
as
a
state
as
a
whole.
We've
signed
up
33
of
eligible
households
across
the
state.
I'd
like
to
give
a
specific
shout
out
to
the
folks
in
clark
county
who
are
leading
the
state
with
a
39
total
enrollment
rate
of
eligible
households.
I
Enrollment
in
rural
areas
lags
behind
the
rest
of
the
state.
Generally,
the
white
house,
just
earlier
this
week
on
monday,
announced
a
new
initiative
and
the
president
and
the
vice
president
had
a
rose
garden
ceremony
too,
to
announce
an
initiative
to
help
get
people
signed
up
for
the
affordable
connectivity
program.
I
If
folks
go
to
that
website,
they
will
be
able
to
find
information
on
how
to
enroll
in
this
program,
and
we
I
you
know-
I
want
to
first
thank
the
the
administration
for
for
all
of
their
efforts
and
in
helping
to
move
this
to
move
this
forward
and
to
get
people
signed
up
for
the
internet.
I
I
also
don't
want
to
steal
the
funder
of
any
of
the
of
my
fellow
presenters
that
will
be
presenting
afterward,
but
the
white
house
secured
the
commitments
of
20
companies
that
will
that
have
offered
to
lower
their
prices
and
increase
their
speeds,
so
that
particip
families
that
are
that
meet
the
eligibility
requirements
for
the
affordable
connectivity
program
will
be
able
to
enroll
in
the
program
at
a
price
of
thirty
dollars
a
month
for
their
internet.
I
So
what
that
adds
up
to
or
what
that
means
is
that
the
families
that
qualify
will
have
no
out
of
pocket
costs
for
their
internet
service
through
these
participating
companies,
and
so
I'd
just
like
to
take
this
moment
to
publicly
thank
the
the
companies
that
will
be
presenting
thereafter
for
participating
in
the
white
house
program
and
helping
us
to
close
our
digital
divide
without
without
the
without
our
or
without
our
partners.
In
the
in
the
internet
service
provider
community.
We
wouldn't
be
able
to
do
this.
I
The
next
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
digital
equity
act.
The
digital
equity
act
is
a
is
a
2.75
billion
dollar
pot
of
money
that
is
available
for
efforts
to
close
the
digital
divide
and
achieve
that
digital
equity.
I
The
digital
equity
act
is
divided
up
into
three
three
different
components.
The
first
step
and
what's
very
exciting
for
us-
is
that
is
that
later
this
week
or
or
the
beginning
of
next
week.
So
within
a
week,
the
ntia
that
manages
this
program
is
releasing
the
notice
of
funding
opportunity
for
this
funding
and,
and
that
will
allow
the
state
starting
in
june,
to
be
able
to
begin
so
there's
three
components
to
the
digital
equity
act.
The
first
is
a
state
planning
grant
all
states
in
order
to
receive
their
state
capacity.
I
Grant
funding
will
be
required
to
put
together
a
statewide
digital
equity
plan
and
have
that
approved
by
the
by
the
mtia.
The
plan
has
a
couple
of
different
elements
that
I'll
go
over
with
you.
The
first
is,
it
will
will
be
asked
to
identify
barriers
in
the
state
to
digital
equity.
I
The
second
thing
is
to
establish
measurable
objectives
for
promoting
access
and
availability
of
digital
equity
and
digital
literacy
resources
to
the
balance,
we'll
also
be
required
to
put
together
an
assessment
of
how
we
will
achieve
those
objectives
and
how
those
objectives
will
impact
other
state
goals
in
things
like
economic
workforce,
development,
education,
health
care,
civic
and
social
engagement
and
and
the
delivery
of
essential
services
we'll
be
required
to
put
together
a
description
of
how
the
state
and
how
oseg
will
collaborate
with
key
stakeholders
in
the
delivery
of
programming
that
supports
digital
equity
and
then,
finally,
we'll
have
to
put
together
a
list
of
the
organizations
who
collaborated
with
us
in
developing
the
plan.
I
We're
really
excited
to
get
to
work
on
on
this
and
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you
and
with
other
interested
parties
throughout
the
state.
In
the
development
of
the
plan.
Once
we've
submitted
our
plan,
the
ntia
will
begin
to
allocate
the
1.44
billion
dollars
to
states
on
a
formula
basis.
That
formula
is
based
on
the
number
of
households
in
the
state
that
meet
the
well.
That
are
one
of
the
covered
populations
that
I
talked
about
earlier.
I
So
nevada
will
get
a
formula
share
of
the
state
capacity
grant
program,
and
that
is
the
money
that
we'll
use
to
then
implement
the
program.
The
way
I
without
having
seen
the
the
notice
of
funding
opportunities.
I
The
way
I
see
this
working
in
the
state
is
that,
rather
than
having
state
programming
that
that
we
develop
and
administer,
we
would
much
rather
partner
with
local
entities,
local
nonprofits
or
organizations
that
already
have
relationships
with
the
covered
populations,
and
can
we
can
have
build
capacity
in
local
actors
to
and
partners
to
be
able
to
deliver
services.
I
One
example
might
be
partnering
with
a
local
library
or
local
senior
center
to
deliver
digital
literacy
training.
You
know
how
to
turn
your
computer
on
how
to
turn
your
wi-fi
on
how
to
bring
up
facebook
so
that
you
can
chat
with
your
grandkids.
You
know
how
to
how
to
use
the
internet
to
apply
for
a
job
and
participate
in
the
workforce
training
program,
for
example.
Those
are
those
are
different.
I
You
know
we
could
fund
digital
navigators
with
this
with
this
funding,
so
the
bottom
line
is
we'll
we'll
we
will,
in
partnership
with
the
community,
develop
different
strategies
and
then
administer
a
competitive
grant
program
with
those
funds
separate
from
that
you'll
see
on
the
right
hand,
side
of
the
screen
there's
a
1.25
billion
pot
of
money.
It's
a
competitive
grant
program
that
the
state
and
osep
will
not
be
eligible
for,
and
this
will
be,
and
so
different
community
entities
in
across
the
country
will
submit
applications
for
programming.
I
For
this,
one
of
the
things
we
want
to
do
with
our
state
capacity
grant
dollars
is
provide
assistance
to
community
partners
throughout
nevada
to
be
able
to
go
after
these
competitive
grant
dollars.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
nevada
receives
its
fair
share
of
the
dollars
and
that
our
communities
are
able
to
draw
down
additional
funding
that
they
need
for
digital
literacy.
I
On
the
infrastructure
side,
we
have
needs
throughout
the
state
for
last
mile
infrastructure,
for
middle
mile
infrastructure
and
for
infrastructure,
both
the
community
and
institutions.
I
Last
mile
infrastructure
can
be
compared
to
you
know
the
neighborhood
roads
that
connect
homes
and
houses
to
bigger
networks.
The
middle
mile
infrastructure
is,
are
the
state
highways
that
connect
cities
together
in
broadband
terminology?
I
When
we
look
at
the
the
estimated
needs
that
we
have
in
the
state
versus
the
funding,
we
get
you'll,
see
that
there's
a
there's
a
shortfall,
and
I
realize
that
this
slide
is
kind
of
hard
to
read.
I
But
let
me
let
me
explain
to
you
what
you're
looking
at
the
blue
line
that
you'll
see
here
on
every
state
is
an
estimation
of
the
the
amount
of
need
that
we
have
in
the
state
for
for
connectivity
how
much
money
we
would
need
in
order
to
deliver
a
better
connectivity
solution
to
each
location
in
the
state.
The
orange
line
is
an
estimation
of
how
much
money
we
are
going
to
receive
from
the
federal
government,
and
so
the
gray
line,
then,
is
the
delta.
I
If
it's
above
the
line,
where
we'll
get
more
than
what
we
need
and
if
it's
below
the
line,
then
we'll
get
less
so
as
you
can
see
nevada,
we
we're
going
to
have
to
be
very
efficient
and
very
smart
in
our
allocation
of
funds
in
order
to
ensure
that
we
meet
our
universal
access
goals.
And
so
let
me
lay
out
for
you
what
our
plans
are
in
that
regard
phase.
One
of
the
of
what
we're
calling
the
high-speed
nevada
initiative
involves.
I
The
use
of
american
rescue
plans,
state
fiscal
recovery
dollars
for
broadband,
the
as
we
examined
the
the
rules
and
regulations
surrounding
state
fiscal
recovery
dollars
and
compared
those
with
other
pots
of
money
that
the
state
would
get.
We
determined
that
the
best
use
of
funds
for
for
these
dollars
would
be
to
build
fiber
to
community
anchor
institutions
and
state
government
facilities
throughout
the
state
that
aren't
connected
to
fiber.
Now,
here's
the
list
of
state
government
facilities
that
we
proposed
and
was
approved
by
the
interim
finance
committee.
I
Last
month,
we've
identified
223
different
state
facilities
that
are
in
nearly
every
community
in
the
state
that
will
that
we
will
build
fiber
to,
as
you
can
see,
our
total
article
request
is
93
million
dollars
and
or
the
amount
of
money
we
plan
to
spend
on
this
from
the
from
the
state.
I
Fiscal
recovery
fund
is
93
million
dollars,
and
but
the
total
cost
of
the
project
is
181
million
dollars
and
by
focusing
on
first
on
community
facilities,
we'll
be
able
to
leverage
nearly
100
million
dollars
or
nearly
one-to-one
match
in
terms
of
other
federal
programs
that
we'll
be
able
to
draw
down
funding
from
in
order
to
connect
these
facilities.
I
So
as
we
look
at
the
at
how
our
phase
one
will
benefit
community
connectivity,
you
know,
aside
from
leveraging
nearly
100
million
dollars
in
additional
funding
for
broadband,
starting
with
community
institutions
in
unserved
communities
will
help
attract
providers
to
unserved
markets,
we'll
we'll
be
able
to
have
improved
government
services
and
again
we'll
be
able
to
build
fiber
into
nearly
every
community
in
the
state
and,
as
we
build
fiber
into
every
community
in
the
state,
we'll
be
then
be
able
to
use
additional
funding
from
the
federal
government
to
then
take
care
of
the
last
mile
needs
in
that
community.
I
So
what
I
just
described
then
makes
up
phase
two
of
our
of
the
high-speed
nevada
initiative,
which
is
the
use
of
infrastructure,
investment
and
jobs
act
for
last
mile
connectivity
in
communities,
there's
42
and
a
half
billion
dollars
in
broadband
formula.
I
Grants
to
state
in
a
in
a
part
of
money
known
as
the
bead
fund
and
the
feed
fund
program
priorities
are
that
we
first
serve
unserved
locations
which
are
less
than
25
megabytes
per
second
download
three
megabits
per
second
upload,
followed
by
unsurf
locations
and
then
community
anchor
institutions.
I
I
The
ntia
has
put
out
a
very
handy,
37-step
flowchart,
for
how
these
funds
will
work.
I
won't
bore
you
with
it,
but
the
bottom
line
is
is
that
we
have
a
number
of
different
steps
that
we'll
have
to
take
in
order
to
plan
and
submit
proposals
to
the
mtia
for
funding
and
then
once
those
are
approved,
we'll
be
able
to
start
construction.
I
I
Osit
has
established
broadband
action
teams
in
nearly
every
county
and
we're
working
with
county
leadership.
In
every
county,
in
order
to
meet
their
meet
their
individual
needs,
so
the
state
will
then
us
kind
of
set
the
parameters
for
a
grant
process
and
then
seek
approval
from
seek
federal
approval
for
our
local
projects,
and
then
we
will
distribute
the
funds
and
assist
with
project
implementation.
I
I
Certainly
we
you
know,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
you
know
putting
money
into
areas
where
federal
money
is
already
building
infrastructure
and
that
those
who
have
already
won
funds
are
are
deploying
and
and
needing
their
milestones.
I
I
I
Then,
once
communities
have
prioritized
their
needs,
we
will
assist
the
broadband
action
teams
in
soliciting
partnerships
from
service
providers
to
meet
those
needs
in
a
fair,
open,
competitive
and
mutual
manner,
and
weidosa
will
prescribe
to
our
broadband
action
teams.
What
that
looks
like
to
ensure
that
every
provider
that
wants
to
has
a
has
a
open
and
competitive
opportunity
to
to
serve
the
needs
that
have
been
identified
in
the
communities
once
a
once,
a
county
or
a
broadband
action
team
has
selected
their
partner.
A
I
do
have
just
one
question
for
you
back
on
the
affordability
of
the
connectivity
program.
He
said
in
clark
county.
There
were
39
percent
of
folks
that
were
able
to
get
connected.
What
can
we
do
to
increase
the
numbers
statewide
to
increase
the
participation?
What
do
you
feel
that
we're
not
doing
that?
We
should
be
doing,
should
be
doing
more
of
or
what
are
we
doing?
That's
not
working.
Could
you
just
expand
on
that?
A
little
for
me.
I
Thank
you
for
the
question
brian
mitchell,
for
the
record.
I
think
this
is
this
is
one
of
the
you
know
one
of
our
most
important
priorities,
but
it's
also
one
of
the
the
toughest
things
to
figure
out
how
to
do
the
so
yeah
just
to
be
clear.
The
39
of
eligible
households
have
already
enrolled
in
the
program
and
are
receiving
services
from
from
their
provider
for
receiving
that
that
subsidy
on
there
on
their
monthly
internet
bill.
I
I
think
they're,
I
would
say
probably
two
things
at
least
initially
come
to
mind
in
terms
of
things
that
we
can
be
doing
better
number
one
as
we
as
we
receive
funding
in
order
to
build
out
our
digital
equity
plan.
One
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
do
is
begin
to
have
more
in-depth
conversations
with
individual
communities
throughout
the
state
to
understand
what
their
needs
are
and
what
why
they,
why?
I
They,
you
know
whether
they
know
that
this
program
exists
and
whether
they
might
be
you
know,
perhaps
what
their
hesitancy
is.
If
they
do
know,
it
exists,
why
they
might
not
wish
to
apply
the,
and
so
I
I
think
you
know.
First
thing
we
need
to
do,
is
listen
and
and
try
to
understand,
what's
going
on
in
individual
communities
and
and
then
and
then
work
with
those
communities
to
develop
strategies
to
to
help
people
to
be
able
to
enroll.
I
The
second
thing
I
think
we
can
do
is
as
a
state.
I
think
we
can
be
a
lot
more
organized
there's.
You
know,
there's
already
a
lot
of
organizations
out
there.
Social
service
organizations
at
the
state
at
the
county
level
that
provide
different
services
and
people
go
in,
for
example,
to
apply
for
web
funding
or
they
go
in
for
unemployment
funding
or
they
go.
I
You
know
to
sign
up,
you
know
for
any
number
of
of
these
programs,
and
so
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
to
ensure
that
that
the
the
folks
that
are
already
working
with
at
the
state
and
local
levels
are
including
this
as
the
affordable
connectivity
program
is
something
additional
that
that
we
can,
that
we
can
help
people
get
signed
up
for
so
that
that's
where
I
would
start.
I
But
I
think
we
can
come
back
to
you
in
a
couple
of
months
with
some
better
answers.
Once
we've
had
more
conversations
with
the
people
in
communities.
I
We've
thank
you
for
the
question.
I'm
chair
brian
mitchell,
again
for
the
record
we've
distributed
information
and
flyers
and
to
to
the
different
departments
in
the
state,
and
we've
also
had
some
initial
outreach
with
our
partners
in
local
government
and
and
have
distributed
information.
I
You
know
one
pagers
information
about
the
website
and
how
to
sign
up,
and
so
I
I
think,
we've
begun
those
conversations,
and
we
need
to
continue
to
do
that
to
ensure
that
every
everyone
who
works
in
the
front
lines
so
to
speak
is
is
aware
of
the
programs
and
is
able
to
make
them
able
to
make
them
available.
It
becomes
part
of
their
routine
in
terms
of
when
they
make
an
assessment
on
the
family
that
comes
in
for
services,
that
this
is
something
that
they
need
to
include
in
that
assessment.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Mr
mitchell,
I
I
know
we've
talked
about
this
in
the
past
and
I
probably.
K
H
Federal
government-
I
think
one
of
the
questions
I
asked
you
weeks
ago
was
the
you
know.
One
of
the
things
you're
going
to
assist
the
local
communities
is
with
making
sure
that
they
that
they
abide
by
the
federal
rules.
The
rules
have
come
out
or
have
they
not
come
out
and
if
they
haven't,
when
are
you
expecting
them,
but
it
sounded
like
they?
I
don't
know.
I
don't
know
what
to
expect.
Actually
I
don't
know
if
the
rules
will
come
out
now,
but
if
they
have,
let
me
let
me
know
please.
I
Senator
commander
ryan
mitchell
for
the
record,
the
rules
for
these
programs.
Well,
let
me
back
up
the
the
rules
for
the
funding
for
the
state
fiscal
recovery
fund
dollars
in
the
in
the
from
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
I
Those
have
come
out
for
the
infrastructure,
investment
and
jobs
act,
which
will
be
the
largest
sum
of
money
both
for
infrastructure
as
well
as
digital
equity.
Those
rules
are
not
out
yet,
but
we
expect
them
out
within
the
week.
So
this
is
kind
of
an
exciting
time
for
us.
I
It'll
take
us
a
little
while
to
digest
those,
but
certainly
we
plan
on
providing
technical
assistance
to
local
communities
as
they
apply
for
funding
to
make
sure
that
you
know
both
what
the
what
they
what
they
apply
for
is
within
the
rules
that
have
been
provided
and
also
that
we
are
able
to
report
and
and
take
care
of
all
the
reporting
and
auditing.
K
Requirements
to
happen.
Thank
you,
mr
mitchell.
That's
exactly
what
I
was
wondering
because
that
the
conversation
we
had
was
you
know.
When
will
those
rules
come
out
and
you
thought
it
would
be
around
may
so
I
think
you
were
right.
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
I
know
that
that
the
federal
funding
that
that
for
broadband
to
the
states
came
with
a
a
suggestion
that
that
urged
the
states
to
use
project
labor
agreements
in
those
construction
projects
to
build
out
the
broadband
system.
What
what
is
the
state
of
nevada
doing
and
what
is
your
office
doing,
to
comply
with
the
guidance
that
was
given
by
the
federal
government
to
do
that?.
I
The
governor
intends
to
follow
the
spirit
of
the
law
and
have
a
strong
focus
on
hiring
nevadans
to
do
the
work,
so
nevada
jobs
for
nevada
workers,
and
you
know
the
focus
that
we
have
will
be
on
having
high
quality
work
and
high
quality
high
quality
standards
for
the
for
these
projects,
ensuring
that
the
projects
are
built
on
budget
and
on
time
and
using
local
labor
whenever
possible.
I
The
so
the
just
to
be
clear,
the
brian
mitchell
again
for
the
record,
the
the
federal
rules
surrounding
the
state
fiscal
recovery
fund
of
the
of
arkham
in
the
in
the
rules.
There
is
there's
an
encouragement
for
states
to
use
project,
labor
agreements
and
and
when
I
said
that
the
governor
intended
to
follow
the
spirit
of
the
law.
That
is
what
I
that's
where
I
addressed.
That.
A
Okay,
seeing
none
mr
mitchell
I'd
like
to
thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
here
today
enjoy
the
remainder
of
your
day,
all
right
that
moves
us
on
to
our
next
agenda.
Item
agenda.
Item
number
five:
it
discusses
the
issues
and
challenges
faced
by
some
of
our
larger
broadband
providers
during
the
covet
19
pandemic,
as
well
as
expanding
coverage
for
consumers
in
nevada.
A
As
I
mentioned,
nevada's
nevadans
without
broadband
connection
during
the
pandemic,
were
often
isolated
and
without
the
support
from
schools,
work
and
their
social
networks
oftentimes,
this
occurred
in
our
most
vulnerable
and
disadvantaged
communities
across
the
state.
Access
to
affordable
and
reliable
broadband
service
is
important,
as
our
state
continues
to
recover
from
this
pandemic.
A
There
will
be
available
for
questions,
and
I
know
we
have
some
other
providers
that
are
in
the
audience
and
if
you
members
have
questions
of
them,
you
may
ask
that
as
well.
So
this
time
I'll
ask
all
three
of
the
representatives
to
come
up
to
the
table.
There
should
be
enough
chairs,
please
let
me
know
if
there
are
not,
we
can.
H
H
H
Our
mark's.
Our
remarks
today
will
be
brief,
but
before
we
get
into
the
details
of
our
efforts
surrounding
bridgetting,
bridging
the
digital
divide
and
response
to
coven
19,
I
wanted
to
provide
just
some
brief
background
on
a
t
in
nevada,
18
and
its
predecessors
have
operated
in
nevada.
For
more
than
a
century,
we
proudly
employ
nearly
800
nevadans,
of
which
approximately
60
are
represented
by
the
communications
workers
of
america
and
more
than
100
att
employees.
I'm
sorry,
retirees
call
nevada
their
home.
H
Every
single
day
of
the
year
in
2021,
we
made
nearly
250
network
upgrades
in
nevada,
including
new
cell
sites,
addition
of
wireless
and
wired
network
capacity
and
broadband
connections.
We
operate
more
than
260
000
miles
of
fiber
in
this
state
and
more
than
twenty
nevada.
Public
safety
agencies
and
organizations
are
staying
connected
today
with
firstnet
built
by
atnt.
H
We're
also
proud
to
be
a
model
community
partner
where
our
employees
and
customers
live
and
work
between
2018
and
2020.
At
t,
the
att
foundation
and
our
employees
have
donated
more
than
1.7
million
dollars
to
charitable
organizations
in
nevada
and
in
2020
our
nevada-based
employees
gave
more
than
2
200
hours
of
service
to
community
outreach
activities
and
I'm
proud
to
share
some
information
with
you
regarding
our
coveted
response
efforts
during
the
pandemic,
our
flagship
broadband
offer
for
low-income
households
is
access
from
at
t
it
launched
in
2016
four
full
years
before
the
pandemic
started.
H
This
voluntary
offer
from
att
provides
high-speed
internet
access
to
low-income
households
for
a
cost
of
between
five
and
ten
dollars
per
month,
depending
on
the
speeds
available
at
the
location
and
that's
within
our
wireline
footprint.
Only
much
of
northern
nevada
is
our
wireline
footprint
as
well
as
parump
during
the
pandemic.
