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utility practice. primarily under the electrical codes. there are standards to be met. buff faitwe are committing to tl district that we are applying those standards. >> this is on the global installation work? >> it is on the photovoltaic installation and electrical components. the objective here is for safe operation of an installed system and ensuring the school district that allowing us to install a solar generation system on the rooftop is not going to compromise the safety and integrity of the building, from the electrical standards perspective. >> i understand that. >> the question would be -- does this in some way -- say that you use historical project -- practices? >> good utility practice evolves over time. we would be meeting the current standards and current accepted approaches. it should not hold us back from being an innovator, but we would definitely need to stay within code requirements. phel>> does that apply to our employees and subcontractors? >> correct. >> i really do not want to b
utility practice. primarily under the electrical codes. there are standards to be met. buff faitwe are committing to tl district that we are applying those standards. >> this is on the global installation work? >> it is on the photovoltaic installation and electrical components. the objective here is for safe operation of an installed system and ensuring the school district that allowing us to install a solar generation system on the rooftop is not going to compromise the safety and...
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if the utilities can handle marketing aspect to their utilities to try to sway folks from participating, that it not be housed in to the same group as the utility's. we are trying to come up with recommendations on ways to mitigate the incumbent power that the utility has, both money and resources and information. as well as rules about how utilities should have on what they are able to say, that type of thing. commissioner campos: any questions? >> i think he hit on the major points i would have hit on. it is actually not a hearing on the contract itself. a contract actually plays a big part, but it is not actually part of the approval process. i wanted to make sure that was clear. he mentioned the meetings he would be having with the advocates and the discussion with mr. campbell and his staff to talk to them about what it looks like and have a look at where is the best place to go to start programs since we will be targeting for the initial launch? where the most customers located? those kinds of issues are what we will be looking at. hopefully we will be able to share a little more
if the utilities can handle marketing aspect to their utilities to try to sway folks from participating, that it not be housed in to the same group as the utility's. we are trying to come up with recommendations on ways to mitigate the incumbent power that the utility has, both money and resources and information. as well as rules about how utilities should have on what they are able to say, that type of thing. commissioner campos: any questions? >> i think he hit on the major points i...
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thank you, members of the public utilities commission the director, all of the members. the young people that we have talked to for a long time i look forward to the presentation today and i think that you would enjoy that. i think that we will start the agenda. we're not going to follow the agenda, per say. >> we have discussed the order of business and if there is not an objection by either of the commission's, what we would like to do is to hear about the 99 program. we have a lot of people who are part of that program. then, proceed to item 15 which is the discussion about the use of this facility and then proceed to public comment after that. if you can call item 16. >> overview of the 9910 program and the introduction of the clause, 2010. >> as we get into those, let me just say that some of us will be eating in front of you and i hate to do that but i hate more to let this good food go to waste and this is an opportunity to give another shouted out to spice it up catering for providing this food. >> good evening, commissioners and members of the public. i will be
thank you, members of the public utilities commission the director, all of the members. the young people that we have talked to for a long time i look forward to the presentation today and i think that you would enjoy that. i think that we will start the agenda. we're not going to follow the agenda, per say. >> we have discussed the order of business and if there is not an objection by either of the commission's, what we would like to do is to hear about the 99 program. we have a lot of...
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he has been able to utilize that. commissioner avalos: it has actually been very noisy in your corner of city hall with all the number crunching going on. like cereal or something in there. i was at sf-state a couple weeks ago, there was a teacher there, a professor that was to end all the work looking at doing a lot of research eight years ago. >> he is one of them, both of them put together the 2004-2005 report. i talked with both of them individually about what work they have and what work they currently are doing. >> colleagues, any other questions for staff? i have a brief question in terms of the next step, what we expect to see by the next meeting? >> i am hopeful we will be able to start talking about basic numbers and basic discussion to show you what information we have right now. in areas where there is something more detail. but the next meeting, i am hoping to have a more presentation -- to show what impact this has had or has not had and the city. commissioner campos: but don't we open it up for public c
he has been able to utilize that. commissioner avalos: it has actually been very noisy in your corner of city hall with all the number crunching going on. like cereal or something in there. i was at sf-state a couple weeks ago, there was a teacher there, a professor that was to end all the work looking at doing a lot of research eight years ago. >> he is one of them, both of them put together the 2004-2005 report. i talked with both of them individually about what work they have and what...
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there are other utility checks that use in-house lobbying services. was there a decision -- how did the decision, about to contract out, rather than provide this as in-house? >> >> we had conversations within the leadership of the puc. historically, we have used lobbyists in sacramento and they have done that quite well. they have discreet, concrete work plans that they go off of. there was not a lot of interest in stepping up. you will remember that this past year, we hired a director of the budget of legislative affairs to town in how we are using our work locally. that was seen as a priority more so than hiring an additional position. >> it has always been a five- year contract? fa>> the last ones were five years. did you know for how long? >> the last contract, and i have been here for the state and federal legislative lobbyist, it was two one year terms. >> at the same amount? >> yes. >> three year, plus two one- year's. >> yes. >> that sounds similar to what we do at the citywide contract in sacramento, right? >> one
there are other utility checks that use in-house lobbying services. was there a decision -- how did the decision, about to contract out, rather than provide this as in-house? >> >> we had conversations within the leadership of the puc. historically, we have used lobbyists in sacramento and they have done that quite well. they have discreet, concrete work plans that they go off of. there was not a lot of interest in stepping up. you will remember that this past year, we hired a...
