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For new Public
Utilities Commission,
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public voting meeting on this date,
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Thursday, September 9th 2021.
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Today's call is being recorded.
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If you have any objections,
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you may disconnect at this time.
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President Batjer, you may proceed.
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Thank you, Holly.
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Good morning.
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We need to establish a quorum.
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So will the agenda
clerk please call the roll.
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Commissioner Houck.
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Here.
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Commissioner Shiroma.
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(loud banging)
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(Shiroma giggling)
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I'm present, thank you.
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Commissioner Rechtschaffen.
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Commissioner Rechtschaffen.
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I'm present.
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Commissioner Guzman Aceres.
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Here.
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President Batjer.
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Here.
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Thank you very much.
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We have a quorum,
and has been established.
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So welcome everyone
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to the California Public
Utilities Commission.
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I am calling this meeting
of September 9th 2021
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public agenda item 349 to order.
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Due to the Corona virus pandemic
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and the shelter in place order,
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we are conducting today's
business meeting online
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and by remote participation.
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The meeting is live stream
on the CPUC website.
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You can view the meeting at
www.adminmonitor.com/CA/CPUC.
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Admin monitor is one word.
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Closed captioning is available in
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English and Spanish through the webcast.
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You can click on the green button
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to select your language of choice.
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We also have Spanish
interpretation available
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during the public comment
portion of today's meeting.
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Dial 1-800-857-1917,
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passcode 3799627 and
follow the instructions
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to be connected to the Spanish line.
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I asked that my colleagues
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and today's speakers remain mindful
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and speak slowly and clearly.
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I will also occasionally pause myself
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for interpretation.
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We will now have the
interpreter, Eric Sawyer will
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speak to those
paragraphs in Spanish, Eric.
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Okay.
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(Eric speaks in foreign language)
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Thank you.
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Public engagement is
critical to the CPUC process.
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If you wish to make a public comment,
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dial into 1-800-857-1917
and enter pass code
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9899501 and press *1.
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You will be placed into a queue
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and the operator will take
your name and information
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if appropriate, you will
be called upon to speak
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when we get to the public
comment period in today's agenda,
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if you encountered difficulty
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calling into the public telephone line,
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More voting meeting
help is all one word.
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There are some moments in history,
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you will always remember where
you were when they occurred.
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September 11th, 2001 is
one of those dates in American
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history for which this is true.
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Saturday marks the 20th
anniversary of those deadly attacks.
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On this anniversary,
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we must all remember the lives lost.
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The heroic efforts made
of the first responders
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and how we as a
nation had to collectively
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heal from that trauma.
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We must also remember
the hate and the racism
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suffered by many in the
Muslim American community.
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It is important to remember
so that it is never repeated.
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For many of us at the CPUC,
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another event we will always remember
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is a natural gas pipeline
explosion in San Bruno.
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Today marks the 11th anniversary
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of the San Bruno pipeline
rupture and explosion,
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which was caused by PG&E's failure,
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to properly manage its system
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and that took the lives of eight people,
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including the life of our
colleague, Jacqueline Gregg,
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and her daughter Janessa
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and injured, 58 other people.
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In the aftermath of
the catastrophic event,
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we as a Commission have worked
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to rebuild the CPUC's
approach to safety.
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We have taken a series of
actions to hold PG&E accountable
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and to improve our safety oversight,
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all with the focus on
ensuring public safety
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in the immediate and long-term.
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The San Bruno tragedy
is a reminder of why
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it's vitally important.
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We continue to strive for safer
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and more reliable utility operations.
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Remembering the strengths
we have had in the past
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is this greater strength
to weather current
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and future challenges.
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I personally find strength
from watching the brave efforts
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of all the first responders
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working to battle the wildfires
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and all of the healthcare professionals
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battling this unprecedented pandemic.
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I also find hope in the
commitment and dedication
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you all show to the mission
and work of the Commission.
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So I want to thank you.
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We will now turn to public comments.
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If you wish to make a public comment,
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you have are these dialed
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into the public comment telephone line,
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please press *1 and unmute your phone
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to enter the public comment que.
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The CPUC rules do not
allow for parties in proceedings
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to speak about open proceedings.
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The public can make
comments addressing items
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on the consent and regular agenda
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as well as items not on today's agenda.
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Please note that there
will not be public comment
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on items 31, 32
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and all items that are on the
closed session agenda today.
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You will have one minute to speak today.
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You'll hear a bell sound
when your time is up,
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please be mindful of
other speakers in the queue
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and keep to your allotted time.
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So we're able to have everyone
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who wishes to address us
today, do so in a timely manner.
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As a reminder, please
speak clearly and slowly
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to accommodate Spanish interpreters
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who are available during
the public comment portion
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of today's meeting.
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With that guidance in mind,
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I welcome today's speakers.
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I will now turn to the operator
to open the public comment,
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telephone line.
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Operator, did you open the line?
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Thank you.
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The public comment line is now open.
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If you wish to speak during
the public comment period,
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please press *1, unmute your phone
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and clearly record your first
and last name when prompted.
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Our first caller is Michael Shapiro.
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You may go ahead.
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Yes, it's
Michael Shapiro.
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I'm from Ohio, California.
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This is a time in our
nation and in California,
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we're advancing climate change
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in a very profoundly hostile way,
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is threatening all of us
here in Ohio and elsewhere
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throughout California, we're
looking over our shoulders.
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If we smell something like ash,
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whereas the next fire gonna come from.
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We need to do everything we can to stop
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and slow global climate change.
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And the CP, the Commissioners
must keep that in mind
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as they vote today.
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And also I would ask you,
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even if they're not in your
presence right this moment
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to see their faces,
look at your children,
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see their faces.
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Your grandchildren, if you have any.
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What are you going to
do today in today's vote
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that's going to serve
them and the future
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that lays before them
right here in California?
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Thank you.
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Thank you, operator
the next caller please.
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Our next
caller is John Brooks.
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You may go ahead
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Again, John we're not able to hear you.
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Can you check your mute button?
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Can you hear me now?
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Yes, we can.
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Oh great.
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Thank you so much.
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I am John Brooks, a member of
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the West Side Clean Air
Coalition and Sea Frog.
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I wanna thank executive
director, Rachel Peterson,
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who acting at the request
of the Commissioners,
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attended the Senator Lehman
and as Senator Bennett,
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the recent community meeting,
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and for temporarily at least
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putting a hold on
Southern California Gas',
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soil removal and
compressor expansion project
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in West Ventura.
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But, then there's
always a but isn't there?
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The requirements that
SCG show the community
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its analysis of alternatives
and other factors
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is not the same as an EIR.
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The public is not able to bring in
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our experts to review their data
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and make an independent
analysis in an EIR.
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That's why we need one.
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This project was
okayed in a rate approval.
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It does not meet the spirit
or requirements of SQL.
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Not ordering an EIR invites litigation.
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And I urge you, to order an EIR for
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the Southern California Gas
McFarlane Compressor Project.
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I thank you so much.
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(bell dinging)
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Thank you.
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Next caller please.
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Our next
caller is Alden Slyder.
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You may go ahead.
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Good morning Commissioners.
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My name is Alden Slyder and I'm a guest
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and residence on the land
of the Chumash people.
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In solidarity with the Chumash
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and with the thousands of
residents in the city of Ventura,
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we're not privileged
to be able to attend
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this nominally public meeting.
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I am calling to demand
Commissioner Houck
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any expansion of SoCal Gas' operations
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at the Aliso Canyon and
Playa Del Ray storage facilities
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and the Ventura Compressor Station.
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I further demand the
Commissioner immediately
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discontinue the use of fossil fuels
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as a source of energy
for our communities.
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I thank you for your time and support.
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Thank you.
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Operator the next caller please.
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Our next
caller is Alex Navy.
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You may go ahead.
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Good morning Commissioners.
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My name is Alexandra Navy.
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I am with the SoCal Gas Coalition.
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You will hear many of us
today because our community is
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across Los Angeles and
Ventura counties are uniting
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to protect our communities
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from harmful SoCal Gas operations.
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Right now we're actively
fighting to shut down
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the Aliso Canyon storage facilities
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Playa del Rey storage facility
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and stop the expansion of
the Ventura Compressor Station
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and ultimately shutting
that facility down,
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which is right next to
the elementary school.
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We urge you to,
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to consider the climate
and health impacts of
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all of these actions to reject
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SoCal Gas applications for expansion.
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Just wanna make a note about
the climate change impacts.
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We know that methane
is extremely harmful
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and coming from the ITCC
report, we are in a code red.
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A lot of that is contributable
to methane emissions.
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Methane is nearly 90 times more powerful
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as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide
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over a 20 year period.
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And right now we're
dealing with fracked gas,
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whether it's fossil fuel gas or bio gas,
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as SoCal gas likes to green
wash these new technologies.
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That will continue to keep
these open.(bell dinging)
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I urge you to please
reject these expansions.
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Thank you.
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Operator the next caller please.
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Our next
caller is George Courser.
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You may go ahead.
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Thank you, good morning.
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Good morning.
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Go ahead, we can hear you.
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George, are you there?
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Yes, I am.
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Good morning.
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Go ahead now.
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Oh, I'm so sorry.
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Thank you.
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I'm calling about the
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advantages of rooftop
solar as an immense
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and growing capability.
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The obstacles that are
being placed by the Iowa youth
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are really without
substance and without merit.
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And there's no entity who
understands this better
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than the value of actual
forward than the ISO.
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Rooftop solar can be reviewed as really
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a huge back resource of power augmenting
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the ISO during flex alert.
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If only Pacific Gas and Electric
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had the required
infrastructure for solar,
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reliability and safety,
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they would not be in
the position they are now.
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Thank you very much for
your time Commissioners.
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Thank you.
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Operator, the next caller please.
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And our next
caller is Joshua Hirsch.
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You may go ahead.
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Can you hear me?
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Yes we can.
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Yes, my
name is Joshua Hirsch.
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I'm calling from Santa
Monica, California,
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and others have said it
more eloquently than I can.
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Aliso Canyon Gas storage
facilities should be shut down,
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not have its capacity expanded.
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My friends in Porter
Ranch had their lives ruined
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by Aliso Canyon.
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Governor Newsome promised
to shut Aliso Canyon down.
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The ITCC has made it clear
that fossil fuel infrastructure
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must be not be expanded.
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There, there should be no
more expansion of fossil fuel
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infrastructure anywhere in the world.
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It needs to be closed
down as soon as possible
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and replaced with
renewable energy, thank you.
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Thank you
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Operator the next caller please.
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And our next
caller is Abigail Thomas.
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You may go ahead.
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Good morning.
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My name is Abby Thomas
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and I work on the
environmental team at Patagonia.
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Although Patagonia is
optimistic about the CPUC's
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recent decision to pause the
SoCal Gas Compressor Project
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in West Ventura,
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this is just one step in creating
a healthy and safe future
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for our community.
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We need oil and gas out of our community
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and we urge the CPUC to permanently halt
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and require a full
environmental impact report
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for the SoCal Gas Ventura
compressor expansion project.
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Patagonia recognizes that
we cannot accomplish this
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without collective solidarity.
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And we demand with fellow community,
00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:05.613
community members across
Los Angeles and Ventura county,
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a shut down at the Alisa Canyon
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and the Playa del Rey
Gas storage facilities.
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It's past time for
California to demonstrate
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real climate justice leadership
and we need action now.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Next caller please operator.
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Our next caller
is supervisor Chris Lopez.
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You may go ahead.
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Good morning Commissioners.
00:17:32.510 --> 00:17:33.343
Can you hear me?
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Yes supervisor,
we can thank you.
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Wonderful, thank you.
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My name's Chris Lopez.
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I'm the supervisor representing
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Monterey County School District,
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which is its largest
and most rural district,
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including the bulk
of the Salinas valley.
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I'm calling to request your support for
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item six on your Consent Agenda today,
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which is a unique partnership between
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the community of San Gerardo Cruzio
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and the county of Monterey.
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It brings access to the
00:17:58.797 --> 00:18:02.830
needed fast internet to a
farm working community
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that has lacked for so long
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and I know that it's on
your Consent Agenda
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and we've had your ear for a long time
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to bring this project forward.
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And this change will greatly improve
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the lives of so many
children in my community
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who have not had access for generations.
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And so I just thank you for your support
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and look forward to celebrating this
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with you guys in the long run,
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but thank you for your consideration.
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I can't say thank you enough.
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Thank you, supervisor
Lopez for calling.
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Appreciate it.
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Operator the next caller please.
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Our next
caller is Liz Compost
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with West Side Community Council.
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You may go ahead.
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Good morning.
00:18:44.070 --> 00:18:45.860
I know you've heard from me before.
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Liz Compost with the West
Side Community Council
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in the midst of which sits
00:18:50.472 --> 00:18:53.830
the Southern California
Gas compressor station.
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I thank you for your
pause on the construction
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and expansion there, but
ask that you put an end to it.
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A pause is not enough.
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We need an environmental
impact report completed
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for this project as soon as possible.
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And I also want to thank
you for reminding us
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of the horrible devastation
that happened in San Bruno,
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because that's a reminder for you also
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that no expansion can
take place at Aliso Canyon.
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No further expansion
can take place in Ventura
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and adding more fuel to the
fire in the San Bruno must stop.
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Thank you for always sharing us.
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Thank you for calling.
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Operator the next caller, please.
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Our next
caller is David McCord.
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You may go ahead.
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Hi, this is a David McCord.
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I'm a rate payer in El Sorito.
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In the CPUC's work,
big electric utilities
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proposals would discourage you rooftop
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and storage installations
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and reduce credit for exported energy.
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These proposals support their out dated
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business models and culture.
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Your charge on the other hand
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is to direct these utilities operations
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to implement state laws,
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to reduce and eventually
eliminate net greenhouse gases
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from the electricity sector.
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We all know that climate change
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due to greenhouse gas emissions
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is beginning to bite and to bite hard.
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Please act in the interest of us all
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to incentivize the
installation of rooftop
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and other distributed
energy resources, thank you.
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Thank you Mr. McCord.
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Operator the next caller please.
00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:02.300
Our next caller
is Ray Kepler the third
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from Claremont, California.
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You may go ahead.
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I plead the Commission
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to provide an expanded
definition of medical
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in order that those
of us who are patients
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who must have a full
battery backup system
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can qualify for the
program through the SGIP
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even though we live
a very short distance
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from the nearest fire zone territory.
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In brief, I am totally
confined to my home doing,
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due to physical disability, permanent.
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Should there be a fire
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and by electricity goes out,
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I cannot operate my whole
house filtration system
00:21:58.384 --> 00:22:02.740
because I am confined
from going anywhere
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except to a medical
or other such facility
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where my body is required,
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I do not have the option of
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going to a cooling center in my city
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or certainly to a hotel
or any other public place.
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In short, if I have smoke inhalation,
00:22:20.470 --> 00:22:22.577
it's very likely I could die.
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I will put all of this
in writing(bell dinging)
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in my letter to public
advisor, CPUCca.gov,
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but I put this now pleading
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that the Commission will
consider this exception, thank you.
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Thank you for your call.
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Operator the next caller please.
00:22:45.253 --> 00:22:47.720
Our next
caller is Jillian Hall
00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:49.370
with Food and Water Watch.
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You may go ahead.
00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:53.440
Hi, can you hear me?
00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.660
Yes, we can hear you fine.
00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:57.780
Okay, sorry, yeah.
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Hello, my name is Jillian Hall.
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I worked for the organizations
that are in Water Watch
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and I am also a Ventura county resident.
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I'm very concerned
about SoCal Gas' plans
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to expand operations at the Alisa canyon
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and Playa del Ray storage facilities
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and Ventura compressor station
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despite the negative health impacts
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on surrounding communities.
00:23:14.450 --> 00:23:17.540
Besides often emit toxic
chemicals and carcinogens.
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As a Ventura county resident,
00:23:18.730 --> 00:23:21.170
the possibility of expansion
of the Ventura Compressor site
00:23:21.170 --> 00:23:22.181
deeply concerns me,
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but is located right next
to an elementary school
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and neighborhood.
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This site leaks methane
and toxic chemicals
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right above school
children and families.
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I urge the CPU,
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CPUC to reject the
request by oil companies
00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:35.250
and SoCal Gas to increase storage limits
00:23:35.250 --> 00:23:36.420
at Alisa canyon.
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I urge the CPUC to permanently stop
00:23:38.157 --> 00:23:40.510
the SoCal Gas compression
of station doubling in Ventura
00:23:40.510 --> 00:23:42.483
and require a full
environmental impact report.
00:23:42.483 --> 00:23:44.580
And finally I urge the CPUC
00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:46.590
to stop SoCal Gas'
expansion at the client,
00:23:46.590 --> 00:23:47.936
Playa Del Ray storage facility,
00:23:47.936 --> 00:23:50.770
extending gastros limits
and ignoring community needs
00:23:50.770 --> 00:23:52.130
sends a message to these communities
00:23:52.130 --> 00:23:53.690
that their health is not a priority.
00:23:53.690 --> 00:23:55.690
Thank you for that,
thank you for your time.
00:23:58.170 --> 00:23:59.270
Thank you for your call.
00:23:59.270 --> 00:24:01.810
I'm going to just remind all the callers
00:24:01.810 --> 00:24:05.040
to please speak clearly and slowly
00:24:05.040 --> 00:24:06.987
to accommodate the Spanish interpreters
00:24:06.987 --> 00:24:09.857
or available during the
public comment portion
00:24:09.857 --> 00:24:12.500
of today's meeting, thank you.
00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:14.150
Operator the next caller, please.
00:24:17.010 --> 00:24:19.437
Our next
caller is Dem Ames.
