paid they will shut off the utility services. i don't know if they understand what families have to do to survive. >> utility companies they have the ability to screen new applicants to see if their children or adults, but many just don't. >> that's how kesha bush's mother did it. at the time kesha was only 16. >> we got to start over. like the previous bill kind of got out of hand. and it kind of you know it escaped her. but maybe if we started over fresh she would be able to keep up. you know? like sometimes you think maybe the person just needs a reset. sometimes people think they just need a reset. like if i could just get rid of the debt that i have now and start over, without the burden of it, everything will be fine and things will be better. but that's not the truth. it's not. and then you know, there was a bit of disappointment because it wasn't just in her name, it was in my name. >> reporter: the practice is so common that five states are taking a really strong stance against child i.d. theft. indiana goes a step furth

for utility bills, the parents are actually making payments. their goal is not ohave the be utilities shut off a second or third time but in these cases it did happen. none of the utility companies would speak to us on the record. they said you know we are operating the way we operate. there's been a lot of expansion in our industry. right now the utilities are in a very difficult situation because the energy landscape has changed so much and it's so competitive so they want to do everything possible to keep customers. and this is one way. >> but why aren't the utility companies held accountable for some of this? >> in massachusetts we contacted the attorney general's office and the ag's office says there's actually no law on the books requiring authorities to verify the applicants. in massachusetts they are deregulated so they want to make sure that companies have every advantage to actually survive. so the company's point they say well it costs us a little bit more to run a deeper credit check and most people most bills are actually paid on t

so one thing that we're hearing is that utilities are -- some utilities are currently long in their renewable energy purchases, meaning they have excess. so they may be in the market selling some of their excess energy and that could be at a competitive price. the good news sort of -- this is probably the message i want you to take home or take with you is that we're receiving reports that renewable energy rfos are receiving ten times the bids than they are asking for in terms of energy volumes. so there is a lot of suppliers out there in the renewable space today. >> would we call that a buyers market? >> we would call that a buyers' market. yes, it's a favorable time to get into the market. >> which wasn't the case four years ago, when we are first doing our rfp for suppliers. >> that is right. i think it's a testament to california's program that it has worked. that utilities are out there in the market, buying renewable energy and they are asking for new capacity to be built. and it's happening. and it's really revved up the market. >> where is shell on there? >> shell, i would put in the

district with only those poles and are, in fact, the least intrusive installations on a utility pole when we're working on street light pole we can do more awe authentically please carry on conversations out in the hallway. but only on a utility pole only this i'll show you oh, great, thank you as you can see those are the photo semesters are done by a technician who is looking at the engineering drawings and they are 20 to scale they reflect exactly what is in the engineering drawings the somersaults use to do the installation in the field as you can see the views are hardly all the evidence and certainly no to the standard this board needs to look at it the significant depredation and here i'll let the council. >> your time is up. >> questions. >> for her. >> thank you. >> so when you are looking at when i say there's no significance to the view is it the view from the ground or the folks home and both from their house their right now looking at a pole they're looking at a light poles they'll be looking at a utility 0 pole. >> overhead. >> as you can see that the antenna is street

there was a move and utilities. this has been interesting group. year to date, the worst performance group. you cancer the philadelphia today. index up 2.5% this coincided with a drop in the 10 year yield to a one-month low. initially today, as we saw this selloff in stocks, we saw people buying treasuries, yield falling. that actually sort of accelerated as the day went on. philadelphia utility index versus the is-year treasury yield -- it almost a perfect inverse relationship. it has been over the past year or so. why isthe reasons utilities tend to have relatively high levels of debt. also they have relatively high dividend yield so you see a competition between the yields on these utility stocks and yields on treasury. in other words, the lower the yield, the better news for these utility stocks. thank you. the count up clock stands at 100,003 at the 72 days since our today was aion and huge indication. i want to take a dive into my bloomberg terminal. let's look at two charts of why you should be scared about china. is iron ore. they broke thr

you see the competition on these utility stocks and yields on treasuries. in other words, the lower the yield, the better news for these utility stocks. clock standsnt up at 1372 days since the last correction. a huge indication of where we have not seen that correction. two charts ofk at why you should be scared about china. the first one is going to be iron ore. below the $50 a ton level. it are well extend the defiance. other chart. this is the aussie dollar. you can see that we have had a slide in the aussie dollar ever since the stock market started to fall. you have seen it right there below that 75 per u.s. cents level. let's get back to my coanchor. joe: thank you. i am here with a member of parliament. everyone is curious. members of your government are in brussels today. are you optimistic they will get a deal? >> yes. i have heard from several persons including from the minister of finance reports that the claimant was cordial -- climate was cordial. pursue thee able to strategy that finds common ground with our creditors and partners and we very

