mr. frank perdue from montague. >> good afternoon. i will cover a few of the affected -- president vietor: if you would not mind introducing yourself. >> frank perdue from montague and associates. i will talk about the objectives of the study and what we set out to do in the results of the study. i also want to provide a few points that were already mentioned by mr. rydstrom about the quality of the utility and its costs compared with other utilities. with regard to objectives, the first step really is to establish the total costs of the power enterprise. we developed a model to address that. secondly, it is to allocate those costs to customer groups and categories. part of that process is using a revenue requirement model, what we call an enterprise model. we look at the whole power enterprise, its production cost, its financial cost, and understand the drivers of those costs. we feel in our work it is important to stress the cost and revenues. we work with power enterprise to do that. when i say we stress test revenues and costs, i

speaker, governor and mrs. perduepresentatives and leaders of our government and all citizens of georgia, what an honor it is to be here this day and to pray for our new governor, nathan deal and for sandra diehl. let us play. dear lord of all, you long ago plans that we should live in peace, security and verity together. and you are dank government for that purpose. today is the new leader takes the helm of our government, that peace, security and prosperity for all georgians be issued. we thank you, god, for the honorable nathan deal, whose life, experience and passion have prepared him for this moment. we are indeed grateful that he has been a servant of our state and our nation and that he is genuinely cared for those in his charge. here's a man who loved our state and our country and will now govern with devotion to the law and admiration for justice. surely your hand is in this, lord. we're further grateful that nathan deal is a servant of yours, one whose faith in you and your teachings runs deep in his life an

speaker, governor and mrs. perdue all of the representatives and leaders of our government and citizens of georgia, what an honor is to be here this day and to pray for our new governor, nathan deal, and for sandra deal. let us pray. >> dear lord, you said that we should live in peace, security and prosperity together. and you ordain government for that purpose. today, as a new leader takes the helm of our government, let peace, security and prosperity for all georgians be assured. we thank you, o god, for the hon. nathan deal, whose life, experience and passion has prepared him for this moment. we are indeed grateful that he has been a servant of our state and our nation and that he has genuinely cared for those in his charge. here is a man who loves our state and our country and will now governed with a devotion to the law and admiration for justice. surely, your hand is in this, o lord. we are further grateful that nathan deal is a servant of yours. o one whose faith in you and your teachings runs deep in his life