mr. richie, march is going to be different because it has finally -- april has warmed up, seeing a little difference going on. for february water use was down significantly and remained at 22% less than february 2013 data. so, again, i think an interesting pattern and one that we will be investigating as part of our demand study when that information comes out. so with that, i'll conclude my comments and answer any questions you might have. >> you know, i would love to see at some point a chart showing different city's use. >> i absolutely can do that. >> i think it would be interesting. >> and how it has changed over time, to see if there is certain cities that have made more of an effort or you know, their use has gone down or up or what that looks like. >> i don't know if that data is hard to find. >> i have data. so, we prepare that data on an annual basis every year, so we have just completed the most recent annual survey. this data is monthly data, so it gets a little complicated. now talking 12 months and 26 agencies, so it's a lot of data to decipher. but i can certainly present t

mr. c. richiehere, the assistant general manager of water enterprise. >> thank you, chair fewer. >> steve richie at the p.u.c. this was an emergency declaration that came about as a result of a large snowstorm on february 16th of this year. it caused a 160-foot tall ponderosa pine tree to fall into our right-of-way, and specifically against a high voltage transmission tower and line near groveland, california. it damaged the tower and brought down a couple of the transmission lines. they also affected pg&e distribution lines below that as well, and the ones that actually deliver water and electricity to people's houses. we saw clearly that this was an emergency condition. and processed a change order with an existing contractor where we competitively bid with similar work with big valley electric. that contractor, with the specialist sub completed temporary repairs about february 23rd, so about a week after the incident. this was, again, a fairly big storm. this was probably the biggest storm of th