my predecessor kim salazar put up a strike team to get the most promising projects across the finish line into establishing an enduring renewable energy program that the department and he did a great job. that legacy is the gift that keeps on giving. in the span of six years we have proved 52 commercial scale projects on public lands across the west. to get there that is 14,000 megawatts of renewable energy that when bills would produce enough electricity to power over 4 million american homes. let me put that in perspective. how many of you have visited hoover dam? quite a number of you. 14,000 megawatts is roughly equivalent to the clean hydropower the bureau of reclamation produces through 53 facilities built over the course of 100 years including hoover dam, glen canyon dam and the other 50 dams we have in the bureau of reclamation portfolio. this is not minor. this is a huge. offshore, a sweeping reforms for safe and responsible development in the wake of the devastating deepwater horizon oil spill. interior strengthen drilling and emergency response status for oil and gas compa