In
addition
to
qualifying
households
for
our
program
that
received
snap
benefits,
we
expanded
the
program
to
allow
for
other
qualifying
participation
mechanisms
such
as
the
national
school
lunch
program
head
start
program
and
household
income
based
on
the
percentage
of
federal
poverty
guidelines.
H
The
program
provided
high-speed
internet
service
with
no
term
commitments,
no
contracts,
no
deposits,
no
installation
fees,
no
equipment,
rental
fees,
no
credit
check
and
no
credit
card
during
the
epidemic.
We
also
waived
all
data
over
its
charges
for
these
proof.
This
program,
giving
clients
unlimited
data
and
chair
to
your
point
earlier,
I'm
especially
proud
of
a
partnership
that
we've
developed
to
raise
awareness
of
our
offering
the
access
program.
H
Att
has
partnered
with
a
food
bank
in
northern
nevada,
where
they
employ
six
full-time
individuals
that
do
nothing
but
conduct
snap
outreach.
Five
days
a
week,
these
employees
visit
community
centers
family
resource
centers
senior,
centers
food
distribution
points
throughout
northern
nevada
for
the
purpose
of
qualifying
individuals
for
snap
benefits,
while
conducting
their
outreach.
The
food
bank
employees
also
provide
literature
for
our
access
offering
for
low-income
households
and
because
snap
participation
is
one
way
to
qualify
for
the
access
offering.
The
partnership
makes
perfect
sense.
H
As
mr
mitchell
mentioned,
the
acp
provides
a
subsidy
of
up
to
30
dollars
per
month
per
household
for
internet
connectivity
or
75
dollars
per
month
for
those
on
tribal
lands
and
we're
proud
to
partner
in
that
program,
and
so,
in
addition
to
the
previously
mentioned,
offering
that
we
had
for
five
or
ten
dollars
a
month,
we
launched
a
30
monthly
plan
that
provides
all
of
the
features
and
benefits
I
mentioned
previously,
but
speeds
of
up
to
100
megabits
per
second
and
no
data
caps
or
unlimited
data
usage.
H
Households
can
qualify
for
the
affordable
care,
affordable
connectivity
plan
by
meeting
just
one
of
the
following
criteria:
200
percent
or
less
of
the
federal
poverty
guideline
or
participation
in
any
one
of
these
programs:
supplemental
nutrition
assistance
program
or
snap,
formerly
known
as
food
stamps;
supplemental,
I'm
sorry,
special
supplemental
nutrition
program
for
women,
infants
and
children
or
wic
medicaid
ssi,
which
is
supplemental
security,
income,
federal
public
housing
assistance
and
important
to
senator
spearman
veterans.
Pension
and
survivor
benefits.
H
The
national
school
lunch
program,
federal
pell,
grant
recipients,
households
that
qualify
for
lifeline
and
numerous
tribal
assistance
program,
including
head
start,
temporary
assistance
to
needy
families
and
others,
and
what's
important
to
understand
about
these
two
programs
and
how
they
operate
together.
Is
that
if
you
qualify
for
the
affordable
care
program
or
I'm
sorry,
the
affordable
connectivity
program,
you
automatically
qualify
for
our
low-income
broadband
offering
and
the
same
in
reverse
if
you
qualify
for
our
low-income
broadband
offering
you're
automatically
qualified
for
the
acp,
so
I
trust
you'll
agree
with
the
30
subsidy.
H
You
can
get
100
megabits
per
second
for
no
out-of-pocket
expense
per
month
and
that's
a
pretty
hard
offer
to
beat.
The
next
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
regarding
our
pandemic
response
is
att.
Was
a
member
of
the
connecting
kids
task
force
created
by
governor
sisilak
and
shared
by
the
very
capable
elaine
nguyen
both
mr
cecedo
and
I
participated
in
the
task
force
activities
and
on
january
5th,
2021.
H
M
The
offer
also
included
a
summer
suspend
program
which
allowed
the
customer
to
suspend
their
service
during
the
summer
when
school
was
likely
out
at
no
additional
cost.
On
a
personal
point
of
pride
and
privilege,
I
would
also
like
to
highlight
the
at
t.
Food
heroes
program
at
t
has
a
long-standing
partnership
with
the
city
of
las
vegas
through
the
believe
las
vegas
initiative
due
to
att's
inquiry
to
offer
support
during
this
critical
time
of
need.
M
M
Att
also
made
contributions
to
nevada,
state
college
and
csn
to
their
student,
coveted
relief
funds.
We've
supported
these
institutions
for
many
years,
so
it
was
a
source
of
pride
and
privilege
for
us
to
do
so
during
this
critical
time
of
need.
I'm
now
going
to
turn
the
presentation
back
over
to
my
colleague,
randy
brown.
To
conclude,.
H
Thank
you
in
conclusion,
as
we
wrap
up,
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
at
t
is
committed
to
bridging
the
digital
divide.
H
Today,
an
estimated
42
million
americans
don't
have
broadband
internet
access
at
home
and
we
believe
in
internet
access
for
all
and
have
pledged
two
billion
dollars
from
2021
to
2023
to
help
close
the
digital
divide
by
promoting
broadband
affordability,
availability
and
adoption.
While
broadband
availability
is
a
key
component,
as
you
heard
earlier,
it's
not
alone.
H
The
public
and
private
sectors
both
have
key
roles
to
play
in
bringing
broadband
to
all
americans
in
ways
that
are
affordable,
accessible
and
sustainable
through
a
mix
of
public
subsidies
and
smart
policies
that
encourage
new
infrastructure
investment
in
unserved,
primarily
rural
areas.
We
believe
the
gap
can
be
closed.
We
stand
ready,
willing
and
able
to
work
with
states
and
municipalities
to
deploy
broadband
to
unserve
communities
while
recognizing
there
is
no
one-size-fits-all.
H
A
Thank
you,
mr
brown.
Thank
you,
mr
celcido,
for
the
presentation.
Members.
As
I
said,
we'll
hold
our
questions
until
all
of
the
presenters
are
finished.
Next
up
we'll
have
charter
communications
and
we
have
present
name
is
carrie
askew,
ask
you
bailey
who's.
The
group
vice
president
and
state
government
affairs
with
west
charter
communications
and
she
may
be
joined
at
the
table,
miss
shelley
cabrero's
in
the
room.
C
Is
yours?
Well,
thank
you,
madam
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
committee.
As
noted,
my
name
is
carrie
askew
bailey
and
I
serve
as
charter
communications
group
vice
president
of
state
government
affairs
in
the
west
region,
which
is
a
mouthful
it's
an
honor
to
be
here
today,
and
we
are
testing
the
limits
of
my
technological
capabilities,
trying
to
run
a
powerpoint
and
take
a
look
at
my
speaking
notes.
So
I
thought
I
would
begin
just
with
some
some
quick
kind
of
the
good
news.
C
If
you
will
on
how
far
we
actually
have
come
in
terms
of
the
broadband
picture.
According
to
our
national
association,
we
are
what
is
called
a
cable
mso,
isp
internet
provider,
and
so
our
national
association
has
estimated
that
about
98
of
households
do
currently
have
access
in
the
u.s.
Only
about
84,
however,
have
adopted
service,
so
you
can
see,
there's
sort
of
a
gap
and
a
delta
there
that
may
be
informative
as
we
move
forward.
C
Unquestionably,
the
pandemic
has
changed
a
lot
and
just
from
our
industry's
perspective,
we
have
seen
a
very
dramatic
jump,
obviously
in
usage,
and
that
happened
almost
immediately
as
folks
were
sent
home
to
work
and
and
and
learn
and
communicate
with
one
another.
I
will
say
we
are
proud
of
how
our
network
withstood
that
stress
test.
We
thought
it
would.
We
thought
it
was
scalable.
We
thought
it
could
withstand
that
type
of
increase
in
activity
and
we're
very
proud
to
say
that
it
did.
C
That
means
you
can
see
that
back
in
2009
it
it
cost
our
customers,
almost
nine
dollars,
a
megabit
for
the
service
that
they
subscribed
to
and
now
we're
down
to
about
37
cents
per
megabit.
So
we
think
we've
managed
the
increase
in
usage.
We've
done
it,
we
would
argue
as
well
as,
if
not
better
than
some
other
folks
who
are
pride,
providing
very
vital
goods
and
services.
C
So
now
just
a
snapshot
about
our
company.
Generally.
Most
of
you
may
know
us
more
familiarly
as
spectrum,
which
is
our
brand
name
in
the
marketplace.
Nationally
we
operate
in
41
states.
We
have
more
than
32
million
customers
more
than
93
000
employees
very
proud
to
say
about
50
percent
of
our
employees
identify
as
a
person
of
color
about
10
percent,
identify
with
some
sort
of
military
affiliation.
C
We
did
recently
as
a
company
get
to
a
20
company
minimum
wage
across
all
categories
of
our
employment
and
I'm
very
proud
to
say
that
spectrum
internet
was
ranked
number
one
in
rural
internet
service
in
the
u.s
news
and
world
report.
2021
22
best
rural
internet
service
providers
rankings-
and
there
will
be
a
test
on
that
later.
C
Here
in
nevada,
we
have
about
214
000
customers.
We
do
have
298
so
around
300
employees
and
we
serve
14
communities
in
northern
nevada.
Our
largest
employment
centers
are
located
in
reno
gardnerville
and
sparks
in
2021.
Our
company
expanded
our
network
to
reach
an
additional
7,
000
homes
and
small
businesses.
Here
in
the
state,
we
were
asked
to
speak
a
little
bit
about
our
covid
pandemic
responses
and
I'm
very
proud
to
do
that
today.
C
So
I'll
start
with
our
customer
supports
early
on.
In
the
pandemic,
we
launched
what
we
called
a
remote
education
offer,
which
was
providing
high-speed
internet
and
internet
to
new
subscriber
households
free
for
60
days.
If
you
had
a
k-12
student
or
an
educator
in
your
household,
we
were
able
to
connect
nearly
450
000
students
and
teachers
through
that
offer.
C
C
During
the
pandemic,
we
opened
all
of
our
public
wi-fi
hotspots
for
about
60
days
to
anyone
who
needed
to
access
them.
We
also,
as
a
company
in
I
believe,
we're
up
to
14
markets
now
operate
a
24-hour
news
channel
that
channel
and
the
websites
associated
are
generally
restricted
to
spectrum
subscribers
during
the
pandemic.
For
a
period
of
time,
we
opened
up
the
web
portals
to
anyone
who
wanted
to
visit,
so
they
could
access
information,
and
then
we
also
had
a
major
partnership
around
public
service
announcements
for
our
employee
supports.
C
Just
like
many
companies,
we
did
our
best
to
adjust
and
move
as
many
people
to
work
from
home.
We
also
did
things
in
our
workplaces,
where
we
still
needed
to
have
people
in
terms
of
shift
scheduling
in
terms
of
you
know,
scheduling,
lunches,
so
people
wouldn't
congregate.
We
complied
not
only
with
cdc
recommendations
and
guidelines
around
things
like
ppe
and
masking,
but
we
also
had
a
number
across
41
states
of
state
and
local
requirements
that
we
obviously
complied
with.
C
We
did
everything
we
could
for
our
technicians
to
adjust
our
delivery
mechanisms
to
self-install
or
to
troubleshooting
outside
a
home
before
we
had
to
send
somebody
into
a
household.
Our
frontline
workers
that
we,
you
know
had
to
keep
out
there
in
the
community,
also
received
a
dollar
fifty
increase
in
their
hourly
wage,
and
that
was
regardless
of
what
they
were
making
at
the
time
and
then,
finally,
a
longer
term
support,
but
it
started
during
covid.
C
We
did
a
couple
of
increases
in
our
company
minimum
wage
and,
as
I
mentioned,
we
got
that
to
twenty
dollars
here
in
2022.
So
we
do
have
some
ongoing
responses
around
the
affordability
issue.
First
of
all,
we
have
for
a
number
of
years,
including
predating
covid.
Had
a
spectrum
internet
assist
product
in
the
marketplace
that
is
low,
cost
so
below
20
dollars
a
month.
High
speed
broadband
free
internet
modem,
you
can
add
in-home
wi-fi.
C
I
know
it
has
been
mentioned
in
previous
presentations,
but
the
affordable,
affordable
connectivity
program
charter
was
one
of
the
first
companies
to
stand
up
when
the
ebb
which
was
the
predecessor
to
acp
was
launched
and
when
everything
flipped
over
to
acp
we
obviously
did
continue.
Our
participation
and
the
announcement
recently
came
out
of
the
white
house
partnership,
a
number
of
internet
service
providers.
We
are
one
of
the
providers.
C
We
now
have
a
product
that
is
100
megabits
download
it's
under
30
a
month,
so
qualified
households
using
their
acp
benefit,
get
that
connectivity
for
free,
and
then
we
also
were
asked
really
quickly
to
cover
some
suggestions
moving
forward,
and
so
I
categorize
a
couple
of
these,
as
you
know,
cautionary
tales
and
then
a
couple
of
them
as
ways
that
that
we
think
can
best
sustain
a
partnership,
and
so
the
first
one
is
just
would
encourage
the
state.
C
I'm
I'm
calling
it
avoid
the
speed
traps,
because
I
was
trying
to
be
cute
with
that.
But
just
you
know
the
the
fiber
focus
and
and
just
to
understand,
charter's
network.
It
is
a
fiber-rich
network.
However,
it
is
also
what
we
call
hfc.
So
hybrid
hybrid
fiber
coax
so
just
understand
that
when
I
say
we've
got
gig
available
ubiquitously
throughout
our
network,
we've
upped,
our
you
know,
speeds
to
200.
It
is
using
a
fiber-rich
hfc
network.
C
So
just
would
caution
around
to
singular
a
focus
on
fiber
and
then
we
think
the
symmetrical
speed
myth
in
our
company's
perspective.
We
did
see
explosive
growth
in
usage,
but
it
still
is
about
14
to
1
ratio
download
to
upload.
So
in
some
instances
you
will
need
significant
upload
capacity,
but
generally
speaking,
usage
on
our
network,
we
really
see
that
the
download
piece
of
it
is
more
important
for
our
customers
and
then
really
quickly
definitely
encourage
public-private
partnerships.
C
We
think
we're
only
going
to
reach
the
goals
that
we
all
share
if
we
have
sustained
partnership
across
a
number
of
public
and
private
entities,
so
we
really
think
effective
broadband
grant.
Programs
are
helpful,
focusing
on
unserved
communities,
maintaining
technical
and
provider
neutrality
in
those
it
does
take
a
village,
especially
in
a
state
like
nevada,
where
you
have
the
geographies
and
topographies
that
you
have
here.
One
technology
may
be
great
in
one
area.
Another
technology
candidly
may
be
great
in
a
different
area.
C
We
do
think
it's
important
to
have
a
robust
challenge
process
that
does,
we
think,
help
focus
public
resources
where
they
are
needed
most
and
then
we
would
argue
continuing
as
light
a
touch
in
terms
of
regulation
as
you
can.
We
believe
that
helps
encourage
competition
among
providers
and
among
partners
and
then,
finally,
on
the
adoption
side,
you
know
states
do
generally
have
the
option
to
provide
additional
supports
to
offset
subscription
costs.
C
We
do
think
devices
are
an
important
component.
We
are
not
in
the
device
business
if
you
will
but
encourage
states
to
think
globally
about
that
and
then
concepts
like
digital
navigators
that
help
identify
and
address
specific
barriers
in
specific
communities
that
can
get
them
attached
and
then,
finally,
just
with
regard
to
rural
deployment,
that
is
generally
what
our
footprint
is
here
in
nevada.
We
think
there
are
some
significant
opportunities
you
can
leverage
private
partners
who
have
a
lot
of
experience.
C
Providers
like
charter
can
can
really
be
creative
in
terms
of
difficult
builds,
and
we
also
have
a
national
pricing
and
packaging,
and
so
when
we
operate
in
a
rural
community,
where
candidly,
you
may
only
have
a
couple
of
providers
that
community
benefits
from
a
pricing
structure
that
we
use
to
compete
in
a
hyper
competitive
environment
like
a
los
angeles,
so
rural
communities
can
benefit
from
that
type
of
pricing
and
packaging
and
then
just
really
quickly.
You
know
poll
attachment
issues
they're
another
animal
in
rural
communities.
C
C
We
have
a
number
of
examples
from
across
the
country
where
it
actually
takes
more
to
get
through
a
permitting
process
to
put
up
broadband
than
it
does
to
build
an
entire
building,
so
the
permitting
process
can
be
can
be
challenging
and
then
just
thinking
through
as
we're
having
these
conversations,
the
infrastructure
is
not
the
only
thing
we
need
to
think
about.
We
also
need
to
think
about
long-term
support
of
those
customers.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much
so
next.
Up
for
this
agenda
item
will
be
cox,
communications
and
mr
craig
stevens,
who
is
the
senior
manager
of
government
and
regulatory
affairs
with
cox.
Communications
is
here
and
I'm
very
excited
that
he's
going
to
be
joined
by
the
new
market
leader
and
vice
president
and
she's,
going
to
introduce
herself
to
our
community
welcome
to
growth
and
infrastructure.
B
Thank
you
for
having
us
here
today,
madam
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
committee
so
thrilled
to
be
a
part
of
the
southern
nevada,
community
and
cox
family.
So
it's
month
three
for
me,
but
I'm
not
new
to
the
telecommunications
industry.
I've
been
in
the
industry
over
20
years.
My
previous
role
just
wanted
to
give
a
quick
intro
had
led
sales
marketing,
particularly
multicultural
marketing,
as
well
as
diversity
and
inclusion.
B
So
I
just
wanted
to
share
that,
because
you
all
have
my
commitment
that
my
passion
is
working
to
eliminate
the
digital
divide,
but
also
engaging
with
those
communities,
so
not
just
sending
out
direct
mail
pieces
but
getting
out
in
the
community
and
spreading
our
messages
to
the
churches
and
members
of
the
diverse
chambers.
So
I'm
a
member
of
the
executive
diversity
and
inclusion
committee
for
cox
for
arizona
as
well
as
nevada,
and
I've
already
put
the
charge
out
that
we
need
to
get
out
there
and
start
spreading
the
message
get
our
employees.
B
I
represent
1600
employees
in
southern
nevada,
get
them
out
there
in
the
community
and
talking
about
our
program.
So
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
quick
moment
here
to
introduce
myself
but
wanted
to
save
the
lions
here
at
the
time
for
my
partner,
craig
stevens,
to
go
through
what
the
great
work
that
cox
did
during
the
pandemic.
So
thank
you
for
the
time.
A
D
Thank
you
again,
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
craig
stevens.
I
am
here
for
on
behalf
of
cox
communications.
So,
first,
like
everyone
else,
I'd
like
to
give
you
an
introduction
of
our
company.
We
are
the
largest
private
telecom
provider
in
the
united
states.
That
means
we
don't
have
stock
options.
We
we,
we
have
a
family
who
makes
the
decisions
a
family
lives
in
atlanta
and
they're
the
ones
who
really
give
us
our
guidance
and
tell
us
and
give
us
our
marching
orders.
D
We
were,
we
served
nearly
7
million
homes
and
businesses
across
18
states
across
the
country.
Again
cox
is
a
family-owned
business
and
was
founded
in
1898
by
then
governor
of
ohio,
james
cox.
What
many
people
don't
realize
is,
after
his
failed
run
for
president
united
states
who
his
running
mate
was
fdr,
they
lost
at
1920,
I
believe
governor
cox,
he
finished
his
term
as
governor
and
then
focused
on
his
media
company
full
time
and
from
then
to
now.
D
It's
pretty
amazing
all
the
different
industries
and
things
that
we've
been
able
to
do
here
at
cox
and
cox
enterprises.
So
we've
been
here
in
clark
county
for
22
years
now
we
purchased
a
cable
system
from
prime
cable
for
those
of
us
who
I
was
not
one
of
them
was
around
during
that
time.
Mr
greenspun
had
the
cable
operation
and
we
were
fortunate
enough
to
be
able
to
purchase
that
from
him.
D
I
would
like
to
give
sort
of
our
mission
statement.
We
were
dedicated
to
empowering
others
to
build
a
better
future
and
celebrate
diverse
products,
people,
suppliers,
communities
and
and
the
characteristics
that
make
each
of
us
unique.
I'm
sure
you've
seen
many
of
our
commercials
on
television.
That's
really
what
this
is
about.
It's
about
finding
the
uniqueness
of
everyone
and
how
we
can
get
behind
them
and
make
our
community
better.
D
So
cox,
communications
is
just
one
it's
the
largest,
but
one
of
many
companies
owned
by
cox
enterprises.
We
do
have
others.
You
may
have
heard
of
brands
such
as
autotrader.com
kelly,
blue
book,
mannheim,
auto
auctions.
D
In
fact,
we
have
one
of
the
largest
auto
auctions
in
the
family
right
here
in
in
north
las
vegas,
where
they
auction
off
almost
70
000
cars
and
automobile
car
automobiles
a
year
and
so
we're
very
proud
to
be
ubiquitous
across
clark,
county
and
many
of
our
industries
as
well
as
it's
sort
of
new
for
us.
D
But
we're
really
getting
into
clean
tech
conservation
is
just
a
huge
deal
for
not
only
cox
but
the
cox
family
as
well,
and
and
so
as
you'll
see
later
in
the
presentation,
we're
really
trying
to
move
conservation
as
a
top
priority
throughout
the
coming
five
years.
10
years
and
and
after
that,
so
recently
we
had
an
economic
impact
study
done
by
applied
analysis
and
to
no
one's
probably
surprised.
D
Cox's
economic
impact
is
significant
to
southern
nevada
and
the
entire
state
from
the
39
million
dollars
that
cox
pays
annually
in
taxes
to
the
several
billions
of
dollars
that
are
literally
laying
underneath
your
feet.
Right
now
we
are
heavily
invested
in
the
state
of
nevada
and
that's
not
going
to
change
and
we
love
being
here.
D
We
are
one
of
the
largest
job
creators
in
the
state
we
employ
again,
as
janet
said,
over
16
000
people
of
all
educational
and
economic
backgrounds,
for
jobs
that
pay
well
well
above
minimum
wage.
Our
employees
truly
love
living
here.
They
give
back,
they
serve,
they
volunteer
and,
as
you
can
see,
a
part
of
this
document
over
24
000
hours
of
volunteer
from
our
employees
alone.
