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Kayla J. White From: Jackie R. Gonzales Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 3:33 PM To: Kayla J. White; Camy Willems Subject: FW: Mandate for wearing masks in Albany Co at polling stations tomorrow Jackie R. Gonzales Albany County Clerk 525 Grand Avenue, Suite 202 Laramie, WY 82070 [email protected] 307-721-5533 This message may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above or may contain information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete the original message and any copies immediately thereafter. From: Patrick <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 2:37 PM To: Albany County Health Officer <[email protected]> Cc: Jackie R. Gonzales <[email protected]>; Heber Richardson <[email protected]>; Pete Gosar <[email protected]>; Terri Jones <[email protected]> Subject: Mandate for wearing masks in Albany Co at polling stations tomorrow Greetings Dr Allais, I was given your e-mail address after speaking with the Albany County Public Health Office. After reading that Laramie County has mandated wearing of masks in public places (indoors) & government buildings, I called the public health officer in Cheyenne to confirm that this mandate applies to polling stations for the general election tomorrow. I called the Wyoming Department of Health in Cheyenne & spoke with Jo Grady, Office Supervisor/Executive Assistant to the Director, who told me that each county’s elections chief officer along with the county commissioners & public-health officer could choose to mandate wearing of masks at polling stations for the general election, per instructions distributed in October. Sec of State Buchanan, whom Jackie Gonzales had said to those of us serving as election judges prior to the primary election, declined to mandate wearing masks for voters, recommending other protective measures. According to Ms Grady, Sec Buchanan does not have the authority to require or deny such a mandate. With the number of persons infected in Albany County rapidly rising, why hasn’t a mask mandate been declared as has been for Laramie County? The election is tomorrow; people's health, livelihoods, & lives are at stake. Be well & stay safe. Patrick Ivers 307‐742‐9619 1 [email protected] Mathematics is the language of the universe; literature, the articulation of the soul. ____________________________________________________________ Top News - Sponsored By Newser Murdered 'Spam Nazi' Linked to Buried Gold Loss of One State Could Make Biden an 'Underdog' Surface Actor, 30, Gunned Down in Texas 2 Kayla J. White From: Jackie R. Gonzales Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 2:53 PM To: Kayla J. White; Camy Willems Subject: FW: EAC Net Metering Position Statement Attachments: EAC - net metering position statement 2020final.pdf; 07-2020110921LSO-0219v0.7.pdf Jackie R. Gonzales Albany County Clerk 525 Grand Avenue, Suite 202 Laramie, WY 82070 [email protected] 307-721-5533 This message may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above or may contain information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete the original message and any copies immediately thereafter. From: Darren Parkin <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 6, 2020 11:50 AM To: Jackie R. Gonzales <[email protected]> Cc: Pete Gosar <[email protected]>; NancyB <[email protected]>; David C. Gertsch <[email protected]> Subject: EAC Net Metering Position Statement Jackie, Please see this position statement that has been drafted by the joint City/County Environmental Advisory Committee. Would you please distribute to the County Commissioners? The committee chair, Ellen Currano, intends to submit this position statement to the Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee and read it during public testimony at their upcoming meeting on November 11. A copy of this position statement is also being provided to the Laramie City Council. Also attached is 21LSO‐0219 for your reference, and if it passes at the November 11 Interim meeting it is anticipated that it will go straight to the floor assuming that it gets the 50/50 needed to introduce it during the upcoming budget session. Typically drafts are worked thorough all four Interim meetings, however this one is being introduced at the final meeting with very little opportunity for public comment. The main issue with this proposed bill is that it disincentivizes the installation of small scale solar in Wyoming by reducing the financial payback by an estimated 80%. This