mr. hunter stern. >> ibew1045, thank you, mr. president, commissioners, hunter's chair, ibew1245, we represent workers at 28 different utilities here in central california, we also through stop the shell shock have over 12 thousand people who have signed on the petition saying no to shell energy. three things very quickly, we certainly talked a lot about these issues, the first is our members work generate electricity, we want to continue to have them work generating electricity here in central northern california, secondly and probably most importantly, we've looked very hard at the issues around build-out opportunities, we've worked very hard statewide in partnership with our brothers and sisters in the building trades through two different coalitions, we will continue to do that. this is the goal. more renewable energy for the city and county of san francisco, more renewable energy for the state of california, but we need to be sure that that work is here and it's in front of us, and we will continue to work with our colleagues

mr. hunter stern has submitted public comment and some ibew local 1245 asking that the commission do their duty and in the weeks ahead demand the [speaker not understood] environmental review that will calculate just how much a shell contract will increase [speaker not understood] and other pollutants. ~ monica. >> okay, thank you, monica. now we had this quick clarifying, which was about the sfpuc position with respect to said environmental review, or c-e-q-a analysis, i guess was [speaker not understood], commissioner wald. >> i won't comment on the merits, but i will say that the city attorneys are aware ibew's claim that c-e-q-a applies before the commission can make a decision. and i am following their advice on that in whatever i do. i would also add that marin energy authority, the cca in marin county was subject to the same claims before they launched their program several years ago, and they did not conduct c-e-q-a review in order to provide service to their customers. and they were not to. finally, i should mention in response to hunter stern's comments that the shell contract re