00:24:19.437 --> 00:24:21.917
You may go ahead.
00:24:21.917 --> 00:24:23.900
Good morning Commissioners.
00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:26.930
I'm a resident of the
city of Los Angeles
00:24:26.930 --> 00:24:29.849
and I'm calling in because
I'm concerned about the CPUC,
00:24:29.849 --> 00:24:32.680
allowing the Southern
California Gas company
00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:35.840
to expand operations
at the Aliso canyon,
00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:37.439
Playa del Ray storage facilities
00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:40.200
and the Ventura compressor station.
00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:43.450
This is not the time to be
expanding natural gas projects.
00:24:43.450 --> 00:24:44.320
Just last week,
00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:46.947
the LA City Council voted
unanimously instructing
00:24:46.947 --> 00:24:51.947
LADWP to meet a 100%
clean energy target by 35, 2035.
00:24:52.338 --> 00:24:55.020
And I think this action is
setting a great example
00:24:55.020 --> 00:24:56.720
for the rest of the California.
00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:00.570
And I urge the CPUC to
follow suit with similar actions.
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The CPUC needs to be
expanding in battery storage,
00:25:03.590 --> 00:25:07.190
wind and solar and not
expanding natural gas,
00:25:07.190 --> 00:25:09.380
letting SoCal gas continue to expand on
00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.705
the natural gas operations
00:25:10.705 --> 00:25:13.330
is really a public
health issue you know,
00:25:13.330 --> 00:25:16.620
we do not deserve this
exposure to respiratory illness,
00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:18.400
nosebleeds and migraines.
00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:20.768
When the toxic pollutants
are inevitably leaked
00:25:20.768 --> 00:25:23.120
from these natural gas operations.
00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:25.260
So Commissioners, please consider that
00:25:25.260 --> 00:25:27.438
California needs to be cleaner
with its energy production
00:25:27.438 --> 00:25:30.079
and reject these
expansions often natural gas,
00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:32.060
not expanding it.
00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.893
Thank you.
00:25:34.610 --> 00:25:35.443
Thank you.
00:25:35.443 --> 00:25:37.733
Operator the next caller please.
00:25:38.696 --> 00:25:41.750
Our next caller
is Kathleen Weeper.
00:25:41.750 --> 00:25:42.600
You may go ahead.
00:25:44.066 --> 00:25:45.910
Hello, I
was pleased to hear
00:25:45.910 --> 00:25:48.968
in the introduction
about the increased focus
00:25:48.968 --> 00:25:54.036
on public safety, both
immediate and long-term.
00:25:54.036 --> 00:25:56.700
And what I see that we have here is
00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:59.940
a lot of good people on a dying planet.
00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:02.369
It's easy to stop hearing
the word emergency,
00:26:02.369 --> 00:26:06.058
but it's harder and harder
to compartmentalize
00:26:06.058 --> 00:26:08.850
and ignore what's
happening to our world.
00:26:08.850 --> 00:26:13.036
And the CPUC has a larger
responsibility than most
00:26:13.036 --> 00:26:14.777
to do the right thing.
00:26:14.777 --> 00:26:18.600
You're in a position to make
more, far more of a difference
00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:20.850
than I can by going electric in my home
00:26:20.850 --> 00:26:22.611
or driving less and so on.
00:26:22.611 --> 00:26:24.779
It would be so inspirational
00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:29.130
for the public to see the
CPUC being a partner
00:26:29.130 --> 00:26:31.147
in fighting this planetary crisis,
00:26:31.147 --> 00:26:34.030
demonstrating that you're working on
00:26:34.030 --> 00:26:36.594
a responsible transition
for your workers
00:26:36.594 --> 00:26:39.760
and that you're thinking
about your customers as well
00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:41.680
and helping us make the shift.
00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:43.120
That you understand the risks
00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:46.120
and are helping all of us
affected by them(bell dinging)
00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:48.160
with a sense of urgency that matches
00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.582
the peril that we're in.
00:26:49.582 --> 00:26:50.773
Thank you.
00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.936
Thank you.
00:26:53.936 --> 00:26:56.153
Operator the next caller please.
00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:59.870
Our next
caller is Patty Glick
00:26:59.870 --> 00:27:01.870
with Aliso Moms Alliance.
00:27:01.870 --> 00:27:03.410
You may go ahead.
00:27:03.410 --> 00:27:04.243
Thank you.
00:27:04.243 --> 00:27:09.243
I was dismayed to see the
August 27th ruling for 170202
00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:13.480
that says," Aliso is
needed for liability."
00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:16.380
Seems like your agency
has already made a decision
00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:18.870
about whether Aliso can still be used.
00:27:18.870 --> 00:27:20.100
The problem is,
00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:22.250
that you have disregarded
the many health
00:27:22.250 --> 00:27:24.251
and safety problems caused by Aliso,
00:27:24.251 --> 00:27:26.456
from the cancer coughing polytoxins
00:27:26.456 --> 00:27:29.910
to the major seismic and high fire risk.
00:27:29.910 --> 00:27:31.759
I hate, have to mention that the,
00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:36.170
your agency hired a
consultant who works for FTI
00:27:36.170 --> 00:27:39.710
and known pro-fossil fuel
company for this proceeding.
00:27:39.710 --> 00:27:41.760
Rather than consider that many cities
00:27:41.760 --> 00:27:43.110
are passing rich codes
00:27:43.110 --> 00:27:46.180
and hopefully the state
will enact a de-carbonization
00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.967
building code sooner than later.
00:27:47.967 --> 00:27:50.898
The CPUC seems to
want to, want SoCal Gas
00:27:50.898 --> 00:27:53.760
to continue to profit off
of the health and safety
00:27:53.760 --> 00:27:56.300
at the more than 1.5 million residents
00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:57.940
of the San Fernando valley,
00:27:57.940 --> 00:28:00.009
as well as those who
live in Ventura county,
00:28:00.009 --> 00:28:02.640
near the compressor
station and those who live
00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:04.720
in Playa del Ray, thank you.
00:28:07.230 --> 00:28:08.063
Thank you.
00:28:08.063 --> 00:28:09.903
Operator the next caller please.
00:28:11.010 --> 00:28:13.570
Our next
caller is Judith Hauer.
00:28:13.570 --> 00:28:15.260
You may go ahead.
00:28:15.260 --> 00:28:16.290
Thank you.
00:28:16.290 --> 00:28:20.420
I'm calling because I have
worked across the street
00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:24.020
for 15 years at the
side on all the street
00:28:24.020 --> 00:28:27.080
where the compressor is
supposed to be expanded.
00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:29.840
I want to let you know that
00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:32.850
never in the 15 years
that I worked there,
00:28:32.850 --> 00:28:35.569
did the gas company come
to explain any of the dangers
00:28:35.569 --> 00:28:39.330
or any of the warnings
that we should have had.
00:28:39.330 --> 00:28:42.358
The second point that I
want to make very clear here
00:28:42.358 --> 00:28:44.920
is that unfortunately
00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:50.460
when school resumed every
September, every August actually,
00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:52.990
we were reminded by the staff
00:28:52.990 --> 00:28:57.500
of our organization that
we had to go to high ground,
00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:02.500
if the siren went off, having
to do with the Ventura river,
00:29:03.210 --> 00:29:05.980
possibly flooding
because of a dam failing,
00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.299
which is a very old dam.
00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:12.218
That compressor is in a
very dangerous location.
00:29:12.218 --> 00:29:15.527
It probably should have
been removed a long time ago.
00:29:15.527 --> 00:29:19.957
This is unthinkable that
nobody has brought this up.
00:29:19.957 --> 00:29:24.957
There are dangers created
there that are enormous.
00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:27.373
Thank you for your
time and for being here.
00:29:29.090 --> 00:29:29.923
Thank you.
00:29:30.810 --> 00:29:32.633
Operator the next caller, please.
00:29:36.690 --> 00:29:39.207
Our next
caller is Mary Alvarado.
00:29:39.207 --> 00:29:40.323
You may go ahead.
00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:44.100
My name is Mary Alvarado
00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:46.610
and I live on the east side of Ventura.
00:29:46.610 --> 00:29:50.390
And I recently became aware
of the proposed expansion of
00:29:50.390 --> 00:29:54.433
the already existing compressor
station in west Ventura.
00:29:54.433 --> 00:29:58.329
I was quite alarmed when I
became aware of this location,
00:29:58.329 --> 00:30:01.422
especially because it's
so close to the school
00:30:01.422 --> 00:30:05.552
and keeping my fellow citizens
health and safety in mind,
00:30:05.552 --> 00:30:08.238
the more logical position to take
00:30:08.238 --> 00:30:10.790
and this is very upsetting to me
00:30:10.790 --> 00:30:13.740
would be to relocate
the compressor station
00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:18.169
to an area where health
and safety are a top priority.
00:30:18.169 --> 00:30:20.970
Knowing that my fellow citizens
00:30:20.970 --> 00:30:24.073
are not only being
exposed to harmful gases,
00:30:24.073 --> 00:30:26.679
but also to a possible explosion
00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:30.270
not only hurts them, but it's spirit.
00:30:30.270 --> 00:30:31.980
It hurts us all.
00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:33.683
Thank you for your time.
00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:37.060
Thank you for your call.
00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:38.743
Operator the next caller please.
00:30:40.750 --> 00:30:42.690
Our next
caller is Claire Bruhm.
00:30:42.690 --> 00:30:43.540
You may go ahead.
00:30:45.250 --> 00:30:49.211
Good morning President
Batjer and Commissioners.
00:30:49.211 --> 00:30:52.170
I'm Claire Bruhm from
Berkeley, California,
00:30:52.170 --> 00:30:54.140
professor of public health.
00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:57.010
Wanna speak on agenda item 29,
00:30:57.010 --> 00:31:01.910
a PD extending the ACC
proceedings for a year
00:31:01.910 --> 00:31:03.760
because of further delay
00:31:03.760 --> 00:31:06.743
and opening a
cost-effectiveness framework.
00:31:08.410 --> 00:31:12.440
Please demand that the
energy division and your staff
00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:17.440
document how and when they
will incorporate health impact,
00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:22.304
land use impacts, community resiliency
00:31:22.304 --> 00:31:27.304
and other environmental
justice objective measures
00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:30.620
into CPUC decision-making.
00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:35.620
In the ACC and cost effectiveness
analysis as appropriate.
00:31:36.470 --> 00:31:38.570
Specifically what is a firm date
00:31:38.570 --> 00:31:40.690
for initiating the rulemaking on
00:31:40.690 --> 00:31:42.980
cost-effectiveness framework?
00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:45.820
Where are the results
of the evaluation of
00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:47.490
the societal cost test?
00:31:47.490 --> 00:31:52.230
Including a health adder you
ordered in 2019?(bell dinging)
00:31:52.230 --> 00:31:53.270
How will they be...
00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.743
And when?
00:31:56.770 --> 00:31:59.040
Your decision today should not mean
00:31:59.040 --> 00:32:03.010
an additional two years delay
to incorporate these measures.
00:32:03.010 --> 00:32:04.293
Thank you so much.
00:32:06.370 --> 00:32:07.820
Thank you professor.
00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:09.493
Operator, the next caller please.
00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:17.130
Our next
caller is Tom Rosenhan.
00:32:17.968 --> 00:32:19.563
You may go ahead.
00:32:29.150 --> 00:32:30.970
Is Tom there?
00:32:30.970 --> 00:32:35.970
You might have your,
our telephone on mute.
00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:38.710
And
he's currently in the
00:32:38.710 --> 00:32:40.690
Spanish line, one moment here.
00:32:40.690 --> 00:32:41.523
Oh, okay.
00:32:42.850 --> 00:32:44.930
I'm gonna
actually just transfer him
00:32:46.070 --> 00:32:47.920
to the English call, one moment here.
00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:01.009
Hello?
00:33:01.009 --> 00:33:03.808
Okay, Tommy
you may go ahead.
00:33:03.808 --> 00:33:04.736
Hello?
00:33:04.736 --> 00:33:06.373
Hello you can go ahead.
00:33:06.373 --> 00:33:08.090
Can you hear me?
00:33:08.090 --> 00:33:09.694
Yes, we can Tom,.
00:33:09.694 --> 00:33:12.628
I wasn't getting
response please.
00:33:12.628 --> 00:33:14.483
Thank you very much, good morning.
00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.930
My name is Tom Rosenhan
00:33:16.930 --> 00:33:20.320
and I live in north
Hollywood these days,
00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:23.670
but I have lived near both Valona Creek
00:33:23.670 --> 00:33:26.500
and in Granada Hills in the past
00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:29.003
and I know these areas well.
00:33:30.126 --> 00:33:34.196
There is ample and
growing body of evidence
00:33:34.196 --> 00:33:39.077
clearly showing the toxic
effects on the local communities,
00:33:39.077 --> 00:33:43.437
affecting the health of
individuals, notably children,
00:33:43.437 --> 00:33:47.600
but also pollution of
the water, air and ground
00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:50.480
where these facilities are located.
00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.710
Aliso Canyon,
00:33:51.710 --> 00:33:56.610
Playa del Ray and Ventura
are all highly settled areas
00:33:56.610 --> 00:34:00.306
and pollution of them
damages delicate ecosystems
00:34:00.306 --> 00:34:03.150
with irreparable harm.
00:34:03.150 --> 00:34:05.550
And the effects of these pollution,
00:34:05.550 --> 00:34:09.000
of this pollution is
not contained locally,
00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:12.353
but radiates outwards
to varying degrees.
00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:16.450
The effects of pollution
00:34:16.450 --> 00:34:21.450
continues to reveal that
those effects(bell dinging)
00:34:23.502 --> 00:34:27.070
are more serious than
previously believed.
00:34:27.070 --> 00:34:29.880
These are all in controvertible facts
00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:32.652
to the extent that there's
pushback against them
00:34:32.652 --> 00:34:35.736
and the responses
that the facts indicate
00:34:35.736 --> 00:34:40.210
this pushback is all
noise sound and fury
00:34:40.210 --> 00:34:43.200
signifying nothing meant only to break
00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:45.970
the momentum of reasonable responses to
00:34:45.970 --> 00:34:48.660
these dangerous situations.
00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:50.340
What is going on here?
00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:52.120
We all know the answer.
00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:54.622
Money, money(bell dinging)
00:34:54.622 --> 00:34:55.680
and the backroom arrangements
00:34:55.680 --> 00:35:00.680
that keep the major canals
of the stuff flowing into...
00:35:02.150 --> 00:35:03.810
I'm gonna ask you to wrap up
00:35:03.810 --> 00:35:05.920
you're over your time limit.
00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.810
Oh, I'm sorry.
00:35:06.810 --> 00:35:08.423
I didn't understand.
00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:12.833
Well, the point is that,
00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:17.090
this is a unique angle now because
00:35:17.090 --> 00:35:20.230
the capitalist model that's
based on externalities
00:35:20.230 --> 00:35:22.670
continues to destroy finite
00:35:22.670 --> 00:35:25.850
and eerie irreplaceable resources
00:35:25.850 --> 00:35:28.600
and puts us at existential risks.
00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:33.600
So this is a unique time to challenge
00:35:33.610 --> 00:35:35.480
the traditional arrangements.
00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:37.040
Thank you very much.
00:35:37.040 --> 00:35:37.873
Thank you.
00:35:37.873 --> 00:35:39.573
Operator the next caller please.
00:35:41.034 --> 00:35:44.400
Our next
caller is Cheryl Gayle.
00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.364
You may go ahead.
00:35:45.364 --> 00:35:48.447
(indistinct chatter)
00:35:52.010 --> 00:35:53.640
Again Cheryl Gayle, you may go ahead.
00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:54.583
Your line is open.
00:36:02.470 --> 00:36:03.823
Cheryl, are you there?
00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:11.550
Is she on the, is she
on the line operator?
00:36:11.550 --> 00:36:12.575
She is on the line.
00:36:12.575 --> 00:36:14.283
We're getting background noise.
00:36:15.252 --> 00:36:17.430
Can you hear me at all?
00:36:17.430 --> 00:36:18.734
Yes, we
can hear you now.
00:36:18.734 --> 00:36:22.043
Okay, at that moment,
I'm in a noisy Starbucks.
00:36:23.120 --> 00:36:24.090
Thank you Commissioners.
00:36:24.090 --> 00:36:28.400
We must prioritize
shutting down toxic methane
00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:33.400
fueling facilities near or
under housing and school
00:36:34.950 --> 00:36:39.950
and not letting SoCal
Gas expand Aliso Canyon,
00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:44.243
Playa del Ray and the
Ventura Compressor station.
00:36:45.090 --> 00:36:49.270
Don't we have enough severe drought,
00:36:49.270 --> 00:36:53.853
wildfires, methane
blowout, viewing pollution?
00:36:56.310 --> 00:37:00.250
Instead of more greenhouse
trapping gas incidents,
00:37:00.250 --> 00:37:05.120
we need more community
rooftop solar and battery storage.
00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:07.600
This will create many more jobs,
00:37:07.600 --> 00:37:10.750
local jobs and reduce greenhouse gases
00:37:10.750 --> 00:37:13.840
and lower the prices to repair.
00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.673
Thank you Commissioners.
00:37:14.673 --> 00:37:16.473
I hope you could hear some of it.
00:37:19.210 --> 00:37:20.360
Thank you.
00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:22.820
Operator the next caller please.
00:37:24.367 --> 00:37:27.250
And our next
caller is David Klein.
00:37:27.250 --> 00:37:28.100
You may go ahead.
00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:30.890
Good morning Commissioners.
00:37:30.890 --> 00:37:34.620
My name is David Klein,
I live in Los Angeles.
