chamber of commerce, and michael neibauer from the "washington business journal." let's start with pepco. i took a trip to beirut for a political conference. in lebanon, the power goes out once or twice a a day but it quicklcomes back on. all the businesses complain ababout how unreliable that power is. they werehocked when i told them the power went out for eight days d.c. how is pepco doingng? >> i think there is some progress being made. i ink the numbers reflect something different thahan public perception. my husband says when two people say you are drunk you lay down. the perceptition is something pepco has to get beyd. the communication s strategy. we have talked to them. they are a member of the chamber. we talk to them a lot about that. i think that one of the things you have to look at is the sheer cost of undergrounding. everybody thinks that is the solution. you are talalking billions of dollars. who is going to pay for that? more importantly t residencts and businesses are going to complain about the disruption and the cost. i think maybe there is a hy