D
D
We
do
this
through
what
we
call
our
cox
charities
grants
which
are
intended
for
programs
that
support
one
or
more
of
cox,
charities,
philanthropic
focus
areas,
including
children
and
families,
education,
steam
diversity
and
or
environmental
sustainability,
and
so
these
are
the
focuses
that
we
have
through
our
chalk.
Our
cox
charities
grants
where
we
try
to
make
an
impact
in
the
community.
D
As
you
all
know,
we
are
currently
and
almost
finishing
up
an
incomplete
network
upgrade
where
we
have
spent
over
three
billion
dollars
to
completely
reinvigorate
our
network
and
again
like
charter.
We
have
a
both
a
fiber
and
coax
hybrid
system,
and
and
through
this
innovation
we
were
able
to
get
one
gig
speeds
to
every
single
neighborhood
that
we
pass
here
in
in
our
community.
D
Our
next
step,
through
the
process
is,
is
to
get
everyone
up
to
one
gig,
speed
and
100
megabit
per
second
per
second
upload
and
by
2023
one
gig,
symmetrical
speeds
are,
and
and
in
all
of
these
innovations
and
all
of
these
investments
that
we're
making
in
the
network.
The
plan
is
in
by
2005,
hopefully,
is
to
get
10
gig
to
every
single
house
and
have
that
again
symmetrical
speeds
and
we're
able
to
do
this,
not
just
through
our
fiber
system,
but
on
coax,
and
so
again
we
just
like
to
iterate.
D
D
I
mentioned
this
briefly,
but
I
I
I
just
want
to
share
this
very
very
quickly
that
we
do
have
also
a
cox
conserve
five-year
strategic
plan
goal.
Obviously,
carbon
neutral
goal
by
2034
water,
neutral
gold
by
2034
and
zero
waste
to
landfill
by
2024-
and
you
know
I
should
have
changed
this
slide
because
it
just
was
announced.
I
think
of
like
a
few
weeks
ago
that
we've
actually
reached
that
zero
waste
to
landfill
goal.
D
Again.
This
is
just
an
unbelievable
priority
by
the
cox
family
and
that
doesn't
just
come
with
with
words.
It
comes
with
significant
financial
backing
by
the
company
to
make
sure
that
we
reach
these
goals
and
we
just
hope
to
continue
to
make
our
planet
better,
and
this
is
one
of
the
ways
that
we're
doing
that
so
cox's
commitment
throughout
the
pandemic.
D
So
you
know
more
about
our
company,
but
we
want
to
certainly
talk
about
what
we've
been
trying
to
accomplish.
This
is
a
very
busy
slide
and
you'll
have
time
to
read
it
when
when
you
want
to,
but
really
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
we're
well
aware
of
the
importance
that
cox
plays
within
our
community.
The
the
ability
to
connect
family
friends
to
bring
in
additional
businesses
is
just
hugely
critical
to
not
just
our
relationships
but
to
the
growth
of
our
state
and
it's
cox's
goal,
and
we
know
this
and
it's
all.
D
This
work
takes
partnership
and
we
want
to
be
your
partner
now.
What
does
this
partnership
look
like?
Well,
it
goes
through
many
different
avenues.
Some
are
quite
obvious,
which
is
going
to
be
the
next
slide
and
others
perhaps
are
not
as
obvious
or
honestly
cox
just
needs
to
do
a
better
job
of
getting
the
word
out.
D
So,
as
my
colleagues
from
charter
and
18t
have
gone
through,
we
offer
many
of
the
same
programs
that
they
do
when
it
comes
to
low-cost,
affordable
programs.
D
Our
connectivp
program,
which
I'm
sure
many
of
you
all
know
that
if
you
have
a,
are
a
family
with
a
student
on
free,
reduced
lunch
and
we've
had
this
program
since
1997,
it's
9.95
cents
a
month,
there's
no
other
charges,
no
rental.
None
of
that
and
we
have
a
free
upgrade
obviously
now
to
100
megabits
per
second
internet.
D
D
This
was
a
it's
a
model
that
we
believe
not
just
for
our
company,
but
for
anywhere
in
the
united
states.
This
is
the
very
first
time
that
cox
allowed
a
third-party
group
to
sign
up
customers.
Normally
we
like
to
do
the
signing
up,
but
because
of
the
federal
laws,
the
privacy
laws
of
these
families,
we
knew
we
couldn't
get
that
done.
D
D
We
have
our
low-cost
tools
where
we
have
partnered
with
with
pcs,
for
people
to
get
affordable
devices
like
laptops
and
desktops
into
into
people's
hands.
Obviously
our
our
acp
offering
for
households
on
government
assistance,
but
we
also
again
we
have
free
access
to
over
300
wi-fi
hotspots
across
across
clark
county
up
to
3.2
million
nationwide
as
well.
D
Beyond
that
we
have
our
own
digital
literacy,
training
and
academy.
This
is
free
for
anyone,
not
just
cox
customers,
where
we
offer
basically
online
safety
tips,
internet
basics,
educational
opportunities,
it's
constantly
evolving
and
more
and
more
educational
material
is
added,
and
we
just
encourage.
This
is
another
way
that
we
could
partner
right.
These
things
already
exist,
let's
figure
out
who
needs
it.
Let's
get
that
information
to
them
and
cox,
we're
ready
to
step
to
up
to
the
plate.
D
We
also
have
our
cox
innovation
labs,
where
we
have
15
innovation
labs
across
southern
nevada.
Innovation
labs
are
our
computer
labs,
where
we
have
partnered
with
historic,
west
side,
school
boys
and
girls,
clubs
yncas
and
we
built
them
the
very
best
high-tech
computer
lab.
That's
out
there
and
you
know
what's
interesting,
is
when
I
thought
about
these.
It
was
about
you
know:
children
making
sure
that
they
were
able
to
get.
D
You
know
more
robotics
training
and
stem
and
gaming,
but
we
had
one
of
our
us
senators
visiting
and
I
wanted
to
show
them
the
the
lab
and
unfortunately,
we
were
not
allowed
into
it,
because
there
was
this
is
during
covet.
There
were
nurses
that
were
actually
taking
a
test
to
get
their
nursing
certification
and
they
didn't
want
to
bother
the
nurses,
obviously,
because
they
were
right
in
the
middle
of
their
tests
and
so
just
sort
of
opened
my
eyes
at
these
type
of
labs.
D
The
things
that
we're
able
to
do
is
not
just
helping
students
but
we're
getting
more
nurses
in
the
hospitals,
and
it's
just
it's
really
great,
and
we
continue
to
add
more
and
more
of
our
our
labs
throughout
the
throughout
the
years
and
again,
if
there
are
organizations
that
need
partnership,
that
you
think
one
of
these
places
would
be
great.
We
are
all
ears,
we're
always
looking
for
additional
partnerships.
D
This
is
new
becoming
a
digital
equity
champion,
and
this
also
stemmed
from
the
connecting
kids
deployment
for
connect
compete
and
that's
that
if
you
have
organizations
that
want
to
sponsor
a
school
for
families
in
a
school,
we
have
that
ability
now
and
and
so
that
if
there
are
organizations
and
opportunities
or
local
governments
that
want
to
really
get
into
this
and
help
some
of
their
communities
or
their
neighborhood
or
even
a
street,
we
have
that
opportunity.
And
again
we
just
need
folks
to
come
to
us
and
tell
us.
D
We
believe
that
this
is
a
transformative
time
in
this
state,
with
all
the
federal
dollars
that
have
entered
into
the
budget,
and
we
should
take
advantage
of
that.
How
do
we
do
that
is
through
smart
leadership,
smart
investment
and
through
strategic
partnership?
D
First
is
a
network
expansion.
Again,
I
cannot
say
enough
that
those
who
do
not
have
high-speed
internet
in
our
rural
communities
can
be
greatly
served
by
the
by
the
influx
of
money.
This
is
again
could
be
transformative
to
to
to
them,
not
just
in
being
able
to
communicate
but
healthcare
right
to
educational
purposes.
Like
really
really.
D
We
believe
that
there
needs
to
be
a
focus
on
that
money
to
be
spent
in
areas
that
simply
just
do
not
have
high
quality,
high-speed
internet
and
then
obviously
the
underserved
areas,
and,
as
you
see
from
myself
and
our
colleagues
and
my
colleagues
that
sit
behind
us
we're
ready
to
step
up
to
the
plate,
we
have
the
programs.
We
have
the
leadership.
We
just
need
to
understand
where
we
can,
where
we
can
do
this
right.
D
Where
are
those
customers
and
then
obviously
making
sure
that
we
get
devices
into
everyone's
hand,
and
this
is
just
more
the
same
I'll
skip
over
this
to
save
everyone's
time
and
just
finally,
my
last
slide
is
what
what
is
it
that
we
need
to
do?
And
it's
all
about
partnership
like
I
said
we
are
ready
to
step
up
for
the
plate.
The
number
one
the
number
one
priority
should
be
getting
our
rural
communities
up
to
speed
and
then
obviously
making
sure
that
we
have
the
right
connectivity.
D
So
what
is
it
that
we
can
do
and
I
loved
hearing
that
att
working
with
the
housing
department
like
that
is
a
brilliant
idea
and
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
do
the
same
here
in
southern
nevada
and
how
is
it
that
we
can
work
together
so
that
every
single
time
someone
says
someone
signs
up
for
another
service?
They
get
information
that
hey.
You
can
get
free
internet
right
now
and
it
will
be
delivered
to
you
in
a
few
days
and
if
you
have
any
questions
these
are,
who
you?
D
These
are
the
folks
that
you
need
to
call.
We
absolutely
love
that
idea.
So
what
do
we?
What
do
we
need
from
you?
It's
just.
We
know
where
our
customers
are.
We
pre-qualified
every
single
one
of
them
at
the
beginning
of
pandemic.
Once
these
programs
came
into
action,
we
don't
know
where
our
customers
aren't.
I
think
I
said
that
right
and
that's
where
I
think
our
partnership
could
really
take
off.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
that
last
comment,
because
I
was
going
to
be
a
question.
What
do
you
need
from
us
so
members
any
questions
from
our
three
presenters.
B
N
A
It
looks
like
the
three
of
you
did,
an
amazing
job,
so
thank
you
so
much
for
the
work
that
you've
been
doing
and
and
thank
you
for
as
we
entered
into
the
pandemic,
we
knew
that
families
were
not
connected,
especially
here
in
clark
county
with
ccsd,
and
you
guys
stepped
up
and
helped
us
we
put
on
tennis
shoes.
We
walked
neighborhoods
handing
out
cards,
getting
families
connected
to
their
passing
out
food.
So
thank
you
all
for
what
you
did
then,
and
what
you
continue
to
do
in
our
community.
We
truly
appreciate
it
wow.
A
Moving
on
to
our
next
agenda
item,
it
is
a
presentation
about
our
roadway
safety
initiatives
and
I
believe
we
have
garrett
delaney,
chief
marketing
officer
with
worldwide
environmental
products
and
michael
delaney
chief
development
officer
with
worldwide
development
products.
Hello.
How
are
you
welcome
to
growth
in
infrastructure
as
we
look
at
our
insurance
bills
and
the
fight
fatalities
on
our
roadways
and
initiatives
at
the
federal
state
and
local
levels?
How
we
can
increase
the
safety
of
motorists
and
and
pedestrians
in
our
community
is
extremely
important.
So
welcome
to
the
committee
looking
forward
to
hearing
your
presentation.
O
Good
morning,
madam
chair
esteemed
committee
members,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
today.
My
name
is
garrett
delaney,
I'm
the
chief
marketing
officer
worldwide
environmental
products.
I
have
my
brother
and
colleague,
michael
delaney,
with
me,
as
well,
from
worldwide
environmental
products
and
we'd
like
to
do
a
presentation
on
roadway
safety
and
vehicle
inspections
and
how
they
can
have
a
a
great
impact
on
road
safety
and
vehicle
collisions
and
fatalities
on
the
roads
here
in
nevada.
O
So
worldwide
environmental
products,
we
are
a
family
owned
and
operated
company
founded
in
1982,
headquartered
in
southern
california.
So
right
next
door.
We
are
a
designer
developer,
implementer
and
operator
of
vehicle
emissions
and
safety
inspection
programs
relevant
here
in
nevada.
We
are
the
supplier
of
inspection
equipment
to
the
licensed
businesses
that
perform
the
emissions
testing
for
vehicles
as
part
of
the
dmv
registration
process.
O
O
We
have
presence
in
more
than
60
countries
internationally
with
global
certifications,
such
as
iso
relevant
certifications
for
equipment
from
the
bureau
of
automotive
repair
in
california,
department
of
motor
vehicles
here
in
nevada
and
other
federal
agencies
as
well.
We
hold
several
information
technology
partnerships
with
major
it
firms
we're
a
microsoft
gold
partner.
O
We
have
other
partnerships
with
oracle
intel,
cisco,
which
all
helps
us
to
provide
a
cost
efficient
and
a
technologically
advanced
solution
for
our
customers.
O
Otherwise,
known
as
rime
michael
now
serves
as
the
chief
executive
officer
of
rema
and
rema
manufactures
vehicle
safety
inspection
equipment
that
is
utilized
for
periodic
technical
safety
inspection
programs
across
the
globe.
We,
unfortunately
don't
have
any
of
these
types
of
programs
here
in
the
united
states,
we're
one
of
the
few
developed
nations
in
the
world
that
actually
does
not
maintain
a
federal
standard
for
periodic
safety
inspection
of
vehicles.
O
There
are
some
states
that
have
implemented
visual
safety
inspection
programs
as
part
of
their
emissions
inspection
programs
that
are
required
by
the
u.s
epa,
but
there
is
no
federal
standard
for
safety
inspections
here
in
the
united
states.
A
little
bit
about
our
mission
statement.
We
do
build
public
and
private
partnerships
with
state
and
local
agencies
to
provide
innovative,
total
solutions
with
superior
customer
service
for
motor
vehicle
inspection
and
maintenance
programs.
O
One
thing
that
is
important
to
note,
as
I,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
you'll
you'll
notice,
with
the
exception
of
the
united
states
and
canada
on
this
map.
Every
one
of
these
other
countries
has
implemented
or
is
in
the
process
of
implementing
a
federal
standard
for
safety
inspection
of
vehicles
that
includes
our
neighbors
to
the
south
in
mexico,
who
have
just
recently
implemented
a
new
standard
that
is
going
to
match
and
follow
the
european
union
standard.
O
So
here
in
the
united
states,
we
we
have
an
unfortunately
alarming
trend
over
the
last
several
years
and
we've
seen
u.s
traffic
deaths
soar
by
over
18
percent.
In
the
first
six
months
of
2021,
we
don't
have
the
complete
data
for
the
rest
of
2021,
but
we
do
expect
to
see
that
number
continuously
trending
upward,
which
is,
is
a
problem.
You
can
see,
there's
nearly
40
000
deaths
in
2020
due
to
collisions
on
the
road.
O
Now
with
that
said,
all
of
this
is
at
the
same
time,
the
european
union,
which,
as
I
mentioned,
has
a
vehicle
safety
standard.
You
can
see
from
1991
all
the
way
through
to
date,
there
has
been
a
progressive
decline
in
the
number
of
both
collisions
and
fatalities
on
the
road,
and
we
see
that
as
a
direct
correlation
of
getting
cars
inspected
and
fixed
as
part
of
these
programs
even
more
alarming.
O
As
you
can
see
on
the
previous
slide
in
2019
and
2020
as
well
as
2021,
we
continue
to
see
an
increase
in
vehicle
collisions
and
fatalities
on
the
road,
and
this
was
during
a
time
during
the
covet
pandemic.
When
many
motorists
were
not
on
the
road
and
we
saw
many
less
vehicles
driving
on
our
roads
here
in
nevada,
in
2021,
there
were
382
lives
lost
on
nevada
roadways
due
to
vehicle
collisions.
O
As
many
may
know,
the
nevada
department
of
transportation
crash
data
is
available
for
2015
through
2017,
and
there
are
some,
unfortunately,
alarming
numbers.
We
see
nearly
150
000
vehicle
collisions
on
the
road
with
over
80
000
instances
of
property
damage,
as
well
as
over
60
000,
63,
000
collisions
that
caused
injury
or
bodily
harm
to
to
motorists
or
others.
O
This
does
not
track,
as
mentioned
here,
long-term
injuries
that
take
place
to
individuals
who
end
up
having
to
spend
a
lot
more
time
and
and
and
money
on
fixing
their
health
issues.
Due
to
these
collisions,
the
actual
dollar
amount
of
property
damage,
both
the
state
and
to
the
citizens
is
also
not
calculated:
loss
of
productivity
and
quality
of
life
and,
again
importantly,
as
was
mentioned
in
the
beginning,
these
increased
insurance
premiums.
O
So
in
areas
where
there
is
a
periodic
technical
inspection
of
vehicles,
there
is
a
significant
decrease
in
the
insurance
premiums
that
are
paid
from
motorists,
so
we
unfortunately
have
seen,
especially
in
lower
income
areas.
This
has
a
greater
impact.
As
we
see
older
road,
older
vehicles
driving
on
the
roads
that
are,
do
not
receive
any
type
of
inspection
or
periodic
review
of
the
components
of
that
vehicle,
and
we
see
in
numerous
studies
both
here
in
the
u.s
as
well
as
globally.
There
is
data
and
information
to
show
the
benefits
of
these
vehicle
inspection
programs.
O
A
K
Nevada,
okay,
michael
delaney,
on
the
record.
Thank
you
very
much.
Everyone.
Thank
you,
garrett
for
presenting
the
company
and
talking
a
little
about
the
current
crisis
we
have
in
the
united
states
and
in
nevada
when
it
comes
to
road
safety,
a
crisis,
nevada,
sorry,
nevada,
that's
here
in
the
state
as
well
as
in
the
country,
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
talk
about
some
studies
that
have
been
done
domestically
as
well
as
around
the
world.
K
But
before
we
jump
into
that,
it's
important
to
note
that
international
government
organizations
and
institutions
like
the
un,
like
the
world
bank,
the
european
union
can
identify
three
main
causes
for
road
collisions
right
and
in
the
united
states.
We
do
a
fantastic
job
when
it
comes
to
the
human
factor,
as
well
as
the
road
environment
right,
so
driver
training.
The
way
we
issue
licensing
and,
of
course,
when
it
comes
to
the
road
and
the
environment,
with
our
infrastructure
that
continues
to
improve
on
annual
basis.
But
we
don't
touch.
K
We
don't
talk
at
all
about
the
vehicle
condition
right.
We
don't
talk
about
brakes,
tires,
steering
and
suspensions
completely
overlooked
in
majority
of
states
in
the
u.s,
and
that's
what
we're
really
focusing
on
here
today.
So
in
the
united
states,
as
garrett
mentioned,
we
have
in
some
of
our
our
states
a
visual
vehicle
inspection
right.
K
So
it's
not
using
objective
technology
to
test
the
efficiency
or
the
effectiveness
of
the
brakes,
the
headlights
and
other
items
we
do
a
visual
inspection
and
in
2019,
based
off
the
information
that
nitsa
have
provided
in
their
fargs,
their
fatality
analysis
reporting
system.
These
next
couple
stats
I
want
to
share
with
you-
are
quite
impressive
and
important
to
note
take
into
consideration
that
we're
only
doing
a
visual
inspection
in
these
states
states
with
vehicle
inspection
programs,
experience,
17
fewer
fatal
crashes
per
100
000
miles
traveled
compared
to
the
national
average.
K
Also,
the
states
with
vehicle
inspection
programs
experience,
23
percent
fewer
fatal
crashes
and
we're
talking
about
100
000
miles
travel.
That's
the
figure
we're
going
to
use
here
compared
to
states
without
vehicle
and
safety
inspection
programs.
And
now
we
talk
about
fewer
deaths,
19
per
that
100
000
population
compared
to
the
national
average
and
32
percent
fewer
right
compared
to
states
without
vehicle
inspection.
K
K
The
study
showed
and
demonstrated
that
the
vehicle
inspection
program
saves
lives
and
enhances
vehicle
safety.
In
addition
to
that,
they're
not
only
encouraged
to
keep
the
vehicle
safety
inspection
program
in
place,
but
they
asked
for
a
further
study
to
be
performed
to
look
at
adding
additional
components
and
modernizing
the
program
stepping
outside
of
the
u.s.
K
K
You
can't
be
a
member
of
the
european
union
without
a
periodic
technical
inspection
program
and
after
they
implemented
the
program
after
the
first
year,
82
000,
almost
83
000
accidents
less
a
year
after
only
one
year
after
vehicle
inspection
program
was
embedded
in
275
million
u.s
dollars
in
savings
and
looking
past
that
first
year,
around
2700
fatalities
have
been
avoided
and
over
a
hundred
thousand
less
accurate.
K
We
had
a
quick
and
a
very
sufficient
impact
immediately
after
and
then
there's
been
consistent
demonstration
of
the
impact
it
has
on
road
safety,
spain,
as
garrett
mentioned
a
country
where
we
are
very
active
and
have
a
strong
presence.
A
university
of
madrid
performed
a
study
there
on
the
periodic
technical
inspection
program
and
it
demonstrated
that
the
program
avoids
12
000.
It
saves
12,
000,
serious
injuries
as
well
as
almost
18
000
road
collisions
in
addition
to
133
lives.
K
The
direct
impact
from
testing
vehicles
annually
and
spain,
unfortunately,
doesn't
have
a
full
compliance
rate.
So
a
lot
of
view
owners
don't
have
their
vehicle
inspected,
even
though
they
should
it's
around
30
to
35
percent
of
vehicles
that
aren't
inspect
they're
supposed
to,
and
they
said
if
those
vehicles
had
been
inspected,
there
would
have
been
additional
in
2016.
K
There
would
have
been
additional
8
800
accidents,
7
000
injuries
and
81
deaths.
81
lives
would
have
been
avoided
from
the
direct
impact
of
periodic
technical
inspection.
I
wanted
to
show
in
these
next
couple
slides
what
a
vehicle
safety
inspection
when
it's
done
the
right
way,
what
it
would
look
like.
So
your
current
vehicle
emissions
testing
center,
as
garrett
mentioned,
we're
the
supplier
of
technology
for
the
emissions
testing
here
in
the
states
with
the
current
infrastructure.
K
We
have
the
solution,
as
you
can
see
in
this
slide,
as
well
as
in
the
the
next
slide
I'll
demonstrate
to
provide
that
technology
in
a
very
small
compact
space.