>> good afternoon, i'm jean glenen from the san francisco coalition to underground utilities. i mainly wanted to thank mr. fried and the commission for their attention to this item. and i think it's going to go a long way in our pursuit of this goal. and i hope we can count on your continuing support, as we try to put into place a plan that will actually rid our city of these ugly telephone poles. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good afternoon again, commissioners, eric brooks, san francisco green party, our city san francisco and also, co-coordinator of public access san francisco. so i just want to thank lafco for geting this rolling. what is happening with the budget analyst sounds like it's an exciting next-step. it's a little funky because it sort of sounds like they are deciding weren't we should do a public broadband system. i don't think where we are at. the issue is clear especially because of underserved communitis that we should do a universal citywide broadband system owned by the city and not a public-private partnership. i don't know if director fried can s

people back send into utility stocks.ill have this overlay for our whole sector, most dividend paying stocks, guilt stocks, waiting for the fed to take its action whether in september or later in the year. alix: moving on things not necessarily our fundamentals. do have a big growth portion of your business, your the second company approved to export liquefied natural gas abroad. you are any for completion by the end of 2017, 2018. what does the low oil price mean to you? guest: perfectly understandable question for many of the lng exporters. our facility is under contracts the go until 2037. whether the shippers use the gas are not, they will still be paying for our facilities. to natural gass prices, oil prices makes no difference. we are selling at half of it through companies in japan and have a the output to companies in india. like another dividend play, if you will. your other area of growth is a pipeline you are working with, duke energy. you are collecting gas from the marcella and utica's shales. what is the cha

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so one thing that we're hearing is that utilities are -- some utilities are currently long in their renewable energy purchases, meaning they have excess. so they may be in the market selling some of their excess energy and that could be at a competitive price. the good news sort of -- this is probably the message i want you to take home or take with you is that we're receiving reports that renewable energy rfos are receiving ten times the bids than they are asking for in terms of energy volumes. so there is a lot of suppliers out there in the renewable space today. >> would we call that a buyers market? >> we would call that a buyers' market. yes, it's a favorable time to get into the market. >> which wasn't the case four years ago, when we are first doing our rfp for suppliers. >> that is right. i think it's a testament to california's program that it has worked. that utilities are out there in the market, buying renewable energy and they are asking for new capacity to be built. and it's happening. and it's really revved up the market. >> where is shell on there? >> shell, i would put in the

it is adding the language, and resources set forth in the rps under public utility code 399.30. that will be the amendment. supervisor cohen >> i would like to second the motion if that was the motion. >> okay. thank you for your second and colleagues we take that without objection? the sponsor of the ordinance is not here, supervisor-prez president breed but we have pr visor wiener christensen and myself back the measure. this measure wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the ibw meser mr. sterns talked about that we talked about here in committee today. we would rather not have to go forward with it but we feel in order to protect the clean power sf program and be clear about the type of energy provided and what people who provide energy in san francisco should provide so there is consistency this measure is going forward with your support colleagues. like to motion that we move this motion to >> july 27 >> july 27, special rules committee meeting. >> it is amended to the monday meeting. >> okay. >> just to clarify on supervisor avalos amendment, i believe you circulated paper copie

so one thing that we're hearing is that utilities are -- some utilities are currently long in their renewable energy purchases, meaning they have excess. so they may be in the market selling some of their excess energy and that could be at a competitive price. the good news sort of -- this is probably the message i want you to take home or take with you is that we're receiving reports that renewable energy rfos are receiving ten times the bids than they are asking for in terms of energy volumes. so there is a lot of suppliers out there in the renewable space today. >> would we call that a buyers market? >> we would call that a buyers' market. yes, it's a favorable time to get into the market. >> which wasn't the case four years ago, when we are first doing our rfp for suppliers. >> that is right. i think it's a testament to california's program that it has worked. that utilities are out there in the market, buying renewable energy and they are asking for new capacity to be built. and it's happening. and it's really revved up the market. >> where is shell on there? >> shell, i would put in the

that utility companies take very seriously and i can tell you that the utilities i have worked have taken a lot of countermeasures to protect themselves. their systems are not connected to the internet. they have built redundancy into their systems. >> but is it enough? experts say no, 1970s era technology that wasn't built to stand up to cyberwarfare. a new study of 500 security chiefs from 26 member countries in the organization of american states found over half have seen an increase in cyber attacks against critical infrastructure over the past year. the report also revealed that the attackers tried to manipulate equipment through an industrial control system. >> we only have to think of real life examples. an air are traffic control system going down and disrupting flights or blackouts that plunge cities into darkness to imagine what a set of systematic cyber attacks might do so this is a matter of public safety. >> a matter of public safety and a matter of foreign policy. >> the top 20 or 30 hacker groups who are mainly russian speaking are as good as the intemtion services or

