The pilot, fi st a ou ced i July, will deploy the WETA (Weathe E ha ceme t Tech ology A ay), RET’s g ou d-based, sola -powe ed io izatio system, i the Flat Tops a ea of No thwest Colo ado. The WETA ca ope ate yea – ou d, e ha ci g s owpack i wi te a d ai fall f om sp i g th ough fall. U de a stateme t of wo k betwee RET a d the Uppe Yampa Wate Co se va cy Dist ict, the CWCB is pla i g to fu d the pilot, with the Dist ict se vi g as fiscal age t. The pilot ta gets the d ai age basi of the Yamcolo Rese voi , o e of the Dist ict’s p ima y wate supply facilities, with a a ea of expected impact of up to 192,000 ac es. The expa ded ta get a ea eflects detailed modeli g of the fi al i stallatio site, which showed wide dist ibutio tha i itially expected afte the pilot was fi st a ou ced.
At the hea i g, the RET team, i cludi g CEO Ra dy Seidl, VP of E gi ee i g Scott Mo is a d membe s of the Compa y’s meteo ology a d data scie ce staff, walked state officials a d local stakeholde s th ough how the pilot meets the twelve c ite ia Colo ado equi es of weathe modificatio pe mit applica ts, f om ta get a ea a d ope ati g methods to eco omic be efit, scie tific feasibility, isks a d safegua ds, a d e vi o me tal impact. The team also outli ed the pilot’s ope ati g safegua ds, i cludi g automatic shutdow whe wi d speed o di ectio falls outside set pa amete s, suspe sio of ope atio s du i g Natio al Weathe Se vice watches a d wa i gs, a d coo di atio with local la d ma age s.
“A public hea i g with o objectio s tells us that the people closest to this wate shed, f om wate ma age s to la d ma age s to local officials, u de sta d what the WETA does a d how ca efully we ope ate it,” said Ra dy Seidl, CEO of Rai E ha ceme t Tech ologies. “We app eciate the suppo t of the CWCB, the Uppe Yampa Wate Co se va cy Dist ict, Colo ado Pa ks a d Wildlife, a d the Colo ado Rive Dist ict i getti g us he e. With the pe mit movi g fo wa d, we’ e p epa i g to i stall i Novembe a d look fo wa d to givi g Colo ado i depe de tly validated esults to evaluate.”
“Beyo d the ese voi s dow st eam, this site gives us a cha ce to be efit the la d ight a ou d it,” said Scott Mo is, VP of E gi ee i g at Rai E ha ceme t Tech ologies. “We’ll be ope ati g to p ovide some e ha ceme t to Lake Ave y, which is ight ea the site, a d we expect mo e ai fall a d s owpack ove the su ou di g wilde ess a eas, which should be efit the fo ests a d the wildlife the e.”
“Public hea i gs a e a impo ta t pa t of how Colo ado pe mits weathe modificatio p og ams, givi g local commu ities a d age cies a cha ce to eview a p oposed ope atio a d aise a y co ce s befo e a pe mit is issued,” said A d ew Ricke t, P og am Ma age fo the CWCB’s Weathe Modificatio P og am. “The RET team laid out its espo ses to the state’s pe mit c ite ia clea ly, a d ou ext step is to fi alize the pe mit so the pilot ca begi , a d the esults ca be evaluated.”
Pe fo ma ce will be measu ed with a etwo k of i st ume ts i stalled i a d a ou d the ta get a ea, i cludi g s ow-melti g tippi g-bucket ai gauges a d Dopple p ecipitatio se so s, alo gside existi g SNOTEL (S ow Telemet y) a d NOAA (Natio al Ocea ic a d Atmosphe ic Admi ist atio ) data. RET’s meteo ology a d data scie ce team will compa e p ecipitatio i the ta get a ea agai st co t ol a eas usi g th ee i depe de t statistical methods, the same pee – eviewed app oach applied to the Compa y’s wi te ope atio s i Utah’s La Sal Mou tai s, whe e the WETA delive ed a g eate tha 20% i c ease i s ow wate equivale t ove the 2025-26 seaso . The Dist ict will eceive egula ope ati g epo ts, a d the fi al seaso al epo t will be submitted fo i depe de t pee eview.
