Sedgwick / moratorium

Why it matters

Tomorrow's vote outcome (verifiable by Wednesday morning) is the next observable point on the moratorium-cadence map and worth tracking specifically because Sedgwick is the largest county west of the Mississippi to be on its second extension — most county moratoria covered in byog-byong-state-patchwork.md run a single 6-12 month period and either resolve into a permanent ordinance or sunset. If Sedgwick extends a second time, the rolling-90-day moratorium pattern (3-4 month chunks rather than 6-12 month chunks) is the new template for any county that wants to keep optionality without committing to a full ordinance redesign. That has implications for how the de-rate calculator scores moratorium duration as a regulatory-risk input — discrete 6-12 month periods are easier to underwrite around than rolling-90-day windows, which create permanent application-pipeline freeze risk. Wichita is also adjacent to several active large-load interconnection prospects in SPP territory; SPP's HILLGA / LLRIS proceeding (in byog-byong-federal-dockets.md) is the natural FERC-side hedge against the Sedgwick moratorium pattern. Watch tomorrow.