juliet ellis. i think this is my first presentation for you on this site. i am the general manager for external affairs. i want to welcome commissioner martin. i am glad you're here. i contend should be familiar to most of you. -- item 10 should be familiar to most of you. this came before you at your commission meeting on november 23 in draft form. as background for commissioner courtney, in late 2009, the commission directed the staff at the public utilities commission to develop a community benefits program, a comprehensive program and policy. shortly after that meeting in 2009, two consultants who had been working with us for the past year began assessing where the public utilities commission is with respect to community benefits programs, helping us develop a definition we used in the development of the policy before you today. at the meeting on november 23, we also provided the wall with an executive summary of the draft report -- provided you all with an executive summary of the draft report we had been working on around community benefits. that repo

my name again is juliet ellis. i want to thank you for the opportunity to come back again. no technical difficulties on our end today. we are here to provide you with further information regarding our community benefits program following last week's hearing. we have conveyed all our executive management, categorize our community benefit initiatives we have cataloged so far, and in respect -- in response to your request have prepared some ballpark estimates for categories that we will present to you today. our discussion last week highlighted the importance of one vital fact -- that all the benefits from our existing programs are mutually beneficial and really benefit us all. debris -- they are required to benefit the puc and our core mission, but they also benefit the communities we care about. we are most excited that the program will allow us to conduct our business and operations in a manner that will increasingly reflect our responsibility to local communities, regional communities, as well as reflect our commitment to being a good neighbor as well as taking care of our