So
we're
not
looking
to
necessarily
come
in
and
and
remove
what
is
currently
being
done
here
in
the
states,
and
I
know
it's
a
fantastic
impact
on
the
local
community.
We
want
to
add
on
to
what
we
have
with
this
technical
inspection
equipment
with
the
size
of
tester,
a
suspension,
tester
a
brake,
tester
and
headlight
tester.
The
next
slide
demonstrates
a
mobile
lane.
K
K
What
our
recommendation
is,
we
believe
that
the
state
should
consider
implementing
a
phased-in
approach
for
a
periodic
technical
inspection
using
the
recommended
and
proven
technology
we've
implanted
all
around
the
world.
This
would
then
connect
with
the
dmv's
current
vehicle
inspection
or
vehicle
emissions
testing
program,
as
well
as
connects
with
the
current
vehicle
registration
process.
We
would
recommend
it's
implemented
through
commercial
vehicles
and
for
higher
vehicles.
K
If
you
take
a
step
back
and
really
think
about,
of
course,
uber's
lifts
and
taxis
should
be
met
to
a
certain
standard,
why
they
carry
around
tourists
or
local
state
residents,
but
at
a
minimum,
commercial
and
the
for
hire
vehicles
and
then
slowly
move
in
to
having
all
registered
vehicles
inspected
annually,
and
then
that
direct
impact
would
be
seen
on
the
collisions
and
the
road
fatalities.
And,
more
importantly,
something
that
I
really
like
to
speak
about.
Is
that
phase
three,
which
is
the
consumer
assistance
repair
program?
K
We've
seen
it
work
quite
successfully
in
the
state
of
california,
with
the
smog
check
program,
the
vehicle
emissions
testing,
which
is
a
portion
of
the
inspection
fee
that
would
be
paid,
is
set
aside
in
a
fund
that
can
work
directly
with
the
lower
income
community,
which
would
be
affected
with
some
of
their
older
vehicles.
So
they
could
have
their
vehicle
properly
repaired,
which
would
again
help
in
an
equity
standpoint
and
help
provide
safer
roads
for
all
communities
in
this
state
here.
K
So
with
that
being
said,
actually
one
more
thing
I
wanted
to
add
for
one
thing
before
I
go
back
there,
the
the
federal
government
announced
last
week,
it's
the
mfmcsa
at
the
federal
level
that
they're
this
administration
is
reopening
the
discussion
to
make
the
commercial
vehicles
required
to
be
inspected
annually
it's
being
reopened.
K
The
previous
administration
shelved
the
idea
that
was
originally
posed
by
the
administration
before
that,
without
naming
specific
names,
and
that
is
now
being
reopened
and
open
for
discussion
for
a
commercial
vehicle
inspection,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
I
didn't
forget
that
before
we
closed
out
our
presentation
today,
so
I
appreciate
everyone's
time
and
attention
and
look
forward
to
answering
any
questions
that
are
that
are
asked.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation.
I
know
we
have
a
few
members
that
have
questions,
but
I'm
happy
to
know
that
when
our
tnc
laws
were
enacted
in
2015,
our
uber
and
lyft
were
have
to
have
an
annual
vehicle
inspection
so
nice
to
see
we're
kind
of
doing.
Moving
in
the
right
direction,
I
believe
assemblyman
watts
has
a
question.
Is
there
anyone
else
with
questions
all
right,
assemblyman
watts.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
both
for
your
your
presentation.
I
really
appreciate
it.
I
know.
We've
we've
discussed
some
of
these
issues
before
first.
I
just
wanted
to
get
a
little
bit
of
additional
clarification
on
the
record
so
in
in
some
of
the
other
places
where
this
technology
is
utilized.
E
E
There
would
be
a
requirement
for
the
inspection
or,
I
guess
in
the
earlier
phases,
with
whatever
is
kind
of
the
right
regulatory
agency,
and
you
would
be
you
know
this
technology
would
be
provided
essentially
by
kind
of
licensed
operators.
E
Someone
would
pay
the
operator
for
that
inspection
and
then
get
the
results
and
and
basically
be
cleared
to
go
and
again,
I
guess
understand
so,
that's
kind
of
part
one
is:
can
you
just
explain
that
piece
of
the
structure
and
well,
I
know,
there's
not
a
program
exactly
like
this
in
the
united
states.
Could
you
provide
any
sense
of
what
the
cost
would
be
for
providing
that
inspection.
O
Sure,
thank
you,
assemblyman
watts,
for
the
question
for
the
record,
gary
delaney
speaking
and
you
are
correct
in
with
the
first
point
and
an
assumption,
we
would
intend
to
work
with
the
department
of
motor
vehicles,
as
we
currently
do
in
being
a
certified
provider
of
this
type
of
equipment.
O
And
with
regards
to
your
second
question
with
pricing,
there
are
a
variety
of
models
that
have
been
used
to
to
implement
this,
whether
it's
a
direct
purchase
and
an
acquisition
from
some
of
these
operators,
and
we've
been
in
discussion
with
several
of
them
here
in
the
state
of
nevada
and
have
they
have
all
expressed
their
significant
interest
in
participating
in
in
such
a
program.
They,
as
we
do,
understand
and
see
the
benefits
of
implementing
such
a
program.
O
There's
also
other
platforms,
such
as
renting
equipment,
leasing,
equipment
to
these
individuals.
We've
provided
in
a
variety
of
different
ways
to
operators
across
the
globe
in
a
way
that
really
whatever
works
best
for
the
individual
inspection
program.
Wherever
we
may
be
michael,
you
may
have
a
little
bit
more
to
follow
up
on.
K
O
K
They
had
recommended
about
900
mexican
pesos,
and
that
was
I
mean
it's
about
45
dollars
more
or
less
us
dollars,
but
that's
supposed
to
combined
in
with
the
emissions
inspection
there
now
are
we
looking
at
a
45
50
inspection
fee
in
nevada
in
the
states?
No,
no!
No!
We're!
Not
we
it's
something
we
can.
We
can
always
discuss
with
local
authorities
to
make
sure
it's
appropriate
for
that
market
again,
taking
advantage
of
that
infrastructure,
that's
already
in
place
with
your
vehicle
emissions
testing
program.
E
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
that
is
helpful
both
in
terms
of
that
this
would
essentially
be
combined.
So
there
wouldn't
be
kind
of
two
separate
things
happening,
but
the
idea
would
be
to
integrate
it
and
and
gain
some
kind
of
efficiencies,
and
so
the
people
aren't
paying
for
a
smog
check
here
and
then
every
vehicle
inspection
check
there,
and
so
I
yeah.
I
think
that
context
is
very
helpful.
E
You
know,
I
guess
I'd
also
just
I
appreciate
some
of
the
broader
context
that
you
gave
roadway.
Safety
is,
of
course,
as
the
chair
said
extremely
important,
and
it's
a
it's
a
major
concern
here
and
you
know,
we've
got
infrastructure
needs
improvements
that
we're
talking
about
in
in
the
roadways.
E
Obviously,
those
have
a
significant
price
tag
to
them,
and
you
know
you
talked
about
some
of
the
the
training
and
some
of
the
rules
of
the
road
that
we
have
for
drivers,
but
some
of
those
driver,
behavior
pieces
are
also
difficult
to
address,
and
I
think
you
know
we
we
do
a
lot
to
make
sure
that
the
cars
that
that
are
sold
meet
certain
safety
standards.
E
But
I
think
your
point
is
well
taken
that
the
condition
of
those
vehicles
over
time
can
apparently,
according
to
research,
can
increase
the
you
know
the
the
likelihood
and
severity
of
these
accidents
and
that's
something
that
can
be
addressed
for
for
a
you
know,
a
smaller
price
tag
and
is
a
little
bit
easier
to
grasp
onto
to
some
of
these
other
elements
of
public
safety.
So
I
think
it's
it's
an
interesting
element
to
make
sure
that's
incorporated
into
the
conversation.
E
I
guess
to
the
point
about
infrastructure,
there's
a
lot
of
federal
dollars
coming
to
support
these
programs.
You
know,
if
there's
any
any
funding
that
would
be
available
to
help
support
the
deployment
of
these
programs,
or
is
this
essentially
something
that
would
be
led
by
the
you
know
by
the
private
sector
if
it
was
to
be
adopted
by
the
state.
O
Garrick
delaney
for
the
record,
there
is
federal
funding
that
is
available.
We
have
been
working
with
several
federal
agencies
to
both
identify
and
look
at
the
means
of
how
to
attain
those
funds
for
the
different
state
and
jurisdictions
where
we
are
looking
at
implementing
and
rolling
out
safety
inspection
programs,
and
there
is
a
lot
of
interest
michael,
you
may
have
a
little
more
detail
with
some
of
those
conversations
if
you'd
like
to
provide
them.
K
So
we
michael
delaney
for
the
record.
We
have
been
spending
a
lot
of
time
with
the
current
administration
on
educating
both
transportation,
nitsa
and
all
relevant
parties
on
the
importance
of
vehicle
safety,
inspection,
comprehensive
vehicle
safety,
inspection
programs
pti,
and
they
have
demonstrated
interest
in
seeing
what
local
agencies
they
really
put.
The
onus
back
on
us
to
find
the
appropriate
state
agencies
that
would
be
implemented
interested
in
implementing
these
proven
methods
around
the
world.
So
it's
something
that
we've
already
started.
K
Looking
looked
into
and
we're
continuing
to
have
discussions
with
our
colleagues
in
in
washington
dc
on
where
funding
can
be
located
and
allocated.
So
there
definitely
is
from
this
current
administration
a
strong
interest,
all
the
way
up
to
secretary
budej
on
exploring
how
we
can
implement
this
on
a
on
a
state-by-state
basis
in
the
u.s,
because,
again,
there's
been
a
direct
impact,
it's
proven
and
it
works.
K
E
You
for
that
it's
it's
a
major
question
that
we
ask
nowadays.
So,
as
you
continue
to
get
information
about
some
of
those
potential
opportunities,
I
think
it'd
be
great
to
get
them
shared
with
with
our
committee.
The
other
piece
on
financials
that
I
wanted
to
ask
about
is
insurance.
E
Is
that
anything
that
you
have
any
experience
or
knowledge
of?
Have
there
been
conversations
with
insurance
providers
domestically
about?
You
know
potential
benefits
that
that
folks
could
see
on
their
car
insurance.
If,
if
there
were
some
of
these
inspections
adopted.
O
So,
yes,
there
is
a
lot
of
interest
there
and-
and
we
would
be
very
interested
in
in
working
with
them
and
with
the
state
of
nevada
in
in
implementing
that
and
helping
reduce
those
insurance
premiums
for
for
motorists
here
in
the
state.
E
Grant
I
appreciate
it
and
madam
chair,
if
I
may
have
one
more,
I
know
I'm
dominating
own
questions
go
ahead.
Thank
you.
That's
that's
all
extremely
useful
information,
as
we
as
we
kind
of
think
about
this.
The
last
question
goes
back
to
what
the
chair
brought
up
so
as
kind
of
the
phased
approach
you
mentioned.
E
Some
of
you
know
the
commercial
operators
taxis
ride,
shares
and
they
have
existing
inspection
requirements.
How
how
do
you
see
this
either
changing
those
or
or
working
with
those
you
know,
since,
since
the
industry
already
is
doing
vehicle
inspections,
you
know
folks
are,
I
think,
always
a
little
bit
wary
of
anything.
E
That's
gonna
change,
especially
if
it
comes
at
some
type
of
increased
cost
to
them,
but
if
you
could
just
explain
a
little
bit
of
how
you
would
envision
that
working
and
what
what
kind
of
the
change
would
be
from
the
status
quo
to
kind
of
that
phase,
one
I
think
that'd
be
informative.
K
Michael
delaney,
for
the
record
fantastic
question:
we
would
100
work
hand
in
hand
with
the
current
program
that
was
implanted.
I
think
the
chairwoman
for
mentioning
what
is
currently
in
place
to
us
saying
that
it's
important
to
note
that
we
are
recommending
what
is
used
in
60
other
countries
around
the
world,
which
is
objective
technology
to
determine
if
a
vehicle
is
road
worthy
or
not,
and
what
we
would
do
is
work
hand
in
hand
with
the
appropriate
agency
to
make
sure
that
that
message
is
clearly
transmitted
to
understand.
K
Why
we're
doing
this
and
the
reason
for
doing
this
now
there
are
benefits
direct
benefits
to
the
individuals
that
are
currently
performing
the
inspection,
and
that
is
the
difference
in
time.
A
visual
inspection
in
some
states
takes
between
one
hour
to
one
and
a
half
hours
for
a
subjective,
visual
inspection
using
our
technology.
It
takes
around
five
minutes
maximum
to
perform
a
an
inspection,
utilizing
our
technology.
That
gives
you
a
very
quick,
accurate
understanding
of
the
effectiveness
of
the
brake
suspension,
sights
of
headlights
to
make
sure
the
vehicles
fit
for
the
road.
K
So
it's
working
in
hand
with
what
you
already
have
with
the
lifts
and
ubers,
but
making
sure
that
they
understand
why
we're
implementing
this
technology,
the
reasons
for
it
and
from
there
training
proper
certification,
which
is
what
we
do
all
around
the
world.
O
Just
in
in
following
up
with
that
garrett
delaney
for
the
record,
so
in
the
current
program
and
with
many
of
the
all
of
the
existing
safety
inspection
programs
here
in
the
u.s,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
they're,
a
visual
based
safety
inspection
program
where
a
trained
licensed
inspector
is
is
using
their
their
knowledge
and
their
eyes
to
identify
any
potential
issues
with
the
vehicle
and
and
then
I
you
know
note
those
as
part
of
the
inspection
process
and
if
it's
an
item
that
would
be
a
course
for
failure.
O
That
would
take
place
when
utilizing
calibrated.
Certified
inspection
equipment.
Michael
used,
the
word
subjective,
the
the
inspection
becomes
objective
in
nature
and
it
becomes
unbiased
and
it's
again
using
a
calibrated
inspection
equipment
to
use
set
pass
fail
criteria
that,
if
a
vehicle's
readings
do
not
meet,
they
would
then
fail.
O
So
most
motorists-
and
this
is
common
around
the
world-
have
an
understanding
that,
when
they
take
their
car
to
an
average
automotive
shop
that
they're
going
to
get
hustled
for
some
sort
of
extra
repairs
that
they
don't
need
and
and
they're
not
knowledgeable
enough
to
to
argue
or-
or
you
know,
challenge
that
that
notion
when
this
type
of
calibrated
inspection
equipment
is
used,
you
know
that
you're
getting
an
unbiased
inspection,
that's
taking
defined
measurable
readings
of
these
different
components
on
the
vehicle
and
providing
that
feedback.
O
So
the
the
idea
that
someone
may
be
getting
hustled
or
or
taken
advantage
of
is,
is
taken
away
in
the
in
the
instances
where,
where
this
type
of
equipment
is
used
well,
thank
you.
E
I
appreciate
the
presentation
and
the
responses
and
just
encourage
some
continued
conversation
and
collaboration
with
some
of
these
other
interests
and
stakeholders
across
our
state,
as
we
evaluate
this
and
also
just
appreciate
the
the
equity
concept,
something
I
worked
on
on
emissions
systems
last
legislative
session,
and
I
think
it's
important
that
we
look
at
ways
to
assist
those
with
reduced
means
in
in
making
sure
that
we
can
have
them
operating
in
compliance
and
safely
and
but
also
that
failure
doesn't
then
just
lead
to
them
losing
access
to
mobility.
E
So
thanks
again
for
the
presentation
thanks,
madam
chair,
for
all
the
the
questions,
I
appreciate
the
indulgence.
B
Thank
you
chair.
I
just
have
one
quick
question.
Thank
you,
gentlemen,
for
the
presentation
regarding
the
customer
assistance
repair
program
in
locations
and
where
you
have
seen
this
implemented,
what
type
of
assistance
has
been
provided
the
magnitude
of
the
assistance
you
know
in
comparison
to
the
need
of
the
repair.
K
Thank
you
assembly,
member
for
the
question,
as
I
mentioned,
that
michael
delaney
for
the
record
got
so
excited
there
to
answer
good
questions
from
the
member,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I
really
am
a
big
believer
of
as
part
of
these
programs
is
that
they
really
do
work
in
terms
of
road
safety
and
a
lot
of
our
lower
income
communities.
I
think
this
is
all
around
the
world
have
have
a
higher
impact
on
fatalities
from
road
collisions,
which
leads
to
a
direct
impact,
of
course,
on
the
economic
factors
of
that
community.
K
It
all
it
all
ties
together.
So
the
main
program
that
I've
seen
that's
worked
really
well,
as
I
mentioned,
is
in
california,
with
the
smog
check
program,
and
the
state
has
worked
closely
with
the
repair
station
community
to
understand.
This
is
directly
rated
with
emissions
and
cadillac
converters.
What
that
price
is
for
repair
and
they've
established
limits
in
two
cases,
one
obviously
in
terms
of
the
individual,
what
their
salary
is,
what
their
income
is
and
then
compared
to
how
much
that
repair
would
cost
I'll?
K
Be
these
public
information
I'll
be
glad
to
share
as
well
any
information
on
the
program,
but
what
they've
done
is
they've
put
a
cap
to
also
protect
the
consumer,
so
the
shops
know
very
clearly
that
if
you
don't
work
with
us
on
what
this
cap
is
going
to
be,
we
won't
include
you
as
a
recommended
shop
or
approved
shop
for
the
program.
So
it's
collaboration
with
the
government
agency.
The
bureau
of
automotive
repair
have
done
a
great
job
in
california
and
this
working
with
the
local
repair
shops
to
make
it
fair
for
the
consumer.
A
Okay,
cnn,
I
thank
you
both
for
your
presentation
and
joining
us
today
and
getting
nevada
right.
We
appreciate
that
all
right
members
we're
going
to
take
a
few
things
out
of
order,
we're
going
to
go
to
item
number
eight
on
our
agenda
and
after
that
presentation
we
are
going
to
take
a
15-minute
break
and
truly
a
15-minute
break.
Not
a
legislative
15-minute
break
like
a
real-time
15-minute
break
and
come
back
and
go
back
to
agenda
number
seven.
A
So
I
believe
we
have
mr
greg
lovato
administrator
of
mining
regulations
and
with
us
I'm
greg
we'll
provide
an
update
of
the
2021
nevada's
statewide
ghg
inventory
and
projections
report.
As
many
of
you
know,
senator
brooks
sponsored
senate
bill
254
in
the
2019
legislative
session
to
address
the
growing
impacts
of
climate
change,
the
measures,
among
other
things,
set
forth
economic
or
economy-wide
ghg
reduction,
goals
of
zero
or
near
zero
by
2050.
P
P
I
came
here
to
present
the
key
takeaways
from
our
most
recent
annual
ghg
emission
report,
most
recently
published
in
december
of
last
year.
At
the
outset,
I
do
want
to
give
credit
to
our
extremely
capable
bureau
of
air
quality
planning
staff
responsible
for
producing
the
report.
On
top
of
their
other
workload.
P
We
kind
of
look
at
ourselves
as
the
scorekeeper
similar
to
somebody
at
you
know,
a
sporting
event
we're
basically
just
keeping
track
and
counting,
and
that's
the
goal
this
report
so
ready
to
move
on
to
slide
two
so
compared
to
other
states.
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
some
highlights
of
what
came
out
of
our
report.
P
P
We
actually
are
able
to
keep
up
two
years
behind
instead
of
three.
We
went
straight
to
the
energy
information
administration
instead
of
us
epa
to
process
the
information.
P
So,
as
all
described
later,
we
did
include
in
this
edition
a
significantly
updated
statement
of
policies
that
could
be
used
to
reduce
ghg
emissions.
Compared
to
our
last
report-
and
here
is,
I
guess,
the
punch
line
or
the
biggest
takeaway,
although
we
are
projected
to
continue
decreasing
emissions
in
the
electricity
generation
sector,
absent
new
policies,
the
projected
population,
growth
in
nevada
will
really
drive
and
prevent
nevada
from
reaching
its
emission
reduction
goals
laid
out
in
senate
bill
254
from
the
2019
session.
P
Petroleum
went
down
as
much
as
70
percent
in
early
2020,
but
returned
to
only
a
seven
percent
reduction
in
august
of
2021
compared
to
pre-pandemic
conditions,
so
the
pandemic
reductions
to
some
extent
reset
and
lowered
a
baseline
in
transportation
slightly,
but
are
not
enough
to
make
a
difference
long
term.
P
The
projection
includes
all
future
planned
and
anticipated
coal
and
natural
gas
electrical
generating
unit,
retirements
and
conversions,
including
retirement
of
the
north
valmey
generating
station,
which
is
a
coal-fired
power
plant
no
later
than
2025,
and
the
plan
to
convert
the
ts
power
plant
operated
by
nevada
gold
mines
to
operate
at
least
50
percent
of
the
year
on
natural
gas
by
2023.
P
A
couple
other
things
to
point
out
due
to
the
uncertainty
in
nevada
state
level,
specific
estimates
on
the
use
of
hydrofluorocarbons
or
hfcs.
While
emissions
from
hfcs
are
expected
to
be
reduced.
Due
to
recent
federal
regulation,
we
were
not
able
to
quantify
the
exact
effect
on
nevada.
We
are
working
to
improve
our
estimate.
Estimates
of
hfc
emissions,
which
make
up
a
substantial
portion
of
industrial
missions
next
slide.
P
P
So,
as
I
mentioned
before,
we
have
a
few
areas
of
uncertainty
on
both
our
past
emissions
and
future
projections
that
we
are
researching
at
this
time,
unlike
transportation
and
electricity
generation,
which
are
relatively
straightforward
to
estimate
with
existing
methodology
and
data
sources.
The
emissions
from
the
industry
sector
are
more
certain
due
to
the
lack
of
state-level
data
on
hydrofluorocarbons
in
2021.
P
The
legislature
approved
ab-452,
providing
ndp
the
authority
and
resources
to
develop
regulations
for
more
state-specific
data,
and
we
are
currently
working
on
that.
Secondly,
you
see
a
line
below
zero
at
the
bottom.
That's
the
estimated
net
sink
of
carbon
into
nevada's
natural
landscapes,
including
sagebrush
and
rangelands.