00:37:34.620 --> 00:37:38.770
I'm calling to urge you to vote against
00:37:38.770 --> 00:37:41.800
the expansion of the
Aliso Canyon Gas facility
00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.850
and the Playa Del Ray storage facility
00:37:43.850 --> 00:37:47.240
and the Ventura compressor station.
00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:51.220
To vote for them is a
vote for planetary suicide.
00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:53.840
We have to start
treating the climate crisis
00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:58.840
as an actual crisis and shut
down as rapidly as possible
00:37:58.866 --> 00:38:01.415
all fossil fuel sources,
00:38:01.415 --> 00:38:05.299
sources of greenhouse
gases in United States
00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:08.463
and California in particular, thank you.
00:38:11.050 --> 00:38:12.090
Thank you.
00:38:12.090 --> 00:38:13.823
Operator the next caller please.
00:38:15.390 --> 00:38:17.850
Our next
caller is Alexander Austin.
00:38:17.850 --> 00:38:18.700
You may go ahead.
00:38:20.560 --> 00:38:21.610
Hello.
00:38:21.610 --> 00:38:23.290
My name is Alex Austin,
00:38:23.290 --> 00:38:24.840
and I grew up in the Porter Ranch area
00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:27.330
for over 20 years with my family.
00:38:27.330 --> 00:38:30.466
I along with so many other
San Fernando Valley residents,
00:38:30.466 --> 00:38:32.370
I've experienced the traumatic,
00:38:32.370 --> 00:38:34.290
traumatic environmental disaster
00:38:34.290 --> 00:38:36.394
of the Aliso Canyon Gas blow out.
00:38:36.394 --> 00:38:38.350
As you know, it was the worst gas blow
00:38:38.350 --> 00:38:39.873
in our country's history,
00:38:41.060 --> 00:38:45.000
I urge the CPUC to reject
the request from SoCal Gas
00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:48.240
to expand operations
at the Aliso Canyon,
00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:51.560
Playa Del Rey and Ventura facilities.
00:38:51.560 --> 00:38:53.980
Our health and climate has
been and will continue to be
00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:56.147
affected by decisions like this.
00:38:56.147 --> 00:38:59.055
There's too much evidence
now to deny the harmful impact
00:38:59.055 --> 00:39:01.284
by fossil fuel companies
00:39:01.284 --> 00:39:04.603
and facilities like these
have on our environment.
00:39:05.570 --> 00:39:08.034
You see and hear about
these impacts all over the news
00:39:08.034 --> 00:39:11.230
and it's time for the CPUC
to respond appropriately
00:39:11.230 --> 00:39:12.800
by shutting down these facilities
00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:14.330
and moving toward clean energy.
00:39:14.330 --> 00:39:15.163
Thank you.
00:39:18.120 --> 00:39:19.080
Thank you caller.
00:39:19.080 --> 00:39:20.863
Operator, the next caller please.
00:39:22.490 --> 00:39:24.820
Our next
caller is Jane Fowler.
00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.670
You may go ahead.
00:39:31.330 --> 00:39:32.163
Hello.
00:39:32.163 --> 00:39:32.996
Again Jane.
00:39:32.996 --> 00:39:33.922
Yes, go ahead.
00:39:33.922 --> 00:39:36.180
Sorry, I'm I'm Jane Fowler.
00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:39.340
I live in Granada Hills,
near Aliso Canyon.
00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:42.480
I woke up with electric
body, that's what I call it
00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:44.667
When my body feels
like electricity is running
00:39:44.667 --> 00:39:46.567
up and down it you know,
00:39:46.567 --> 00:39:48.844
it's a, it's an Aliso thing.
00:39:48.844 --> 00:39:50.840
Like so many other issues,
00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:52.696
I have a very sore throat today.
00:39:52.696 --> 00:39:55.227
I'm lethargic, forgetful, depressed
00:39:55.227 --> 00:39:57.460
and my daughters are visiting now
00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:59.090
and they both have sore throats
00:39:59.090 --> 00:40:00.760
and have gone to urgent care.
00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:02.107
And one daughter said,
00:40:02.107 --> 00:40:04.927
"Mom, it's not gonna go
wait until we leave home."
00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:11.020
He's still suffering from
physical and mental effects of
00:40:11.020 --> 00:40:12.400
Aliso canyon.
00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:15.750
My liver is now failing
because it cannot get rid of
00:40:15.750 --> 00:40:17.675
the toxins in my body.
00:40:17.675 --> 00:40:20.120
In my community we fought for years
00:40:20.120 --> 00:40:22.170
and we finally got the City Council
00:40:22.170 --> 00:40:25.690
board of supervisors and even
a letter from Governor Newson
00:40:25.690 --> 00:40:28.100
to oppose increase and expedite
00:40:28.100 --> 00:40:30.235
shut down of Aliso Canyon.
00:40:30.235 --> 00:40:32.515
Why are you not
listening to the community
00:40:32.515 --> 00:40:35.200
and all the local leaders?
00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:38.030
Why are you the CPUC not listening?
00:40:38.030 --> 00:40:40.407
We need you to listen
and talking about days
00:40:40.407 --> 00:40:43.010
you'll never forget the San Bruno
00:40:43.010 --> 00:40:47.410
well on October 23rd, 2015 is the day
00:40:47.410 --> 00:40:50.880
that Aliso Canyon blew open.
00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:54.050
We are still suffering about Aliso
00:40:54.050 --> 00:40:55.853
and I hope you would prioritize,
00:40:58.690 --> 00:41:03.350
prioritize health before wealth
00:41:03.350 --> 00:41:08.350
and the environment before
the gas companies please
00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:13.378
we're at a crisis
environment, environment,
00:41:13.378 --> 00:41:17.510
environment, not the gas company.
00:41:17.510 --> 00:41:19.580
Thank you so much, I'm sorry.
00:41:19.580 --> 00:41:20.413
Thank you.
00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.773
Thank you.
00:41:22.773 --> 00:41:25.033
Operator the next caller please.
00:41:27.210 --> 00:41:29.240
Our next
caller is Franny Cooper.
00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:30.090
You may go ahead.
00:41:31.268 --> 00:41:33.350
Good morning,
this is Franny Cooper
00:41:33.350 --> 00:41:35.230
from Monterey Bay Economic Partnership
00:41:35.230 --> 00:41:36.377
also speaking on behalf of
00:41:36.377 --> 00:41:38.748
the Central Coast Broadband Consortium
00:41:38.748 --> 00:41:42.900
regarding item six on
your Consent Agenda.
00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.565
Just speaking in favor of the,
00:41:44.565 --> 00:41:49.565
the grant to cruise IOMEDIA
for the San Gerardo co-op,
00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:55.130
this is bring much
needed service at no cost
00:41:55.130 --> 00:41:57.440
to those residents
for the first five years.
00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:00.947
And that is very valuable in our region.
00:42:00.947 --> 00:42:05.200
The affordability is just
as support, important
00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:09.740
as accessibility to
broadband service for students
00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:11.310
and other residents alike.
00:42:11.310 --> 00:42:13.990
So I thank you for,
00:42:13.990 --> 00:42:16.780
for that grant to
make this happen, it's,
00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:22.537
it's really an asset to
our, to our region and,
00:42:22.537 --> 00:42:25.773
and the city of Salinas, thank you.
00:42:27.670 --> 00:42:28.710
Thank you.
00:42:28.710 --> 00:42:30.503
Operator the next caller please.
00:42:32.330 --> 00:42:34.440
Our next
caller is Helen Atie.
00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.290
You may go ahead.
00:42:37.017 --> 00:42:39.080
Hello, my
name is Helen Atie,
00:42:39.080 --> 00:42:42.620
I live in Granada Hills
when I stay on the show,
00:42:42.620 --> 00:42:46.420
mom and I and the co-founders.
00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:48.323
Let me see, what can I tell you?
00:42:48.323 --> 00:42:51.500
Slow and clear in only one minute,
00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:52.940
I have so much to tell you.
00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:55.500
I'm just telling you today,
00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:58.660
I'm calling you from my
bed because I cannot get up.
00:42:58.660 --> 00:43:00.498
I have such a bad body sore,
00:43:00.498 --> 00:43:04.070
my muscles and I'm easy to them.
00:43:04.070 --> 00:43:06.983
So this happens a lot in this area.
00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:11.826
I have so much to do today
and I cannot even get up,
00:43:11.826 --> 00:43:13.498
get out of my bed.
00:43:13.498 --> 00:43:16.480
We have been telling
you for that at least
00:43:17.490 --> 00:43:19.820
almost six years about how we feel here.
00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:22.400
We have in repeating why this place,
00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:24.820
this Aliso needs to be shut down.
00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:27.000
I do not understand how many times
00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:28.742
we need to be calling you
00:43:28.742 --> 00:43:30.490
and they didn't you
know that you're suffering.
00:43:30.490 --> 00:43:33.100
Just listen to all the
people who are calling you.
00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:36.100
This place is a ticking bomb
right now here next to us.
00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:39.160
I mean, the health effect it has also
00:43:39.160 --> 00:43:40.960
is dangerous because of the earthquake
00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:44.403
and all these other stuff
that's been telling you.
00:43:44.403 --> 00:43:48.313
A fire that California is
just burning up to that.
00:43:48.313 --> 00:43:51.576
I mean, just his days(bell dinging)
00:43:51.576 --> 00:43:54.790
And I don't understand if you care,
00:43:54.790 --> 00:43:57.130
if your purpose is to
care about you know,
00:43:57.130 --> 00:43:58.850
at least care about people
00:43:58.850 --> 00:44:01.130
would listen and shut this place down.
00:44:01.130 --> 00:44:02.056
But if you don't,
00:44:02.056 --> 00:44:05.890
let's just make more holes
and more storage places
00:44:05.890 --> 00:44:07.213
and just kill everybody
00:44:07.213 --> 00:44:09.463
because two of my neighbors just died.
00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:11.153
Thank you.
00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:15.100
Thank you.
00:44:15.100 --> 00:44:16.733
Operator the next caller please.
00:44:18.370 --> 00:44:20.487
Our next
caller is Dominic Selzou.
00:44:20.487 --> 00:44:21.523
You may go ahead.
00:44:24.990 --> 00:44:27.055
Good morning,
my name is Dominic Selzou.
00:44:27.055 --> 00:44:28.805
I live in Los Angeles.
00:44:28.805 --> 00:44:32.300
I urge you to deny the Southern
California Gas Company's
00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:37.200
applications increase
storage limits 3% of these
00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:41.120
in the Los Angeles, in the
Aliso Canyon in Los Angeles,
00:44:41.120 --> 00:44:44.550
Playa del Rey area and
didn't Ventura county.
00:44:44.550 --> 00:44:46.916
People who live near
these facilities are suffering
00:44:46.916 --> 00:44:50.860
from the toxic effects
which these facilities cause.
00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:53.010
63% of people who live near
00:44:53.010 --> 00:44:56.665
the Aliso Canyon facility
reported health problems
00:44:56.665 --> 00:44:59.770
when the facility had a massive fallout.
00:44:59.770 --> 00:45:01.500
According to the Los Angeles County
00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.853
Public Health department.
00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:06.374
Approximately 30
firefighters from my city
00:45:06.374 --> 00:45:08.415
responded to the emergency
00:45:08.415 --> 00:45:11.523
have also reported
various health problems.
00:45:12.606 --> 00:45:15.070
Two of these facilities
leak methane gas,
00:45:15.070 --> 00:45:17.600
which is extremely harmful.
00:45:17.600 --> 00:45:20.645
The third facility could
also be methane gas.
00:45:20.645 --> 00:45:23.100
Fossil fuels apparently cause
00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:25.398
numerous types of environmental harm,
00:45:25.398 --> 00:45:28.347
including global warming.
00:45:28.347 --> 00:45:33.347
I retreated decrease your
use of fossil fuels.(bell dinging)
00:45:34.140 --> 00:45:38.517
Numerous so-called government
policies proposed expansions
00:45:38.517 --> 00:45:40.637
my city government, my school district
00:45:40.637 --> 00:45:45.356
and my county government
opposed these proposed expansions.
00:45:45.356 --> 00:45:47.043
Thank you for your help.
00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:50.870
Thank you for your call.
00:45:50.870 --> 00:45:52.603
Operator, the next caller please.
00:45:54.130 --> 00:45:56.249
Our next
caller is Terrance Foley.
00:45:56.249 --> 00:45:58.378
You may go ahead.
00:45:58.378 --> 00:46:00.390
Hi, good morning.
00:46:00.390 --> 00:46:01.560
My name is Terrance Foley,
00:46:01.560 --> 00:46:04.450
I'm a Ventura resident for 67 years
00:46:04.450 --> 00:46:07.635
and an officer of the pure
Palm Bay Community Council.
00:46:07.635 --> 00:46:10.900
So I'm calling today in solidarity with
00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:12.389
the West Side Community Council
00:46:12.389 --> 00:46:14.820
with assembly members, Steve Bennett,
00:46:14.820 --> 00:46:17.438
and with Ventura mayor Sophia Rubalcava
00:46:17.438 --> 00:46:20.748
regarding the Ventura of gas facility.
00:46:20.748 --> 00:46:24.118
On a global level
regarding climate change
00:46:24.118 --> 00:46:27.897
and on a local level of the
safety of Avenue residents.
00:46:27.897 --> 00:46:32.849
I urge the CPU to close the
Avenue compressor facility.
00:46:32.849 --> 00:46:34.700
Thank you very much.
00:46:34.700 --> 00:46:36.190
Thank you.
00:46:36.190 --> 00:46:37.803
Operator the next caller please.
00:46:41.356 --> 00:46:44.450
And our next
caller is Jamie DeRosa.
00:46:44.450 --> 00:46:45.300
You may go ahead.
00:46:46.330 --> 00:46:47.723
Hi, can you hear me?
00:46:49.540 --> 00:46:50.373
Hello?
00:46:50.373 --> 00:46:51.206
Yes we can.
00:46:51.206 --> 00:46:52.220
Please go ahead.
00:46:52.220 --> 00:46:54.080
Okay, my
name is Jamie DeRosa.
00:46:54.080 --> 00:46:57.043
I live in Chatsworth
only about 1.4 miles
00:46:57.043 --> 00:47:00.130
south of the Aliso Canyon facility.
00:47:00.130 --> 00:47:02.378
I'm very concerned about
the expansion operations
00:47:02.378 --> 00:47:05.210
you have planned,
not just at the Aliso site,
00:47:05.210 --> 00:47:07.253
but at the Ventura and at Playa del Rey.
00:47:08.600 --> 00:47:12.110
Back in 2015, when we
had the Aliso blowout,
00:47:12.110 --> 00:47:14.130
I've developed severe asthma sense,
00:47:14.130 --> 00:47:16.040
a nodule in my throat.
00:47:16.040 --> 00:47:20.650
And I was in the ER for 10 days back
00:47:20.650 --> 00:47:24.263
starting November 29th, 2015 in the ICU.
00:47:25.349 --> 00:47:28.520
My daughter comes to
visit here from Santa Monica.
00:47:28.520 --> 00:47:31.160
Every time comes here,
she has bloody noses.
00:47:31.160 --> 00:47:33.300
My husband works on the roofs here
00:47:33.300 --> 00:47:35.363
at two properties in Chatsworth,
00:47:36.556 --> 00:47:38.110
and he has a hard time working up there
00:47:38.110 --> 00:47:40.299
just because of the smell sometimes.
00:47:40.299 --> 00:47:43.490
Not only are we facing a
drought in a climate emergency,
00:47:43.490 --> 00:47:46.120
but expansion to these
facilities threatened our health
00:47:46.120 --> 00:47:47.630
and our livelihoods.
00:47:47.630 --> 00:47:50.430
And can you imagine how much
more devastation would occur
00:47:50.430 --> 00:47:51.810
if these sites are expanded
00:47:51.810 --> 00:47:53.890
and we had another methane blowout?
00:47:53.890 --> 00:47:55.720
Or a major earthquake?
00:47:55.720 --> 00:47:56.770
There's gotta be other ways,
00:47:56.770 --> 00:47:59.527
healthier ways for our
communities, thank you.
00:48:01.530 --> 00:48:03.030
Thank you.
00:48:03.030 --> 00:48:04.733
Operator the next caller please.
00:48:06.552 --> 00:48:09.490
Our next
caller is Ken Jones.
00:48:09.490 --> 00:48:10.340
You may go ahead.
00:48:11.810 --> 00:48:14.170
Good morning, President
Batjer and Commissioners.
00:48:14.170 --> 00:48:15.040
I'm Ken Jones,
00:48:15.040 --> 00:48:18.120
a rate payer from
Greenbrae in Marin county
00:48:18.120 --> 00:48:20.853
focused in my life constantly
on the climate crisis.
00:48:21.690 --> 00:48:26.040
And speaking about my
concern related to item 29,
00:48:26.040 --> 00:48:29.040
it may seem on the surface
to be an easy decision
00:48:29.040 --> 00:48:32.570
to extend the time for the
completion of the IRP will making
00:48:32.570 --> 00:48:35.135
that has gone on so long already.
00:48:35.135 --> 00:48:38.170
If I understand it
though, with that decision,
00:48:38.170 --> 00:48:40.900
you also appear to be
pushing down the road
00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:44.260
revision of the societal cost test.
00:48:44.260 --> 00:48:46.700
In this item on the agenda
00:48:46.700 --> 00:48:49.242
it says there are no
costs in doing this.
00:48:49.242 --> 00:48:52.910
If you are dealing, delaying
dealing with societal cost,
00:48:52.910 --> 00:48:54.170
healthcare impacts,
00:48:54.170 --> 00:48:57.173
the effect of what type of
energy goes in what communities
00:48:57.173 --> 00:49:00.210
you are deferring
dealing with the resiliency
00:49:00.210 --> 00:49:02.964
of our communities in
the middle of fire season,
00:49:02.964 --> 00:49:05.440
where we see the
effects of having deferred
00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:09.923
getting enough local solar
and wind and battery storage.
