i want to say thank you as a member of my local r.e.a., i have a great affinity for my r.e.a.s. >> thank you very much. >> i yield back. >> thank you. i have one more question, mr. spence. my colleague from pennsylvania highlighted that too many coal power plants have closed. are you concerned that having fewer generation facilities online makes the grid as a whole more vulnerable? >> i am not. in fact, mr. cauley and his team are also responsible as part of their doodies to evaluate with detailing modeling region by region the impact of retirements of any sort on the grid of major power stations. they have evaluated this multiple times and have found that we continue to maintain an adequate reserve of capacity should we see more retirements than actually forecast. even with the forecast, the retirements which are many, particularly on the coal side, we still have adequate capacity to meet all of our projected needs for power. >> thank you. >> all right. i look forward to working with each and every one of you. welcome your input as we move forward on this initiative. thank you all for y

i want to say thank you as a member of my local r.e.a., i have a great affinity for my r.e.a.s. >> thank you very much. >> i yield back. >> thank you. i have one more question, mr. spence. my colleague from pennsylvania highlighted that too many coal power plants have closed. are you concerned that having fewer generation facilities online makes the grid as a whole more vulnerable? >> i am not. in fact, mr. cauley and his team are also responsible as part of their doodies to evaluate with detailing modeling region by region the impact of retirements of any sort on the grid of major power stations. they have evaluated this multiple times and have found that we continue to maintain an adequate reserve of capacity should we see more retirements than actually forecast. even with the forecast, the retirements which are many, particularly on the coal side, we still have adequate capacity to meet all of our projected needs for power. >> thank you. >> all right. i look forward to working with each and every one of you. welcome your input as we move forward on this initiative. thank you all for y

i want to say thank you as a member of my local r.e.a., i have a great affinity for my r.e.a.s. >> thank you very much. >> i yield back. >> thank you. i have one more question, mr. spence. my colleague from pennsylvania highlighted that too many coal power plants have closed. are you concerned that having fewer generation facilities online makes the grid as a whole more vulnerable? >> i am not. in fact, mr. cauley and his team are also responsible as part of their doodies to evaluate with detailing modeling region by region the impact of retirements of any sort on the grid of major power stations. they have evaluated this multiple times and have found that we continue to maintain an adequate reserve of capacity should we see more retirements than actually forecast. even with the forecast, the retirements which are many, particularly on the coal side, we still have adequate capacity to meet all of our projected needs for power. >> thank you. >> all right. i look forward to working with each and every one of you. welcome your input as we move forward on this initiative. thank you all for y