based in large part on the representations of pg&e, and southern california edison, they would support our efforts to about with the feasibility of community choice. the board decided, rather than start the fight of municipalization, let's pursue community choice. we began a second round of communication with the local city councils and the regional board of supervisors. we ultimately form the the san what keene valley power authority in 2006. -- formed the san joaquin valley power authority in 2006. we brought two counties to the table. fresno county never made the final step. we worked closely with that board of supervisors as we developed our implementation plan. we have the somewhat dubious honor of saying we were the first entity to file an implementation plan and have it certified by the public utility commission for commencement of a community choice program for our member agencies. that initial certification was achieved in april of 2007. we worked through the processes as a result of a request for proposal process. we identified a potential full- service energy supplier. we al

. >> this is good for belmont and great for the peninsula in terms of jobs and great for california. >> sun-edison develops and maintains solar power plants and is still negotiating a lease agreement with the owner of the building. they had no comment on its move to belmont. the company is still trying to secure some from the state. and they did come to the city of belmont to ask for some relief on our kraux fees, development fees and building permit fee autos totalling more than $85,000. the space will be shared with volkswagon. the silicon valley is already the high tech company of the world, moving towards becoming the epicenter of the green revolution. mark jake onson is not surprised sun-edison is moving here. >> there are many companies working towards a clean energy future. so this helps to have many companies close to each other because they share ideas. they don't want to compete with each other necessarily. but they do share ideas. >> california continues to struggle with high unemployment rates, the silicon valley seems to be doing better. according to the edd, during 2010, jobs in the

. >> this will be sun edison new home in california. the company now based in maryland plans to transfer 100 employees to the new headquarters. the company has told the city of belmont the goal is to also ahead 400 new positions in the next few years. >> good for balance and great for peninsula in terms of job and great for california. >>reporter: sun edison develops and maintain solar power plants. company is still negotiating a lease agreement with the owner of the building. sun edison had no comment on its move to belmont. company is still trying to secure some incentive from the state. but the city of belmont did agree to wave some fee to make the deal more attractive. >> they did come to the city of belmont and asked for some relief on our construction fee. development fees and building permit fee. >>reporter: totalling more than 85,000 dollars. the space will be shared with volkswagen conducting research for electronic technology. the silicon valley is already the high tech capitol the of the world moving toward becoming the epi-c

this will be sun-edison's new home in belmont, california.