00:49:09.923 --> 00:49:12.466
You should be
incentivizing battery storage
00:49:12.466 --> 00:49:15.930
over gas facilities.
00:49:15.930 --> 00:49:17.973
I strongly support everybody's desire to
00:49:17.973 --> 00:49:21.820
shut down Aliso Canyon as
it was the worst climate crisis,
00:49:21.820 --> 00:49:24.693
climate disaster we've
probably seen in this country.
00:49:25.750 --> 00:49:28.550
Climate should be the one
issue that you focus on every day.
00:49:28.550 --> 00:49:30.770
It should have been for many years,
00:49:30.770 --> 00:49:32.260
always ask yourself,
00:49:32.260 --> 00:49:35.000
how does this decision
impact protecting all of us
00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:36.740
from the effects of climate disasters
00:49:36.740 --> 00:49:39.630
that are already more
than we can adjust to?
00:49:39.630 --> 00:49:40.463
Thank you.
00:49:41.420 --> 00:49:42.253
Thank you.
00:49:42.253 --> 00:49:44.363
Operator the next caller please.
00:49:46.280 --> 00:49:49.320
Our next
caller is Pamela Dreyfus.
00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:50.170
You may go ahead.
00:49:51.630 --> 00:49:53.180
Hi, can you hear me?
00:49:54.760 --> 00:49:55.593
Yes.
00:49:55.593 --> 00:49:56.426
Hello?
00:49:56.426 --> 00:49:58.092
Okay, great great, good morning.
00:49:58.092 --> 00:49:58.925
Good morning, yes.
00:49:58.925 --> 00:50:00.490
My name is Pamela Dreyfus.
00:50:00.490 --> 00:50:02.387
I'm a climate activist.
00:50:02.387 --> 00:50:06.710
I am a friend of Jane
Fowler who spoke earlier
00:50:06.710 --> 00:50:08.441
and I'm really shaken up by,
00:50:08.441 --> 00:50:11.593
by her her message to you.
00:50:13.370 --> 00:50:16.680
I have friends in Porter
Ranch suffering terrible,
00:50:16.680 --> 00:50:18.213
terrible health effects,
00:50:18.213 --> 00:50:20.800
and it gets worse and worse.
00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:22.390
And the idea of that,
00:50:22.390 --> 00:50:27.245
that the CPUC will allow expansion of,
00:50:27.245 --> 00:50:32.245
of the gas facility and
building out of other facilities is,
00:50:32.580 --> 00:50:35.103
is really shocking, very shocking to me.
00:50:36.150 --> 00:50:37.733
I am, I am,
00:50:38.600 --> 00:50:40.490
I wanted to read you some words
00:50:40.490 --> 00:50:43.210
and I want you to keep in mind
00:50:43.210 --> 00:50:48.210
the UN panel on climate
change warning, change warning
00:50:48.720 --> 00:50:50.480
We are in a code red.
00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:53.830
Here are words that I have
picked out from the newspaper.
00:50:53.830 --> 00:50:58.156
Bomb, cyclone, irreversible
extinction, ice pack,
00:50:58.156 --> 00:51:01.075
death spiral, permafrost melts,
00:51:01.075 --> 00:51:05.427
tipping point, thousand-year
floods, category five hurricane
00:51:05.427 --> 00:51:09.710
apocalyptic wild
fires, smoke inhalation,
00:51:09.710 --> 00:51:13.220
super typhoons, tipping
point altered jet streams,
00:51:13.220 --> 00:51:18.220
wildlife collapse, irreversible
ghost forest tipping point,
00:51:19.310 --> 00:51:21.210
cheek dome, rising seas.
00:51:21.210 --> 00:51:23.616
These are all horrible and scary words
00:51:23.616 --> 00:51:25.420
and nothing is scarier than
00:51:25.420 --> 00:51:27.546
hearing my friends talk about her health
00:51:27.546 --> 00:51:31.740
that's directly caused
by the Aliso blowout.
00:51:31.740 --> 00:51:33.420
It's really time.
00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:34.870
This is your job.
00:51:34.870 --> 00:51:38.330
It's time to take a stand
against Southern California Gas.
00:51:38.330 --> 00:51:39.163
Thank you.
00:51:40.850 --> 00:51:42.270
Thank you.
00:51:42.270 --> 00:51:44.043
Operator the next caller please.
00:51:45.980 --> 00:51:48.400
Our next
caller is Kristin Kessler.
00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:49.250
You may go ahead.
00:51:50.510 --> 00:51:51.760
Hi, good
morning Commissioners.
00:51:51.760 --> 00:51:54.768
My name is Kristin
Kessler and I live in Ventura.
00:51:54.768 --> 00:51:58.498
I'm commenting today because
I'm extremely concerned about
00:51:58.498 --> 00:52:01.696
the effects of air pollution
and climate change.
00:52:01.696 --> 00:52:03.980
Natural gas emits methane,
00:52:03.980 --> 00:52:06.558
a potent greenhouse gas
along with other pollutants,
00:52:06.558 --> 00:52:09.180
which endanger public health.
00:52:09.180 --> 00:52:12.740
Please deny SoCal
Gas' requests to expand
00:52:12.740 --> 00:52:14.746
the Ventura Compressor station.
00:52:14.746 --> 00:52:17.120
And please do the same
with the Aliso Canyon
00:52:17.120 --> 00:52:21.500
and Playa del Rey stations
for the sake of public health
00:52:21.500 --> 00:52:23.009
and the health of our planet,
00:52:23.009 --> 00:52:25.459
SoCal Gas needs to be reined in,
00:52:25.459 --> 00:52:29.311
stop green washing and
acknowledge the climate crisis.
00:52:29.311 --> 00:52:30.813
Thank you so much.
00:52:32.580 --> 00:52:34.150
Thank you.
00:52:34.150 --> 00:52:35.903
Operator the next caller please.
00:52:37.770 --> 00:52:39.686
Our next
caller is Jonathan Almon.
00:52:39.686 --> 00:52:40.803
You may go ahead.
00:52:42.790 --> 00:52:43.770
Hi, good morning.
00:52:43.770 --> 00:52:46.900
This is John Almon in Santa Barbara.
00:52:46.900 --> 00:52:48.911
I'm making eggs on my electric stove
00:52:48.911 --> 00:52:50.606
and all electric house.
00:52:50.606 --> 00:52:53.850
I'm alive, I'm not polluting myself.
00:52:53.850 --> 00:52:55.973
The world is great without gas.
00:52:57.320 --> 00:53:00.330
We should be reducing,
not expanding gas.
00:53:00.330 --> 00:53:05.330
That means we should be doing
an AIR at Ventura compressor.
00:53:06.080 --> 00:53:09.930
That means we should
not be expanding reservoirs
00:53:09.930 --> 00:53:14.930
in LA area or any
reservoir, even Lago Lita,
00:53:15.160 --> 00:53:18.140
which is what SoCal gas wants to do,
00:53:18.140 --> 00:53:21.920
which is right under UC,
University of Santa Barbara,
00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:23.000
UC Santa Barbara,
00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:25.650
the airport, the Santa Barbara airport,
00:53:25.650 --> 00:53:28.872
and up and parks, with families.
00:53:28.872 --> 00:53:30.690
I mean, this is ridiculous.
00:53:30.690 --> 00:53:32.335
We have to be moving away.
00:53:32.335 --> 00:53:35.820
So when I would ask you to do is just
00:53:38.090 --> 00:53:42.775
keep on tightening then the news on gas
00:53:42.775 --> 00:53:45.123
so that you are doing
something about global warming.
00:53:45.123 --> 00:53:47.060
You know, the guy running against
00:53:48.270 --> 00:53:50.170
the guy running against nuisance,
00:53:50.170 --> 00:53:52.104
he called global warming a crock.
00:53:52.104 --> 00:53:53.813
If he gets elected,
00:53:53.813 --> 00:53:57.090
you all will be replaced with
oil and gas representatives.
00:53:57.090 --> 00:53:57.963
So vote now.
00:54:01.890 --> 00:54:02.970
Thank you.
00:54:02.970 --> 00:54:04.863
Operator the next caller please.
00:54:06.420 --> 00:54:08.920
Our next
caller is Maryland Fuss.
00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:09.770
You may go ahead.
00:54:11.110 --> 00:54:12.350
Thank you.
00:54:12.350 --> 00:54:13.350
Can you hear me all right.
00:54:13.350 --> 00:54:16.470
I'm calling to support
Food and Waterwatch.
00:54:16.470 --> 00:54:18.503
And SoCal350.org.
00:54:19.800 --> 00:54:22.590
I have most recently
visited the almost ideal
00:54:22.590 --> 00:54:24.040
middle and working community
00:54:24.040 --> 00:54:27.390
surrounding the Ventura
compressor project site,
00:54:27.390 --> 00:54:29.550
which is right next door to a school
00:54:29.550 --> 00:54:31.233
or across the street actually.
00:54:32.130 --> 00:54:35.160
Any kind of expansion of that site
00:54:35.160 --> 00:54:37.530
would threaten the
health of the children there
00:54:37.530 --> 00:54:41.123
and all the rest of that
pristine community as well.
00:54:41.123 --> 00:54:43.650
The very same kinds of factors
00:54:43.650 --> 00:54:47.600
apply at Playa del Ray and Aliso Canyon.
00:54:47.600 --> 00:54:50.660
You heard the people
speaking of their, of the health
00:54:50.660 --> 00:54:53.943
suffering terribly in those locations.
00:54:54.870 --> 00:54:56.930
Please close them all down.
00:54:56.930 --> 00:54:58.963
Thank you for the opportunity to speak.
00:55:00.830 --> 00:55:02.000
Thank you for your call.
00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:03.943
Operator the next caller please.
00:55:06.220 --> 00:55:08.650
Our next
caller is Leslie Purcell.
00:55:08.650 --> 00:55:09.673
You may go ahead.
00:55:14.248 --> 00:55:15.665
Sorry.
00:55:21.730 --> 00:55:23.320
Hi, can you hear me?
00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:25.510
Yes, Leslie we can
hear you, go ahead.
00:55:25.510 --> 00:55:26.790
Thank you.
00:55:26.790 --> 00:55:29.980
I'm calling to support Rooftop Solar
00:55:32.057 --> 00:55:34.770
and local micro grid
and battery storage.
00:55:34.770 --> 00:55:38.120
And to have the CPUC please
00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:42.510
regulate in that direction rather than
00:55:42.510 --> 00:55:45.400
in favor of the utilities.
00:55:45.400 --> 00:55:49.720
I also wanted to say that
we appreciated the CPUC,
00:55:49.720 --> 00:55:54.680
heard the hearing on the west
Ventura SoCal compressor's
00:55:54.680 --> 00:55:58.300
gas station and Rachel Peterson
00:55:58.300 --> 00:55:59.953
was chairing that I believe.
00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:03.890
That was very appreciated by the,
00:56:03.890 --> 00:56:06.310
by the community and activists,
00:56:06.310 --> 00:56:11.310
So, we would encourage the CPUC to
00:56:11.880 --> 00:56:14.260
vote against any expansion
00:56:14.260 --> 00:56:17.690
and continuation of
that compressor station.
00:56:17.690 --> 00:56:20.390
As you've heard it's across
the street from old school
00:56:20.390 --> 00:56:22.660
and so forth in a community that's
00:56:25.490 --> 00:56:28.500
under threat of other kinds of
00:56:29.600 --> 00:56:33.360
environmental degradation from
00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:35.380
adjacent oil fields as well.
00:56:35.380 --> 00:56:38.480
But the SoCal Gas station
00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:41.070
is something that we
could address right now.
00:56:41.070 --> 00:56:46.070
I also like to mention the
leakage at Playa del Rey
00:56:46.700 --> 00:56:48.250
into the Ballona Wetlands,
00:56:48.250 --> 00:56:51.560
which is health and safety
issues been going on for many,
00:56:51.560 --> 00:56:52.393
many years.
00:56:52.393 --> 00:56:55.560
It's one of the oldest,
apparently in the state
00:56:55.560 --> 00:57:00.560
and climate and habitat
benefits that would be addressed
00:57:00.560 --> 00:57:04.710
if SoCal Gas was to,
00:57:04.710 --> 00:57:07.570
to get out of that
storage field as well as
00:57:08.420 --> 00:57:12.054
not expanding Aliso canyon
and shutting that down as well.
00:57:12.054 --> 00:57:13.113
Thank you.
00:57:14.230 --> 00:57:15.070
Thank you.
00:57:15.070 --> 00:57:16.957
Operator the next caller please.
00:57:19.162 --> 00:57:21.800
The next caller
is Layla Tambourine.
00:57:21.800 --> 00:57:22.650
You may go ahead.
00:57:24.581 --> 00:57:28.160
Hello, my name
is Layla Tambourine
00:57:28.160 --> 00:57:30.593
and I live in Altadena, California.
00:57:32.120 --> 00:57:37.120
I urge CPUC to stop expansion
of gas storage and operations
00:57:37.420 --> 00:57:42.420
at the Aliso Canyon and
Playa del Ray storage facilities
00:57:42.840 --> 00:57:45.113
and the Ventura Compressor station.
00:57:46.890 --> 00:57:50.430
It baffles me that we
need to fight for clean air,
00:57:50.430 --> 00:57:53.570
water and energy in 2021.
00:57:53.570 --> 00:57:55.940
This is an old hat issue
00:57:55.940 --> 00:57:59.633
that is contributed to the
ever-present climate catastrophe.
00:58:01.235 --> 00:58:03.698
So called SoCal gas knows how toxic
00:58:03.698 --> 00:58:06.713
methane is to people on the planet.
00:58:07.550 --> 00:58:11.940
I am tired of SoCal Gas
continued doing nor democracy
00:58:11.940 --> 00:58:15.517
the people have in our
speaking out against this company
00:58:15.517 --> 00:58:19.800
and their inability to shift to
sustainable energy practices
00:58:19.800 --> 00:58:21.230
due to their greed,
00:58:21.230 --> 00:58:23.793
putting profits over
people needs to end.
00:58:24.910 --> 00:58:27.870
We need to be focusing
on removing excess methane
00:58:27.870 --> 00:58:29.350
from the environment.
00:58:29.350 --> 00:58:32.610
It is not the time to
expand.(bell dinging)
00:58:32.610 --> 00:58:36.710
I have been deeply impacted
by our climate catastrophe.
00:58:36.710 --> 00:58:40.179
I was exposed to two weeks
of wildfire smoke last August,
00:58:40.179 --> 00:58:42.870
which has damaged my vocal chords,
00:58:42.870 --> 00:58:44.950
making it painful to speak.
00:58:44.950 --> 00:58:47.328
I can only imagine the physical trauma,
00:58:47.328 --> 00:58:51.610
those who are living near
facilities are experiencing
00:58:51.610 --> 00:58:54.590
due to unnecessary methane exposure.
00:58:54.590 --> 00:58:58.420
I'm tired of this nonsense
and needs to end.
00:58:58.420 --> 00:59:01.518
Health over wealth must be the priority.
00:59:01.518 --> 00:59:06.450
Please, please, please
stop this expansion.
00:59:06.450 --> 00:59:07.713
Thank you so much.
00:59:09.547 --> 00:59:11.300
Thank you.
00:59:11.300 --> 00:59:13.423
Operator the next caller please.
00:59:21.820 --> 00:59:24.070
Operator is there
another caller on the line?
00:59:26.854 --> 00:59:28.100
And before
we go to the next caller,
00:59:28.100 --> 00:59:30.500
if you was to speak during
the public comment periods,
00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:33.070
please press *1 unmute your phone
00:59:33.070 --> 00:59:35.270
and clearly provide
your first and last name
00:59:36.200 --> 00:59:38.150
clearly when prompted.
00:59:38.150 --> 00:59:39.990
Our next caller is Daniel Tam
00:59:39.990 --> 00:59:42.560
with Interfaith Solidarity Networks.
00:59:42.560 --> 00:59:43.410
You may go ahead.
00:59:47.010 --> 00:59:48.650
Yes, hi,
this is Daniel Tam.
00:59:48.650 --> 00:59:50.260
Good morning Commissioners.
00:59:50.260 --> 00:59:54.198
I'm chair of Interfaith
Solidarity Network.
00:59:54.198 --> 00:59:57.516
We're a consortium of 54
diverse faith communities,
00:59:57.516 --> 01:00:00.900
churches, mosques,
synagogues and temples
01:00:00.900 --> 01:00:04.070
in the San Fernando
Valley area of Los Angeles.
01:00:04.070 --> 01:00:05.056
And Commissioners,
01:00:05.056 --> 01:00:09.890
increasingly as I attend
a Bible studies, services
01:00:09.890 --> 01:00:12.155
and one-on-one
meetings with our partners,
01:00:12.155 --> 01:00:14.028
the issue of climate crisis,
01:00:14.028 --> 01:00:16.590
not climate change by the way,
01:00:16.590 --> 01:00:19.150
but climate crisis is how people put it.
01:00:19.150 --> 01:00:21.300
It comes up as an urgent concern
01:00:21.300 --> 01:00:23.330
among families and clergy leaders.
01:00:23.330 --> 01:00:25.507
This is now a central faith issue,
01:00:25.507 --> 01:00:29.566
expanding gas storage
facilities in Aliso Canyon.
01:00:29.566 --> 01:00:33.870
Playa del Ray and
Ventura is an egregious
01:00:33.870 --> 01:00:36.856
and unwarranted
expansion of fossil fuels
01:00:36.856 --> 01:00:40.770
the exact opposite direction
of where we need to be going.
