that causes significant concern aboute vermontrs. there is litigation now and we understand that this body voted between the state of vermont andentergy about its future and i understand the commission voted by a 3-2 margin to come in as a friend on the size entergy about this litigation and that causes concern. safety is my concern and i know safety is your concern but i have a few questions -- it caused me some concern about how active and aggressive the commission is a coming to a conclusion about some safety standards. the most recent and arce fire protection standards were promulgated in 2004. earlier standards that apply had not been met for 25 years. currently, 47 nuclear power plants are still not in compliance and they are requesting another 12-year delay. understanding is the commission is basically accommodating a 12- year delay on top of a 25-year delay. could you address that? >> yes, the reason why the new regulation was promulgated is that because of the large number of exemptions -- request for exemptions we received r