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>> the public utilities bond oversight committee.ne seat and three applicants. >> i do believe our third applicant sent an e-mail to let us know he will no longer be able to be eligible to serve because he got a project in new zealand. i am sorry to see that because i've heard many good things about him. we did already here mr. sheehy, so i will call to see if karen donovan is here. thank you. >> i'm an attorney with the east bay utility district. proper legal career which spanned 20 years, i've worked with its borders players. i have worked with pretty much all of the major water suppliers in the bay area. while at the public utilities commission, i worked on issues related to planning for city projects and challenges to the city's rates as well as broader water supply and rights issues. i work on legal issues related to the planning for the east bay mud project and work on an array of issues related to the capital projects we undertake for water and waste-water utility at east bay mud. i've lived in san francisco for 14 years. i ha
>> the public utilities bond oversight committee.ne seat and three applicants. >> i do believe our third applicant sent an e-mail to let us know he will no longer be able to be eligible to serve because he got a project in new zealand. i am sorry to see that because i've heard many good things about him. we did already here mr. sheehy, so i will call to see if karen donovan is here. thank you. >> i'm an attorney with the east bay utility district. proper legal career which...
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it would help to subsidize that the way that most utilities would help to subsidize a growing customer base. there would be more work at year's 70 and we would be getting more money and more power. after they get the power and use the power and give us the money, will -- , we would reimburse $1.5 million. it is not to america's cup, it is to appear 70 and work done by an existing customer out there, vastly increasing the amount of work they're doing. >> there was the implication that there might be some impact on rate-payers. it is important to be clear that from an accounting standpoint, except for a sting operation, revenues and costs do not impact water or sewer rates. >> right, each enterprise has to be separated out. >> thank you. >> and in this case, this ratepayer will be paying this money as it gets put back. the second item that he raised was potential deficit for westside recycle water. he had mentioned a new pipeline that cost more money. and that we should get more information. of course, we will. we are going into environmental review in the future and will be going back t
it would help to subsidize that the way that most utilities would help to subsidize a growing customer base. there would be more work at year's 70 and we would be getting more money and more power. after they get the power and use the power and give us the money, will -- , we would reimburse $1.5 million. it is not to america's cup, it is to appear 70 and work done by an existing customer out there, vastly increasing the amount of work they're doing. >> there was the implication that...
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tied to this, we implemented an action plan to increase utilization across the nation. as a result, our utilization performance between february 2011 and february 2012 improved by 200%. in addition to ait, we're employing cat bps technology. it will eventually replace the current procedures used to detect fraudulent or altered documents. we will deploy this technology for operational testing at a few airports beginning next month. technology is only one mechanism to identify potential threats. the spot program uses behavior observation and analysis to identify potentially high-risk individuals who may pose a threat to transportation security. spot was is effectcally validated in 2011 by the dhs science and technology division representing the most thorough analysis of any behavioral screening program to date. no other counterterrorism or similar security program is known to have been subjected to such a rigorous systematic evaluation. this study revealed that spot was significantly more effective at identifying high-risk passengers than random screening protocols. that
tied to this, we implemented an action plan to increase utilization across the nation. as a result, our utilization performance between february 2011 and february 2012 improved by 200%. in addition to ait, we're employing cat bps technology. it will eventually replace the current procedures used to detect fraudulent or altered documents. we will deploy this technology for operational testing at a few airports beginning next month. technology is only one mechanism to identify potential threats....
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if something's easy to utilize, guess what happens, it gets utilized. what we know is, all these supposed benefits on i.t. aren't going to drive any efficiency, they're going to make us have a more compact medical record that nobody looks at. if you talk to doctors in terms of a computerized model now, who are using it because it got so many spots, they don't look at it, they put a note at the bottom of it, and says, here's what i did. now we're playing the game on i.t., but we're not going to utilize it, and it's not going to save us significant money. it will save us information money on when somebody doesn't have something over here and you need it, you can go get it, but right now the first test out of that is it causes increased utilization rather than decreased utilization, with no change in outcome for the patie tient. >> the question from twitter is, do you think things might change if mr. santorum or mr. romney wins in november? >> ll health care? here's what i know assen accountant, a businessman and a physician. we're on an unsustainable cour
if something's easy to utilize, guess what happens, it gets utilized. what we know is, all these supposed benefits on i.t. aren't going to drive any efficiency, they're going to make us have a more compact medical record that nobody looks at. if you talk to doctors in terms of a computerized model now, who are using it because it got so many spots, they don't look at it, they put a note at the bottom of it, and says, here's what i did. now we're playing the game on i.t., but we're not going to...