01:00:40.770 --> 01:00:43.796
If we care about the
care of our common home,
01:00:43.796 --> 01:00:46.210
the earth and our families,
01:00:46.210 --> 01:00:49.087
it demands that we put people, health
01:00:49.087 --> 01:00:54.087
and the climate before
SoCal Gas profits.(bell dinging)
01:00:54.580 --> 01:00:57.410
The city of Los Angeles
is moving towards
01:00:57.410 --> 01:01:00.363
100% clean, renewable energy.
01:01:01.573 --> 01:01:03.375
Work with them.
01:01:03.375 --> 01:01:06.033
Please go in that direction,
thanks for your time.
01:01:09.050 --> 01:01:10.243
Thank you.
01:01:10.243 --> 01:01:11.987
Operator the next caller please.
01:01:14.115 --> 01:01:16.640
Our next
caller is Craig Galante.
01:01:16.640 --> 01:01:17.490
You may go ahead.
01:01:19.150 --> 01:01:20.360
Hi, good morning
Commissioners.
01:01:20.360 --> 01:01:23.060
Thank you for the opportunity
to speak to you directly.
01:01:23.060 --> 01:01:25.350
I live within a Stone's
throw of Aliso Canyon.
01:01:25.350 --> 01:01:28.770
I can walk very easily to
the entrance of the facility
01:01:28.770 --> 01:01:31.213
and my community has
been severely impacted
01:01:31.213 --> 01:01:34.440
by the presence of Aliso Canyon.
01:01:34.440 --> 01:01:36.284
The expansion of such
a dangerous facility
01:01:36.284 --> 01:01:37.943
is just unconscionable.
01:01:39.640 --> 01:01:42.670
So many speakers have
said so many eloquent things
01:01:42.670 --> 01:01:46.140
about how the CPU has the backing
01:01:46.140 --> 01:01:48.999
of not only countless residents,
01:01:48.999 --> 01:01:52.850
but also all of the local
government officials
01:01:52.850 --> 01:01:56.130
to cease the operation of Aliso Canyon.
01:01:56.130 --> 01:02:00.290
Yet the CPUC seems
to be much more aligned
01:02:00.290 --> 01:02:04.480
with the bad faith
actors like SoCal Gas.
01:02:04.480 --> 01:02:07.010
I have to reiterate to
this, to this Commission,
01:02:07.010 --> 01:02:08.830
which I happened in the past.
01:02:08.830 --> 01:02:12.527
You do not have a good
partner in SoCal Gas,
01:02:12.527 --> 01:02:16.431
you, you have partners
alignment with residents
01:02:16.431 --> 01:02:20.120
and local and state government officials
01:02:20.120 --> 01:02:24.090
to support you to take a leadership role
01:02:24.090 --> 01:02:28.200
and contain and control and minimize,
01:02:28.200 --> 01:02:33.040
forget expansion, migrate
away from these very,
01:02:33.040 --> 01:02:36.774
very dangerous facilities
that are horribly run
01:02:36.774 --> 01:02:39.760
by SoCal Gas because
they're more interested in profits
01:02:39.760 --> 01:02:41.630
than they are of the
health of their own,
01:02:41.630 --> 01:02:44.350
their own employees or
those residents around it.
01:02:44.350 --> 01:02:47.750
I urge you take a leadership role
01:02:47.750 --> 01:02:50.950
and put, take, make the
changes that are necessary
01:02:50.950 --> 01:02:54.140
for climate control as
well as health impacts
01:02:54.140 --> 01:02:57.710
to community members by
using your complete authority
01:02:57.710 --> 01:03:00.900
to control, not forget the expansion,
01:03:00.900 --> 01:03:05.450
control the contraction of
these very bad faith actors.
01:03:05.450 --> 01:03:06.600
Thank you for your time,
01:03:06.600 --> 01:03:08.450
because they are making you look bad.
01:03:09.350 --> 01:03:10.550
Thank you.
01:03:10.550 --> 01:03:12.623
Operator next caller please.
01:03:12.623 --> 01:03:16.120
The next
caller is Troy Corley.
01:03:16.120 --> 01:03:17.303
Your line is now open.
01:03:18.620 --> 01:03:19.920
Hi, thank you very much.
01:03:19.920 --> 01:03:20.753
Can hear me?
01:03:22.620 --> 01:03:24.310
Yes, we can, please go ahead.
01:03:24.310 --> 01:03:26.713
Okay, terrific,
thank you so much.
01:03:27.830 --> 01:03:30.750
I don't have that much to add.
01:03:30.750 --> 01:03:34.030
I am brokenhearted to
hear my friend Jane Fowler
01:03:34.030 --> 01:03:36.770
and what she was going through,
01:03:36.770 --> 01:03:41.330
and that's just representative
of what's happening up
01:03:41.330 --> 01:03:45.520
in Porter Ranch and what is
happening on Ventura west side
01:03:45.520 --> 01:03:48.851
with numerous children
suffering from asthma
01:03:48.851 --> 01:03:51.730
and families who
cannot afford healthcare,
01:03:51.730 --> 01:03:53.730
having to deal with this
01:03:53.730 --> 01:03:56.860
and someone who suffers from asthma,
01:03:56.860 --> 01:04:01.470
I did experience one day
of the gas being leaked
01:04:01.470 --> 01:04:04.290
from Aliso Canyon when
it had not been announced
01:04:04.290 --> 01:04:06.100
and it made me very ill.
01:04:06.100 --> 01:04:09.403
I, I cannot fathom living there.
01:04:10.320 --> 01:04:11.460
It's amazing.
01:04:11.460 --> 01:04:13.500
You have, as this gentleman said,
01:04:13.500 --> 01:04:15.339
you have all the support
of the local government,
01:04:15.339 --> 01:04:19.920
state government officials,
legislators even the Governor,
01:04:19.920 --> 01:04:24.920
please move away from
the gas company completely
01:04:25.070 --> 01:04:29.190
not just not expand, shut it all down.
01:04:29.190 --> 01:04:34.190
Ventura, Goleta, Playa
del Rey, Aliso Canyon done.
01:04:34.680 --> 01:04:37.560
Do what you need to do
for the health of all of us
01:04:37.560 --> 01:04:41.400
in California and be a
beacon of climate change
01:04:41.400 --> 01:04:44.163
in the right direction, thank you.
01:04:45.020 --> 01:04:45.980
Thank you.
01:04:45.980 --> 01:04:48.387
Operator next caller please.
01:04:49.269 --> 01:04:50.510
The
next caller is Elliot
01:04:50.510 --> 01:04:52.663
from Long Beach your line is now open.
01:04:55.480 --> 01:04:58.230
Hello, good
afternoon Commissioners.
01:04:58.230 --> 01:05:00.810
I just wanted to just basically echo
01:05:00.810 --> 01:05:02.960
a lot of the comments
that you're hearing.
01:05:02.960 --> 01:05:05.364
I'm hearing a lot of
heartbreaking testimony.
01:05:05.364 --> 01:05:09.450
I've heard very similar
testimonies at other hearings
01:05:09.450 --> 01:05:14.450
regarding SoCal Gas and,
and the Aliso Canyon blow out.
01:05:15.560 --> 01:05:18.370
I live in Long Beach
where we suffer from a lot of
01:05:18.370 --> 01:05:20.610
oil pollution and I
know as we go up north,
01:05:20.610 --> 01:05:22.206
we deal with gas pollution.
01:05:22.206 --> 01:05:24.620
All of this of course is
leading to the warming
01:05:24.620 --> 01:05:27.120
that we're seeing throughout
the state, throughout the world
01:05:27.120 --> 01:05:28.960
forest fires air pollution,
01:05:28.960 --> 01:05:30.530
hurricanes on the east coast.
01:05:30.530 --> 01:05:34.360
This is all directly
created by the activities
01:05:34.360 --> 01:05:38.000
that you have the option
to approve or not approve.
01:05:38.000 --> 01:05:41.460
How will we provide
energy for our state?
01:05:41.460 --> 01:05:44.036
Are we going to
continue using fossil fuels
01:05:44.036 --> 01:05:48.840
knowing that they cause
asthma, cancer, all of the,
01:05:48.840 --> 01:05:51.739
the conditions that
residents are telling you today
01:05:51.739 --> 01:05:53.340
and global warming,
01:05:53.340 --> 01:05:56.395
or are we going to demonstrate
the necessary courage
01:05:56.395 --> 01:05:59.068
to invest in renewable technologies,
01:05:59.068 --> 01:06:02.210
the much needed
technologies to clean our air
01:06:02.210 --> 01:06:03.490
and invest in our future?
01:06:03.490 --> 01:06:05.780
And that's the option that
you have before you today.
01:06:05.780 --> 01:06:08.350
And every day that you
sit on this Commission,
01:06:08.350 --> 01:06:10.520
I hope that you will
do what is the thing,
01:06:10.520 --> 01:06:13.980
what is in the best interest
of a future generations
01:06:13.980 --> 01:06:16.750
and residents of California,
not corporate interest.
01:06:16.750 --> 01:06:17.583
Thank you.
01:06:19.809 --> 01:06:20.830
Thank you.
01:06:20.830 --> 01:06:22.463
Operator next caller please.
01:06:23.320 --> 01:06:25.360
The next caller
is Cayenne Schaeffler.
01:06:25.360 --> 01:06:26.803
Your line is now open.
01:06:28.220 --> 01:06:30.590
Hi, good
morning Commissioners.
01:06:30.590 --> 01:06:33.529
As I look at your wEPPage for the
01:06:33.529 --> 01:06:35.938
California Public Utilities Commission,
01:06:35.938 --> 01:06:39.280
it says that your purpose
is to help Californians
01:06:39.280 --> 01:06:42.480
receive safe, clean, and
affordable utility services.
01:06:42.480 --> 01:06:44.210
And I look at all the categories
01:06:44.210 --> 01:06:45.499
and I look at the news and updates.
01:06:45.499 --> 01:06:49.730
So that tells me that
you're here to protect
01:06:49.730 --> 01:06:52.910
the interest of the public
and the interest of people.
01:06:52.910 --> 01:06:55.557
So I'm hoping that this
application and this vote
01:06:55.557 --> 01:06:58.910
and this time for public
comment is simply a formality.
01:06:58.910 --> 01:06:59.743
But then in fact,
01:06:59.743 --> 01:07:01.588
we can have confidence
that you will vote
01:07:01.588 --> 01:07:04.440
with the people's health in mind
01:07:04.440 --> 01:07:06.246
and with the health of our communities,
01:07:06.246 --> 01:07:09.740
the health of our future,
the health of our planet,
01:07:09.740 --> 01:07:10.810
all of the sciences,
01:07:10.810 --> 01:07:14.190
and you really don't need
civilians calling in, you know,
01:07:14.190 --> 01:07:17.700
telling you the science and
the data that you already know.
01:07:17.700 --> 01:07:19.490
What we really need from you is to,
01:07:19.490 --> 01:07:22.149
to take a strong stand and to make,
01:07:22.149 --> 01:07:24.950
make a statement to SoCal
Gas that they shouldn't
01:07:24.950 --> 01:07:27.500
even have the audacity
to apply for such a thing.
01:07:27.500 --> 01:07:29.200
This is not a time of expansion.
01:07:29.200 --> 01:07:33.500
This is a time of shutting
down these dangerous practices
01:07:33.500 --> 01:07:35.530
that were not moving in
that direction any longer.
01:07:35.530 --> 01:07:37.100
They shouldn't even have had the nerve
01:07:37.100 --> 01:07:38.380
to have asked for this.
01:07:38.380 --> 01:07:41.123
Thank you.(bell dinging)
01:07:43.529 --> 01:07:46.090
Operator the
next caller please.
01:07:46.090 --> 01:07:48.570
The next caller is
Laura Rosenberger-Hyder.
01:07:48.570 --> 01:07:49.930
Your line is now open.
01:07:51.650 --> 01:07:53.199
Okay, hello.
01:07:53.199 --> 01:07:54.848
This is Laura Rosenberger-Hyder.
01:07:54.848 --> 01:07:59.790
Come to the storage doesn't
always make energy clean
01:07:59.790 --> 01:08:02.479
because there was a big leak.
01:08:02.479 --> 01:08:06.870
This leak was reported by
Dan Zegerid of Hufford Post
01:08:06.870 --> 01:08:09.329
found that a pipeline
carrying CO2 leaked
01:08:09.329 --> 01:08:11.259
and sickened dozens of people.
01:08:11.259 --> 01:08:14.100
Now this incident
causing me to worry about
01:08:14.100 --> 01:08:15.883
the safety of gas pipes.
01:08:16.950 --> 01:08:20.120
That also we need electric panel,
01:08:20.120 --> 01:08:23.840
solar electric panels,
but onsite battery storage.
01:08:23.840 --> 01:08:26.330
That's near the near
the place of creation
01:08:26.330 --> 01:08:27.410
of the electric power,
01:08:27.410 --> 01:08:29.467
so it doesn't use so many power lines
01:08:29.467 --> 01:08:31.330
and you'll have to build
so many power lines
01:08:31.330 --> 01:08:33.083
to carry it such long distances.
01:08:35.469 --> 01:08:36.370
And we need,
01:08:37.300 --> 01:08:39.637
well it's two, kind of expensive,
01:08:39.637 --> 01:08:42.943
$2,000 to upgrade solar panels,
01:08:45.980 --> 01:08:49.527
and you need 48
million more solar panels
01:08:50.630 --> 01:08:54.700
in US single family
homes to meet our needs.
01:08:54.700 --> 01:08:57.820
So we should be giving
more incentive to rooftop solar
01:08:57.820 --> 01:09:01.520
and with battery storage
combined.(bell dinging)
01:09:01.520 --> 01:09:04.700
A lot of people don't have income,
01:09:04.700 --> 01:09:07.263
have disabilities from the
pollution from fossil fuels.
01:09:07.263 --> 01:09:09.937
They just can't earn
that much, thank you.
01:09:11.160 --> 01:09:12.860
Thank you.
01:09:12.860 --> 01:09:14.653
Operator the next caller please.
01:09:15.510 --> 01:09:16.680
There are
no more participants
01:09:16.680 --> 01:09:18.943
on the public comment telephone line.
01:09:21.780 --> 01:09:22.690
Okay.
01:09:22.690 --> 01:09:24.473
Thank you very much, operator.
01:09:27.260 --> 01:09:29.290
With no more callers on the line,
01:09:29.290 --> 01:09:31.330
the public comment period is now closed.
01:09:31.330 --> 01:09:34.330
Thank you all who called in
today, we greatly appreciate it.
01:09:35.210 --> 01:09:37.547
Moving on in our agenda,
01:09:37.547 --> 01:09:41.933
we will turn to changes
to the agenda today.
01:09:44.970 --> 01:09:46.850
Item two,
01:09:46.850 --> 01:09:51.530
as will be held until the
September 23rd, 2021 meeting.
01:09:51.530 --> 01:09:56.530
Item three will be held until
the September 23 2021 meeting.
01:09:59.260 --> 01:10:04.060
Item 11 will be held until the
September 23rd, 2021 meeting.
01:10:05.860 --> 01:10:10.860
Item 12 will be held until the
September 23rd, 2021 meeting.
01:10:11.300 --> 01:10:16.300
Item 13 will be held until the
September 23rd, 2021 meeting.
01:10:17.320 --> 01:10:22.320
Item 15 will be held until the
September 23rd, 2021 meeting.
01:10:22.352 --> 01:10:27.352
Item 24 will be held until the
September 23rd, 2021 meeting.
01:10:28.070 --> 01:10:33.070
Item 28 will be held until the
September 23rd, 2021 meeting
01:10:34.200 --> 01:10:36.737
and item 33 will be held until
01:10:36.737 --> 01:10:39.773
the September 23rd, 2021 meeting.
01:10:41.280 --> 01:10:43.660
No changes to today's agenda,
01:10:43.660 --> 01:10:47.320
we will now move to
take up the consent items.
01:10:47.320 --> 01:10:48.643
Is there a motion?
01:10:51.280 --> 01:10:52.113
So move.
01:10:53.090 --> 01:10:54.147
Thank you.
01:10:54.147 --> 01:10:55.343
And is there a second?
01:10:56.820 --> 01:10:57.653
Second.
01:10:58.690 --> 01:11:01.060
It's been moved and seconded.
01:11:01.060 --> 01:11:01.893
Thank you.
01:11:01.893 --> 01:11:03.219
Will the agenda clerk,
01:11:03.219 --> 01:11:06.013
please call the roles
the Consent Agenda.
01:11:07.490 --> 01:11:08.540
Commissioner Houck?
01:11:09.601 --> 01:11:10.434
Yes.
01:11:11.358 --> 01:11:13.298
Commissioner Shiroma?
01:11:13.298 --> 01:11:14.131
Aye.
01:11:15.038 --> 01:11:16.800
Commissioner Rechtschaffen?
01:11:16.800 --> 01:11:18.190
Yes.
01:11:18.190 --> 01:11:20.251
Commissioner Guzman Aceres?
01:11:20.251 --> 01:11:21.520
Aye.
01:11:21.520 --> 01:11:23.130
President Batjer?
01:11:23.130 --> 01:11:23.963
Aye.
01:11:23.963 --> 01:11:25.270
Thank you.
01:11:25.270 --> 01:11:28.130
The Consent Agenda passes unanimously.
01:11:28.130 --> 01:11:30.720
I believe that Commissioner
Guzman Aceres
01:11:30.720 --> 01:11:34.520
would like to speak to item number six.
01:11:34.520 --> 01:11:36.693
Yes, thank you,
President Batjer.
