. >> 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 the year. the tree in question here had been inspected, and we expected to monitor it. it is not on our property, an