ferc has authorized 11 more u.s. lng proejts and three project expansions representing a potential 170 million tons per year of lng capacity. it's about half of what the global market is currently. and that could stimulate another 20 to 25 billion cubic feet per day in additional u.s. natural gas production. how many of these lng export facilities will get built? well, obviously i don't know the answer to that question. but i do know that only a few long-term contracts away from taking final investment decisions. the most viable of these projects have their ducks lined up. they have their government permits in hand. they have fully wrapped, lump sum, turnkey engineering procurement and construction contracts in place. they have secured needed pipe line capacity. and they have strong financial partners with ready access to the requisite equity and debt capital. the only one not in the queue for these companies is enough long-term customers to meet their debt requirements. given the costs of the new facilities it is th

. >> for the ferc -- third time in history, a president is on trial in the u.s. senate. watch live to stay at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two as the senate begins the trial with a vote on rules. the senate impeachment trial of president trump, live, unfiltered coverage on c-span2, on demand at c-span.org /impeachment and listen with the free c-span radio app. next, presidential candidates joe biden, pete buttigieg, and senators amy klobuchar and senator warren speak in iowa education conference. the state caucuses are february 3. am mike beranek

. >> for the ferc -- third time in history, a president is on trial in the u.s. senate. watch live to stay at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two as the senate begins the trial with a vote on rules. the senate impeachment trial of president trump, live, unfiltered coverage on c-span2, on demand at c-span.org /impeachment and listen with the free c-span radio app. next, presidential candidates joe biden, pete buttigieg, and senators amy klobuchar and senator warren speak in iowa education conference. the state caucuses are february 3. am mike beranek, president of >> good morning, everyone. i am the president of the iowa state education association, the largest union in iowa. [cheers and applause] elected in 2006 -- what a great iowa welcome. 2006, amy klobuchar is the first woman representing minnesota in the u.s. senate. she has built a reputation of putting partisanship aside to support workers and businesses and families. 2016, and analysis ranked her first among all 100 senators in sponsoring or cosponsoring bills enacted into law in the 114th congress. before death [che

ferc. [ applause ] >>> now, tom, from a company that represents electric utilities, for 220 americans provided as participants. the members include, operating in all 50 states, d.c., and employ more than 500,000 workers and has 70 international electric companies as international members and related energy suppliers. tom was president of the american nuclear council subsequently merged into the nuclear energy institute. he has represented virtually all companies in the commercial electric power industry and he joined us here many times and been a tremendous supporter of u.s. e.a. and a thought leader and friend and visionary, too. tom, it's a pleasure to have you here. [ applause ] >> let me say bonjour, i have never been call peeed that. it's a great honor to be on the platforms of the energy business, sheila and barry, really continue to appreciate usca's leadership, as we discuss these important issues. the previous speakers represented gas and coal and nuclear and renewables. i remember being at a dinner one time and there were a number of speakers like this, got to be about 1030,

ferc. [ applause ] >>> now, tom, from a company that represents electric utilities, for 220 americanscipants. the members include, operating in all 50 states, d.c., and employ more than 500,000 workers and has

dealing with transmission and interstate commerce, obviously the federal government has authorities and ferc has substantial authorities, so that's one way. i think, as has been said numerous times, building partnerships between federal and state and local authorities is going to be critical here if we're going to solve the complex issue. >> mr. johnson, in your testimony you detailed some of the resiliency projects currently under way at pg&e. are you also pursuing clean options like solar paired with storage? and what do you think is the role of renewables in making communities more resilient? >> thank you for that question. we're pursuing everything, all of the above, as long as it's clean, to do microgrids, you know, pg&e has i think the most distributed energy resources of any company in the country, something like 450,000 rooftop solar. so we're familiar with distributed clean. so yes, i do think this will help with resilience. the closer the generation and distribution is to the community, the more resilient it is. >> and that kind of leads to, what efforts are the easiest and fastest