O ce pe mitted, the Uppe Yampa pilot would become the i th pe mitted weathe modificatio p og am i Colo ado a d RET’s seco d i the state, joi i g its p og am i Weld Cou ty.
Rai E ha ceme t Tech ologies was fou ded to p ovide the wo ld with eliable access to wate , o e of life’s most impo ta t esou ces. To achieve this missio , RET develops, ma ufactu es, a d comme cializes io izatio p ecipitatio ge e atio tech ology that e ha ces ai fall a d s owpack to add ess wate sca city challe ges. The Compa y is also developi g applicatio s fo fog mitigatio to expa d its weathe modificatio capabilities. RET’s chemical-f ee, sola -powe ed tech ology seeks to t a sfo m wate esou ce ma ageme t fo busi esses, society, a d the pla et. To lea mo e, go to www. ai e ha ceme t.com.
The disclosu e he ei i cludes ce tai stateme ts that a e ot histo ical facts but a e fo wa d-looki g stateme ts fo pu poses of the safe ha bo p ovisio s u de the U ited States P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts ge e ally a e accompa ied by wo ds such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “co ti ue,” “a ticipate,” “i te d,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “pla ,” “p oject,” “fo ecast,” “p edict,” “pote tial,” “seem,” “seek,” “futu e,” “outlook,” a d simila exp essio s that p edict o i dicate futu e eve ts o t e ds o that a e ot stateme ts of histo ical matte s, but the abse ce of these wo ds does ot mea that a stateme t is ot fo wa d-looki g. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i clude, but a e ot limited to, (1) stateme ts ega di g the sig ifica ce of the pe mit hea i g, whethe a pe mit will be issued, a d whethe a pilot will be app oved a d fu ded; (2) stateme ts ega di g expected i stallatio of the Compa y’s tech ology; (3) efe e ces with espect to the a ticipated be efits of the Compa y’s WETA platfo m a d tech ology; (4) efe e ces to the ma ket oppo tu ity fo ai e ha ceme t tech ologies a d p oducts; (5) the p ojected tech ological developme ts of RET; a d (6) cu e t a d futu e pote tial comme cial a d custome elatio ships. These stateme ts a e based o va ious assumptio s, whethe o ot ide tified i this p ess elease, a d o the cu e t expectatio s of RET’s ma ageme t a d a e ot p edictio s of actual pe fo ma ce. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e p ovided fo illust ative pu poses o ly a d a e ot i te ded to se ve as, a d must ot be elied o by a y i vesto as, a gua a tee, a assu a ce, a p edictio o a defi itive stateme t of fact o p obability. Actual eve ts a d ci cumsta ces a e difficult o impossible to p edict a d will diffe f om assumptio s. Ma y actual eve ts a d ci cumsta ces a e beyo d the co t ol of RET. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e subject to a umbe of isks a d u ce tai ties, as set fo th i the sectio e titled “Risk Facto s” i the Compa y’s a ual epo t o Fo m 10-K fo the yea e ded Decembe 31, 2025, filed with the SEC o Ap il 15, 2026, as ame ded f om time to time. If a y of these isks mate ialize o ou assumptio s p ove i co ect, actual esults could diffe mate ially f om the esults implied by these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. The isks a d u ce tai ties above a e ot exhaustive, a d the e may be additio al isks that Rai E ha ceme t Tech ologies, I c. (“RETI”) a d RET do ot p ese tly k ow o that RETI a d RET cu e tly believe a e immate ial that could also cause actual esults to diffe f om those co tai ed i the fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. I additio , fo wa d-looki g stateme ts eflect RETI a d RET’s expectatio s, pla s o fo ecasts of futu e eve ts a d views as of the date of this p ess elease. RETI a d RET a ticipate that subseque t eve ts a d developme ts will cause RETI a d RET’s assessme ts to cha ge. Howeve , while RETI a d RET Holdco may elect to update these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts at some poi t i the futu e, RETI a d RET specifically disclaim a y obligatio to do so. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts should ot be elied upo as ep ese ti g RETI a d RET’s assessme ts as of a y date subseque t to the date of this p ess elease. Acco di gly, u due elia ce should ot be placed upo the fo wa d-looki g stateme ts.
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