01:11:36.693 --> 01:11:39.210
As you heard from some
of the public comments,
01:11:39.210 --> 01:11:43.840
we had a supervisor Lopez
and Tranny Cooper from the
01:11:43.840 --> 01:11:45.921
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership
01:11:45.921 --> 01:11:47.530
during the public comment
01:11:47.530 --> 01:11:51.620
in support of this broadband project.
01:11:51.620 --> 01:11:53.610
And I just wanted to
give a little bit of history
01:11:53.610 --> 01:11:55.197
of the project and also
01:11:55.197 --> 01:11:58.880
the really exciting prospect that it has
01:11:58.880 --> 01:12:00.537
for us moving forward.
01:12:00.537 --> 01:12:04.820
It was about a year ago,
I'm sure you all will remember
01:12:04.820 --> 01:12:07.738
when there was national
attention brought to Salinas
01:12:07.738 --> 01:12:09.578
because of the two young girls
01:12:09.578 --> 01:12:12.360
that were in front of the Taco Bell
01:12:12.360 --> 01:12:15.610
and really the local leadership,
01:12:15.610 --> 01:12:18.940
some of the ones that were
on the public comment today,
01:12:18.940 --> 01:12:21.937
they started to bring everybody together
01:12:21.937 --> 01:12:24.020
and there was a lot of
01:12:25.200 --> 01:12:28.720
just immense leadership coming
from the educational sector,
01:12:28.720 --> 01:12:30.030
the Superintendent,
01:12:30.030 --> 01:12:31.360
the Superintendent of the county,
01:12:31.360 --> 01:12:35.486
the Superintendent individual
school districts in particular
01:12:35.486 --> 01:12:37.763
Monterey county Superintendent.
01:12:39.926 --> 01:12:40.759
I mean that as well as the
01:12:40.759 --> 01:12:44.329
Aliso School District
Superintendent, Jim Connie
01:12:44.329 --> 01:12:46.210
and all of their staff,
01:12:46.210 --> 01:12:48.759
their IT staff, their teachers,
01:12:48.759 --> 01:12:51.850
everybody was really working hard
01:12:51.850 --> 01:12:54.635
as well as the consortium area,
01:12:54.635 --> 01:12:57.790
which as I mentioned is
the Monterey Bay Economic
01:12:57.790 --> 01:13:02.643
partnership, Franny Cooper
and her colleague Steve Bruhm.
01:13:02.643 --> 01:13:06.160
Anyhow, the community
really came together
01:13:06.160 --> 01:13:08.848
not just for San Gerardo
but for other children
01:13:08.848 --> 01:13:12.478
in particular and the
recognition that hotspots
01:13:12.478 --> 01:13:14.600
were not working everywhere.
01:13:14.600 --> 01:13:16.860
I know you all remember this issue.
01:13:16.860 --> 01:13:19.248
It's mostly in urban
areas and rural areas.
01:13:19.248 --> 01:13:21.480
And just to give you a little picture
01:13:21.480 --> 01:13:23.520
of what San Gerardo is,
01:13:23.520 --> 01:13:25.720
I know many of you seen this,
01:13:25.720 --> 01:13:28.739
but it's actually a little farm
worker cooperative housing.
01:13:28.739 --> 01:13:30.567
It was built in the 70's.
01:13:30.567 --> 01:13:33.880
There's about 250 permanent residents
01:13:35.040 --> 01:13:38.273
and they could go as high as
up to 100 seasonal residents.
01:13:39.870 --> 01:13:43.458
There's 64 low-income
households in their average
01:13:43.458 --> 01:13:48.458
per adult resident is
a little below 14,359.
01:13:50.419 --> 01:13:54.910
So there's also about 70 students.
01:13:54.910 --> 01:13:56.849
And that really was you know,
01:13:56.849 --> 01:14:01.040
the motivation behind
working with the community.
01:14:01.040 --> 01:14:03.070
And again, there were
so many creative ideas
01:14:03.070 --> 01:14:06.233
that were happening particularly
from the school districts.
01:14:07.229 --> 01:14:09.240
San Gerardo is not unique
01:14:09.240 --> 01:14:11.750
unfortunately in California as we know.
01:14:11.750 --> 01:14:13.970
There are many
communities like it that live
01:14:13.970 --> 01:14:15.797
just on the perimeter of town
01:14:15.797 --> 01:14:18.820
or a donut within the town itself,
01:14:18.820 --> 01:14:21.100
within the city itself.
01:14:21.100 --> 01:14:22.240
And those are the,
01:14:22.240 --> 01:14:25.740
what we have been finding as redlining,
01:14:25.740 --> 01:14:28.190
digital red lining
occurring in California
01:14:28.190 --> 01:14:30.058
and in other parts of the nation.
01:14:30.058 --> 01:14:33.259
And it is part of our focus
and our broadband deployment,
01:14:33.259 --> 01:14:36.990
a proceeding and really
looking at the causes of this.
01:14:36.990 --> 01:14:40.433
And as we found in
many of the studies that
01:14:40.433 --> 01:14:42.703
have been presented
under that proceeding,
01:14:43.630 --> 01:14:47.643
usually poor communities and
they're usually brown or black.
01:14:49.640 --> 01:14:52.305
So another aspect that
is really exciting about
01:14:52.305 --> 01:14:55.880
this resolution is,
01:14:55.880 --> 01:15:00.880
is really that this wasn't a
typical CSF project where
01:15:01.110 --> 01:15:04.120
a carrier came to us with a proposal.
01:15:04.120 --> 01:15:09.120
This was a real collective
effort to try to find a solution.
01:15:10.980 --> 01:15:13.470
The local government
obviously was very involved.
01:15:13.470 --> 01:15:15.198
The consortium was very involved
01:15:15.198 --> 01:15:17.878
and our staff was very involved
01:15:17.878 --> 01:15:21.088
in reaching out to multiple carriers
01:15:21.088 --> 01:15:24.490
to see who was in the area?
01:15:24.490 --> 01:15:27.870
Who could expand
their service territory?
01:15:27.870 --> 01:15:31.058
And unfortunately you know that,
01:15:31.058 --> 01:15:34.635
fortunately I should
say for this community,
01:15:34.635 --> 01:15:37.860
there was some local providers
01:15:37.860 --> 01:15:40.640
that have been doing amazing work
01:15:40.640 --> 01:15:43.450
on serving these communities.
01:15:43.450 --> 01:15:46.710
And it's not to say that
some of the incumbents,
01:15:46.710 --> 01:15:49.735
they were also involved in
conversations and doing some,
01:15:49.735 --> 01:15:52.650
some work as well, but it's,
01:15:52.650 --> 01:15:54.790
it's just this different
type of approach
01:15:54.790 --> 01:15:56.870
its approach we've
been talking about now
01:15:56.870 --> 01:16:01.218
with the new federal funding
that we've been tasked with
01:16:01.218 --> 01:16:05.910
last mile funding for taking
this approach of which
01:16:05.910 --> 01:16:08.740
we've been terming the
caseworker approach,
01:16:08.740 --> 01:16:11.890
where we will be proactive
into the communities
01:16:11.890 --> 01:16:14.985
and with our partners
to finding a solution
01:16:14.985 --> 01:16:19.150
and not only utilizing
our current competitive
01:16:19.150 --> 01:16:22.618
solicitation process,
but really coupling that
01:16:22.618 --> 01:16:27.618
with our expertise and all of
the partners on the ground.
01:16:28.130 --> 01:16:31.525
And, and this is
particularly exciting because
01:16:31.525 --> 01:16:33.110
there are these communities
01:16:33.110 --> 01:16:35.230
that are chronically underserved.
01:16:35.230 --> 01:16:36.347
We all know them.
01:16:36.347 --> 01:16:39.420
This communication
division has pointed them out
01:16:39.420 --> 01:16:40.403
for some time.
01:16:41.830 --> 01:16:44.100
I always like to mention
Lost Hills is one of those
01:16:44.100 --> 01:16:46.480
that I hope to accomplish
and their major,
01:16:46.480 --> 01:16:50.260
my term here is that
we get a solution for.
01:16:50.260 --> 01:16:54.162
I want to also mention
that the legislature
01:16:54.162 --> 01:16:56.090
or really urge the legislature
01:16:56.090 --> 01:16:58.870
to extend this program
because of projects like this
01:16:58.870 --> 01:17:00.350
and I know they're in the mist.
01:17:00.350 --> 01:17:03.673
I know the assembly last
night or yesterday evening
01:17:03.673 --> 01:17:06.810
successfully passed
one of the two bills,
01:17:06.810 --> 01:17:09.480
FB4 and AB14.
01:17:09.480 --> 01:17:11.090
And so we are looking forward to
01:17:11.090 --> 01:17:14.310
the legislative leadership on
accomplishing the expanse,
01:17:14.310 --> 01:17:16.200
the extension, the continuation of
01:17:16.200 --> 01:17:18.883
this very important
programs, the CSF program.
01:17:19.760 --> 01:17:20.640
Okay.
01:17:20.640 --> 01:17:23.793
I wanna thank not just
supervisor Chris Lopez
01:17:23.793 --> 01:17:25.915
from Monterey County,
but also supervisor.
01:17:25.915 --> 01:17:30.915
I mentioned already the
Superintendent Delingus
01:17:31.090 --> 01:17:33.713
and the Aliso County
school district Superintendent,
01:17:33.713 --> 01:17:36.670
Jim Connie, and their staff.
01:17:36.670 --> 01:17:39.677
I think Oracea Mesquita
who's the general manager of
01:17:39.677 --> 01:17:42.220
the San Gerardo Housing Co-op
01:17:42.220 --> 01:17:46.600
and his endless effort for
his advocacy for his residents.
01:17:46.600 --> 01:17:49.560
I mentioned against Steve
Bruhm and Franny Cooper
01:17:49.560 --> 01:17:51.980
from the Central Coast
Broadband Consortia
01:17:51.980 --> 01:17:53.728
and the organization that they,
01:17:53.728 --> 01:17:57.550
that Franny works for Monterey
Bay Economic Partnership.
01:17:57.550 --> 01:17:59.230
Of course our tremendous staff
01:17:59.230 --> 01:18:01.030
in the communications division,
01:18:01.030 --> 01:18:03.379
in particular, the
leadership of Selena Wang
01:18:03.379 --> 01:18:07.020
and her staff of Tim and Moose Fisher,
01:18:07.020 --> 01:18:10.780
who I believe took a big
lead also in this resolution
01:18:10.780 --> 01:18:14.420
and I know she's was
very active in discussions
01:18:14.420 --> 01:18:17.128
with multiple carriers
and finding how to be
01:18:17.128 --> 01:18:21.817
solution-oriented and
innovative, innovative.
01:18:21.817 --> 01:18:25.800
I wanna really, I thank Cruz IO,
01:18:25.800 --> 01:18:28.918
who's the provider here that
will be receiving this funding
01:18:28.918 --> 01:18:33.918
and really the amount
of projects and creativity
01:18:34.330 --> 01:18:38.370
and partnerships that they
have are something that is
01:18:39.392 --> 01:18:42.640
really encouraging and
provides a lot of hope
01:18:42.640 --> 01:18:45.000
for folks there.
01:18:45.000 --> 01:18:47.093
Not every Californian
is fortunate to have
01:18:47.093 --> 01:18:49.960
a provider like this as
they are obviously primarily
01:18:49.960 --> 01:18:50.970
in the Santa Cruz area,
01:18:50.970 --> 01:18:53.190
but this is obviously a Monterrey.
01:18:53.190 --> 01:18:55.335
And so they're in
that central coast area
01:18:55.335 --> 01:19:00.335
and they really have a
mindset of a building for a future,
01:19:01.083 --> 01:19:04.474
making sure that their
investments can be enhanced
01:19:04.474 --> 01:19:06.250
and be affordable.
01:19:06.250 --> 01:19:08.580
And so they're, they're
looking at it with really
01:19:08.580 --> 01:19:10.714
a consumer focused perspective.
01:19:10.714 --> 01:19:13.860
They have this initiative locally called
01:19:13.860 --> 01:19:16.025
the Equal Access Initiative.
01:19:16.025 --> 01:19:20.343
And because of that initiative,
as we've mentioned earlier,
01:19:21.210 --> 01:19:24.484
they're actually gonna be
providing this service for free
01:19:24.484 --> 01:19:26.977
for the next five years
for the community.
01:19:26.977 --> 01:19:29.460
And after that they'll be, if they're,
01:19:29.460 --> 01:19:32.364
if they're not successful
in continued donors,
01:19:32.364 --> 01:19:36.520
they will be committed
to a $15 a month service
01:19:36.520 --> 01:19:37.940
for these houses hosts.
01:19:37.940 --> 01:19:41.100
So, I just wanna acknowledge
what kind of leadership
01:19:41.100 --> 01:19:41.933
that's taken
01:19:41.933 --> 01:19:44.257
and of course the amount of partnerships
01:19:44.257 --> 01:19:47.633
that requires this
required to get to that point.
01:19:48.493 --> 01:19:53.493
I also wanna thank so many
more people in the CD teams,
01:19:54.350 --> 01:19:55.853
but also the legal team.
01:19:56.890 --> 01:20:01.090
I know we had a lot of
contribution from Enrique and others
01:20:01.090 --> 01:20:05.850
to really make sure
we were being accurate
01:20:05.850 --> 01:20:08.883
in how we were using
this particular set of funds.
01:20:09.850 --> 01:20:13.234
I wanna thank my staff,
Sarah Sharpe, Johnson Colt,
01:20:13.234 --> 01:20:17.510
Bilal Enrique, my previous
advisor, Stephanie Thespians.
01:20:17.510 --> 01:20:19.930
He really was involved
in pulling all of these
01:20:19.930 --> 01:20:22.150
partnerships together as well,
01:20:22.150 --> 01:20:25.460
and to my BK partner,
Commissioner Houck and her staff,
01:20:25.460 --> 01:20:30.020
Eileen Hodel for really
making this resolution possible
01:20:30.020 --> 01:20:32.290
and getting it across the finish line.
01:20:32.290 --> 01:20:33.410
So thank you everyone.
01:20:33.410 --> 01:20:35.590
And I really is hopefully the,
01:20:35.590 --> 01:20:37.560
just the beginning of
these types of projects
01:20:37.560 --> 01:20:39.487
with the federal funding and the,
01:20:39.487 --> 01:20:41.834
in the continuation of CSS program
01:20:41.834 --> 01:20:44.914
that we'd be able to do
more successful partnerships
01:20:44.914 --> 01:20:47.861
and funding projects like San Gerardo.
01:20:47.861 --> 01:20:48.694
Thank you.
01:20:51.767 --> 01:20:53.200
Thank you, Commissioner
Guzman Aceres.
01:20:53.200 --> 01:20:54.523
I also believe that Commissioner Houck
01:20:54.523 --> 01:20:57.243
would like to comment on item six.
01:20:58.410 --> 01:21:00.707
Yes, thank you
President Batjer.
01:21:00.707 --> 01:21:03.195
I just want to extend my sincere thanks
01:21:03.195 --> 01:21:06.141
to Commissioner Guzman
Aceres and her office,
01:21:06.141 --> 01:21:08.520
particularly her advisor, Sarah Sharp
01:21:08.520 --> 01:21:11.290
for their work
advocating for this project.
01:21:11.290 --> 01:21:14.130
I greatly appreciate
Commissioner Guzman Aceres'
01:21:14.130 --> 01:21:17.440
leadership over the last few
years in the area of broadband.
01:21:17.440 --> 01:21:20.520
And this project exemplifies
the type of creative thinking
01:21:20.520 --> 01:21:24.242
that's needed to bring broadband
access to all Californians.
01:21:24.242 --> 01:21:26.640
I agree with the, you know,
01:21:26.640 --> 01:21:28.160
and will not repeat all of the comments
01:21:28.160 --> 01:21:30.485
that Commissioner Guzman had indicated.
01:21:30.485 --> 01:21:35.485
San Gerardo is again a farm
worker, housing cooperative,
01:21:36.102 --> 01:21:38.440
and many of the residents
there are low income,
01:21:38.440 --> 01:21:40.609
and there are many
families with small children
01:21:40.609 --> 01:21:43.600
that were not getting
access to education
01:21:43.600 --> 01:21:47.050
during the pandemic for
lack of broadband access.
01:21:47.050 --> 01:21:50.940
This grant is gonna bring a
reliable high-speed service
01:21:50.940 --> 01:21:54.100
to these unserved
households in Monterey county
01:21:54.100 --> 01:21:55.870
and the public private partnership
01:21:55.870 --> 01:21:58.690
and additional commitments
proposed by Cruzio
01:21:58.690 --> 01:22:01.230
will ensure that these
services are affordable.
01:22:01.230 --> 01:22:03.680
These are exactly the
type of proposed, proposals
01:22:03.680 --> 01:22:05.670
we should be funding and we welcome
01:22:05.670 --> 01:22:08.830
and are excited to see
this project come to life.
01:22:08.830 --> 01:22:10.819
I want to thank the community,
01:22:10.819 --> 01:22:14.950
the local representatives and
our communications division
01:22:14.950 --> 01:22:17.510
and legal staff especially you know,
01:22:17.510 --> 01:22:20.440
Wong, Lou Fisher and Enrique Guyardo.
01:22:20.440 --> 01:22:23.710
The new broadband funding
package has added significant
01:22:23.710 --> 01:22:26.600
responsibilities for all of
our communications division
01:22:26.600 --> 01:22:29.830
staff and the legal
office supporting them
01:22:29.830 --> 01:22:32.200
in addition to their
regular programmatic work.
01:22:32.200 --> 01:22:34.578
And they went above and
beyond to make sure that
01:22:34.578 --> 01:22:36.691
this resolution was able to get out
01:22:36.691 --> 01:22:38.540
and cross the finish line.
