nine includingrinciples, coordination, openness, transparency, information regional resolution, studiestion, planning and cost allocations. ferc issued order number 1000 as way to further improve the planning process within and among geographic to tos, and also determine how transmission costs were distributed to customers. 1000 was also issued to provide additional opportunity for nonincumbent transmission -- topers to come be compete for real projects within the service territory of incumbent utilities. mr. chairman, in reviewing this wascy it appears that there no regard to how successful it has been. we are in the midst of a rapidly changing energy landscape, reflected in part by the emergence of renewable energy sources, low-cost natural gas, state-led renewable portfolios, as well as an increase in energy efficiencies and overall reductions in energy demand. since consumer behavior is driving many of these changes as customers demand clean, affordable energy along with new tools to more responsibly use the energy they consume, both as a way to save money and to save the environment. t