Daily Republic: Friday, November 4, 2022

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Construction crew members install solar panels at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, Wednesday.

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FAIRFIELD — A solar project in front of the Fairfield Civic Center Library is causing some short-term access restrictions but promises long-term savings to county taxpayers while also helping to reduce the county’s carbon footprint. Work that’s being performed in the parking lot along Kentucky Street is part of a countywide sustainability program of energy infrastructure upgrades, which includes microgrids with solar and energy storage and electric vehicle charging stations. The work is being done in partnership with ENGIE North America Inc. “The library is excited to be a part of this significant energy project which strives to reduce

the county’s carbon footprint and support its sustainability goals,” Solano County Director of Library Services Suzanne Olawski said in a response to a request for information about the project. Work at the site began late last month and requires closure of the main entrance to the library. But the library remains open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday while the work is taking place. Library patrons must enter through the pond side entrance on the back side of the building. The solar canopy structure installation phase is now underway at the library. Four solar canopy structures will be constructed and installed and solar inverters and a combiner box will be mounted on the

structures. Wiring and commissioning also will occur as part of this phase, which is expected to run through mid-December, Olawski reports. Installation of electric vehicle charging stations will begin after the solar installations and will take approximately two weeks. Five dual port electric vehicle charging stations will be installed that can charge up to 10 electric vehicles simultaneously. Two will be designated to people with disabilities. For more information about the countywide energy infrastructure upgrade program, contact Solano County General Services at 707-784-7900. For more information about library operations, contact Solano County Library at 707-784-1500.

Social media users tied to Russia are using political cartoons to try to influence the outcome of tight electoral races ahead of the U.S. midterms, according to research provided exclusively to Bloomberg News. Members of a Russian group accused of meddling in prior U.S. elections have pushed internet memes that promote right-wing conspiracy theories in a way that aims to undermine support for Democratic political candidates, according to the social media analysis firm Graphika Inc. The users, who are associated with Russia’s Internet Research Agency, have promoted racist and inflammatory talking points in recent days about Democratic candidates including U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Georgia, Gov. Kathy Hochul in New York, U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman in Pennsylvania and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Ryan in Ohio, researchers found.

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SUISUN CITY — The California Public Utility Commission is considering changes to the Net Energy Metering program, changes the city and other clean energy advocates say will cool the clean energy market. The City Council on Tuesday agreed to send a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission asking it to change

its intention to “devalue” the Net Energy Metering program. This comes after Suisun City invested into a solar energy program that won the city national recognition. And while the value of the city’s credit for energy it sends back to the grid will not change, the City Council is concerned the lower rate in NET 3.0 will keep some of the city’s partners and

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on you to issue a revised proposed decision in the Net Energy Metering proceeding that will expand access to, not restrict, distributed solar and storage technologies for public agencies, schools, industries and businesses,” the letter, signed by Vice Mayor Alma Hernandez, to the CPUC states. “The nonresidential solar market at-large is a critical part of See Energy, Page A8

LOS ANGELES — For almost two years, Covid-19 vaccine holdouts have been the objects of earnest pleading and financial inducements, of social-media shaming and truth campaigns. They’ve missed weddings, birthday celebrations and recitals, and even forfeited high-stakes athletic competitions. Until last month, they were barred from entering the United States and more than 100 other countries. Now the unvaccinated are suddenly back in the mix. They’re dining in restaurants, rocking out at music festivals and

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others from investing into solar power. “The electrical cost savings more than made up for the cost of the panels and the other electrical upgrades, based on the existing rate structures,” the staff report to the council states about the current program, which allows the sale of unused, self-generated power back to the grid. “On behalf of the city of Suisun City Council, I am respectfully calling

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Are unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us? Tribune Content Agency

Suisun wants CPUC to reconsider Net Energy Metering decision

The campaign also promoted misleading Russian talking points, such as the idea that Ukraine is a Nazi state and the notion that the Biden administration – by lending aid to Ukraine – is contributing to a falling standard of living in America. Since Oct. 29, those users have shared six new political cartoons, signed by “Schmitz,” according to Graphika’s latest findings. One post claimed that Ryan, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Ohio, would release incarcerated drug traffickers from prison. Another image spread a racist image of Sen. Warnock of Georgia, portraying him as threatening people who didn’t support the Black Lives Matter movement. It remains unclear if Schmitz is a real artist whose work has been re-appropriated or an entirely fictional persona, said Jack Stubbs, vice president of intelligence at Graphika. The Russian Embassy in Washington didn’t respond to a request

filling the stands at sporting venues. They mingle freely in places where they used to be shunned for fear they’d seed superspreader events. It’s as if they’re no longer hazardous to the rest of us. Or are they? “Clearly, the unvaccinated are a threat to themselves,” said Dr. Jeffrey Shaman, an infectious disease specialist at Columbia University. As recently as August, their risk of dying of Covid-19 was six times higher than for people who were fully vaccinated and eight times higher than for people who were vaccinated See Danger, Page A8

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