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while the utility sector has been in focus 10 year inverse correlation.re interested in southern company because of their exposure of the fast growing southern region what that says about the economy. alix: tell me more about that. joe: well, utilities, you know, there's not much they can do in terms of their growth because they're regulated but given its location, given the economic growth they have a read on what's going on down there. so that should be fascinating. alix: the other reason i think people should be paying attention to southern company is how its diversified. it's tearing back its coal exposure. as of the first quarter, coal is about 42%. they're trying to reduce that to 21% by 2020 if gas prices stay low and really diversifying into natural gas. that really being the story for most utilities as well as a little bit of solar and hydroenergy as well as a little bit of nuclear. it's really urgent for these companies to do that because a lot of pension funds have to pare back their exposure to coal stock that have 30% of more in coal. we saw

we may not recognize the utility of those for a period of years.ment that we put on my mission in 1998 was largely used in last year's nobel prize-winning towards. so that 16 years to recognize some return on that investment. but it's a very important return, nonetheless. there's also translation, this idea of what we need to do in order to go further? of course you mentioned the commercialization aspects. we have contended in the scientific community that it is not our job to sequence the priorities but it is the job of government. it is the job of the that the executive branch of the legislative branch and i believe it up to you to sort out which is which. i believe you've been clear at this point when i look at the authorization language for this year just had mars is very important but is not an either or. it is in and. nasa will also maintain a fundamental research program. so i think you've already told us that mars is the answer. when you look at the research that remains to be done, the risks that fit in the red most of them, about half of

this is on san francisco public utilities property.don't see any structures nearby. >> we'll follow it on abc 7 news, bay area, on twitter, and on website. >>> it's time to check with amy on what's going to happen. >> coming up next on good morning america. a new gma investigates arcade and board walk games are summer fun but could some of those games be rigged. we teamed up with an investigator to find out just how fair those games really are. all next on gma. >>> thanks amy. we'll see you at 7:00. >>> developing news a ferry disaster in the philippines. coast guard officials say 30 people are dead and 26 others missing after a ferry capsized this morning. 189 passengers and crew members were on board when it overturn. officials say the boat went down minutes after it left a central philippines port in choppy waters. crews rescued at least 118 passengers. they say a bow suddenly rose in the waters before it flipped over on one side and began to sink. >>> users are reporting an itunes bug that is wrecking their libraries. apple movie j

that sent money flying out of utilities.ack into the idea that in fact we saw some wage inflation, we continue to see mixed data some up, some down and it is not painting a clear picture for a fed hike. this is clearly showing investors are now pushing that idea out farther. that means that the dividend yield of utilities now looks really attractive and people are coming back in. >> rich, what do you seep in the in the charts? >> utilities should be viewed as a summer rental here let's not fall in love. clearly this is a function of interest rates. on a day like today with an historically back eci print, that's a great thing to be. we're putting pressure on dollar, driving interest rates lower and putting a bid into utilities. we see buying from long onlies when those yields on the 10-year get down around 2.20, we get short covering from the hedge funds. look at the xlu, yes, it's been constructive here in the short term, a nice little bottom there, but tons of resistance come in right overhead. you have the 150-day moving a

foreign trade zone board regulations require the foreign trade number three be operated as a public utility requiring all rates and fees for all services that we charge within the zone be fair and reasonable. the regulations also require the foreign trade zone number three apply uniform treatment under what conditions to all users and applicants within the zone. either foreign treatment doesn't require acceptance of all proposals by zone participants, but rather the bases for grantees like our decision on a particular proposal, it must be consistent with the uniform treatment requirements. foreign trade zone number three is a local contact for all foreign trade zone operates. this early this consists of the chevron facility in richmond, the valero refinery which was approved in 2010, the 66 refinery in rodeo which was approved in 2014. the expediters international logistics and distribution facility in brisbane which is also just approved last year, most recently, the aviation's air freight facility at san francisco airport which was just approved this may. these companies will the total va

