“Double Utah's energy-generating capacity over the next 10 years under the 'Operation Gigawatt' initiative.”
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Adversarial re-check confirms CHAMPIONED. Every source I could fetch is real and live. (1) Origination verified: the Oct. 8, 2024 governor's office release states Cox's own words, 'We will build upon Utah's any of the above energy policy with a more of the above approach by doubling our energy-generating capacity over the next 10 years.' (2) Institutionalization verified: the Utah Office of Energy Development maintains an active Operation Gigawatt program page with four work streams (transmission, production, nuclear/geothermal policy, innovation) and the standing commitment 'Utah is committed to doubling its reliable energy production in the next 10 years.' (3) Legislative drive verified: H.B. 249 'Nuclear Power Amendments' (Rep. C. Albrecht) is a real 2025 General Session bill on le.utah.gov, and the governor's office held an Apr. 28, 2025 ceremonial signing for 2025-session energy legislation described as advancing 'the governor's effort to double Utah's energy production in the next decade.' (4) Sustained action into 2026 verified through INDEPENDENT non-governor sources, correcting the prior rating's over-reliance on Cox's own press shop: Deseret News (Nov. 17, 2025) reports Cox announcing a Brigham City nuclear manufacturing/training hub with Holtec as 'a major development in Operation Gigawatt'; Rocky Mountain Power's own newsroom (Feb. 4, 2026) announces 'Utah's first major energy agreement under the state's landmark 2025 large-load legislation' with Cox; and an Operation Gigawatt Summit was held May 22, 2026. COUNTER-EVIDENCE weighed and rejected as outcome-changing: ProPublica (Dec. 12, 2025) reports Cox signed 2025 bills ending solar tax credits and taxing solar generation, after which '51 planned solar projects withdrew their applications to connect to the state's grid - representing more than a quarter of all projects,' with a University of Utah expert warning this could undermine efforts to quickly double supply. That is a legitimate critique of method and effectiveness in one sector, but it does not make the dominant pattern one of opposition - Cox is aggressively pursuing nuclear, geothermal, gas and transmission capacity - so MISALIGNED/HOSTILE do not fit. Not FULL: the doubling is a 2034 target, roughly two years into a ten-year window, and nothing shows it achieved. Not PARTIAL: I found no verified megawatt-by-megawatt accounting showing a measurable share of the doubling actually online; most flagship projects run to the early-to-mid 2030s. Same-standard test applied: a governor of the opposite party who originated a named initiative, staffed it, drove a session package, and kept announcing projects two years into a ten-year window would also receive CHAMPIONED, so no partisan adjustment is warranted. Confidence held at 0.76 rather than higher because of the ProPublica countervailing record and the complete absence of capacity-delivery data; the prior 0.78 was very slightly generous. One prior-rating claim I could NOT independently confirm in this pass and therefore do not rely on: that the Apr. 28, 2025 ceremonial signing specifically covered H.B. 249 (the advisory names no bills).
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