P
P
P
So
here
you
can
see
the
relative
contributions
of
each
sector
over
time
with
electricity
generation
continuing
to
decrease
from
47
percent
in
2005.
That's
our
baseline
year,
which
we're
against
against
which
we're
comparing
our
goals
to
24
by
2030,
and
you
can
see
the
continued
growth
in
the
other
sectors
thanks.
P
So
this
is
a
graphic
produced
for
each
state
by
lawrence,
livermore
national
labs.
I
find
it
very
helpful
in
visualizing
the
breakdown
by
on
the
left
side,
energy
source
and
the
middle
energy
use
and
on
the
right
side
how
each
of
these
contribute
to
overall
carbon
dioxide
emissions
statewide.
So
this
only
counts
for
fossil
fuel
combustion.
It
does
not
include
emissions
from
other
pollutants
such
as
hfcs.
I
talked
about
earlier
and
and
methane,
for
instance,
from
solid
waste
landfills.
P
However,
you
can
see
you
know
easily
here
the
more
limited
contribution
today,
for
example,
of
natural
gas
in
residential
and
commercial
use
versus
its
use
in
electrical
power
generation
and
as
compared
to
fuel
combustion
and
transportation.
P
P
So
last
slide,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
statement
of
policy
section
has
been
reorganized
and
updated
from
previous
reports,
similar
to
our
original
annual
report.
Following
passage
of
sb254
in
2019,
we
looked
at
all
the
policies
planned
or
in
place
in
other
u.s
states,
and
that's
described
in
the
u.s
climate
alliance
report.
It's
an
annual
report
that
comes
out
and
and
so
we
identified
a
number
of
new
policies
there.
P
There
are
two
actually
that
we're
currently
evaluating
ndep
right
now
that
are
within
our
apparent
jurisdiction,
is
looking
at
more
advanced,
clean
car
standards
to
try
and
drive
down
emissions
in
the
light
duty
sector
as
well
as
before
I
mentioned.
What
can
we
do
to
more
specifically
identify
opportunities
for
reductions
in
hydrofluorocarbons?
P
P
For
that
we
would
recommend
more
detailed
analysis
and,
and
the
criteria
we
would
use
to
compare
and
review
additional
policies
or
identified
policies
would
be
laid
out
already
in
the
december
2020
climate
strategy
produced
by
the
state.
So
with
that,
I'm
prepared
to
take
questions
along
with
jeff.
Thank
you.
L
Thank
you
chair.
Thank
you,
mr
lovato,
for
the
report
once
again
fabulous
work.
I
do
have
a
question
on
what
what
you
are
using,
what
methodology
you're
using
or
what
assumptions
are
being
made
to
project
electrification
in
the
transportation
field
and
what
that
would
do
to
the
ghgs
from
the
transportation
sector.
P
Greg
lovato
for
the
record.
Thank
you
senator
brooks
so
yeah
we
thought
about.
When
senate
bill
448
was
passed.
You
know
the
tremendous
investment
that's
taking
place,
and
and
how
would
that
account?
For
you
know
future
projections,
and
I
I
think,
as
far
as
you
know
how
it
would
break
down
in
our
report
right
now,
we'd
actually
have
to
wait
until
it
showed
up
in
actual
reduction
in
the
electricity
electricity
generating
sector
and
in
terms
of
vehicle
emissions.
P
P
We
estimate
that
new
cars
right
now
new
cars,
maybe
between
four
and
five
percent
of
new
cars,
are
zero
emission
vehicles.
We're
looking
at
by
the
time
clean
cars,
nevada
comes
into
effect,
we're
probably
looking
at
between
eight
and
twelve
percent
based
on
those
projections,
and
so
those
are,
I
guess,
the
two
ways
in
which
electrification
gets
reflected.
P
L
So
so
you
are
are
estimating
in
in
the
projection.
You're
estimating
an
8
to
12
percent
of
the
entire
nevada
personal
transportation
fleet
would
be
zero
mission.
Is
that
is
that
what
I
heard
by
2025.
P
Greg
lovato
for
the
record,
yet
let
me
let
me
clarify
so
that
would
be
eight
to
twelve
percent
of
the
new
vehicles
purchased
in
calendar
year.
2024
of
light
duty
vehicles
purchased
would
be
expected
to
be
zero
mission
vehicles.
So
you're
really
talking
about
you,
know
only
a
small
percentage
of
the
what's
on
the
road
right,
so
you're
only
replacing
of
the
new
vehicles,
I
think
maybe
we're
talking
about
six
percent
or
eight
percent
of
the
vehicles
are
replaced
each
year
or
added
each
year.
P
P
Thanks
gregor
for
the
record,
we
we
tried
to
estimate
based
on
current
trends,
what
those
might
look
like
when
we
tried
to
assess
the
the
impact
of
clean
cars,
nevada,
and
so
you
know,
obviously,
transportation
electrification.
P
E
Thanks
madam
chair,
thank
you,
mr
lovato,
for
the
presentation.
It's
just
following
up
on
senator
brooks's
questions
so,
and
I
noticed
that
you,
the
report,
noted
the
passage
of
ab-383
for
appliance
standards
and
ab349
addressing
some
of
the
vehicle
emissions,
and
so
just
to
be
clear.
E
P
Thanks
senator
watts,
greg
lovato
for
the
record,
so
I
guess
maybe
to
place
those
two
later
specific
policies
in
context.
P
I
think,
to
some
extent
they're
a
bit
accounted
for
when
you
look
at
how
we
project
electricity
generation
for
the
appliance
use,
we're
waiting
for
specific
plans
to
be
put
forward
by
the
electric
service
providers,
and
then
we
account
for
those
in
the
projections
so
to
the
extent
that
those
policies
themselves
result
in
and
are
reflected
in
updated
integrated
resource
plans.
P
Those
would
then
show
up
in
our
inventory
so
we're
waiting
for
it
to
show
up
first
with
the
electrical
provider
in
order
to
show
up
in
our
inventory
and
then
with
respect
to
smog
check
program.
I
think
you
know
that
primarily
has
you
know
from
my
understanding
is
going
to
have
a
bigger
impact
on
reduction
in
criteria
pollutants,
so
the
traditional
nitrogen
oxides
and
and
others
may
not
have
as
much
of
a
an
impact
directly
on
carbon
dioxide
emissions
since
you're.
P
Still
talking
about
you,
know,
combusting,
you
know
gasoline.
E
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that,
and
we
are
clark
county
is
working
to
get
a
program
up
and
running.
That
will
hopefully
help
make
those
repairs
to
reduce
those
criteria,
pollutants,
but
also
provide
some
options
to
move
into
cleaner
transportation,
including
low
or
no
emissions
transportation,
which
could
also
have
some
impact
on
on
emissions
overall.
E
But
I
I
appreciate
the
the
clarification.
I
think
it's
helpful
for
us
to
understand
how,
as
we
pass
policies
kind
of
what
that
what
the
buffer
may
be
before
we
see
it,
reflect
it
in
the
report
and
and
really
see
how
its
impacting
not
only
actual
emissions
from
year
to
year,
but
also,
hopefully,
bending
the
curve
down
on
on
the
projections
as
well.
So
I
appreciate
the
clarification.
B
P
Thanks
senator
ellison
greg
lovato
for
the
record,
so
my
understanding
is
that
that
was,
I
think,
just
the
bill
that
assemblyman
watts
was
mentioning
with
respect
to
closing
the
classic
carb
loophole,
and
I
think
what
it
put
into
effect
is
a
requirement
for
a
different
type
of
insurance
in
order
to
obtain
the
the
classic
car
license
plate
from
the
department
of
motor
vehicles.
P
And
my
understanding
is-
is
that
it's
currently
being
implemented
by
the
department
of
motor
vehicles
to
move
that
program
ahead
and,
as
assembling
watts
mentioned,
looking
at
incentives
for
for
helping,
maybe
low-income
drivers
who
need
help
to
access
repairs
to
provide
a
source
of
funding
for
them.
And
I
know
that
work's
happening
with
the
counties.
P
But
I
could
I
don't
have
the
direct
answer
for
you
on
exactly
what
it.
What
it's
looking
like
right
now,
as
it's
department
motor
vehicles
implementing
that
program,
along
with
the
local
counties.
But
we
can.
We
can
get
back
to
you.
B
Follow
up
madam
sherwin
go
ahead,
yes,
and
I
agree
that
the
plates
I
could
see
where
they
were
really
misused
after
you
started
looking
at
it,
and
some
of
these
people
were
putting
classic
cars
on
stuff
that,
like
a
dump
truck,
look
like
so
I
agree
to
that.
But
there's
a
lot
of
people.
That's
got
high
dollar
highly
maintained
classic
cars
that
you
see
out
there
and
they're
limited.
B
You
know
how
many
there's
actually
and
they're
they're
reducing
as
we
go,
but
that's
a
large
large
investment
that
these
people
put
into
these
vehicles
and
that's
what
I
don't
want
to
see
impact.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
I'm
not
seeing
any
other
hands
raised
for
questions
or
comments
for
the
presenters.
So
mr
lovato,
thank
you
so
much
for
joining
our
committee
today
enjoy
the
rest
of
your
day
and
members
as
promised,
we
will
be
taking
a
15-minute
break
now,
we'll
come
back
right
at
1pm,
not
105,
1pm,
so
and
we'll
get
back
on
track.
With
item
number
seven
on
our
agenda.
A
Okay,
I
did
take
a
legislative
15
minutes.
I
apologize.
Forgive
me,
it
happens.
It
wasn't
as
long
as
a
regular
legislative
15
minutes.
It
was
a
little
shorter,
just
a
little
shorter,
but
we
will
call
the
meeting
back
to
order,
and
I
thank
you
for
your
patience
with
us
and
we
will
be
starting
with
agenda
number
item
number
seven.
A
Q
Q
So,
just
like
the
rest
of
the
us
and
the
rest
of
the
world,
climate
change
truly
is
happening
here
in
our
state
already,
average
temperatures
have
increased
by
about
two
degrees
fahrenheit,
and
these
increasing
temperatures
they're,
making
our
heat
waves
both
longer
and
more
frequent
rising
temperatures
are
also
changing
our
water
cycle,
we're
in
a
20-year
drought.
That
is
worse
than
any,
that
has
impacted
the
entire
southwest
in
over
1
200
years
and
last
year
was
the
worst
drought
that
we've
experienced
in
the
observational
record.
Q
Wildfire
season
is
now
year
round
and
increasing
19
nighttime
temperatures
mean
that
fires
are
being
fought
literally
around
the
clock.
365
days
a
year.
They
don't
lay
down
at
night
like
they
used
to,
but
climate
change.
It's
not
just
about
hotter
and
drier
on
the
flip
side.
Storms
are
increasing
in
strength
and
the
frequency
and
intensity
of
floods
are
projected
to
increase.
Q
Q
Each
of
these
single
extreme
events
cost
the
us
economy
over
one
billion
dollars
from
hurricanes
in
the
gulf
to
severe
storms
in
the
midwest
to
wildfire
and
drought
in
the
west.
These
events
have
the
fingerprints
of
climate
change
all
over
them,
and
their
frequency
and
intensity
is
increasing
over
time.
Q
The
red
line
overlaying
the
bar
chart
represents
the
annual
total
cost
of
the
u.s
economy
of
these
disasters
and
since
1980,
these
events
have
cost
our
economy.
An
estimated
2.2
trillion
last
year
alone
cost
the
us
economy.
145
billion
and
a
large
portion
of
these
incurred
losses
are
associated
with
physical
damage
and
destruction
of
infrastructure
such
as
buildings,
roads,
bridges,
levees
and
other
parts
of
our
built
environment.
Q
Of
course,
we've
seen
our
fair
share
of
disasters
recently
here
in
the
state.
In
the
last
40
years,
snow
and
rain
storms
have
cost
the
western
u.s
an
estimated
51
billion
and
in
2021
alone
the
extreme
drought
and
wildfires
cost
nevada
upwards
of
a
hundred
million
dollars
and
as
high
as
250
million
dollars.
Make
no
mistake.
Extreme
climate
events
pose
risks
to
our
infrastructure.
Q
So
now
I
want
to
take
a
little
time
to
provide
a
broader
context
for
how
the
impacts
of
climate
might
shape
infrastructure
investment
decisions
moving
forward,
and
I
want
to
start
first
with
the
energy
sector
or,
more
specifically,
with
power.
Climate
change
is
already
affecting
the
demand
for
power.
With
increasing
temperatures,
we
will
continue
to
see
an
increase
in
our
air
conditioning
power
demands
also,
as
we
shift
towards
electrification,
particularly
in
the
transportation
sector.
Q
We
could
also
see
changes
in
not
just
our
average
power
demand,
but
also
in
the
timing
of
that
demand,
as
folks
plug
in
their
cars
in
or
plugging
their
cars.
In
overnight.
The
changing
demand
regimes,
coupled
with
a
shift
to
renewable
energy,
requires
both
new
planning
and
new
infrastructure
investments.
Q
We
also
need
to
consider
the
power
needs
of
the
water
sector
as
water
resources
diminish.
Some
places
may
need
to.
I
don't
know
convey
water
from
other
places
number
two:
they
might
need
to
pump
groundwater
from
even
greater
depths
as
the
water
table
declines
or
third,
they
might
need
to
recycle
and
treat
water
of
diminished
quality
and
all
three
of
these
options
conveying
pumping
and
treating
water.
They
require
energy,
and
this
is
something
that
we
particularly
have
to
pay
attention
to
here
in
the
arid
west
and
then
on
the
power
supply
side.
Q
We
of
course,
have
the
direct
threats
that
are
opposed
to
transmission
lines
and
other
assets
by
wildfire,
wind
and
storms.
In
addition,
we're
seeing
that
supplies
can
be
limited
as
we
see
supply,
as
we
see
utilities
de-energizing
systems
to
alleviate
the
risks
to
property
and
public
safety
of
power
systems
sparking
wildfires
during
fire
weather
events.
Q
Q
For
example,
for
the
first
time,
the
federal
federal
officials
will
not
be
releasing
as
much
water
from
lake
lake
powell,
so
it
can
flow
down
to
lake
mead,
just
so
that
they
can
keep
the
glen
canyon
dam
on
lake
powell
operating
throughout
the
summer.
This
is
a
situation
that
we
do
need
to
be
paying
attention
to.
The
bottom
line
is
that
climate
change
is
truly
transforming
the
power
sector.
Q
Then
there's
transportation
much
like
the
energy
sector,
fires,
floods
and
storms
pose
risks
to
the
physical
assets
across
our
transportation
systems.
There
are
many
many
issues
that
we
need
to
consider
with
respect
to
building
resilience
in
transportation,
but
today
I
just
want
to
highlight
two
things.
Q
First,
we
have
to
keep
in
mind
that
the
durability
of
infrastructure
to
climb
it
must
be
considered
in
the
context
of
climates
that
we've
never
seen
before.
For
example,
you
might
consider
the
unprecedented
heat
waves
that
hit
the
pacific
northwest
last
year.
You
might
even
recall
in
the
media
there
were
images
of
buckling
roadways
and
crooked
rail
lines,
which
were
essentially
melted
as
temperatures
hit
upwards
of
115
degrees.
Q
That's
an
important
lesson
about
how
we
assess
our
resilience
and
plan
for
the
future.
The
past
can
no
longer
be
an
analog
for
the
future.
Here
in
nevada,
we
may
need
to
reevaluate
the
materials
that
we
use
in
construction
to
ensure
resilience
to
even
hotter
temperatures
and
longer
heat
waves.
We
also
need
to
consider
the
heat
exposure
of
the
transportation
workforce
and
customers
who
are
in
transit
in
the
management,
planning
and
design
of
our
transportation
systems.
Q
We
also
have
communities
who
may
need
to
consider
how
infrastructure
investments
might
support
the
transition
from
snowy
winters
to
rainy
winters,
and
the
second
issue
to
highlight
is
that
it's
not
just
about
the
climate
impacts
that
we
see
here
in
nevada.
It's
also
how
climate
disrupts
the
entire
network
of
transportation
systems,
sea
level
rise
and
hurricanes
in
the
gulf
have
impacts
that
ripple
throughout
the
system.
So
we
need
to
make
sure
that
as
we're
reviewing
our
climate
challenges
that
we're
securing
our
supply
chain.
Q
G
Thank
you,
dr
avert
good
afternoon
for
the
record
nelson
at
our
nevada
infrastructure
advisor
chair,
monroe,
moreno
and
members
of
the
committee.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
allow
me
to
join
you
today
to
introduce
myself.
I
am
well
on
four
weeks
and
three
days
into
my
new
role
as
infrastructure
advisor
and
I'm
excited
to
be
able
to
stand
before
you
and
highlight
the
historic
funding
that
nevada
is
poised
to
receive
and
compete
for.
G
I
am
thrilled
for
the
opportunity
to
help
facilitate
and
coordinate
across
all
levels
of
government
and
with
external
partners
to
maximize
on
the
federal
support.
Nevada
is
eligible
to
receive
approximately
60
of
the
funding
made
available
by
the
infrastructure,
investment
and
jobs
act
will
come
to
the
state
via
formula
funding.
Approximately
40
percent
of
the
iija
funding
or
sources
will
be
made
available
through
competitive
grants.
That
40
percent
is
extremely
key
to
nevada
and
our
goal
is
to
be
competitive
on
all
fronts.
G
I
wanted
to
share
just
some
top
level
numbers
that
the
white
house
has
provided
in
terms
of
the
funding.
Nevada
is
poised
to
receive
through
iija,
based
on
the
formula
funding
alone.
Nevada
is
expected
to
receive
2.5
billion
for
federal
aid,
highway,
abortion
programs
and
225
million
for
bridges,
bridge
replacement
and
repairs
under
the
infra
under
the
infrastructure,
investment
and
jobs
act
for
over
the
five
next
five
years.
G
Nevada
can
also
compete
for
the
12.5
billion
dollar
bridge
investment
program
for
economically
significant
bridges,
which
will
also
be
crucial
for
us
in
particular
areas
across
our
state
based
on
the
funding
formula.
Nevada
would
be
expected
to
receive
459
million
over
five
years
under
the
infrastructure,
investment
and
jobs
act
for
public
transportation
options
across
the
state
and
under
iija
nevada
will
receive
approximately
38
million
over
the
next
five
years
to
support
expansion
of
an
ev
charging
network
in
the
state.
G
I'm
sure
that
you've
all
heard
of
the
work
that
nda
is
doing
in
partnership
with
several
stakeholders
around
this,
but
they
have
a
fast
approaching
deadline
of
august
1st
that
they
are
getting
ready
for
to
present
a
plan.
Nevada
will
also
have
the
opportunity
to
apply
for
2.5
billion
dollars
in
grant
funding
dedicated
to
ev
charging.
That's
allocated
in
the
bill
a
few
more
top
ones
to
highlight.
Under
the
infrastructure,
investment
and
jobs
act,
nevada
will
receive
a
minimum
allocation
of
100
million
to
help
provide
broadband
coverage
across
the
state.
G
Wildfire
will
also
be
a
priority
within
this
bill,
and
protection
against
cyber
attacks
will
also
be
crucial
with
funding
allocated
to
to
prevent
such
attacks
and
then,
lastly,
nevada
will
receive
approximately
293
million
for
infrastructure
development
for
airports
over
the
next
five
years,
so
that
that's
a
lot-
and
I
am
excited
to
serve
in
this
role
and
to
be
able
to
have
conversations
with
the
white
house
respective
u.s
department
agencies
through
the
governor's
office
and
work
across
our
departments
with
everyone,
including
you
and
external
partners,
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
voices
are
included
in
this
process
and
and
most
importantly,
to
ensure
that
nevada
is
at
the
forefront
of
securing
these
resources.
G
Q
Okay,
kristen
avert
senior
climate
advisor
for
the
record.
So
with
respect
to
what
nelson
just
articulated,
I
wanted
to
highlight
a
couple
of
the
specific
items
within
iija
that
are
related
to
helping
and
really
could
help
us
achieve
our
climate
goals
in
the
state.
So
the
first
there's
about
6.4
billion
in
formula
grant
program
funds
for
state
projects
that
support
the
reduction
of
transportation
emissions.
There
are
7.3
billion
in
formula
funding
and
1.4
billion
in
competitive
set-aside
grants
for
resilience,
improvements
at
the
state
municipal
levels,
there's
new
resources
that
support
a
transition
to
transportation.
Q
Electrification
doe
has
over
five
billion
dollars
available
for
weatherization
and
energy
efficiency.
Investments
which
are
particularly
important
to
ensure
households
in
nevada
are
protected
from
extreme
heat
and
that
they're
saving
money
on
their
power
bills.
There's
also
excuse
me,
the
55
billion
that
nelson
also
alluded
to
with
in
epa
for
water
and
wastewater,
as
well
as
fema
funds
for
resilience
planning
and
then
finally,
750
million
in
advanced
energy
for
advanced
energy
manufacturing
and
recycling.
Q
On
that
particular
item,
I
want
to
take
a
pause
and
highlight
our
opportunities
specific
to
the
clean
energy
economy,
from
our
unique
geology
to
advancing
processing
and
advanced
manufacturing
to
innovations
and
battery
recycling.
We
already
are
home
here
in
the
state
to
really
an
economy
that
supports
clean
energy
and
clean
transportation.
Q
Simply
infrastructure
investments
can
support
smart,
climate-friendly
initiatives
that
will
bolster
and
entrench
a
thriving,
clean
energy
economy,
and
then,
finally,
I
want
to
emphasize
the
opportunity
in
the
infrastructure
bill
for
environmental
justice.
I've
quoted
this
before
in
presentations
before
this
board,
but
I'm
going
to
keep
saying
it
from
the
u.s
national
climate
assessment
in
2018.
Q
People
who
are
already
vulnerable,
including
lower
income
and
other
marginalized
communities,
have
lower
capacity
to
prepare
for
and
cope
with,
extreme
weather
and
climate
related
events
and
are
expected
to
experience
greater
impacts,
and
here
in
southern
nevada.
We
have
a
stark
example
of
precisely
that
on
any
given
day,
temperatures
across
the
metro
region
can
vary
by
as
much
as
10
degrees.
So,
even
though
my
weather
app
might
say,
100
degrees
outside
just
down
the
road,
it
could
be
110.
Q
in
an
analysis
that
was
conducted
several
years
ago.
