dr. ralph izzo. you have five minutes. >> good morning mr. chairman, members of the subcommittee as well as full committee ranking member. serving a long career the people of my home state of new jersey. i am pleased to present my view on the need to strengthen electric infrastructure. today i will federal -- i will highlight one federal policy impediment,as an order 1000. i am here representing a 114-year-old company that is new jersey's oldest electric and gas utility. miless around 100 -- 1600 of circuits. despite the fact that we have been named in the atlantic's most reliable electric utility for 16 years in a row, much of our infrastructure is old. helped power the industrial northeast for nearly a century, in recent years, we have had to work to replace, upgrade, modernize and sometimes move parts of the grid to make sure our system can withstand extreme weather events and other threats. even as our customers are using less electricity, their reliance on it has never been greater. we do not have a blank check. our investments must be i

dr. ralph izzo , you have 5 minutes. >> good morning mr. chairman, members of the subcommittee as well as a full committee ranking member. i've had a long career serving the people of my state of new jersey. i'm pleased to provide overview on the importance of modernizing infrastructure. today i will highlight one federal policy that stands as an impediment, order 1000. i am here representing public service enterprise group and our subsidiary ps eng, a 114- year-old company that is the largest electric and gas utility. despite the fact that pse&g has been one of the midshipman- atlantic's most reliable electric, much of it is old. while it has helped power the industrial northeast, in recent years we have worked to replace, upgrade, modernize, and sometimes move parts of the grid to ensure that the system can withstand extreme weather events and other threats. customers are using less electricity, but the reliance has never been greater. we do not have a blank check. investments must be prudent. over the past 10 years we have made improveme

dr. ralph izzo. you have five minutes. >> good morning mr. chairman, members of the subcommittee as well as full committee ranking member. i've had a long career serving the people of my home state of new jersey. i am pleased to present my view on the need to strengthen electric infrastructure. today i will federal -- i will highlight one federal policy that stands as an impediment, order 1000. i am here representing a 114-year-old company that is new jersey's oldest electric and gas utility. it owns around 100 -- 1600 miles of circuits. despite the fact that we have been named in the atlantic's most reliable electric utility for 16 years in a row, much of our infrastructure is old. while it has helped power the industrial northeast for nearly a century, in recent years, we have had to work to replace, upgrade, modernize and sometimes move parts of the grid to make sure our system can withstand extreme weather events and other threats. even as our customers are using less electricity, their reliance on it has never been greater. we do not hav

dr. ralph ids zoe, the ceo of public service enterprise group. dr. izzo, you have five minutes. >> good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member rush, and ranking members of the subcommittee, as well as ranking member pollone, who's had a long and exemplary career of serving my home state. i'm pleased to provide new view on continuing to strengthen and ph. modernizing infrastructure. today i will highlight one federal policy that stands as an impediment to that goal, that being order 1,000. i'm here representing public service enterprise group and our subsidiary pse&g, a 114-year-old company. pse&g owns around 1,600 circuit miles of transmission. despite the fact that pse&g has been named the mid-atlantic's northeast reliable electric utility for 16 years in a row, much of our electric infrastructure is old. while it has helped power the industrial northeast for nearly a century, in recent years we have had to work to replace, upgrade, modernize, and sometimes move parts of the grid in order to ensure our system can withstand extreme weather events and other