Independent public-records research · Evidence and updates

Source locations and evidence limits

PDF page references are one-based file pages. Statutory section references control if pagination changes. A claim ID points to research provenance; it is not an independent source.

C1 — signed August 26 P&Z minutes

pp. 1–3: conflict statement p. 1; final motion pp. 2–3. Local retained research copy; public-site copy in retained research copy. County S1.

Signed recommendation, not final BOCC decision.

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C2 — September 2 BOCC planner report

Original retained research copy: applicant/energy pp. 1–2; road/emergency p. 3; proposed conditions/attorney edits p. 4; blank decision p. 5. County S2. Limited page-3 excerpts and omission notice available in the research log.

Limited excerpt, not a complete or county-hosted copy. Staff report, not signed final action; full public original remains unverified.

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C3 — August 26 P&Z planner report

Original retained research copy: description pp. 1–2; roads p. 3; proposed conditions pp. 3–4. County S3. Limited page-3 road paragraph and omission notice available in the research log.

Limited excerpt, not a complete or county-hosted copy. Staff recommendation. Signed minutes control actual P&Z motion over staff omission; full public original remains unverified.

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C4 — posted commissioner rule proposal

Definition p. 12; Ch. 3 p. 17; Ch. 6 pp. 28–30; Ch. 7 pp. 31–35; RAM pp. 36–38. Local retained research copy. County S4.

Proposed redline, not adoption; cover’s earlier approval date does not adopt amendments.

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C5 — September 16 meeting/recording

Meeting page. Working transcript retained research copy; excerpt index retained research copy. County S5.

Record navigation; original audio not freshly re-auditioned during the September 20 review. Exact vote/quote attribution remains qualified.

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C6 — September 17 hearing notice

Entire short notice, first/second operative paragraphs. Saved retained research copy. County S6. Reopened September 20 in this consolidation; updated hearing date and written-comment routes rechecked September 23.

UNRESOLVED hearing date: the notice has displayed October 7 and October 20 at 1 p.m. local time. The September 28 retrieval displays October 7; no confirmed resolution was found. Confirm with the Planning Office before attending. Email/delivery routes are listed; no separate cutoff or guaranteed vote. MDT is local-time interpretation, supported by the cited NIST time-zone reference.

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Notice body retrieved September 28, 2026; the hearing date needs confirmation. Current participation check and limits.

C7 — current county general rules

§§1.05.050–.070 pp. 8–9; §3.05.010 p. 16; Ch. 6 pp. 26–27; Ch. 7 pp. 28–30. Local retained research copy. County S7.

County labels effective January 21, 2025; rules page directs wind/solar to separate 2026 replacements.

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C8 — January 20, 2026 solar chapter

Applicability pp. 1–3; setbacks/noise/light pp. 3–5; emergency/application pp. 6–10; assurance/reporting pp. 11–14. Local retained research copy. County S8.

Component-specific; commercial/accessory status and applicability unresolved for project.

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C9 — county clerk September 18 response

Original received response and original September 15 sent request inspected September 20; exact item 3 verified. County S9. Research-log link provides the limited item-3 response excerpt, attribution, request-scope summary, qualification and omission notice.

Dated, request-specific excerpt, not a complete funding inventory or county-hosted original. Only the item-3 response paragraph is reproduced; other response portions and the full email are not supplied. No private identifiers, mailbox links or unrelated personal information are included.

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C10 — contemporaneous rezoning report

Opening and four-condition list before “Developer Attorney Responds.” County S10.

Secondary report; present byline September 3, 2026, URL September 2. Does not supply final exact conditions.

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C12 — P&Z bylaws

Ch. II §§6–7 p. 5; §§10–11 p. 6; Ch. III §3(d) p. 7. Local retained research copy. County S12.

Posted 2020 bylaws; later amendments not established. P&Z comment handling is not proof of BOCC handling.

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C13 — county application/exhibits

Form pp. 1–5; narrative cover pp. 6–7; introduction/cost/acreage p. 8; landowner/signatory narrative p. 19; §2.6 water PDF p. 34/printed p. 22. Local retained research copy. County S13, state S4.

Applicant representations and filed identity disclosures. No inference from handwritten intake date; no conversion of capital cost into assessed value.

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W1 — Email 1

retained research copy, p. 1; February 18 statement. Extract retained research copy. State S1.

SWCA applicant introduction, not agency technical finding; September header is export date.

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W2 — Email 8

retained research copy: correspondence pp. 1–9; February 11 air/Granite statement p. 2; repeated February 18 introduction p. 3; jurisdiction scheduling pp. 7–9; standard attachments pp. 10–187. Extract retained research copy. State S2.

Project correspondence distinct from generic attachments; old rules not current certification.

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W3 — September 16 preserved status

retained research copy, substantive paragraphs; reproduced in retained research copy. State S3.

Original delivery unrefreshed, request 26-866 restricted at check. Not independent of reproduction/research memo.

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W4 — BFC/Cheyenne letters and binder

Letters official document 63253355, pp. 1–2, November 19, 2025; receipts p. 3. Applicant binder 63253357, pp. 2–5, November 12. Local retained research copy. State S6–S7.