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michael himes, san francisco public utilities commission. i'm just going to supplement actually the remarks that executive officer freed made. i thought his comments were spot on. earlier today in response to request by the department of elections, our department submitted a letter addressing the potential impacts of the proposed ballot initiative regarding renewable energy. to highlight a couple points from that letter that sort is a addition to the points that mr. freed made. first a observation about the potential impact of the measure is that it creates a new definition of renewable green house gas electricity that is inconsistent with state law. the proposed energy clean right act addresses the issue by tying the terms clean green to definitions in state law. mr. freed also referred to the issue around roof top solar and thought he captured that well. additionally, the proposed initiative has the potential to increase cost to a cca program without necessarily providing additional environmental benefits. the issue here really is how narr

it had to connect the power to a new utility box before the generator could be removed.ologized and paid for the family's hotel stay. >>> fastrak is getting an upgrade. it will help drivers along the i-580 corridor from pleasanton to livermore. the device is adjustable. it can allow users to switch between a single driver to three people or more. >>> it's a tough dilemma for many doctors. how sick is too sick to show up for work? a new survey shows 82% of physicians have worked while under the weather in the last year and their symptoms fairly serious from high fevers to upset stomachs. despice the risk, doctors say two pressures make them pull through; looking unprofessional to colleagues and letting their patients down. >>> falls are one of the major causes of serious injury for seniors. >> cate cauguiran shows us a new way that starts by having them sit down. >> reporter: every morning the senior community at fremont's gardens put aside their walkers to sit down and work out. >> rather than regular thai chai it's chair thai chi. >> reporter: it's a modified version of

the california public utilities commission voted to increase the rate structure.u's tom vacar reports. the new plan includes breaks for big energy users. >>> for many years those who used less, paid less. big users paid more. worried the big users are paying more than their fair share, the commissioners changed the way rates will be calculated. soon bills will reflect the real cost of getting power to you. >> the majority of rate payers are going to see an increase in their monthly bills. so that the high end users, most of them will get a discount. that is what we think makes no sense. it is unfair. >> reporter: i put the question to the new president who pushed for the change. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> the president said it depends on the rate request the utilities bring before him. some increases could take place over the summer with most coming in the next 1-3 years. >> people should be rewarded for saving energy. not punished for it. i think that the p.u.c. remains very much under the thumb of the utility companies. >> reporter: even if they thin

going through the details on the issue of the relocation fees, can you address the issue of the utilities deposit? >> that-i know the property owner has a different take on that. we did include a e-mail based on the information that we received. we used the formula under state law and contacted the utilities and included the e-mail from the information that they provided us. we calculated that based on that it was straight forward. the property owner came up with something else but recall if they gave you information as to who they talked to and how it was calculated. we got one contact persons name which we put on that e-mail which is from my senior inspector [inaudible] and that was at the time we made contact so that is why i included that in your package. >> thank you. >> public comment? there are 3 minutes for public comment. if there is a interpreter, 6 minutes. you can come up. >> lisa [inaudible] i'm the attorney for the tenant. i justment to address a few points that mr. freedman brought up. he talks about a demand for 100 thousand dollars for relocation money. he fails to mentio

keep in mind atlantic city electric would have been hardest hit utility company by far with a majority of the half million customers affected on june 23rd. they thanked customers for their patients and hoped to streamline the the process moving forward. >> obviously we want to make improvement to the process and if we can do something different, that is what we're looking for. >> reporter: atlantic city electric with pse and g have both vowed they will increase their preparedness and communication efforts. reporting from gloucester county alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> there are new developments in the battle over pop up beer garden in philadelphia's point breeze neighborhood. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live with those details todd. >> reporter: ukee, these taps have run drew, this once popular beer garden now sits empty but that is all about to change. developer john lawnacre showed me rooftop view from the atlantic city apartment building he is renovating. >> look at that view. it is a lot of potential. >> reporter: while this project moves forward

they have different designs common heritage, manufacturing, and utilize different trajectories. the failure of the three system shows the difficulty to operate in space. but this is not churl we are operating the systems and we think if only it would provide more oversight to lower the cost of cargo delivery but said demand to escape gravity is the same level of risk the matter how much insight we have. but to give us insight to help us understand we can get better designs. but to legislate can distract the team and even after these operations there were not impacted these are to the teams that manage and operate the iss their learning from the columbia tragedy with they had to operate without the shuttle for several years. with logistics' resupply they're proving their worth but they're not without consequences some of these performance goals will not be met they are at the avery research. does not enough to recover the impact of the delay of the flight that was required to have the teams understand the progress required it to the go three weeks longer than planned the impact h

