edison international. we are honored to be here to celebrate the best that california has to offer. it is a fabulous partnership. all of us are working together toward the common good. southern california edison is pleased to be part of the partnership. this partnership promotes open an ongoing collaboration. it is critical to driving advancements in energy efficiency and green technology. you may wonder why a power company would be involved in a partnership that promotes reduced electricity consumption. the answer is simple. energy efficiency is the quickest, cheapest, and easiest way to extend our state's energy supplies. we work hard to get our customers not to buy our products. we have embarked on a program -- [laughter] we have embarked on a program to meet aggressive energy goals. we're the leader in energy efficiency savings. of the last five years, our program has saved 6.5 to lot hours -- kilowatt hours. with also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3.4 million metric tons. that is the equivalent of removing 650,000 cars from the road. we will help customers save an additional 4.9 million kilowatt hours to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by another 2.4 million metric

based in large part on the representations of pg&e, and southern california edison, they would support our efforts to about with the feasibility of community choice. the board decided, rather than start the fight of municipalization, let's pursue community choice. we began a second round of communication with the local city councils and the regional board of supervisors. we ultimately form the the san what keene valley power authority in 2006. -- formed the san joaquin valley power authority in 2006. we brought two counties to the table. fresno county never made the final step. we worked closely with that board of supervisors as we developed our implementation plan. we have the somewhat dubious honor of saying we were the first entity to file an implementation plan and have it certified by the public utility commission for commencement of a community choice program for our member agencies. that initial certification was achieved in april of 2007. we worked through the processes as a result of a request for proposal process. we identified a potential full- service energy supplier. we al