Comparison determinations and separate applicant arguments; no Site Layer 4 outcome.

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L35 — current Title 35

§§35-12-105 pp. 777–778; 107 pp. 780–784; 108 pp. 784–785; 109 pp. 785–789; 110–112 pp. 789–794; 113 pp. 794–797; 119 pp. 800–801. Local retained research copy / retained research copy.

Current statute reviewed September 20, original link reopened here. Section controls if PDF pagination changes.

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L18 — current Title 18

§§18-5-201–207 pp. 119–122; subdivision §§303,315–316; wind/solar §§501–503 pp. 152–156; §509 by section. Local retained research copy, retained research copy; county copy retained research copy.

General authority is not proof every proposed condition is available.

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L39 — current Title 39

§39-15-111(c)–(d), pp. 354–357; former §39-16-111 repeal notation p. 405. Local retained research copy, retained research copy. SF0079 enrolled act, §§3–5 pp. 36–37.

Materials-cost/eligibility provisions; Chapter 16 repeal effective July 1, 2026 does not abolish impact assistance.

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L41 — current Title 41

§§41-3-930–933 pp. 140–144; §936 p. 146; §104 pp. 31 onward; priority/control provisions cited in WATER-013. Local retained research copy, retained research copy.

Other water authority remains; actual permits/source rights/control-area status unverified.

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R1 — Chugwater training originals

retained research copy pp. 1–2; retained research copy pp. 1–4, especially p. 4; retained research copy pp. 1–2. Corresponding retained research copy extracts reread here. Existing site correspondence copy retained research copy.

Scheduling only. The site’s four-page correspondence copy is not all three released PDFs. Keep original archive/inventory access too.

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E1 — August 14 FERC order

196 FERC ¶61,127, accession 20260814-3083; official index. Original retained research copy; numbered extraction retained research copy. ¶1/order A–B acceptance; ¶¶64–68 retail distinction; ¶75 facilities; ¶¶80–82 correction. Energy S1.

Adopted order; neither later compliance disposition nor Site Layer 4 agreement.

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E2 — September 9 transmittal

Accession 20260909-5123, pp. 1–3. Original retained research copy. Energy S2.

Filing and requested effective date, not subsequent acceptance.

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E3 — clean tariff/HILA

Same accession; 49 PDF pages; HILT pp. 4–13; Appendix A pp. 15–43; request form pp. 44–49. Original retained research copy. Exact sections in scorecard and Energy evidence notes. Energy S3.

Unchanged general framework accepted subject to condition; two additions are compliance filing text.

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E4 — marked tariff

Same accession, substantive additions pp. 8–9. Original retained research copy. Energy S4.

Shows filed additions, not FERC disposition. Generated rendition record 4049/version 1.0.0 is likewise a filing.

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E5 — Combined Notice #1

September 9 notice, September 14 publication, 91 FR 58110–58111, document 2026-18741. Tri-State entry p. 58110, instructions p. 58111. Energy S5; reread September 20.

September 30 deadline retained after the bounded docket refresh and both erratum body checks; recheck subsequent entries before filing/publication. Adjacent 2026-18743 is not this notice.

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Notice body rechecked September 21, 2026. Current participation check and limits.

EERR1 — Agilitas erratum, 20260910-3111

September 10, 2026; official DOCX downloaded, rendered and read in full September 20. One page, caption and operative paragraph: EL26-105-000.

Corrects that complaint’s deadline from September 14 to September 24 at 5 p.m. ET; not a Tri-State deadline change. Metadata corroborated by the body.

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EERR2 — RWE erratum, 20260910-3113

September 10, 2026; official DOCX downloaded, rendered and read in full September 20. One page, caption and operative paragraph: EL26-106-000.

Corrects that complaint’s deadline from September 14 to September 24 at 5 p.m. ET; not a Tri-State deadline change. Metadata corroborated by the body.

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E6 — eFiling instructions

“When Should I Use eFiling?” and steps 1–8. Energy S6; reread here.

ER route and account/upload/submit instructions.

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E7 — filing guide

June 1, 2025 revision, PDF p. 6 Part 385 rows. Energy S6.

Maps comments/protests to General comment route.

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E8 — intervention instructions

Motion, filing choices and service guidance; Energy S8; reopened here.

Intervention differs from comment. Older non-USPS address on page is superseded for this copy by E9/EPROC.

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E9 — eComment/delivery guidance

March 5, 2026 guidance: eligible prefixes and paper delivery. Energy S7; reopened here.

ER absent from eComment eligibility. Use eFiling.

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EPROC — procedural rules

18 CFR Part 385 §§211,214,2001,2010. Energy S8 fetched text displayed currency July 21, 2026; not certified as September 20 consolidation. Official FERC instructions corroborate routes.

Rule/currency limitation preserved. Confirm current filing/service details before actual filing.

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EREA — Wheatland REA letter

August 25, 2026, both pages; originals retained research copy, retained research copy, retained research copy (read-only); public site copies in retained research copy. Energy S9.

Utility statement; not project collateral or unlimited retail guarantee.

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