01:22:38.540 --> 01:22:42.113
So I am very proud to
see this going forward,
01:22:42.113 --> 01:22:45.510
and again, want to commend
01:22:45.510 --> 01:22:47.700
Commissioner Guzman
Aceres and her office
01:22:47.700 --> 01:22:50.397
for all of the work in
making this happen.
01:22:50.397 --> 01:22:51.787
Thank you.
01:22:53.100 --> 01:22:54.710
Thank you Commissioner Houck
01:22:54.710 --> 01:22:57.943
We will now move on
into the regular agenda.
01:22:59.066 --> 01:23:04.066
Item 29 is an energy item
01:23:04.080 --> 01:23:06.130
and that's Commissioner
Houck to present.
01:23:10.300 --> 01:23:11.183
Thank you, President Batjer.
01:23:11.183 --> 01:23:14.202
This is an order to extend
the statutory deadlines
01:23:14.202 --> 01:23:19.202
to September 5th, 15th
2022 and rulemaking 1410003.
01:23:21.490 --> 01:23:23.780
It's the order instituting
the rulemaking
01:23:23.780 --> 01:23:26.400
to create a consistent
regulatory framework
01:23:26.400 --> 01:23:27.700
for the guidance planning
01:23:27.700 --> 01:23:31.860
and evaluation of integrated
distributed energy resources.
01:23:31.860 --> 01:23:34.490
A successor rulemaking
that will further focus on
01:23:34.490 --> 01:23:37.750
working towards creating a
consistent regulatory framework
01:23:37.750 --> 01:23:38.850
for the guidance planning
01:23:38.850 --> 01:23:41.060
and evaluation of integrated distributed
01:23:41.060 --> 01:23:45.080
energy resources is anticipated
before the end of the year.
01:23:45.080 --> 01:23:48.050
The successor rulemaking
will also continue to address
01:23:48.050 --> 01:23:50.600
avoided cost calculator
policy development,
01:23:50.600 --> 01:23:52.490
and upgrades going forward.
01:23:52.490 --> 01:23:56.910
This OIR our 1410003
needs to remain open
01:23:56.910 --> 01:23:58.300
to allow time to complete
01:23:58.300 --> 01:24:01.440
the current major avoided
cost calculator update,
01:24:01.440 --> 01:24:03.350
which is currently in progress.
01:24:03.350 --> 01:24:05.611
So I ask for your support
to extend the deadline
01:24:05.611 --> 01:24:10.373
in this proceeding to
September 15th, 2022, thank you.
01:24:12.520 --> 01:24:14.480
Thank you, Commissioner Houck.
01:24:14.480 --> 01:24:18.253
Are there any questions
or comments on item 29?
01:24:20.210 --> 01:24:21.043
President Batjer.
01:24:21.043 --> 01:24:24.265
Yes, Commissioner
Guzman Aceres.
01:24:24.265 --> 01:24:25.350
Thank you.
01:24:25.350 --> 01:24:26.183
Commissioner Houck,
01:24:26.183 --> 01:24:28.210
I just wanted to acknowledge and share
01:24:30.120 --> 01:24:33.500
one of the public commentors mentioned
01:24:33.500 --> 01:24:38.283
I believe it was Claire
Bloom from UC Berkeley,
01:24:39.760 --> 01:24:42.970
some of the frustration in
our lack of incorporation of
01:24:42.970 --> 01:24:45.478
the societal cost tests to date.
01:24:45.478 --> 01:24:50.360
And I did wanna share that
01:24:50.360 --> 01:24:53.110
I just wanted to see if you
have any thoughts on that.
01:24:53.110 --> 01:24:55.940
I wanted to share my personal thoughts
01:24:55.940 --> 01:24:58.990
is that I had been
previously prepared to vote
01:24:58.990 --> 01:25:01.006
in incorporating that
in a previous version.
01:25:01.006 --> 01:25:01.839
And,
01:25:02.702 --> 01:25:04.858
and there were obviously
not the votes for that,
01:25:04.858 --> 01:25:09.858
but I hope that we can
really evolve our thinking here
01:25:09.967 --> 01:25:14.270
and really follow the model
of many of our sister agencies
01:25:14.270 --> 01:25:17.367
that do incorporate
particular health impact costs
01:25:17.367 --> 01:25:19.610
into our decision-making.
01:25:19.610 --> 01:25:22.848
And so I, I would
invite you to really
01:25:22.848 --> 01:25:27.848
consider prioritizing that
as part of the next step date.
01:25:28.130 --> 01:25:28.963
Thank you.
01:25:30.428 --> 01:25:33.590
Commissioner Houck, do
you have any further comments?
01:25:33.590 --> 01:25:34.875
Yeah just that the,
01:25:34.875 --> 01:25:39.700
the current process for the
2022 update it is in progress.
01:25:39.700 --> 01:25:42.360
We are in the process
of accepting testimony.
01:25:42.360 --> 01:25:44.610
There's gonna be hearings in November.
01:25:44.610 --> 01:25:48.420
We are looking at development
of the successor rulemaking
01:25:48.420 --> 01:25:51.770
that that will take a close
look at all of the issues.
01:25:51.770 --> 01:25:55.080
And we'll be looking
for public comments on,
01:25:55.080 --> 01:25:59.080
on where we'll be going in
the future and making sure that
01:25:59.080 --> 01:26:01.610
we're clear on how things
are being developed,
01:26:01.610 --> 01:26:03.810
both for major and minor updates.
01:26:03.810 --> 01:26:08.270
So I think this is
evolving and in process,
01:26:08.270 --> 01:26:11.750
and we are going to look
at considering all of that.
01:26:11.750 --> 01:26:15.320
So we, we do need comments
in the record to make sure that,
01:26:15.320 --> 01:26:18.470
that we have the information
we need to fully assess
01:26:18.470 --> 01:26:20.420
how we will be moving forward.
01:26:20.420 --> 01:26:22.877
And we need to, to finish
the current proceeding though
01:26:22.877 --> 01:26:25.437
under the proposed timeline,
01:26:25.437 --> 01:26:27.810
given the constraints
that, that we have,
01:26:27.810 --> 01:26:30.920
that we again are in the
process of taking testimony
01:26:30.920 --> 01:26:33.713
and hearings and we'll
be doing briefings as well.
01:26:36.417 --> 01:26:39.487
Are there any other
comments on item number 29?
01:26:41.250 --> 01:26:43.300
Okay, seeing none will be agenda clerk,
01:26:43.300 --> 01:26:44.353
please call the roll.
01:26:45.470 --> 01:26:46.520
Commissioner Houck?
01:26:47.470 --> 01:26:48.303
Yes.
01:26:49.140 --> 01:26:51.200
Commissioner Shiroma?.
01:26:51.200 --> 01:26:52.840
Aye.
01:26:52.840 --> 01:26:54.860
Commissioner Rechtschaffen?
01:26:54.860 --> 01:26:56.520
Yes.
01:26:56.520 --> 01:26:58.640
Commissioner Guzman Aceres?
01:26:58.640 --> 01:27:00.000
Aye.
01:27:00.000 --> 01:27:01.670
President Batjer?
01:27:01.670 --> 01:27:02.503
Aye.
01:27:02.503 --> 01:27:03.336
Thank you.
01:27:03.336 --> 01:27:06.420
The voted unanimous for item 29.
01:27:06.420 --> 01:27:08.120
Item 30 had,
01:27:08.120 --> 01:27:12.130
will be withdrawn as
it relates to item 14,
01:27:12.130 --> 01:27:13.870
which we voted on
01:27:13.870 --> 01:27:18.640
when we voted to unanimously
support the Consent Agenda.
01:27:18.640 --> 01:27:20.940
So moving now to item 31,
01:27:20.940 --> 01:27:24.190
and that is a telecommunications item
01:27:24.190 --> 01:27:27.880
and it is signed to
Commissioner Rechtschaffen.
01:27:27.880 --> 01:27:31.260
This is the order extending
time in the matter of
01:27:31.260 --> 01:27:34.074
1 million new internet, internet users.
01:27:34.074 --> 01:27:39.074
Our statutory deadline
currently expires September 13th.
01:27:40.620 --> 01:27:44.300
We settled with all
parties except for one,
01:27:44.300 --> 01:27:47.270
one remaining party has not settled.
01:27:47.270 --> 01:27:51.561
A presiding officer decision
was issued on August 26th
01:27:51.561 --> 01:27:55.281
to resolve this action
against that remaining party.
01:27:55.281 --> 01:27:58.240
This order extends
the proceeding deadline
01:27:58.240 --> 01:28:00.381
to December 17th of this year
01:28:00.381 --> 01:28:04.540
to allow the time needed
for parties to file an appeal
01:28:04.540 --> 01:28:07.530
or for a Commissioner request review of
01:28:07.530 --> 01:28:10.743
the presiding office decision
if they choose to do so.
01:28:10.743 --> 01:28:15.380
And then for a final decision
to be issued in this action.
01:28:15.380 --> 01:28:18.570
So I request your support
disorder extending time
01:28:18.570 --> 01:28:21.143
until December 17th of this year.
01:28:23.060 --> 01:28:25.242
Okay thank you, Commissioner.
01:28:25.242 --> 01:28:29.803
Are there any comments
or questions on item 31?
01:28:31.530 --> 01:28:33.790
Okay, seeing none will the agenda clerk
01:28:33.790 --> 01:28:34.840
please call the roll.
01:28:36.120 --> 01:28:37.170
Commissioner Houck?
01:28:38.510 --> 01:28:39.343
Yes.
01:28:40.520 --> 01:28:41.670
Commissioner Shiroma?
01:28:42.640 --> 01:28:43.473
Aye.
01:28:44.940 --> 01:28:47.020
Commissioner Rechtschaffen?
01:28:47.020 --> 01:28:47.853
Yes.
01:28:48.796 --> 01:28:51.236
Commissioner Guzman Aceres?
01:28:51.236 --> 01:28:52.660
Aye.
01:28:52.660 --> 01:28:53.697
President Batjer?
01:28:54.843 --> 01:28:56.170
Aye, thank you.
01:28:56.170 --> 01:28:59.040
Item 31 is passed unanimously.
01:28:59.040 --> 01:29:03.300
Moving on now to 32
which is assigned to me.
01:29:03.300 --> 01:29:05.800
This decision extends
a statutory deadline for
01:29:05.800 --> 01:29:08.650
the investigation into
Frontier Communications
01:29:08.650 --> 01:29:13.090
service outages, and disclosure
of consumer information.
01:29:13.090 --> 01:29:15.550
A presiding officer's
decision was issued
01:29:15.550 --> 01:29:18.550
on January 4th, 2021,
01:29:18.550 --> 01:29:21.660
approving a settlement
agreement between Frontier
01:29:21.660 --> 01:29:24.594
and our Consumer Protection
and Enforcement Division.
01:29:24.594 --> 01:29:28.520
On February 3rd, 2021,
01:29:28.520 --> 01:29:30.400
I filed a request for review of
01:29:30.400 --> 01:29:33.030
the presiding officer's decision.
01:29:33.030 --> 01:29:35.570
This decision extends
a statutory deadline of
01:29:35.570 --> 01:29:38.952
this proceeding until March 21st, 2022,
01:29:38.952 --> 01:29:41.890
to be further consider issues I raised
01:29:41.890 --> 01:29:43.640
in the request for review.
01:29:43.640 --> 01:29:45.741
This extension will
provide necessary time
01:29:45.741 --> 01:29:47.494
to consider those issues
01:29:47.494 --> 01:29:51.540
and develop any potential modifications.
01:29:51.540 --> 01:29:54.943
I ask for your support for
this extension, thank you.
01:29:56.460 --> 01:30:00.283
Are there any questions
or comments on item 32?
01:30:02.985 --> 01:30:03.970
Okay, thank you.
01:30:03.970 --> 01:30:07.120
Seeing none, will the agenda
clerk please call the roll.
01:30:07.120 --> 01:30:08.170
Commissioner Houck?
01:30:09.530 --> 01:30:10.995
Yes.
01:30:10.995 --> 01:30:12.490
Commissioner Shiroma?
01:30:14.200 --> 01:30:15.033
Aye.
01:30:16.330 --> 01:30:18.437
Commissioner Rechtschaffen?
01:30:18.437 --> 01:30:19.270
Yes.
01:30:20.306 --> 01:30:22.260
Commissioner Guzman Aceres?
01:30:22.260 --> 01:30:23.830
Aye.
01:30:23.830 --> 01:30:25.726
President Batjer?
01:30:25.726 --> 01:30:27.620
Aye, thank you.
01:30:27.620 --> 01:30:31.360
Item 32 is passed unanimously.
01:30:31.360 --> 01:30:34.010
Okay, moving on in our agenda.
01:30:34.010 --> 01:30:36.373
We are now at the management reports.
01:30:37.210 --> 01:30:40.610
There is no report for item 34.
01:30:40.610 --> 01:30:42.340
Management report in discussion on
01:30:42.340 --> 01:30:45.873
recent consumer protection
and safety activities.
01:30:48.170 --> 01:30:50.790
There is no report on item 35.
01:30:50.790 --> 01:30:52.740
Management report in discussion
01:30:52.740 --> 01:30:54.633
on administrative activities.
01:30:56.090 --> 01:30:56.923
All right.
01:30:56.923 --> 01:30:59.350
We will move on to Commissioners reports
01:30:59.350 --> 01:31:01.603
and who would like
to report first today?
01:31:05.050 --> 01:31:06.780
Well, don't you all jump at once?
01:31:06.780 --> 01:31:09.710
I think Commissioner
Houck raised her hand first,
01:31:09.710 --> 01:31:12.723
and then we'll go to
Commissioner Shiroma.
01:31:14.730 --> 01:31:16.610
Thank you, President Batjer.
01:31:16.610 --> 01:31:17.895
I'd like to announce
01:31:17.895 --> 01:31:20.720
that there'll be an
upcoming tribal consultation
01:31:20.720 --> 01:31:22.621
and an upcoming workshop in
01:31:22.621 --> 01:31:27.453
related to the distributed
energy resource action plan 2.0.
01:31:27.453 --> 01:31:31.250
The tribal consultation
will be held next Thursday
01:31:31.250 --> 01:31:34.570
on September 16th, starting at 9:00 AM.
01:31:34.570 --> 01:31:37.792
And the purpose of the
consultation is to share information
01:31:37.792 --> 01:31:41.460
about the draft DER action plan 2.0
01:31:41.460 --> 01:31:44.810
and the high DER rulemaking with tried
01:31:44.810 --> 01:31:47.760
and true in engaging in these efforts
01:31:47.760 --> 01:31:51.060
and to provide a forum to get input
01:31:51.060 --> 01:31:56.060
and providing information to try that
01:31:56.310 --> 01:31:58.440
we're seeing an expansion
of tribes looking at
01:31:58.440 --> 01:32:03.000
micro grids and rooftop solar storage
01:32:03.000 --> 01:32:07.450
and other areas that fall
under our DER action plan.
01:32:07.450 --> 01:32:09.230
And again our,
01:32:09.230 --> 01:32:13.330
looking forward to the panel
and the tribal presentation
01:32:13.330 --> 01:32:16.197
that will be part of the
consultation next week.
01:32:16.197 --> 01:32:20.400
There's also a workshop on
Wednesday, September 22nd
01:32:20.400 --> 01:32:23.050
which we're holding
as a scoping workshop
01:32:23.050 --> 01:32:24.297
for the new distribution,
01:32:24.297 --> 01:32:26.900
distribution planning, rulemaking
01:32:26.900 --> 01:32:30.580
or what's being referred
to as the high DER OIR
01:32:30.580 --> 01:32:32.290
to modernize the electric grid
01:32:32.290 --> 01:32:35.490
for a high distributed
energy resource future.
01:32:35.490 --> 01:32:38.660
And the purpose of this
workshop is for the PUC
01:32:38.660 --> 01:32:40.890
to ask parties clarifying questions
01:32:40.890 --> 01:32:42.986
about comments that
were recently submitted
01:32:42.986 --> 01:32:45.570
on the scope and
schedule for the proceeding
01:32:45.570 --> 01:32:49.030
as well as to assist us in
issuing a scoping memo
01:32:49.030 --> 01:32:50.330
later this year.
01:32:50.330 --> 01:32:54.120
The workshop details can
be found on our daily calendar.
01:32:54.120 --> 01:32:56.598
And then I also just wanted to
01:32:56.598 --> 01:33:00.380
mention that I attended the
Low Income Oversight board
01:33:00.380 --> 01:33:03.800
water and climate sub
committee on August 27th.
01:33:03.800 --> 01:33:07.540
I appreciated hearing from that.
01:33:07.540 --> 01:33:10.940
The board members,
the regulated water entities
01:33:10.940 --> 01:33:12.533
and their presentations,
01:33:13.620 --> 01:33:16.010
as well as there was
an excellent presentation
01:33:16.010 --> 01:33:17.970
from the National Weather Service.
01:33:17.970 --> 01:33:20.070
And I thought this presentation was,
01:33:20.070 --> 01:33:23.163
was very informative and
hope to see if we can have
01:33:23.163 --> 01:33:25.200
the presenters that,
01:33:25.200 --> 01:33:28.040
that presented at the
subcommittee return
01:33:28.040 --> 01:33:29.610
to provide further information
01:33:29.610 --> 01:33:31.377
possibly in the next phase of
01:33:31.377 --> 01:33:34.350
the climate adoption proceeding that,
01:33:34.350 --> 01:33:37.653
that we're working on
developing the scoping memo for.
