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Jul 26, 2023Liked by Jessica Craven

Just dropped off another batch of Vote Forward letters for Ohio. Also at lunch yesterday a coworker brought asked the group what they thought of No Labels. No one had much of an opinion so I politely told them they’re a Republican funded spoiler group operating in bad faith and explained why. It was only 4 people but every person counts.

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Thank you for spreading the word!

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Jul 27, 2023Liked by Jessica Craven

I lived near Ellsworth Air Force Base (SD) for years. End of the month black smoke covered the area. The fuel that was not used during the month was burned so the next months funding and allocation was not jeopardized (reduced). How do we find out if this still is a practice and stop that waste?

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Ugh that's so awful. I don't know. I'll keep an ear out.

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Think article was in WAPO about Phoenix office of Heat Control; Phoenix is applying an expensive reflective sealant to asphalt roads and lowering the surface temperature from 154 to 130. MAYBE they could try covering the roads with Solar panels; not perfect for electrical production, BUT close to customers and create shade AND slope so rain is collected in cisterns for watering/cooling onto absorptive grass and dirt on days when it is not raining.

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Very smart. I like it!

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Jul 28, 2023Liked by Jessica Craven

Put me on it. Retired and I need purpose beyond my “domain”. Point me if you can. And thanks

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Will do thanks!

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And have others twiddlin’thumbs and working for next generations

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Hey, Jess and all. I found this link to contact FERC. Hope it helps: https://ferc.gov/how-contact-ferc

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Thank you!

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Jul 26, 2023Liked by Jessica Craven

What are "dialer" calls? TY.

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That's an automatic dialer--makes it faster and easier to reach people and your number doesn't come up on their caller IDs. Just all around a much better way to make calls.

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All of my FERC emails bounced back- I submitted an e comment. They needed a docket number. I googled it quickly and found CP22-2-000… anyone know if that is correct?

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Oh gosh I'm so sorry about that! I thought those addresses were right--I got them from the organization's toolkit. Let me go back and look again. Weirdly no one else said they bounced but maybe I just haven't gotten to those emails yet.

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Bounced is the wrong word, I got emails back that said we don’t take comments via email, please submit an e comment on the site.

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So I’m sure they saw them, but they needed the comments formally submitted? I’m not sure so I did both 😊

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update- this is an email I just got:

Hello, and thank you for contacting FERC’s Enforcement Hotline.

The matter about which you contacted the Hotline is subject to an ongoing, contested proceeding at FERC. Under the Commission’s regulations, substantive comments regarding the matter must be submitted in the public proceeding to be considered by the Commission. A step-by-step process explaining how to comment in a proceeding can be found on the Commission’s website at https://www.ferc.gov/how-file-comment. For your reference, the docket related to the proceeding noted in your Hotline email is Docket No. CP22-2-000

Additional assistance regarding how to file a comment can be obtained from the Commission’s Office of Public Participation: https://www.ferc.gov/OPP. Unfortunately, I cannot discuss this contested matter with you any further.

Best regards,

Gabe Sterling

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