after all, it's utilities and it's not just one utility, it's an aggregate, which aggregates move slower. i think you just take the money and walk away. >> these calls we bought which were the first strike out of the money, are now in the money by about a dollar. in fact when this thing was trading 43 1/2 and you had more than a double on your hands earlier this week i think the right thing to do here up 70% take the profits and run. >> let's get to a tweet here. jared is asking if you should buy into qualcomm via up side calls specifically. jan 65. what do you say? >> there's a push and pull here. we know the company's going to buy back a lot of stock, i think to the tune of $10 billion, 10% of the market cap here. i think defining your risk in a stock that acts so poorly in a space that acts so poorly makes sense. maybe looking out to jan in defining your risk. but the break even on those 65s is up about three bucks, 68. i don't see this thing over 70 anytime soon. >> time now for the final call. last word from the options pits. carter. >> we think that reducing exposure to heretofore

we also utilize some of the plot maps to keep parole up to speed with where a lot of these crimes are occurring. there was a plot map and that was just for the auto break ins which is remarkable when you think about how many are actually occurring. when the officers see this as tearival station they see the auto break in squz the robberies and the burbleries and the assaults and serious attacks and they can get a really good understand when they are out on their skneets understand they need to concentrate on these areas at specific times of the day. that is helpful because if we can suppress the crime just by being in a hot area it will keep our victimization down and that is what wree trying to prevent. it is about communicate within the company and the public. as far as i can speak for my team been doing this a long time and it is nice to be surrounded by such a energetic crew. there are 6 investigators under me now but we are one team and we work really well together. everybody on the team is very energetic and motivated and have seasoned investigators we are fortunate to have at t

for years the public utilities commission used a four-tier pricing system. once you use the amount allotted for tier one you move on to the next tier where price is higher. if you reach tiers 3 and 4 your rates for that power increases dramatically. under the new pricing system the highest power users get a break by paying less than they have in order to balance things out those who consume less see a slightly higher power bill. the utility reform network calls it unfair. >> that really makes no sense, is completely unfair. we think customers should be rewarded for saving energy not punished. >> reporter: many in san francisco say this is far from a compromise. >> the people that use the most should pay the most as far as i'm concerned just like water usage. >> thinking about another increase in cost. that's very frustrating. >> reporter: the three major utility companies in the state including pg&e can begin increasing rates within 60 days. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> nine people including three children escaped from a burning home in san jose this mor

tony: that was katie miller there with the san francisco public utilities commission. so, bottom line, how much will all this cost? well, water officials estimate, just to catch up and be where we need to be, that price tag is about $1 billion over the next 10 years. to buy those upgrades, you're likely looking at higher fees and water bills. when we return-- mark: there was a terrible thing that happened at camp tawonga, and i have every reason to believe it could have been avoided. tony: a tragic death of a counselor at a summer camp. why some say it didn't have to happen. you'll see the documents that tell this story next. unit, call our tip line at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. tony: it's that time of year when temperatures are rising and the kids are headed to summer camp. tonight, a tragedy that raises questions about camp safety. two summers ago, a falling tree killed an art teacher and injured three others. thousands of court documents reviewed by the investigative unit appear to show it was a tragedy that could've been prevented.

she has been recognized by her colleagues at other utilities as being one that has brought them together in, i think, in a very significant way to bring this whole issue up to where it should be and the attention being paid to it. cheryl really has been the driving force behind it. so i'm very sorry to see her go, because it's truly a success. she ran an open house here last year and literally hundreds and hundreds of people attends those open houses. she has been recognized across our industry by different associations. she was actually a founding member of the water reuse association of northern california and president of that association for a number of years and very interested in diversifying our water supply as well and as been recognized by her colleagues as well for that. it's very sad to see cheryl retiring because of her wealth of knowledge and she is always one to be open and free with information to all of us who are working here today. so that i say congratulations cheryl, on your retirement and hopefully if you would like to come up and say a few words, we would like to he

so maybe we'll see some mono rotate back to the safe domestic utilities.ssive portfolio serving more than 5 million customers along 11 states. they had a terrific year but aep has come down more than 20%. still at the levels the stock gives you a bountiful 3.9% yield. plus american power had a 7 cents beat over the 81 cents basis. this is a robust quarter, the company boosted the full year guidance. nonetheless, it fell just over 60 cents in part because it was dragged down by the rest of the utility complex. however, that kind of battle for a yield, some good strength across a host of states. i have to wonder if aep is starting to look attractive. let's look closer with nick akins, and hear more about the quarter and his company's prospect. welcome back. >> great to be with you again. >> i will hope you'll explain to the viewers because many own your stock, a utility isn't like a lot of other companies. a company -- if a tech company were to report the kind of earnings surprise you did, the stock might go up big. that's not how big it works for american e