There
is
a
clear
correlation
between
low-income
households
and
where
they're,
located
with
highest
the
highest
temperatures
in
both
the
cities
of
las
vegas
and
the
city
of
north
las
vegas.
Simply
the
poorest
people
live
in
the
hottest
places
and
they
are
the
most
vulnerable
to
extreme
heat.
Q
Recognizing
these
types
of
excuse
me
of
disparities.
The
biden
administration
lost,
launched
its
justice
40
initiative
as
part
of
the
president's
executive
order
on
tackling
the
climate
crisis.
An
important
component
of
this
initiative
is
that
40
percent
of
all
federal
investments
must
flow
to
disadvantaged
communities.
Q
To
support
this
effort,
governor
sislek
recently
established
a
state
environmental
justice
team.
The
state
ej
team
is
working
with
the
new
diversity,
inclusion
and
liaisons
put
in
place
by
sb
222,
as
well
as
the
nevada,
indian
commission
and
the
state
tribal
liaisons.
The
team
has
been
evaluating
the
white
house,
climate
and
environmental
justice.
Screening
tool
is
beginning
a
broader
suite
of
outreach
and
engagement
activities
and
they're,
specifically
working
right
now
with
the
epa
and
with
the
state's
new
grant
office
about
how
we
can
increase
capacity
for
community
organizations
to
receive
this
funding.
Q
In
addition,
several
individual
agencies,
including
endep
and
ndot,
are
directly
engaging
with
historically
marginalized
communities
on
very
specific
projects
for
which
they
want
to
receive
funding
under
the
infrastructure
bill.
Environmental
justice
is
a
core
tenant
of
climate
action
and
we're
all
working
to
ensure
that
we're
appropriately
engaging
across
all
of
our
communities
here
in
nevada.
Q
A
That
moves
us
on
to
our
next
item.
On
the
agenda
item
number
nine:
the
benefits
of
electrifying
our
transportation
sector
are
economic,
environmental.
It
may
provide
equity
to
those
in
underserved
communities
by
improving
local
air
quality.
As
many
of
you
know,
the
transportation
sector
accounts
for
the
greatest
percentage
of
ghg
emissions
in
nevada.
N
Good
afternoon
I'm
chairwoman,
moreno
and
at
the
committee
it
is
my
great
pleasure
this
afternoon
to
present
a
transportation
electrification
among
much
great
friends
and
partners
behind
me
and
advancing
this
for
the
state.
My
name
is
marie
steele,
like
you
said
vice
president
of
electrification
and
energy
services
at
envy
energy,
and
for
those
of
you
that
is
actually
a
new
organization
inside
of
nb
energy.
We
have.
I
have
the
great
pleasure
of
leading
a
diverse
team
that
manages
all
of
our
customer
programs
that
most
of
that
policy
has
been
set
by
this
legislature.
N
So
I
have
our
demand:
site
management,
programs,
energy
efficiency,
renewable
energy,
electric
vehicles,
battery
storage,
so
all
of
our
distributed
energy
resources
and
then
also
I'm
responsible
for
integrated
grid
planning,
which
is
under
our
distributed
resource
plan,
making
sure
that
all
of
this
distributed
energy
resources
benefits
all
of
nevadans
and
we're
integrating
them
appropriately
so
I'll
quickly,
recognizing
or
late
into
the
afternoon.
Almost
I'll
go
quickly
about
nv
energy's,
electric
vehicle
programs
and
the
updates
on
senate
bill
448.
N
N
So
as
of
late,
I
think
we'd
be
remiss
to
say
that
electric
vehicles
aren't
really
popular,
and
so
we've
done
updated,
nevada
market
research
around
our
residential
customers
and
our
commercial
customers
and
how
they're
feeling
about
electric
vehicles
and
their
barriers
to
adoption,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
found,
even
since
2020,
that
24
prior
were
looking
and
thinking
about
their
next
car
being
electric
vehicles,
and
that
is
now
40
percent.
So
we
are
actually
seeing
such
a
large
increase
interest
in
it.
N
So
we
do
have
this.
Oh
sorry,
thank
you.
You
think
it
was
my
first
time
presenting
so
this
market
research
is
just
fresh
and
so
we'll
be
happy
to
share
this
with
the
legislature
and
post
it
to
it.
We
have
a
full
detailed
report
across
all
customer
classes
if
you
are
interested
so
electric
vehicle
programs
for
nb
energy
we've
been
in
the
game
for
a
very
long
time.
Since
2009
we've
actually
had
electric
vehicle
time
of
use
tariffs
in
2013,
we
started
our
charging
station.
N
Shared
investment
program
in
2015
started
the
partnership
with
for
the
nevada
electric
highway,
with
the
governor's
office
of
energy
for
phase
one
to
connect,
las
vegas
to
reno
along
u.s
95,
and
that
expanded
into
phase
two,
which
I'm
sure
director
bobsien,
will
talk
to
you
much
more
about
and
then
in
2017.
This
legislative
body
created
the
electric
vehicle
infrastructure
demonstration
program
as
part
of
senate
bill
145,
and
that
is
our
active
electric
vehicle
program.
N
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
and
then
in
2019
senate
bill
299
created
the
electric
school
bus
program
as
well,
then
we'll
talk
about
senate
bill
448,
which
is
actually
why
we're
here
today
and
so
senate
bill
448
specific
to
transportation,
electrification.
It
did
a
whole
host
of
other
things
around
electric
policy,
but
for
transportation,
electrification.
N
First
and
foremost,
it
actually
repealed
the
requirement
for
our
electric
vehicle
infrastructure
demonstration
program.
So
we
filed
our
final
program
on
february
1st
of
this
year.
We
got
approval
for
the
stipulation
that
all
of
the
stakeholders
came
to
last
week,
so
for
july,
of
2022
through
june
of
2023,
will
actually
be
the
last
year
of
that
program.
N
N
I
will
admit
that
freely.
So
when
you
want
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
electric
vehicles,
it's
over
on
the
clean
energy
tab
around
electric
vehicles
and
then
also
the
economic
recovery
plan.
Is
there
as
well,
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
everybody
knows
what
we
have
around
more
programs
and
tools
for
residential
customers.
We
do
have
a
residential
charger
incentive
really
excited
to
give
an
update
on
the
lower
income
ev
rebates,
so
we
do
have
an
incentive
for
vehicles
for
income,
qualified
customers.
N
N
N
Another
thing
that
we're
very
excited
about
is
the
new
dealer
partner
program.
So
a
lot
of
the
barriers
that
we've
seen
is
that
buying
an
electric
vehicle
is
not
easy
right
and
so
in
partnership
with
the
nevada
franchise,
auto
dealers
association,
mr
mckay
has
been
a
wonderful
partner
in
this,
as
well
as
the
auto
dealers.
We've
created
a
dealer
partnership
program
in
education.
N
We
have
completed
it
here
in
southern
nevada,
where
they
have
a
certification
for
the
dealers.
We
are
doing
our
dealer
training
in
reno
this
week
actually
on
friday,
and
so
we're
really
excited
about
that
been
really
well
received
by
the
auto
dealers
and
the
the
owners
there.
Not
only
are
we
educating
the
dealers,
we're
also
learning
about
some
of
the
barriers
they're
having
on
having
more
electric
vehicles
to
sell
and
so
how
they're
charging
those
vehicles
and
it's
a
really
fascinating
partnership-
that's
been
evolving
and
really
appreciative
of
it.
N
So
the
economic
recovery,
transportation,
electrification
plan-
that's
the
100
million
dollar
plan
you've
been
hearing
about.
It
has
five
programs
that
we're
excited
about,
but
the
the
three
main
components
of
it
are
to
accelerate
transportation,
electrification,
create
economic
recovery
and
job
creation
benefits
while
prioritizing
historically
underserved
communities,
and
so
it
did
create
five
programs,
the
interstate
corridor,
charging
depot
program
that
and
goes
in
parallel
with
the
nevada
electric
highway
and
then
having
folks
up
here
from
the
state
to
talk
about
the
infrastructure,
investment
and
jobs
act.
N
Starting
may
16th
and
then
last
we
have
an
outdoor
recreation
and
tourism
program.
The
outdoor
recreation
tourism
program
will
be
two
iconic
sites,
one
in
northern
nevada
and
one
in
southern
nevada,
the
one
in
southern
nevada
we
have
proposed
at
red
rock
and
then
in
northern
nevada,
at
lake
tahoe
and
both
of
those
envision,
a
multi-modal
charging,
including
actually
electric
boat
chargers
at
lake
tahoe.
N
So
we're
looking
to
advance
some
new
technologies
and
being
forward
thinking
with
that
and
then
also
a
tourism
incentive
program
that
is
live,
and
so
we
launched
that
on
april,
1st
for
level
2
chargers
across
different
tourism,
property
types
for
nevada,
including
ski
locations,
sporting
centers
convention,
centers,
resorts
and
casinos,
and
then
also
rural
tourism
sites.
So,
like
we've
learned,
probably
or
if
you've
heard
about
for
the
federal
programs,
you
know
we've
been
spending
a
good
portion
of
the
first
quarter
of
the
year
setting
up
these
programs.
N
Another
thing
that
was
also
very
important
for
this
was
the
economic
recovery
and
workforce
development.
We're
very
excited
to
announce
that.
Just
last
week
we
signed
the
partnerships
with
the
electrical
jatc
of
southern
nevada
and
the
northern
nevada
electrical
training
center
for
partnerships
on
increasing
their
electric
vehicle
infrastructure,
training,
program,
certification
and
advancing
and
investing
in
that
training
program
and
also
in
advancing
investing
in
their
abilities
to
recruit
and
historically
underserved
communities
and
making
sure
that
we're
bringing
people
to
these
great
jobs.
N
Additionally,
the
prior
prioritizing,
historically
underserved
communities
senate
bill,
448
defined
historically
underserved
communities
and
gave
that
target
of
40
million
dollars
for
the
100
million
dollar
investment.
We're
very
proud
to
say
that
we
proposed
51
million
dollars
of
the
investment
to
go
towards
those
communities,
but
how
we
took
that
back
at
nb
energy
is
we
are.
N
We
have
mapped
the
census
tracts
and
the
definitions
into
our
gis
mapping
system
and
we're
also
working
in
to
develop
that
into
our
billing
system,
so
that
we
can
more
focusly
target
and
intentionally
target
those
customers
to
make
sure
that
they're
able
to
access
not
just
the
transportation,
electrification
programs,
but
all
programs
in
general,
we're
very
excited
to
have
that
partnership
with
the
legislature
and
also
with
our
community-based
organizations
as
we
reach
into
those
communities.
N
N
We
also
have
surveys
in
english
and
spanish,
the
webinars
and
workshops
ev101s
and
test
drive
events.
We
do
have
a
live,
a
test,
drive
event
in
ride
and
drive
in
reno
this
weekend
as
well,
and
then
webinars
for
interested
site
hosts,
so
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
are
engaging
the
community
and
learning
about
what
they
would
like
to
see
in
future
programs
for
commercial
customers
and
industry
participants.
N
They
can
get
involved
by
participating.
Obviously
in
eligible
programs
they
can
also
submit
their
interest
forms
to
be
an
interstate
corridor
and
an
urban
charging
depot
program.
That's
live
right
now.
You
can
apply
to
qualify
your
electric
vehicle
supply
equipment.
It
can
also
apply
to
be
qualified
for
a
third
party
provider,
and
you
can
learn
about
the
electric
vehicle
infrastructure,
training
program
and
contracting
opportunities,
so
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
we're
gauging
everybody
across
nevada
to
get
engaged
in
transportation,
electrification
and
just
some
key
deadlines.
N
Since
I
have
your
attention,
the
tourism
incentive,
like
I
said,
it's
actually
active
and
open
and
we're
reviewing
those
now
we're
excited
to
get
that
launched
across,
especially
very
specifically
the
strip
down
here.
In
southern
nevada,
the
interstate
and
interstate
and
urban
charging
depots
at
the
site
host
interest
did
open
on
may
1st,
the
transportation
electrification
custom
grant.
There's
a
lot
of
mouthfuls
around
here.
Apologize
that
application
portal
opens,
may
16th
and
will
close
on
may
27th.
N
We've
already
done
webinars
and
outreach
for
our
commercial
customers,
so
they
make
sure
that
they're
aware
of
that
as
well.
The
public
agency
charging
program
will
start
accepting
interest
forms
on
june
1st
same
thing
with
outdoor
recreation,
so
we're
very
excited
to
keep
this
moving
and
getting
some
more
charging
stations
out
there
in
nevada.
L
Thank
you
chair.
I
appreciate
that
I
I
just
I
just.
L
I
want
to
say
that
I
this
program
and
how
it
was
implemented
and
how
quickly
it
was
implemented
and
how
it
turned
out
really
has
turned
out
better
than
I
ever
possibly
could
have
imagined
when
we
were
collaboratively
working
on
putting
together
the
bill-
and
you
know
I
I
try
to-
I
try
to
imagine
the
outcomes
from
the
the
legislation
that
we
pass
and
how
it
will
interact
with
and
affect
nevadans,
and
I
got
my
first
plug-in
car
in
2013
and
I
have
an
electric
vehicle
now
and
when
I
got
that
electric
vehicle
I
intentionally,
I
mean
I
was
electrical
contractor.
L
I
intentionally
didn't
install
a
charging
station
at
my
house
because
I
wanted
to
see
live
off
of
a
year
of
public
charging
and
see
what
what
some
of
the
pain
points
were
and
what
some
of
the
challenges
were,
and
so
I
could
bring
that
to
the
bill
and
also
bring
it
and
work
with
with
the
energy
and
creating
that
program.
And
so
I
I've
drove
2000
miles
of
the
nevada
electric
highway,
sometimes
successfully,
sometimes
unsuccessfully,
and
and
I've
installed
charging
at
my
workplace.
L
And
so
I
and
then,
and
I
I
really
tried
to
to
figure
out.
You
know
where
and
then
I
worked
with
nv
energy
on
the
battery
system
and
the
rooftop
solar
system,
as
well
as
the
charging
tariff,
and-
and
so
I
really
wanted
to
to
feel
see
what
every
average
nevadan
would
experience
when
they
were
trying
to
use
these
policies,
and
I
think
you've
addressed
every
single
one
of
those
pain
points
and
in
the
program
that
you
put
together.
And
so
I
am
just
I
just
want
to.
L
I
can't
speak
highly
enough
about
the
work
that
that
was
done
during
session,
with
with
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
here
on
this
committee,
but
also
after
session,
with
within
the
energy
and
and
and
all
the
stakeholders
that
were
involved.
N
I'll
just
say,
thank
you,
senator
brooks
it's
been
a
pleasure.
I
think
most
of
you
who
do
know
me
know
this
is
a
passion
of
mine
and
we
have
a.
I
have
a
great
partnership
with
people
behind
me
and
also
the
community-based
organizations
that
were
we're
very
passionate
about
making
sure
that
this
benefits
all
nevadans
and
that
we're,
including
everybody.
So
it's
been
fun
and
we've
got
another
summer
of
another
plan
to
put
together
so
we're
just
getting
started.
N
L
A
Next
up,
we
will
have
ms
sandra
rosenberg.
She
is
assistant
director
of
planning
and
program
development
at
indot,
and
she
will
provide
information
on
the
national
electric
vehicle
infrastructure
program
made
available
in
the
iija
and
in
dots
role,
and
I
believe
she
will
be
joining
us
by
zoom.
Miss
rosenberg.
Are
you
there.
J
Thank
you
so
much
my
pleasure
to
be
here
good
good
afternoon,
chair
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
sandra
rosenberg
and
I'm
the
assistant
director
of
planning
at
the
nevada
department
of
transportation.
J
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
today,
along
with
so
many
of
our
agency
partners,
to
provide
information
on
mdot's
role
in
transportation,
electrification
in
the
state
and,
as
marie
stated,
you
know,
we
all
work
together
really
well,
I
feel
so
fortunate
to
work
in
a
state
like
nevada,
where
we
work
very
well
across
agencies
and
between
the
public
and
private
sector.
J
So
I'm
really
happy
to
have
partners
like
those
that
you've
heard
from
today
and
those
that
you
will
hear
from
after
me
as
well
as
you're
aware,
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
law
provides
significant
federal
investment
in
infrastructure,
from
roads
and
bridges
to
water
and
internet.
The
eil
aims
to
address
climate
issues
by
prioritizing
reduction
in
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
as
well
as
investing
in
making
our
infrastructure
more
resilient
to
extreme
weather
events.
J
Legislation
provides
funding
for
the
deployment
of
easy
chargers
along
highway
corridors,
to
facilitate
long
distance
travel
and
within
communities
to
provide
convenient
charging
where
people
live,
work
and
shop.
The
goal
of
the
of
the
national
network
of
500
000
easy
chargers
is
to
accelerate
the
adoption
of
evs,
reduce
emissions,
improve
air
quality
and
create
jobs
across
the
country.
J
First,
funding
does
include
a
set
of
a
set-aside
established,
sorry
to
establish
the
joint
office
of
energy
and
transportation,
which
is
being
created
to
assist
states
and
local
governments
in
the
implementation
of
the
provisions
in
the
bill,
and
we
have
already
had
several
meetings
with
this
joint
office,
so
we're
happy
to
see
their
up
and
running
and
providing
assistance.
Already.
J
J
J
So
in
nevada,
as
mentioned
previously.
B
J
The
apportionment
amount
for
nevada
in
the
five-year
bill
is
38
million
dollars
and
5.6
of
that
is
available
in
in
fiscal
year,
2022
or
was
already
appropriated.
I
should
say
the
states
must.
The
states
must
develop
an
infrastructure
deployment
plan
which
must
be
submitted
to
the
joint
office
by
august
1st
of
2022,
and
they
will
approve,
review
and
approve,
hopefully
by
september
30th
or
at
least
respond
to
by
september
30th.
We
have
all
the
confidence
that
ours
will
be
approved
in
time.
J
No
funding
is
actually
available
until
the
plan
is
approved.
So,
although
the
money
is
has
been
allocated,
the
plan
needs
to
be
approved
prior
to
any
investments
going
out.
J
The
plan
requirements
include,
but
are
not
limited
to
state
agency
coordination
and
public
engagement,
vision,
goals,
contracting
existing
and
future
conditions,
analysis,
ev,
charging
infrastructure
deployment
and
implementation,
equity
considerations,
labor
and
workforce
considerations,
cyber
security
program,
evaluation
and
discretionary
exception,
as
noted
previously,
additional
requirements
will
be
coming
out
later
this
week
and
we
only
have
until
august
1st
to
develop
the
initial
plan.
Now
there
is
anticipation
that
we'll
be
updating
this
plan
annually,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
we
meet
the
requirements
on
time,
but
we
do
fully
anticipate
that
we're
continuing
to
evolve.
J
The
nebby
program
focuses
on
creating
a
national
network
of
charging
stations
so
slightly
different
than
sb448,
which
is
focused
on
community
resources.
This
this
funding
is
primarily
focused
on
the
corridors
and
creating
that
network.
Now
those
two
funding
sources
are
going
to
work
very
well
together
and
and
we're
thrilled
with
the
partnership
with
md
energy.
J
The
eligibility
is,
is
somewhat
broad
but
again
we're
working
on
the
plan
in
terms
of
what
the
priorities
are
for
the
state,
but
some
of
the
considerations
for
the
plan
and
identifying
the
the
priorities
for
the
funding
include
distance
between
publicly
available
charging
infrastructure
connections
to
the
grid
and
plans
for
renewable
energy
sources.
Proximity
of
off
highway
travel,
rural
and
underserved
areas,
long-term
operation
and
maintenance
and
meeting
current
and
anticipated
market
demands
for
easy
charging.
J
So
now,
finally,
to
the
to
the
topic
at
hand,
which
is
what
is
and
that's
role
in
this,
so
we
are
the
administrators
of
the
fund,
so
the
funding
is
coming
through
the
surface
transportation
portion
of
the
bill,
so
it
is
flowing
through
and
that
we
already
are
responsible
for
identifying
and
designating
through
the
administration,
the
alternative
fuel
corridor
program.
So
we
work
very
closely
with
the
governor's
office
of
energy
and
other
partners
in
terms
of
designating
those
easy
corridors
as
well
as
corridors
for
other
alternative
fuels
as
well.
J
We
design
and
place
the
signage
for
those
corridors
and,
as
I
mentioned,
we're
responsible
for
creating
the
nebby
plan
by
august
1st
and
likely
annual
updates
that
will
include
outreach
and
stakeholder
collaboration,
some
that
we're
doing
solely
for
this
purpose,
but
also
documenting
a
number
of
the
outreach
and
stakeholder
efforts
that
have
occurred
already
under
other
programs
identifying
the
current
needs
and
future
demands
coordinating
with
the
joint
office.
As
I
said,
we're
already
doing
that
developing
an
investment
strategy.
J
So
you
know
the
collaboration
is
key,
particularly
with
this
type
timeline,
and
so
many
experts
across
the
state
that
are
far
more
versed
in
transportation,
electrification
than
the
department
of
transportation
is
but
we're
happy
to
be
a
partner.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we're
already
collaborating
with
envy
energy
on
the
448
implementation
and
how
that
can
leverage
these
federal
funds,
whether
it
be
the
formula
or
the
discretionary
portion
we
participate
in
rev
west,
and
I
think
director
bobsyan
might
be
talking
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
J
But
that's
a
group
of
western
states
that
are
focused
on
transportation,
electrification
and
how
do
we
help
each
other
achieve
that
coordination
with
local
agencies
and
charging
providers?
We've
had
a
number
of
meetings
with
private
sector
providers
of
transportation,
electrification
right
now
we're
gathering
all
the
data,
we're
not
committing
anything
to
anybody,
we're
gathering
the
information
and
data
to
as
input
to
the
plan.
J
So
so
far,
we
have
evaluated
our
existing
easy
conditions
for
the
interstates
and
starting
to
do
that
for
the
other
corridors
as
well.
We've
had
several
meetings
with
the
joint
office
established
our
stakeholder
and
outreach
plan
and
had
initial
coordination
with
envy
energy.
A
little
bit
of
an
elaboration
on
the
joint
office
meetings.
We've
had
a
number
of
discussions
with
them
regarding
particularly
the
new,
the
prior
and
the
new
requirements
for
designating
corridors,
there's
currently
a
50
mile
distance
between
stations,
requirements
and
one
mile
from
the
corridor.
