a mega watt or smaller located in disadvantaged communities. that is another aspect of 343 in making sure we are included. if the california puc required pg & e to put that in their proposal. and we are asking the california puc to require pg & e to ensure that all green tariff cost are born only by participating customers so that their green tariff proposal is not subsidized by non-participants. in the california puc's energy efficiency funding and we'll continue to stay involved protecting not only the city's interest but also the particular concerns of how to take advantage for the community choice aggregators. thank you. >> okay. also we have presentation on the rfp. >> yes. staff was directed at the last meeting to address the local energy build out program. some of the issues that staff was directed also included a marketing approach. that's not in this particular rfp and we were under the impression that that did not need to be under this particular draft. but if that is not the direction of the commission just let us know. what this rfp

contract is going forward seems questionable, but also maybe might not even matter that much. 20-30 mega watts for four 1/2 years while substantial may not purely maintain a plan this scope in scale. thank you very much. >>supervisor john avalos: is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. there was a question that was raised in public comment. i want to ask puc about that and that is the status of the shell contract. i can speculate probably accurately but i want to hear from you. >> barbara hale from power. we have not engaged with shell. our department let us believe that we are not going forward with the cca program as was conceived since we did not get authority though go forward. we have not been engaging with shell. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you. seems like a land with a big thud. okay, i thought the puc, the commissioners just did not approve not to exceed rates. but have they made an occasion that cleanpowersf is dead and gone? that wasn't my understanding. they just didn't approve not to exceed rates. >> i think it's accurate to say there has

in the next three years we'll see almost another 40,000 mega watts shuttered due to primarily e.p.a.ast year alone, about 3% of all coal fired capacity in this country was retired. jon: james rosen in washington, thank you. jenna: after more than a billion dollars in government subsidies, new questions about what your tack -- tax dollars got for solar energy. william? >> well, this plant, you know, some of these solar plants are producing power but economical, not really. especially the solar thermal plant that opened last week in the desert near las vegas. unlike conventional solar panels, that convert the sun's energy directly into electricity, they have hundreds of thousands of mirrors that focus on a single spot, boiling water up to 1,000 degrees, driving steam engines to generate enough electricity for 140,000 homes. supporters say it does for solar what the hoover dam did for hydroelectric power, plugging in new energy source directly into the existing utility grid. >> this is the kind of project that i think we'll look back on years from now as a real signature project for our

so i did my part, helping the guy known as mega watt, keep that competitive edge., abc news, sochi. >> got to love it, right? by the way, the two-man bobsled competition begins february 16th. >> when they found out they qualified for the olympics they started raising money. they ended up raising $178,000, way more than they expected. they got to the point they timely had to ask their fans to stop sending money. they're all set. >> that is fantastic. check you out, marci, you're on the bobsled team, too, i understand. >> i wanted to be on the jamaican one, but team usa. >> you buffed up. do you practice by pushing matt gutman around in the wheelbarrow? >> i do. and in the sand. ly not go in the snow. i go to a beach to practice. >> almost like the jamaican bobsled team. >> you got it. >> coming up, a fast food employee unlike any other. employee like any moother. we will tell you. ♪ see what's new at projectluna.com >>> all right. this is an awesome story. it's a birthday party that's super sized. you'll see why in a minute. an employee at a mcdonald's in needham, m

what the mega-merger really means for your service. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, consumerwatch reporter julie watts on what a mega-mergerf "comcast" and "time >>> the nation's largest cable company wants to buy the second largest one. consumerwatch reporter julie watts on what a mega-merger of comcast and time warner would mean for consumers. julie. >> if the deal goes through it would create a behemoth with 60 million subscribers and give one company unprecedented control over what viewers watch and download. both comcast and time warner contend the marriage would mean lower prices and better service for consumers in part because the combined company would have more leverage to bargain with its providers. but industry watchdogs warn it would create a giant monopoly and likely result in higher bills with worse service. >> this would just make too much power and concentrate too much power in the hands of one big corporation. >> now, the company says they expect the merger to take effect at the end of the year but still needs the agreement of legislators. >>> california wants you to think twice before

that with the first and second phase action statements of 2007, led to a disablement of the five mega watt reactor and disablement opt the reprocessing facility, led to the collapse of the cooling tower. we were on a path toward a reduced, at least quantitative in terms of plutonium inventory path, and yet north korea, at its will, broke out of it and now has taken steps to restart its plutonium program and its uranium enrichment program continues on. i appreciate the frustration. that's why we see sense of urgency and do continue with a relatively robust pace of denuclearization diplomacy, particularly with our prc colleagues, our allies in seoul and tokyo and with russia as well. >> thank you. guy, you have something on your mind? come to the microphone, please. >> thank you very much for your excellent presentation. i was glad to learn that you studied very much the history of the conflict and are well aware of the fact that it's -- the current situation is a result of many loose ends, and as you put it, our policy now is sharpening dpr ks choices, but i think we already know that they