01:33:38.730 --> 01:33:42.680
I also attended the IOU
safety update that we held
01:33:43.630 --> 01:33:45.580
on the 25th and the staff of
01:33:45.580 --> 01:33:48.190
Weighted Cost Calculator
workshop in the afternoon of
01:33:48.190 --> 01:33:51.630
that same day and the energy
01:33:52.660 --> 01:33:55.700
I for workshops
regarding energy efficiency
01:33:55.700 --> 01:33:57.553
and renewable natural gas,
01:33:59.190 --> 01:34:04.190
as well as our IRP, PSP
workshop that was held on
01:34:04.680 --> 01:34:06.140
September 1st.
01:34:06.140 --> 01:34:10.880
And I just also wanted to note that
01:34:12.120 --> 01:34:14.690
the Biden administration
has recently appointed
01:34:14.690 --> 01:34:16.350
the chairman Willie Phillips
01:34:16.350 --> 01:34:19.042
of the Washington DC
Public Service Commission
01:34:19.042 --> 01:34:21.350
to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission
01:34:21.350 --> 01:34:23.090
and wanted to offer congratulations.
01:34:23.090 --> 01:34:24.570
I think this is well-deserved
01:34:24.570 --> 01:34:26.280
and he will be a great addition to
01:34:26.280 --> 01:34:28.850
the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.
01:34:28.850 --> 01:34:30.602
And last, I just wanted to mention
01:34:30.602 --> 01:34:34.860
that I attended the Coral
Fellows presentation last Friday,
01:34:34.860 --> 01:34:37.350
a logic study of the CPUC.
01:34:37.350 --> 01:34:40.340
I was very impressed with the
fellows and their presentation
01:34:40.340 --> 01:34:41.453
and the,
01:34:42.340 --> 01:34:44.610
amount of research and what
they were able to put together
01:34:44.610 --> 01:34:46.810
in such a short period of time.
01:34:46.810 --> 01:34:49.740
And I look forward to hearing
more regarding any followup
01:34:49.740 --> 01:34:51.820
on their initial findings and again,
01:34:51.820 --> 01:34:55.210
congratulate them for all of
the great work that they did.
01:34:55.210 --> 01:34:57.853
And with that, I will
conclude my report.
01:34:59.930 --> 01:35:01.510
Thank you, Commissioner Houck.
01:35:01.510 --> 01:35:04.170
Thank you also for reminding us of the
01:35:04.170 --> 01:35:07.617
yesterday appointment of a new member
01:35:07.617 --> 01:35:10.727
of the circuits excellent, thank you.
01:35:13.130 --> 01:35:17.020
Commissioner Shiroma, I
believe you were up next.
01:35:17.020 --> 01:35:19.340
Yes, thank you
President Batjer.
01:35:19.340 --> 01:35:23.369
I have four items report on, briefly.
01:35:23.369 --> 01:35:25.570
First of all, energy efficiency.
01:35:25.570 --> 01:35:28.690
I was pleased to attend
the quarterly meeting
01:35:28.690 --> 01:35:32.800
of the California Energy
Efficiency Coordinating Committee,
01:35:32.800 --> 01:35:34.834
also known as CECC.
01:35:34.834 --> 01:35:38.070
Their quarterly meeting
was on September 2nd,
01:35:38.070 --> 01:35:41.838
and I had a chance to meet the members.
01:35:41.838 --> 01:35:44.570
It was launched in 2016.
01:35:44.570 --> 01:35:46.460
It's an advisory group to
01:35:46.460 --> 01:35:49.270
the Energy Efficiency
Program Administrators
01:35:49.270 --> 01:35:52.147
created out of a need for
meaningful stakeholder engagement,
01:35:52.147 --> 01:35:57.147
and it was authorized by
2015 Commission decision
01:35:57.209 --> 01:36:00.419
to revive an ongoing
forum for stakeholders
01:36:00.419 --> 01:36:03.298
to bring ideas and recommendations on
01:36:03.298 --> 01:36:05.973
energy efficiency matters.
01:36:07.340 --> 01:36:12.340
We at the CPUC will leverage
CECC to develop the metrics
01:36:12.480 --> 01:36:15.733
for the new energy
efficiency programs segments,
01:36:15.733 --> 01:36:20.060
market support and
equity that we adopted out
01:36:20.060 --> 01:36:22.435
in our May, 2021 decisions
01:36:22.435 --> 01:36:27.180
that where we reformed
our energy efficiency policy.
01:36:27.180 --> 01:36:31.580
And I also appreciate that
CECC is embarking upon soliciting
01:36:31.580 --> 01:36:33.725
additional diverse customer voices
01:36:33.725 --> 01:36:38.725
and representation
on the advisory group.
01:36:39.130 --> 01:36:42.080
Next is a Low Income Oversight board.
01:36:42.080 --> 01:36:44.990
I'd like to share that the
Low Income Oversight board
01:36:44.990 --> 01:36:48.636
is hosting its third quarterly
meeting on September 29th
01:36:48.636 --> 01:36:52.464
on WebEx and everyone
is invited to attend
01:36:52.464 --> 01:36:54.820
and can participate virtually.
01:36:54.820 --> 01:36:58.333
The LIOB serves as the
liaison for the conditions
01:36:58.333 --> 01:37:02.927
to low-income communities
and advises the condition on low
01:37:02.927 --> 01:37:07.080
income electric gas and
water customer issues,
01:37:07.080 --> 01:37:09.624
including low-income
programs such as the
01:37:09.624 --> 01:37:13.610
California Alternate
Rates for energy or care,
01:37:13.610 --> 01:37:15.591
the family Electric Rate Assistance
01:37:15.591 --> 01:37:20.130
and the Energy Savings
Assistant or ESA programs.
01:37:20.130 --> 01:37:22.818
Details about the meeting
will be available next week
01:37:22.818 --> 01:37:27.307
on the LIOB and CPUC
websites on October 29th.
01:37:28.446 --> 01:37:31.240
Then ESA, I would
like to share that
01:37:31.240 --> 01:37:33.953
the four large investor owned utility
01:37:33.953 --> 01:37:37.080
in coordination with the energy division
01:37:37.080 --> 01:37:40.660
will host two workshops
on the ESA program,
01:37:40.660 --> 01:37:43.775
which provides energy efficiency
and weatherization services
01:37:43.775 --> 01:37:47.725
at no cost for income
qualified customers.
01:37:47.725 --> 01:37:51.050
There'll be a workshop
on September 27th.
01:37:51.050 --> 01:37:55.340
It will focus on the
implementation of the staff proposal
01:37:55.340 --> 01:37:57.053
for two pilot programs
01:37:57.053 --> 01:38:01.065
designed to achieve deeper
energy retrofits and savings
01:38:01.065 --> 01:38:03.890
for income qualified households.
01:38:03.890 --> 01:38:05.620
Then on September 30th,
01:38:05.620 --> 01:38:08.970
the discussion will focus
on the coordination of ESA
01:38:08.970 --> 01:38:12.297
with other low income
and clean energy programs
01:38:12.297 --> 01:38:15.647
and how to reduce barriers
and up and better align
01:38:15.647 --> 01:38:20.647
customer eligibility to improve
the customer experience
01:38:20.776 --> 01:38:24.888
and increase enrollment
across multiple programs,
01:38:24.888 --> 01:38:27.240
serving income qualified customers.
01:38:27.240 --> 01:38:30.560
So, I encourage all interested to attend
01:38:30.560 --> 01:38:32.757
and provide feedback
on these initiatives.
01:38:32.757 --> 01:38:37.619
Details on the workshop will
be posted on the CPUC website
01:38:37.619 --> 01:38:42.619
and published on the
low-income service list next week.
01:38:43.710 --> 01:38:46.923
And, and now Lifeline,
01:38:49.000 --> 01:38:52.717
Each year the first full week
in September after Labor day
01:38:52.717 --> 01:38:55.240
is Lifeline Awareness Week
01:38:55.240 --> 01:38:58.450
by the National
Association of Regulatory
01:38:58.450 --> 01:39:01.040
Utility Commissioners or NARUC.
01:39:01.040 --> 01:39:03.558
The week is designed to
both raise awareness of
01:39:03.558 --> 01:39:06.620
increased participation in Lifeline,
01:39:06.620 --> 01:39:09.149
it's the federal and state
program that helps make
01:39:09.149 --> 01:39:11.459
telephone service more affordable
01:39:11.459 --> 01:39:14.330
for income qualified customers.
01:39:14.330 --> 01:39:15.260
In that lane,
01:39:15.260 --> 01:39:18.306
I want to also announce
two upcoming meetings
01:39:18.306 --> 01:39:20.723
supporting the Lifeline program.
01:39:21.630 --> 01:39:24.817
First on September
22nd, beginning at 9:00 AM
01:39:24.817 --> 01:39:29.120
the CPUC will be hosting
the third quarterly meeting
01:39:29.120 --> 01:39:32.820
of a Universal Lifeline
Telephone Service Administrative
01:39:32.820 --> 01:39:37.820
Committee or a ULTSAC
again, all are welcome.
01:39:38.068 --> 01:39:39.856
It is public facing.
01:39:39.856 --> 01:39:43.030
The ULTSAC is charged
with providing advice
01:39:43.030 --> 01:39:45.100
and recommendations to the Commission
01:39:45.100 --> 01:39:46.946
to support the Lifeline program goals
01:39:46.946 --> 01:39:50.790
of providing
telecommunication services to all
01:39:50.790 --> 01:39:53.165
qualifying low-income households.
01:39:53.165 --> 01:39:55.047
The meeting will be held on WebEx
01:39:55.047 --> 01:39:57.480
and more information on this meeting
01:39:57.480 --> 01:40:02.480
can you found at the CPUC
daily calendar and website.
01:40:02.880 --> 01:40:05.670
I'd also like to announce an upcoming
01:40:05.670 --> 01:40:08.947
Lifeline program
workshop on October 22nd,
01:40:08.947 --> 01:40:11.348
looking at the
opportunity to incorporate
01:40:11.348 --> 01:40:14.530
the iFoster pilot program,
01:40:14.530 --> 01:40:17.276
supporting Lifeline for
California foster youth
01:40:17.276 --> 01:40:22.180
into the California Lifeline
Program on a permanent basis.
01:40:22.180 --> 01:40:24.080
Further information on this workshop,
01:40:24.080 --> 01:40:27.668
including the agenda and
WeBex details are in development
01:40:27.668 --> 01:40:30.278
and will go out to
the Lifeline service list
01:40:30.278 --> 01:40:33.073
in the following week.
01:40:34.620 --> 01:40:36.210
Thank you.
01:40:36.210 --> 01:40:37.840
That's it for today.
01:40:37.840 --> 01:40:40.517
Okay, thank you
Commissioner Shiroma.
01:40:40.517 --> 01:40:41.950
Are there any other reports today?
01:40:41.950 --> 01:40:43.987
Yes, Commissioner Guzman Aceres.
01:40:45.833 --> 01:40:47.473
Thank you, President Batjer,
01:40:47.473 --> 01:40:50.270
just really briefly wanted to share
01:40:50.270 --> 01:40:51.680
since our last voting meeting,
01:40:51.680 --> 01:40:54.780
I had the opportunity to actually visit
01:40:56.440 --> 01:41:00.883
down in the Porter Ranch
area and the Aliso facility.
01:41:02.610 --> 01:41:05.200
It was my first time at the facility
01:41:05.200 --> 01:41:06.223
and I was very,
01:41:08.200 --> 01:41:09.340
I learned a lot.
01:41:09.340 --> 01:41:11.560
I learned a lot about
the amount of work that
01:41:11.560 --> 01:41:16.560
has happened to really shut
in many Wells permanently
01:41:18.960 --> 01:41:22.160
and the amount of
work I got to see a crew
01:41:22.160 --> 01:41:25.160
actually doing a sound well test,
01:41:25.160 --> 01:41:28.057
test of a well using sound technology
01:41:28.057 --> 01:41:32.053
to test the thickness
of the different casings.
01:41:33.150 --> 01:41:34.480
Really extraordinary work,
01:41:34.480 --> 01:41:37.506
hard work, a lot of young men primarily
01:41:37.506 --> 01:41:42.506
with lots of well under around them,
01:41:42.850 --> 01:41:45.850
given the hazard
work that they're doing,
01:41:45.850 --> 01:41:49.990
but they're doing it to
ensure the safety of each well.
01:41:49.990 --> 01:41:52.588
I'm so glad to see that firsthand.
01:41:52.588 --> 01:41:57.440
I was able to be joined with
the supervisor of the state's
01:41:57.440 --> 01:42:00.060
Oil and Gas program Mikael Jim,
01:42:00.060 --> 01:42:04.678
and was really thankful for
his presence in providing me
01:42:04.678 --> 01:42:07.376
some of the real history,
01:42:07.376 --> 01:42:10.889
not just to the facility
but across the state,
01:42:10.889 --> 01:42:14.759
as well as just a deep
engineering knowledge,
01:42:14.759 --> 01:42:17.403
frankly of all the operations.
01:42:18.280 --> 01:42:21.730
Also was able to tour
the electric compressor
01:42:21.730 --> 01:42:23.273
that was put in place,
01:42:25.260 --> 01:42:27.233
a massive compressor.
01:42:28.330 --> 01:42:30.080
There are actually three major units
01:42:30.080 --> 01:42:33.860
and each unit has what they
call a kind of an a pony engine
01:42:33.860 --> 01:42:35.663
to get the major units going.
01:42:37.079 --> 01:42:40.877
And just the immense infrastructure that
01:42:41.980 --> 01:42:44.060
many of our colleagues talked about
01:42:44.060 --> 01:42:47.510
and the concern with their
local community in particular,
01:42:47.510 --> 01:42:48.343
in the safety.
01:42:50.430 --> 01:42:54.850
I can also have not
obtained the bit of irony and,
01:42:54.850 --> 01:42:58.460
and really kind of
captured the difficulty of
01:42:58.460 --> 01:43:01.397
this transition off of natural gas
01:43:01.397 --> 01:43:03.143
and fossil fuels that we face.
01:43:04.830 --> 01:43:06.470
And that was it you know,
01:43:06.470 --> 01:43:08.687
as we looked down
the hill right adjacent
01:43:08.687 --> 01:43:12.323
is a new development in
the Porter Ranch community.
01:43:13.859 --> 01:43:18.683
It's a luxury development
with a gas connection.
01:43:19.910 --> 01:43:20.763
And,
01:43:22.760 --> 01:43:23.770
you know I,
01:43:23.770 --> 01:43:26.910
I certainly acknowledge
the tremendous partnership
01:43:27.970 --> 01:43:30.190
with the county and city of LA
01:43:30.190 --> 01:43:33.820
and the need to
really be further aligned
01:43:33.820 --> 01:43:37.960
in our transition efforts.
01:43:37.960 --> 01:43:39.510
But that was a very
01:43:43.120 --> 01:43:46.060
troubling dynamic that we're facing.
01:43:46.060 --> 01:43:49.810
So, much of the tour was
01:43:50.830 --> 01:43:54.780
just gaining a lot of
knowledge of the physical state
01:43:54.780 --> 01:43:56.573
of the storage facility.
01:43:58.330 --> 01:44:00.613
I really appreciate having
01:44:00.613 --> 01:44:02.910
been able to tour the facilities,
01:44:02.910 --> 01:44:06.490
but also be in the
community and see a really
01:44:06.490 --> 01:44:08.627
everything we've heard
from the public today
01:44:08.627 --> 01:44:10.860
and in the past of,
01:44:10.860 --> 01:44:13.163
of the adjacent ness of the community.
01:44:14.141 --> 01:44:17.470
So, wanted to just
share that with all of you
01:44:17.470 --> 01:44:19.249
as we continue to really dig in
01:44:19.249 --> 01:44:23.580
to how we are going to
accomplish this transition
01:44:23.580 --> 01:44:26.440
and the absolute necessity
to do so in partnership with
01:44:26.440 --> 01:44:28.381
our local governments,
01:44:28.381 --> 01:44:30.683
as well as our energy providers.
01:44:31.810 --> 01:44:32.643
Thank you.
01:44:35.550 --> 01:44:36.383
Thank you.
01:44:37.690 --> 01:44:39.083
Any other comments?
01:44:41.549 --> 01:44:42.382
I have a brief report.
01:44:42.382 --> 01:44:44.630
I just want to remind everyone
01:44:44.630 --> 01:44:47.487
that Tuesday is September 14th
01:44:47.487 --> 01:44:50.780
and it is election day
in the State of California.
01:44:50.780 --> 01:44:53.417
And I encourage everyone to exercise
01:44:53.417 --> 01:44:55.453
their civic responsibility,
01:44:56.310 --> 01:44:58.060
get out and vote.
01:44:58.060 --> 01:45:00.038
We are in a fortunate state
01:45:00.038 --> 01:45:04.490
that we believe in access to voting
01:45:04.490 --> 01:45:08.330
and we treasure that
and everyone receives
01:45:08.330 --> 01:45:10.370
a ballot in the mail,
01:45:10.370 --> 01:45:12.793
makes it very accessible and very easy.
01:45:13.740 --> 01:45:18.740
For more information as
to voting and the election
01:45:19.430 --> 01:45:24.430
please visit www.sos.ca.gov.
01:45:25.060 --> 01:45:27.283
That is the Secretary
of State's website.
01:45:28.150 --> 01:45:31.763
I encourage everyone
please exercise your civic duty.
01:45:32.660 --> 01:45:33.810
It's a wonderful right.
01:45:35.680 --> 01:45:36.750
And with that,
01:45:36.750 --> 01:45:39.457
we finished the Commissioner's report
01:45:39.457 --> 01:45:42.150
and the public meeting is now adjourned.
01:45:42.150 --> 01:45:44.003
Thank you all very much.