is accomplished by requiring a solar system to have switching equipment installed that all solar generated power is fed into. The Utility measures this incoming electricity and credits the solar system for it at its avoided cost. It then feeds power back through the switch and bills the customer‐generator at the retail rate. 1 For the City, this could be a financial detriment to pursuing future solar projects. Additional solar could be beneficial to Laramie for many reasons, such as to help meet our municipal emissions reduction and recently adopted Carbon Neutrality goals, to help with business recruitment, (especially tech companies), or to lower our power bills to the benefit of tax payers. There is a good component of 21LSO‐0219 in that it does allow for Utilities to allow for solar systems larger than 25kWh, (which is the current cap and is very low) and EAC supports raising the current cap. This is a very brief synopsis of an in‐depth topic and if anyone wants to discuss in greater detail feel free to contact me anytime. EAC liaison, Commissioner Gosar, would be a good source of information as well. Thank you, Darren Parkin Natural Resources Manager City of Laramie - City Manager's Office Office: (307) 721-5213 Fax: (307) 721-5248 [email protected] ALL CITY OF LARAMIE ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE AND ATTACHMENTS MAY BE TREATED AS PUBLIC RECORDS AND SUBJECT TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE 2 2021 STATE OF WYOMING 21LSO-0219 Working Draft 0.7 DRAFT ONLY NOT APPROVED FOR INTRODUCTION HOUSE BILL NO. Customer generated electricity systems. Sponsored by: Representative(s) Eyre A BILL for 1 AN ACT relating to public utilities; modifying the net 2 metering article; amending definitions; providing 3 additional authority to electric utilities as specified; 4 amending payment processes as specified; and providing for 5 an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: 8 9 Section 1. W.S. 37-16-101(a)(intro), (ii), 10 (viii)(intro) and (B), 37-16-102(a)(i) and by creating new 11 paragraphs (iv) and (v), 37-16-103(a)(intro) and by 12 creating a new paragraph (iv), (b) and by creating a new 1 [Bill Number] 2021 STATE OF WYOMING 21LSO-0219 Working Draft 0.7 1 subsection (c) and 37-16-104(a) through (c) are amended to 2 read: 3 4 ARTICLE 1 5 CUSTOMER GENERATED ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS 6 7 37-16-101. Definitions. 8 9 (a) As used in this chapter unless the context or a 10 specific article: otherwise requires: 11 12 (ii) "Customer-generator" means a user of a net 13 metering a person or entity with a customer generated 14 electricity system installed, other than an electric 15 utility; 16 17 (viii) "Net metering Customer generated 18 electricity system" means a facility for the production of 19 electrical energy that: 20 21 (B) Has a generating capacity of not more 22 than twenty-five (25) kilowatts, except as otherwise 23 provided by W.S. 37-16-102(a)(v); 2 [Bill Number] 2021 STATE OF WYOMING 21LSO-0219 Working Draft 0.7 1 2 37-16-102. Electric utility requirements. 3 4 (a) An electric utility: 5 6 (i) Shall offer to make available to each of its 7 eligible customer-generators that has installed a net 8 metering customer generated electricity system an energy 9 meter that is capable of registering the flow of 10 electricity in two (2) directions; 11 12 (iv) May enter into a contract with a customer- 13 generator consistent with the provisions of this article 14 relating to the use, maintenance, cost, payment or any 15 other feature of the customer generated electricity system; 16 17 (v) May authorize a customer-generator to use a 18 customer generated electricity system that has a generating 19 capacity of more than twenty-five (25) kilowatts. If an 20 electric utility authorizes the use of a customer generated 21 electricity system under this paragraph then all terms and 22 conditions regarding use and operation of the system shall 3 [Bill Number] 2021 STATE OF WYOMING 21LSO-0219 Working Draft 0.7 1 be provided for in a contract between the 2 customer-generator and the electric utility. 3 4 37-16-103. Calculation requirements. 5 6 (a) Consistent with other provisions of this chapter, 7 Until June 30, 2031, for customer generated electricity 8 systems made operational prior to July 1, 2021 and that 9 have not changed ownership on or after July 1, 2021, the 10 net energy measurement shall be calculated in the following 11 manner: 12 13 (iv) The calculation shall be consistent with 14 other provisions of this article.