>> it depends on the utility. and it depends upon whether or not you have to increase your energy use because of the heat. i'm sorry. these -- >> reporter: so -- >> stays the same, if all things did stay the same some people will start to pay their more fair share cost of operating the grid. >> reporter: he says he doesn't believe low rates drive energy efficiency anyway. but consumer advocates disagree argue, the current rate structure encourages people to conserve energy by saving them money. >> we think customers should be rewarred for saving energy, not punished, they should be rewarded. the majority of ratepayers were going to see an increase in their monthly bills, so that the high-end users most of them will get a discount. that's going to be the impact. >> now, the utility reform network there also criticized the puc for reviving this proposal late wednesday and voting on it today on a federal holiday when many are out of town. they say they haven't had a chance to analyze the new structure but they expect

yes, so you may have been reading in the newspaper recently, the california public utilities commission is making some rated structure changes for residential customers and those are rate changes that affect pg&e's customers. the changes that the cpuc, the california puc will compress pg&e's four-tiered residential rate structure into two tiers over next few years. this will increase the total cost of electricity to low-usage customers, and it will reduce the cost to high-usage customers. it won't really have an impact on clean power sf and the rates- the not to exceed rates that you adopted. the new rate structure that has been adopted by the california puc for pg&e, redistributes costs between transmission and distribution functions, from high-usage tiers to the lower-usage tiers. the clean power sf program competes with pg&e's generation component of the rate, not the transmission and distribution component. so that generation rate was flattened several years ago for residential customers, which means that these customers pay the same rate for generation, regardless of how much they

i would like to call to order the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. [roll call vote] >> item 4, public comment. mr.do costa. >> commissioner, the last timei was here they were not here. some of our constituents steve lawrence i could name another eight or nine. they paid their dues. what it means to pay their dues in the old days, as i can remember, you did your homework. if your heart was in the right place. you did what was right to make things right. so now, i know people come here and they listened to the deliberations. but you commissioners should ask yourselves, how many of you that are here really know the history of san francisco. how many of those who are here participated in the workshops, the sewer assistance improvement projects. and what was said about them that made sense. not the little things that were said about legalities by those that were to take us to a better place. if you look at a shipyard. any time you look at a shipyard, it is a superfund site. if you look at a shipyard, you have a, b c, all that has been conveyed. now, you c

the code didn't allow 3 units for the rh3 zone we're not changing the zoning but want to utilize that and make it into a legal unit in terms of parking that was raised there's a garage on the ground level it has 3 spaces the code requires one spaces for every 3 unit we're in experience and i think in general i know the dr requester raised concerns of the residential guidelines and the physical structure you know that is important to needed we have an exist structure we're not proposing any exterior authorizations only the rear where the fire escape and the stairs to reinforce so look at the guidelines those specifically when i look at the text of the residential guidelines they apply to the projects that modify the buildings height and depth this is not that significant there are no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances i realize that the past history may not be the best history we can only go forward we ask you not take dr to have 3 legal units one on each floor with the dr requesters that that concludes my remarks. >> any speakers in support of dr requester. >> seeing none dr r

gene otani from our business desk is here to tell us what japan's utility industry proposed to do for the new target. >> well, they plan to do a lot. they have some ambitious goals. officials say they will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by the year 2030. the energy sector is japan's largest emitter of co2 gases. the target refers to the amount of gases emitted from one kilowatt of energy. the cut will bring them back to pre-fukushima levels in 2010. 50 nuclear power plants were online at that time. japan has imported massive quantities of fossil fuels since the nuclear disaster in 2011. utilities will have to generate more energy from renewable sources and restart some nuclear plabts to achieve the goal of cutting gases. but it's not clear how the energy sector can achieve the target. they say they want more concrete details. industry ministry officials in japan have devised a plan to develop new technologies for coal-fired power generation. they hope to cut carbon dioxide emissions in ten years. it calls for building large energy efficient plant by the early 2020s called energy