J
The
the
new
part
of
the
requirements
is
that
each
station,
in
order
to
count
towards
meeting
your
your
corridor
designation,
each
station
needs
to
have
450
kilowatt
or
600
total
kilowatt
power
dc
fast
charging
available,
and
currently
some
of
our
charging
stations
are
not
at
that
power.
We
are
working
very
closely
with
envy
energy
to
map
out
where
the
power
is
available,
so
that
we
can
document
any
challenges
to
the
joint
office
for
potential
exceptions.
To
this
requirement.
J
So
here's
an
example:
I'm
not
going
to
show
you
every
corridor,
but
we've
kind
of
done
a
little
bit
of
a
deep
dive
on
the
interstates,
because
that
is
the
priority
for
the
bill.
So
this
is
I-15.
It
is
currently
designated
and
there
are
signs
up.
However,
it
doesn't
meet
the
new
requirements
so
to
be
designated
as
fully
built
out.
According
to
the
joint
office,
we
will
be
looking
to
potentially
do
some
upgrades
to
the
existing
charging
stations
or
potentially
ask
for
an
exception.
J
The
the
distances
are
all
met,
which
is
how
we
got
the
previous
designation,
but
some
of
the
power
requirements
are
not
yet
met
and
that's
what
the
yellow
the
yellow
station
doesn't
mean.
J
Similarly,
on
I-80
the
stations
in
yellow
indicate
that
the
the
power
requirement
is
not
yet
met,
and
then
the
stations
in
orange
show
where
we're
slightly
over
that
50-mile
threshold.
So
again,
we've
shared
this
with
the
joint
office
and
believe
we
can
justify
why
those
distances
are
not
met.
We
have
a
large
state
with
dispersed
communities
and,
there's
not
you
know,
there's
not
always
any
sort
of
commercial
operation,
sometimes
in
the
middle
of
these
vast
expanses,
so
we've
been
working
with
them.
J
They
seem
very
amenable
to
as
long
as
we
can
provide
the
data
and
the
justification,
some
potential
exceptions,
so
we
can
get
our
corners
designated
to
comply
with
with
the
new
requirements,
but
in
the
meantime,
we'll
continue
to
invest
in
our
interstates
and
and
other
corridors
as
well.
J
So
what's
next,
the
core
team.
J
We'll
have
a
number
of
teams
that
are
working
on
this.
We
have
a
core
team
which
is
primarily
the
state
agencies.
They
have
their
first
meeting
last
week
and
they'll
continue
to
meet
about
every
two
weeks
until
july
and
then
they'll
determine
some
sort
of
regular
meeting
schedule
for
the
next
five
years,
so
the
entirety
of
the
bill.
We
also
have
a
technical
advisory
committee
that
will
be
meeting
and
will
be
meeting
about
monthly
until
july.
J
J
Data
analysis
for
needs,
demands
and
equitable
investments
will
be
ongoing
and
a
priority
for
the
nebby
fund.
So
that's
certainly
a
priority
to
get
in
this
first
draft
of
the
plan
and
again
evolving,
and
that
will
continue
with
the
alternative
fuel
corridor
program
under
the
direction
of
fhwa
and
focus
on
electric
vehicles
for
now,
while
at
the
same
time,
continuing
planning
efforts
for
other
alternative
fuels
such
as
hydrogen
and
natural
gas
as
they
become
marketable.
J
A
A
Next
up,
the
nevada
electric
highway
began
as
a
partnership
between
goe
nv,
energy
and
valley,
electric
association
to
expand
the
state's
electric
vehicle
charging
infrastructure
by
placing
charging
stations
at
cost
effective
and
strategic
locations
initially
along
u.s
95
between
reno
and
las
vegas.
Today,
david
boxing,
director
of
goe,
will
provide
an
update
on
the
electric
highway
and
goes
future
plans
concerning
transportation
electrification.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
david
bobsien,
director
of
the
governor's
office
of
energy,
and
I
have
with
me
today
robin
yoakam
program
manager
in
the
office.
Robin
is
our
buildings
expert.
So
she
has
a
lot
of
visibility
on
the
building
codes
aspects
of
this
discussion,
and
I
wanted
to
bring
that
to
the
surface
as
we're
as
we're
going
through.
This
she's
also
going
to
be
assisting
with
the
slides.
F
Some
of
these
opening
slides
you
have
seen
before,
but
just
to
orient
our
typical
department
orientation
and
overview
a
reminder
of
our
of
our
mission
in
the
areas
of
renewable
energy
production,
energy
conservation,
transport,
exportation,
exportation
of
energy
and
transportation,
electrification
and,
of
course,
the
authority
for
the
offices
under
nrs,
701
and
701a
our
programs.
F
F
I
think
it's
interesting
how
all
of
these
presentations
are
threading
together,
as
has
been
hinted
at
in
many
ways,
the
nevada
electric
highway
was
the
pilot
program
that
has
now
brought
forth
this
scaled-up
engagement
in
transportation,
electrification
in
the
state,
whether
it's
through
sb
448
and
the
work
with
mv
energy,
thanks
to
senator,
brooks
and
the
legislature's
leadership
on
that
front,
or
now
the
iija
funding
and
how
that
is
really
scaling
up
in
the
state
as
well.
F
So
as
we
know,
transportation
is,
of
course,
the
largest
source
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
We
are
looking
at
a
june
completion
date
for
the
nevada
electric
highway.
We
do
have
two
sites
left
to
go,
which
will
bring
us
to
a
total
of
30
sites
and,
of
course,
as
a
reminder
of
of
how
this
came
together,
phase
one
began
in
2015.
F
It
was
five
sites
on
u.s
95,
the
purpose
to
connect
las
vegas
with
northern
nevada
phase
two
made
possible
because
of
the
volkswagen
settlement,
that
funding
enabled
the
expansion
to
the
other
major
corridors
of
the
state,
I-15,
I-80,
us-93,
u.s,
50
and,
of
course,
additional
stations
on
95..
F
So
by
the
numbers
we
can
see
at
phase
one.
F
What
the
goe
piece
of
this
was
and
how
much
we
had
with
volkswagen
settlement,
and
then
you
can
see
how
things
really
ramped
up
in
phase
two,
with
even
more
funds
from
goe
and
an
even
larger
investment
from
the
volkswagen
settlement
funds.
Of
course,
it's
important
to
recognize
our
partners
in
dep
for
their
work,
providing
those
funds
to
the
program
and
then,
as
we'll,
be
hearing
from
the
department
of
administration.
F
Next,
I
just
wanted
to
preview
this
that
we
had
repurposed
aura
funds
that
were
was
before
many
of
you
on
ifc
earlier
to
provide
for
public
works,
to
do
some
installation
of
infrastructure
at
state
buildings.
F
And
so
we
now
shift
as
this
pilot
project
is
wrapping
up
into
other
important
work
streams
related
to
transportation,
electrification.
As
assistant
director
rosenberg
mentioned
our
engagement
with
the
rev
west
initiative.
F
That's
eight
member
states
across
the
west
who
have
signed
the
mou
that
mou
was
freshened
in
2019
and
it
really
is
reflective
of
a
variety
of
state
interests
across
the
west
in
transportation,
electrification,
specific
to
corridors,
whether
it's
from
a
climate
perspective
has
has
really
been
elevated
by
governor
sissellac
related
to
the
nevada
electric
highway
or
just
the
the
tourism
opportunities
suggested,
the
transportation,
electrification
and
so
rev
west.
F
Is
that
convening
for
coming
up
with
common
standards,
common
vision
and
in
so
many
ways
it
really
was
the
blueprints
that
we're
now
seeing
being
looked
at
by,
for
instance,
the
joint
office
that
assistant
director
rosenberg
mentioned
at
the
federal
level
for
how
those
iija
investments
are
going
to
be
made.
F
I
did
want
to
note
that
we
have
ev
ready
appendices
for
the
2021
international
energy
conservation
code
iecc.
That
is
a
a
unique
part
of
our
work
at
goe,
and
I
will
ask
robin
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
because
of
course,
all
of
this
is
really
with
that
goal
in
mind.
That
was
set
by
the
biden
administration
of
50
percent
ev
sales
by
2030.
F
We
see
all
of
these
efforts
kind
of
rolling
up
to
that
big
target
for
market
transformation,
and
so
I
did
want
to
kick
it
over
to
robin
real
quick
to
kind
of
talk
about
our
work
in
the
building
code
space.
I
think
there's
some
kudos
for
other
partners
in
the
room
to
be
afforded,
but
just
to
give
you
a
window
into
that
work
that
we're
doing.
R
B
B
R
Their
governing
items
such
as
clark
county,
who
does
the
transportation,
electrification
working
group,
we
are
heavily
involved
in
that
and.
B
Part
of
that
plan
so
yeah
it's
a
very
important
part
of
what
we
do
and
we're
glad
to
have
those
available
to
the
local
governments.
F
You
see
the
figure
there
that
was
mentioned
previously
by
assistant
director
rosenberg,
looking
ahead
to
the
additional
iij
funding
of
2.5
billion
again,
as
was
mentioned
earlier,
we're
waiting
on
guidance
on
that
a
little
bit
of
uncertainty
as
to
whether
that's
going
to
state
energy
offices
or
whether
that's
going
to
dots
most
likely,
though
it
will
require,
of
course,
our
partnership
with
with
ndot
so
we'll
be
hopefully
having
more
to
update
you
on
in
that
space
real
soon
and
then,
of
course,
the
big
one
just
for
visibility
for
this
committee
is
the
fact
that
we
see
we
will
see
a
state
energy
program
increase
of
an
estimated
4.8
million
dollars
over
the
five-year
period.
F
To
a
broad
array
of
different
transportation,
clean
transportation
work,
as
well
as
other
energy
work
in
the
other
areas
that
we
do
and
so
on
this
on
on
the
step,
funding
goals
for
transportation,
you
know
this
is
just
a
basic
list
of
various
things
we
will
be
involved
in
is
by
no
means
exhaustive,
but
certainly
we'll
seek
to
be
a
support
office
for
efforts
around
school
buses.
F
State
local
fleet
electrification.
Certainly
we'll
hear
about
some
of
that
from
the
department
of
admin
up
next,
the
analysis
and
the
regulatory
piece
of
this
from
an
energy
policy
perspective,
keeping
an
eye
on
the
future
of
rate
design.
Certainly
senator
brooks
mentioned
earlier.
The
great
work
that's
been
done
in
the
state
around
time
of
use
rates
as
well.
As
you
know,
concern
about
demand
charges.
F
What's
going
on
in
front
of
the
commission
and
then,
of
course
just
with
electricity
and
and
the
grid
in
our
state,
and
then
of
course
I
know
we're
all
hoping
for
and
and
hopefully
we'll
see,
this
conversation
really
get
started
as
we
work
through
the
supply
chain,
issues
related
to
electric
vehicles,
but
we
really
want
to
get
to
where
we
have
a
vibrant,
secondary
market.
I
know
that
the
chairwoman
has
this
concern.
F
Others
in
the
legislature
do
is
that
it's
all
well
and
good
to
talk
about
the
electric
vehicles
that
are
at
the
high
price
point,
but
is
until-
and
we
are
at
that
place
where
people
can
look
at
the
total
cost
of
ownership
of
a
vehicle
and
say
this
is
no
longer
something.
That's
a
nice
to
have.
This
makes
sense
that
I
want
to
have
electrified
transportation
in
my
life.
A
I
hadn't
seen
you
before
missy
hello
and
welcome,
and
I
noticed
that
you
have
a
775
telephone
number
question
for
director
bob
zien.
I
know
during
the
legislative
session
we
had
conversations
numerous
conversations
about
staff
in
the
south.
Can
you
tell
me
how
many
employees
you
have
down
here
as
we
roll
out
these
programs?
How
many
staff
members
do
you
have
here
in
the
south.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
question
david
bobsien,
for
the
record
currently
because
of
the
staff
transition
that
we
have.
We
have
zero,
but
the
good
news
that
I
wish
to
share
with
you
underpinning
the
work
that
we
hope
to
do
under
the
state
energy
program.
Is
we
have
a
transportation
program
manager
position
so
basically
robin
but
being
the
expert
for
transportation
that
position
closed
on
friday.
It
is
located
here
in
southern
nevada,
so
we
are
going
through
resumes
and
applications
right
now
and
hope
to
do
interviews
soon.
That
will
be
one.
F
We
have
another
one
that
is
before
hr
that
is
related
to
siting
transmission,
electricity
markets,
etc.
That
will
also
be
stationed
down
here
in
las
vegas
when
we
open
that
search.
So
it's
it's
moving
to
two
and
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
that,
with
the
increased
funding
that
is
coming,
we're
looking
for
opportunities
for
even
more
positions
here
in
southern
nevada,.
F
Thank
you
for
the
question
david
bob's
in
for
the
record,
madam
chair.
That
search
is
open.
Currently
it
is
statewide,
as
we
know
you
can.
You
know
work
from
pretty
much
anywhere
in
the
state
right
now,
but
that
position
is
up
on
our
website
and
it
is
currently
statewide.
So
we
will
see
where
the
candidates
fall
out
and
who
knows,
we
may
have
somebody
down
here
for
that
position
as
well.
A
Well,
I
appreciate
that
comment
and
I
will
emphasize
as
I
I
did
throughout
the
legislative
session.
I
know
we
can
work
from
anywhere,
but
I
want
to
see
people
in
the
south
and
I
think,
there's
a
number
of
people
on
this
committee
that
want
to
see
that
as
well
and
that's
what
we
had
all
agreed
to
during
the
legislative
session.
I
would
like
to
see
that
happen.
I
will
not
be
a
very
happy
person
if
that
does
not
happen.
So
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
any
other
questions
or
comments.
A
Next
up,
we
have
matthew,
tuma
deputy
director
of
the
department
of
administration
and
he'll,
provide
an
update
of
the
department's
efforts
to
install
electric
vehicle
charging
stations
at
locations
throughout
the
state
and
its
future
plans
concerning
transportation,
electrification.
Mr
tuma,
how
are
you
it's
good
to
see
you
the
floor?
Is
yours.
S
True,
thank
you.
My
presentation.
S
All
right,
so
I
thank
you
very
much
for
the
time
matthew
tuma
I
serve
as
the
deputy
director
for
the
department
of
administration
and
here
to
up
give
an
update
on
the
installation
of
ev
charging
stations
at
locations
throughout
nevada,
as
well
as
our
future
plans
concerning
transportation
electrification.
S
So
why
are
we
here?
Why
is
administration
doing
these
activities
for
fleet
electrification
number
one?
It's
an
executive
priority,
governor
sisilak
and
his
executive
order
from
a
couple
of
years
ago
requires
state
agencies
to
advance
nevada's
climate
goals
and
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
and
transportation
is
one
of
the
key
areas
of
where
to
do
that.
Also,
we've
received
legislative
direction.
S
Sb
448,
as
you
guys,
have
all
heard,
updates
on
directed
mv
energy
to
work
with
state
agencies
on
creating
a
public
agency
electric
vehicle
charging
program
to
serve
the
public
workplace
and
fleet
electric
charging
needs,
so
those
are
the
sort
of
policy
and
legislative
directions
that
we've
had,
but
we're
also
here
because
of
the
nuts
and
bolts
fiscal
costs
and
the
long-term
fiscal
cost
for
the
states.
S
I
come
to
this
job
from
a
budget
background,
and
so
I'm
always
kind
of
looking
at
the
budgetary
concerns
and
what
we
need
to
be
doing
to
to
be
building
smart
infrastructure
in
the
future,
and
so
fleet
services
has
seen
a
32
increase
in
fuel
costs
in
fy
22
over
our
base
year
budgeted
amount,
fuel
costs
for
evs
are
less
than
a
third,
that
of
regular
gasoline,
that's
actually
probably
closer
to
a
quarter.
Now
with
a
lot
of
the
volatility
in
the
fuels.
Market
maintenance
costs
are
also
a
big
deal.
S
Internal
combustion
engines
have
an
estimated
10
cents
per
mile
maintenance
costs
compared
to
let
or
about
six
cents
per
mile
cost
for
full
battery
evs,
and
so
in
the
long
term.
Fiscal
health
of
our
operations.
S
Conversion
is
something
that
we
need
to
incentivize,
so
the
department
of
administration
and
state
public
works
division
have
partnered
with,
as
you
heard,
from
the
energy
office,
the
goe
to
secure
funds,
in
addition
to
the
nv
energy
rebates,
to
install
ev
chargers,
so
public
works
and
the
energy
office
received
authorization
from
the
interim
finance
committee
earlier
this
calendar
year
to
use
goe
funds
and
envy
energy
rebates
within
the
capital
improvement
project
21-s05,
which
is
the
statewide
paving
program.
We
on
the
on
the
initial
passage
of
sb
448.
S
We
put
in
the
fiscal
note
that
we
would
likely
modify
this
project
based
off
of
available
funding
and
installing
infrastructure
and
that's
what
we
carried
out
and
we're
gracious
enough
to
are
happy
enough
to
receive
ifc
approval
in
moving
forward
with
those
installations.
S
So
public
works
will
install
about
60
charging
ports
at
12,
different
locations
in
northern
and
southern
nevada.
These
are
the
specific
locations.
Six
are
in
southern
nevada,
six
are
in
northern
nevada
and
we'll
be
working
forward
on
getting
those
installed
over
the
course
of
the
remainder
of
this.
This
biennia
we
public
works,
is
entering
into
agreements
with
a
design
firm
to
produce
bid
documents
for
the
installation
of
the
pedestals
and
then
upon
receipt
of
the
executed
agreements
for
the
design
of
these
projects.
S
S
S
S
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
this
is
one
step
towards
vehicle
electrification
infrastructure
and
that,
for
the
foreseeable
future,
we're
going
to
need
to
see
a
greater
need
of
ev
charging
infrastructure
level,
2
charging
and
sort
of
targeted
dc
fast
charging
at
location
at
many
more
state
site
locations.
But
this
is
sort
of
the
first
step
with
the
funding
that
we
were
able
to
secure
with
the
energy
office
and
identify
with
envy
energy.
S
So,
as
we
continue
to
sort
of
plan
for
the
eevee
transition,
vehicle
replacements
are
a
key.
A
key
target
for
the
department
of
administration
fleet
services
currently
has
approximately
1200
vehicles
and
about
240
of
those
vehicles
will
meet
replacement
requirements
in
the
upcoming
biennium.
S
The
department
of
administration
will
be
working
with
the
agencies
that
utilize
those
vehicles
to
prioritize
eb
replacement
options
at
locations
that
have
available
infrastructure,
as
well
as
identifying
areas
where
infrastructure
needs
to
be
put
in
place,
whether
it's
a
state
facility
or
there
are
some
additional
questions
and
concerns
that
folks
will
have
as
we're
looking
to
deploy
at
locations
that
are
leased,
properties
and
may
not
necessarily
be
state-owned
sites.
S
In
addition
to
how
we
plan
for
the
actual
vehicle,
replacements,
operational
efficiencies
and
digitizing,
a
lot
of
our
tracking
of
our
vehicles
through
telematics
will
be
a
key
priority
for
seeing
how
we
can
enhance
the
state's
vehicle
use
and
utilization
to
to
optimize
eb
to
optimize
ev,
disbursement
and
and
unrolling
those.
S
So
those
are
kind
of
our
plans
for
headed
into
the
next
biennium
is
really
kind
of
looking
at
those
vehicle
replacements
that
we
can
hit
as
well
as
additional
areas
that
will
need
infrastructure
beyond
what
we've
already
received
legislative
approval.
For
so
that's
kind
of
where
we
are
right
now,
and
so
that's
the
end
of
my
presentation
and
I
would
be
happy
to
take
any
questions.
L
Thank
you
chair.
I
I
I'm
glad
that
you're
doing
the
financial
analysis
on
the
cost
of
ownership
cost
to
the
state
of
ownership
of
an
electric
vehicle
versus
a
traditional
gas
powered
vehicle,
and
I
think
that
there's
just
been
a
lot
of
movement
lately
and
I'd
like
to
you
know
you
to
refresh
those
numbers,
because
I
think
you'll
find
it's
even
it's
even
more
savings
to
the
state.
L
Your
average
electric
vehicle
gets
about
three
and
a
half
miles
to
the
kilowatt
hour
and
with
nv
energy
in
sierra
pacific
or
in
the
energy
south
and
north
you
could
get
an
ev
charging
rate
of
about
six
cents,
as,
as
your
type
of
you
know,
a
commercial
type
of
a
customer
which
is
about
1.7
cents
kilowatt.
L
L
So
the
savings
is
more
like
10
times,
and
so
I
I
think
that,
based
on
today's
economics,
I
think
that
that
we
really
should
take
a
very
close
look
at
how
much
money
we
can
save
the
state
by
switching
to
an
electric
fleet,
where
appropriate.
S
S
For
those
statistics
I
wanted
something
to
cite,
but
that
reinforces
kind
of
that
last
bullet
point
I
had
on
really
putting
in
telematics
in
all
of
our
vehicles
and
being
able
to
digitally
track
because
you're
right
that
cost
analysis
has
only
improved
the
case
for
electric
vehicles
and
we're
thinking
long
term
about
how
we
can
save
dollars
and
reduce
the
volatility
of
our
operations
and
that
you're
speaking
my
language,
and
I
I
really
appreciate
that
comment.
E
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
mr
tuma.
I
know
that
we've
been
in
a
couple
of
venues
where
some
of
these
topics
have
come
up,
and
so
this
might
be
a
little
bit
redundant
to
you,
but
I
want
to
kind
of
get
some
of
these
things
on
the
record.
E
Around
kind
of
building
off
of
senator
brooks's
questions,
so
it
sounds
like
the
department
of
administration
is,
is
really
being
forward
thinking
and
also
trying
to
engage
with
some
of
the
other
agencies
on
on
their
procurement.
Could
you
just
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that,
and
you
know.
Obviously
you
have
this
approach,
that's
driven
by
some
of
our
existing
policy.
E
E
So
if
you
could
just
kind
of
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
kind
of
what
that
process
looks
like
statewide
and
and
kind
of
that
landscape
for
electric
or
zero
emission
vehicles
right
now
that
I
think
that'd
be
helpful.
S
Matthew
tuma
for
the
record.
Thank
you
very
much,
assemblyman
watts,
and,
and
yes,
we
have
a
very
convoluted
and
process
oriented
or
complex
process
when
it
comes
to
both
budgetary
approval
of
vehicles
and
then
the
actual
procurement
and
replacement
of
vehicles,
and
so
everything
kind
of
starts
at
the
agency
level.
At
the
budget
account
level
for
a
vehicle
usage,
I
presented
the
numbers
for
fleet
services
and
those
are
vehicles
that
are
within
fleet
services
vehicles
that
they
lease
on
a
monthly
basis
from
the
department
of
administration.
S
That
is
only
a
subset
of
the
total
vehicle
ownership,
state-owned
vehicle
ownership.
We
have
what's
called
agency-owned
vehicles
as
well,
that
don't
go
through
the
department
of
administration
and
so
all
of
those
requests
for
any
new
vehicle
or
a
vehicle
replacement
for
a
state
agent
or
for
an
agency
owned
vehicle.
S
Those
originate
at
that
budget
account
that
it's
a
housed
in
level,
which
is
sometimes
a
department
level
budget
account
sometimes
a
division
level
budget
account
and
sometimes
a
subdivision
level
budget
account,
and
so
that's
kind
of
the
driver
for
where
those
decisions
initial,
where,
where
those
decisions
are
initiated-
and
then
they're
oftentimes
taken
in
that
like
in
that
context
of
of
of
moving
through
the
executive,
for
approval
on
that
budget,
accounts
level
and
then
going
to
the
legislature
and
to
the
money
committees
for
approval
for
each
individual
new
vehicle
or
vehicle
replacement.
S
We
kind
of
have
most
control
at
the
department
of
administration
over
vehicle
replacements
in
the
fleet.
Services
budget
account
because
those
are
those
are
vehicles
that
are
assigned
to
us
in
our
budget
and
then
we
monitor
whether
or
not
they
need
replacement
qualifications
or
not
and
we'll
be
working
with
the
agencies
who
actually
lease
those
vehicles
on
if
a
ev
is
an
option
for
them,
and
if
it's
not,
then
understanding
what
that
hurdle
is.
S
If
it's
infrastructure,
then
we
also
house
public
works
and
can
put
sites
that
are
high
priority
sites
for
new
infrastructure.
On
our
list
of
of
working
on
getting
funding
for
for
for
those
locations,
new
vehicle
requests,
even
if
they're
fleet
services
vehicle
requests,
that's
where
they
really
originate.
They
were
used
as
the
conduit,
usually
during
sort
of
the
last
stages
of
the
budget
process,
but
they
really
originate
at
that
budget
account
level,
and
so
the
the
large
checks
of
when
we
make
those
decisions
on
an
eb
or
not
an
eb.
S
It
ultimately
is
up
to
a
recommendation
in
the
governor's
request
budget
and
then
on
each
of
those
decision
units
that
go
before
the
money
committee.
So
it's
really.
Those
are
the
major
checks
on
deciding
what
vehicle
utilization,
what
vehicle
use
folks
have
once
the
budget
is
approved,
then
it
goes
well.
S
You
guys
can
see
that
I'm
a
technocrat
here
I
live
in
this
process
and
administration
are
oftentimes
a
conduit
of
a
lot
of
these
processes,
but
once
once
there's
budget
approval,
then
you
have
to
go
through
the
quoting
process,
see
if
a
vehicle
is
available
and
then
go
through
approval
for
every
vehicle
purchased
to
the
board
of
examiners
for
the
precise
vehicle
that's
being
purchased.
S
If
there's
a
budget
change,
if
the
cost
isn't
is
increased,
then
work
programs
may
need
to
be
pursued
as
well.
As
I
mean,
we've
been
talking
about
the
availability
of
ebs
at
this
meeting
today,
but
we've
seen
a
scarcity
of
all
vehicles,
we've
seen
challenges
and
just
securing
internal
combustion
engine
vehicles
that
were
approved
in
the
last
budget
cycle,
and
so
it's
going
to
be
a
competitive
market.
S
We're
probably
going
to
need
some
flexibility
in
how
we
approach
those
across
the
two
fiscal
years
going
on
into
the
future,
but
it's
it's
kind
of
managed
with
going
through
that
executive
process
and
ultimately
board
of
examiners
approving
it
and
then
the
vehicle
purchases.
But
it
is
a
it's
a
very
convoluted
process
and
really
it's
about
those
key
markers
where
there
are
approvals
or
denials
on
the
vehicles
being
purchased,
where
those
those
checks
can
be
to
to
really
reinforce
ev
first
options,
as
opposed
to
internal
combustion
options.
E
Thank
you.
I.
I
really
appreciate
that
detailed
response.
I
you
know
I
just
my
two
senses.
I
think
that
we
really
need
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
agencies
are
are
looking
at
those
decisions
and
prioritizing
zero
emissions
vehicles
when
possible,
not
only
because
they
align
with
our
climate
goals
but,
as
senator
brooks
stated,
they
now
are
also
the
best
long-term
investments
for
the
state.
Even
if
some
of
the
upfront
costs
may
be
a
little
bit
higher,
and
you
know
your
points
about
the
money
committees,
I
think,
are
welcome.
E
You
have
many
money
committee
members
here
who
are
going
to
be
pouring
through
budgets.
Next
biennium,
you
know,
but
I
think
it's
important
that
we
not
just
look
at
what
the
cost
is
going
to
be
in
the
biennium,
but
the
savings
that
the
state
will
be
able
to
realize
over
the
life
cycle
of
those
vehicles.
E
So
you
know
look
forward
to
just
continued
discussion
about
how
we
make
sure
that
we
have
the
infrastructure
available
to
support
them,
which
I
know
is
the
the
major
piece
of
kind
of
your
presentation,
but
also
making
sure
that
we
do
our
due
diligence
as
legislators
and
also
try
and
have
some
some
cohesive
policy
to
make
sure
that,
as
those
decisions
are
being
made,
we're
doing
what's
best
for
the
long-term
future
of
the
state.
The
other
question
I
had
really
briefly
is
you
mentioned
all
the
telematics,
and
I'm
just
wondering.
S
I
I
think
that
the
telematics
would
matthew
tuma
again
for
the
record.
I
think
it
would
primarily
sort
of
identify
what
the
best
utilization
of
state
vehicles
would
be.
I
think
ev
and
and
promoting
evs
is
a
component
of
that
and
and
certainly
can
be
utilized,
but
it
also
will
help
in
making
sure
that
we're
utilizing
the
correct
vehicles
and
the
correct
number
of
vehicles
and
that
we're
not
oversizing
our
fleets
oftentimes.
We
have
vehicles
that
are
associated
with
specific
pcns
and
right
now.
S
For
example,
the
state
has
a
20
to
24
vacancy
rate
in
pcns,
so
there's
probably
a
lot
of
under
utilized
vehicles,
and
we
don't
necessarily
have
the
real-time
data
that
can
be
analyzed
in
where
a
vehicle
is
going.
What
routes
it's
taking,
how
often
it's
being
used
and
optimizing
just
our
our
overall
fleet
ownership,
as
well
as
fleet
utilization.
S
I
think
it.
It
probably
gets
a
little
harder
to
extrapolate
what
the
benefits
of
of
non-state
users
would
be
for
that
infrastructure,
but
I
I
think
it
can
certainly
add
into
sort
of
where
we
can
optimize
infrastructure
the
best,
whether
it's
at
a
state
site
or
whether
it's
at
a
location
or
on
a
route
that
state
vehicles
are
oftentimes
utilizing
that
can
also
be
co-utilized
by
the
public
and
the
public
and
private
sectors
as
well.
E
Thank
you.
That
was
exactly
what
I
was.
I
was
attempting
to
get
at
with
that.
So
I
appreciate
that
and
also
appreciate
the
notes
on
efficiency
and,
of
course,
you
know
there
are
benefits
to
having
everything
kind
of
divvied
up
by
agency.
But
you
know
when
you
look
at
it.
E
Big
picture
it'd
be
nice
to
be
able
to
utilize
some
of
that
information
and,
like
you
said,
be
able
to
manage
a
you
know,
potentially,
a
little
bit
smaller
and
more
efficient
fleet
move
it
around
to
where
it
needs
to
go
so
that
we
don't
have
vehicles
that
are
sitting
being
under
utilized.
E
A
All
right
see
none.
We
thank
you
for
presenting
today
enjoy
the
remainder
of
your
day
and
members.
That
brings
us
up
to
our
final
presentation.
For
today,
it's
an
overview
of
the
clark
county,
all-in
transportation,
electrification,
working
group,
clark,
county
and
government
partners
across
southern
nevada
have
adopted
goals
to
improve
air
quality,
reduce
ghg
pollution
and
protect
public
health.
R
Hello,
thank
you
for
having
me
marci
henson,
the
director
of
the
clark
county
department
of
environment
and
sustainability.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
give
you
all
an
update
today
on
our
efforts
regarding
sorry.
Here
we
go
nope
there.
We
go
sorry
on
our
efforts
regarding
looking
at
the
potential
to
adopt
an
electric
vehicle
infrastructure
ordinance
for
for
clark,
county
and
working
with
partners
in
southern
nevada
to
evaluate
what
those
options
might
be.
Our
department
at
clark
county
is
responsible
for
air
pollution
control
in
southern
nevada.
R
Just
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background
this
effort
regarding
the
potential
ev
infrastructure
ordinance
is
housed
as
part
of
our
sustainability
and
climate
initiative
at
clark
county
called
all
in,
and
that
effort
is
focused
on
addressing
climate
change
and
creating
a
more
sustainable
future
for
our
residents
here
in
southern
nevada.
Our
focus
is
primarily
on
reducing
clair
county's
contributions
to
climate
change
and
then
also
preparing
residents
and
businesses
for
the
impacts
that
we're
seeing
from
climate
change
and
experiencing
now
on
an
almost
daily
basis.
R
We're
also
committed
to
helping
the
nevada
climate
initiative
reach
its
goals,
as
stated
in
its
planning
process,
to
achieve
28
reduction
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
2025
45
by
2030,
and
then
to
get
to
near
zero
net
zero
by
2050
in
southern
nevada.
We
like
to
think
that,
as
goes
clark
county
with
regard
to
emissions,
so
goes
to
state
with
this
regard,
so
we
need
to
do
our
our
part
in
this.
R
R
That's
going
to
be
a
baseline
for
identifying
where
our
emissions
are
coming
from,
where
greenhouse
gases
are
coming
from
and
then
focusing
targeted
efforts
on
how
we
can
reduce
those
emissions.
We've
also
been
working
on
a
climate
vulnerability
assessment
that
looks
at
climate
hazards
to
various
systems
here
in
southern
nevada,
and
identifies
and
prioritize
potential
actions
to
minimize
and
mitigate
those
impacts
and
help
prepare
our
region
to
increase
its
resiliency
going
forward
and
both
of
those
documents
will
be
used
to
create
a
community
sustainability
and
climate
action
plan.
R
The
planning
process
started
in
early
2020.
We
did
a
sustainability
audit,
we
started
with
county
operations
so
not
unlike
the
state.
We
have
an
obligation
to
walk
the
talk,
so
we
did
a
sustainability
audit
of
clark,
county
operations
and
prepared
a
clark
county
operations
plan
to
improve
the
sustainability
of
our
operations
and
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
R
We
also,
as
I
mentioned,
started
working
on
the
greenhouse
gas
emissions
inventory
following
the
completion
of
our
county
operations
plan,
we're
in
the
process
of
wrapping
up
the
vulnerability
assessment
and
working
on
the
community-wide
plan.
We
have
public
engagement
efforts
that
are
gone
going
right
now,
including
a
public
survey
and
then
also
a
sustainability
and
climate
working
group.
R
So,
as
you've
heard
a
lot
today,
buildings,
energy
use
and
transportation
are
the
primary
components
of
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
here
in
southern
nevada,
and
those
are
the
areas
that
we're
most
closely
going
to
be
focusing
our
efforts
going
forward
where
we
can
have
the
most
impact
in
terms
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
On-Road
emissions
account
for
22
percent
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
here
in
southern
nevada
and
of
the
regulated
pollutants
under
the
clean
air
act.
R
Seven
percent
comes
from
particulate
matter,
2.5
from
on-road
emissions,
39,
nitrogen
oxides
from
on-road
emissions
and
then
21
of
eocs
are
created
from
on-road
emissions.
So,
even
setting
aside,
if
we
were
going
to
be
focused
on
climate
change
and
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
we
need
to
work
on
reducing
on-road
emissions,
to
improve
our
air
quality
and
to
comply
with
the
federal
clean
air
act.
R
So
we
know
that,
because
transportation
emissions
are
such
a
huge
contributor
and
because
we
have
so
many
cars
on
the
road
here
in
southern
nevada
and
because
of
our
historic
development
patterns,
we
needed
to
waste
no
time
getting
started
on
this.
The
planning
process
will
result
in
actions
that
identify
the
electrification
of
transportation.
R
R
So,
as
was
mentioned,
we
were
asked
to
start
working
with
the
community
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
what
would
be
involved
in
an
electric
vehicle
infrastructure
ordinance,
and
many
in
this
room
have
heard
me
say
before,
since
I
normally
do
bugs
and
bunnies
and
air
quality.
I
thought
it's
just
an
ordinance
like
how
difficult
can
this
possibly
be.
I
think
we
can
get
this
done
in
a
couple
a
couple
months
and
my
friend
and
coach
and
mentor
marie
steele
has
taught
me
a
lot
about
all
that's
going
to
go
into
this.
R
R
We
also
learned
that,
despite
all
of
our
aspirations
regarding
climate
planning
and
transportation
electrification,
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
in
terms
of
energy
planning
and
delivery.
We
have
current
constraints
that
are
being
impacted
by
climate
change
and
so
to
add,
on
to
the
system
takes
a
lot
of
forethoughts
and
careful
planning.
R
We
also
have
learned
that
cost
at
the
parcel
level
might
be
able
to
be
easily
calculated.
How
much
can
one
additional
220
volt
outlet
really
be
per
household,
but
the
costs
of
the
total
potential
for
energy
infrastructure
sort
of
upstream
are
not
easily
understood
by
all
of
our
stakeholders
and
we
can't
easily
calculate
those
costs
just
yet
related
to
costs
and
how
those
costs
get
distributed.
R
We've
heard
a
lot
today
about
sb448
and
understanding
how
their
planning
can
help
fill
the
gaps
of
what
we
need
in
terms
of
electric
vehicle
infrastructure
here,
and
then
we
also
heard
from
both
the
utility
and
developers
here
in
southern
nevada
that
they,
like
consistency
among
all
of
the
local
governments,
that
might
look
at
adopting
an
electric
vehicle
infrastructure
ordinance.
R
So,
instead
of
clark
county
in
the
city
of
las
vegas,
doing
something
that's
drastically
different.
When
one
parcel
is
on
one
side
of
the
street
and
another
parcel
across
the
street
could
be
the
city
of
las
vegas.
Let's
do
something
similar
so
that
nv
energy
can
have
an
easier
time
planning
and
the
developers
can
have
a
more
predictable
situation,
and
so,
having
learned
this
at
a
staff
workshop,
we
then
decided
that
it
might
be
worthwhile
to
put
together
a
transportation,
electrification
working
group
and
to
create
a
regional
strategy.
R
So
we
were
fortunate
enough
to
be
able
to
hire
a
transportation,
electrification
consultant
who's
done
this,
both
at
the
local
level
and
with
other
states,
and
then
they've
worked
in
canada
as
well
even
internationally
on
how
communities
and
regions
can
work
towards
electrifying
their
transportation
sector,
and
we
established
the
all
in
clark,
county
transportation,
electrification,
working
group.
We
call
it
the
twig.
For
short,
the
expected
outcome
is
by
the
end
of
this
year
that
we'll
have
a
regional
electrification
strategy.
R
The
members
are
pretty
extensive,
so
these
are
all
of
the
different
organizations
that
have
been
offered
formal
membership,
and
then
we
also
have
about
60
interested
parties
who
also
participate
in
these
meetings.
So
we
tried
to
make
sure
that
we
had
all
of
the
relevant
state
agencies
who
are
involved
in
transportation,
electrification,
obviously,
the
school
district
and
southern
nevada
regional
transportation
commission
involved
all
of
the
municipalities,
some
of
the
advocacy
groups
and
some
representative
of
low-income
or
marginalized
communities
as
well.
To
help
give
us
input
on
how
we
might
go
about
this
electrification
strategy.
R
Every
meeting
includes
an
educational
component.
One
of
the
things
that
we
realized
early
on
in
this
effort
is
that
many
many
folks
in
our
community
have
yet
to
be
able
to
even
operate
an
electric
vehicle
and
they
definitely
didn't
know
about
charging
infrastructure
and
what
is
all
involved
in
that
how
it
gets
installed,
how
it
gets
paid
for,
etc.
R
The
committee
will
also-
or
the
working
group
will
also
vet
the
outcomes
of
the
consultant's
work
and
make
sure
that
we're
ground
truthing
it
and,
and
then
it
rings
true
for
stakeholders
involved
in
the
process,
and
then
we
facilitate
member
questions
and
input
from
the
general
public
as
well.
So
we've
had
five
meetings.
Our
meeting
in
may
was
actually
just
canceled
we're
going
to
move
to
june,
because
we
have
the
city
of
orlando
is
going
to
come
in
and
present
on
an
ev
infrastructure
ordinance
that
they
just
adopted.
R
So
some
of
the
outcomes
that
we
expect
from
this
process
is
to
be
able
to
project
ev
demand
and
that
charging
infrastructure
that
will
be
necessary
to
support
it
and
so
we're
looking
both
at
projecting
demand,
but
then
also
understanding
where
we
need
to
be
in
terms
of
accelerating
the
adoption
of
electric
vehicles
and
the
required
infrastructure
with
it
to
achieve
these
reduction
goals
on
these
targets
that
we've
set
it's
a
very
accelerated
pace.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
so.
R
R
So
these
are
some
of
the
projected
ev
adoption
needs
that
we
have
calculated
in
order
to
accelerate
ghg
emission
reductions.
So
these
are
big
numbers
they're
over
a
long
period
of
time
and
again,
these
are
really
to
be
used
as
a
benchmark
and
to
understand
the
scale,
scope
and
pace
that
we're
talking
about.
R
If
we
want
to
reach
these
greenhouse
gas
emission
reduction
goals
by
the
timelines
that
have
been
set,
so
it
as
you
can
see,
is,
is
sort
of
no
small
task,
we're
looking
at
projecting
by
2040
of
needing
to
have
100
of
our
light
duty
sales
be
of
evs
so
that
we
can
meet
these
greenhouse
emission
reduction
goals.
R
So
one
of
the
things
we've
also
done
is
collect
all
the
local
data
on
where
our
current
infrastructure
for
ev
charging
exists.
We
have
708
ev
charging
ports
at
272
locations
here
in
southern
nevada,
166
of
those
our
dc
fast
chargers
at
41
different
locations,
and
then
we
have
542
level
2
ports
at
233
different
locations.
R
This
is
just
a
breakdown
by
city.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
giving
every
municipality
their
specific
data
as
we
go
through
the
process
so
that
they
can
use
that
for
their
their
own
planning
efforts
and
then
just
to
look
at
we've
already
seen
a
strong
acceleration
of
ev
infrastructure
being
installed.
R
So
as
of
between
2018
and
2020,
there
were
216
charging
stations
installed
and
just
in
2021
alone,
we
added
362
chargers
and
we
know
from
some
of
marie's
surveying
that
there's
a
strong
correlation
between
public
charging,
insulation
and
ev
sales
because
of
that
perceived
barrier
by
the
public.
R
We've
also
broken
down
and
collected
data
about
where
the
charging
infrastructure
exists
by
facility
type,
and
so
that's
what
this
graphic
here
is
showing
you.
We've
identified
hotels,
government
locations
and
shopping
center
facilities
is
having
the
highest
number
of
publicly
available
charging
stations.
R
R
So
as
technology
changes
and
improvements
in
efficiency
are
gained,
we'll
have
to
keep
updating
these
numbers,
but
just
to
give
us
all
an
idea
of
the
number
of
workplace
chargers,
level,
two
public
chargers
and
then
dc
fast
chargers
that
might
be
necessary
in
our
community
to
accommodate
electric
vehicles,
as
we
plan
out
over
the
next
30
years
or
so
so.
The
next
steps
for
the
working
group
is
to
finish
the
electrification
strategy
and
then
we're
really
wanting
to
use
that
document
to
help
us
position
all
of
southern
nevada
to
seize
funding
opportunities
that
are
available.
R
We
intend
to
provide
ev
infrastructure
opportunities,
that
for
funding
that
will
provide
regional
impact
to
make
sure
we
have
the
scale
that
we
need
to
given
these
numbers
that
we're
looking
at
and
then
get
us
the
most
meaningful
results,
as
as
an
outcome
and
the
amount
of
infrastructure
that's
available
and
to
help
accelerate
ev
adoption
and
then
looking
at
working
with
all
the
partners
who
have
been
serving
on
this
working
group
and
participating
in
the
process
of
how
do
we
work
together
to
take
advantage
of
infrastructure
initiatives
that
are
either
being
adopted
by
the
utilities
or
might
be
being
available
at
the
state
and
federal
levels?
R
B
R
We
have
not
approached
a
metro
just
yet,
I
think,
there's
probably
some
work
that
needs
to
be
done
on
socializing.
That
idea
and
talking
about
what
kinds
of
options
would
be
available
for
police
cars.
R
We
have
actually
had
quite
a
few
conversations
with
the
clark
county
fire
department
on
their
willingness
to
pilot
a
fire
truck
so
that
we
can
learn
about
what
infrastructure
is
required
to
service
and
maintain
the
fire
truck
and
understand
the
use
case
for
fire
trucks
and
then
also
the
reliability
of
service
for
those,
but
not
as
far
not
as
far
along
on
discussions
with
metro.
B
A
A
A
A
person
may
also
submit
their
public
comments
to
us
in
writing
and
by
mail
by
fax
email
to
us,
even
after
the
meeting
has
adjourned.
Please
send
us
your
comments,
so
we
would
start
here
in
las
vegas,
but
I
don't
see
anyone
here.
That
would
like
to
make
any
public
comment.
So
I
will
ask:
is
there
anyone
in
the
room
in
carson
city
to
make,
and
it
appears
there's
no
one
in
the
room
in
carson
city
to
make
public
comment,
our
staff?
Do
we
have
anyone
on
their
phone
lines
wishing
to
make
public
comment.