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the san francisco public utilities commission and would install utility-grade meter to measure the actual act. electricity use so we can pass around that force and charge. working met elaine, we estimate that the capital outlay for the project would be approximately six planform million dollars. that covers the capital cost, and debt service reserve, and a p the long-term debt solution is some months off. mayor lee and supervisor: have introduced a supplemental appropriation ordinance that the board of supervisors that would reappropriate some money from the back land project, part of the 2010 revenue bonds project. it has been designed. it is ready to go to construction this summer. the proposal here would be to borrow funds on a temporary basis from that project until the long-term debt proceeds are available. elaine has been working with
the san francisco public utilities commission and would install utility-grade meter to measure the actual act. electricity use so we can pass around that force and charge. working met elaine, we estimate that the capital outlay for the project would be approximately six planform million dollars. that covers the capital cost, and debt service reserve, and a p the long-term debt solution is some months off. mayor lee and supervisor: have introduced a supplemental appropriation ordinance that the...
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in, utility-linked loan insures that you already have a customer lined up. you have a customer lined up from the get go which also should give a measure of confidence. my question is would it make sense for the congress to really step back now and set up different categories that recognize fundamentally different risks to the taxpayers? and you measure, for example, something that would insure that there was a market from the get go. that could be one category. something else which was exciting and promising but didn't have the same level of support be a different category. my question to you is, would it make sense to restructure the loan guarantee statute along the lines of recognizing different risks to taxpayers? >> senator, i think that's an excellent thought. i think you do have a wide variety of loans in this program. there needs to be great clarity about the purposes of the programs as a whole and what they're designed to achieve. one of the causes of controversy about this program is that there are differing expectations about what this is supposed
in, utility-linked loan insures that you already have a customer lined up. you have a customer lined up from the get go which also should give a measure of confidence. my question is would it make sense for the congress to really step back now and set up different categories that recognize fundamentally different risks to the taxpayers? and you measure, for example, something that would insure that there was a market from the get go. that could be one category. something else which was exciting...
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shut off utilities if it's safe to do it. you report it. we can cordon off the area just to make sure nobody else goes in the area. definitely tell the fire chief or whoever and we can go in there and try to do it safely. when we talk about search and rescue, i really want to make a distinction between searching and rescuing. searching is really basically looking for people; right? once we find a person we switch modes and go into this rescue mode. when we talk about search and rescue, try not to get it too mixed up because you think dfrpbtly based on what you are doing. if you are searching, you think about certain things and if you are rescuing somebody, you think about other things. the first rule, of course, would be do not become a victim yourself. whenever you do a search, you have to preplan. you have to understand who is doing what. we suggest that you work in two teams of at least two people, so that's at least four people doing a search at the very, very, very least. you want a team on the outside and a team on the inside. proper
shut off utilities if it's safe to do it. you report it. we can cordon off the area just to make sure nobody else goes in the area. definitely tell the fire chief or whoever and we can go in there and try to do it safely. when we talk about search and rescue, i really want to make a distinction between searching and rescuing. searching is really basically looking for people; right? once we find a person we switch modes and go into this rescue mode. when we talk about search and rescue, try not...
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utility controls, correct? how about medical? did medical? okay, as i said, my name is alec, i'm on truck 11. let's go into some light search and rescue. before you start, what do you do? stop, look, listen and think. any time you pull up to an incident or you see something, you take a breath, assess the situation, use all your senses and think about what you are going to do. those are all components of what we call the size-up. there are many components to size up. what's one of the components to size up? gathering facts. you want to assess the type of damage there is. what kind of situation is it? what is the issue? is it a medical problem? if it's a medical, is it a big hurt or a little hurt? is it a rescue situation and if it's a fire, do you have the resources to control or extinguish that fire? how about your situation, do you have all your people? do you have all the resources that you need? have you collected all the material that you need if you are going to start doing a lifting exercise because someone is trapped? because you never
utility controls, correct? how about medical? did medical? okay, as i said, my name is alec, i'm on truck 11. let's go into some light search and rescue. before you start, what do you do? stop, look, listen and think. any time you pull up to an incident or you see something, you take a breath, assess the situation, use all your senses and think about what you are going to do. those are all components of what we call the size-up. there are many components to size up. what's one of the components...
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there is a concern that it is overkill, over utilization of computers. particularly, in school, when teachers are asking you to do all your school work on computers. when they get to school, to do projects on computers. my question is, in terms of how you are funding these programs, on an overarching level, how are you approaching the utilization of computers for learning versus learning people to people, developing those communication skills, socialization skills. it seems we are fast-tracking, pure and simple, the art of conversation, or the art of communicating with each other and having -- learning how to do problem-solving and those kinds of things. so my question to you is, how are you approaching that challenge of still having kids come up -- i mean, some are perhaps not even using computers -- and they need to develop their computer skills and work with that technology nurseversus and over utilizatiof computers for learning. has that been a challenge that you have been addressing? hasn't even been looked at as a problem that you have? >> yes, tha
there is a concern that it is overkill, over utilization of computers. particularly, in school, when teachers are asking you to do all your school work on computers. when they get to school, to do projects on computers. my question is, in terms of how you are funding these programs, on an overarching level, how are you approaching the utilization of computers for learning versus learning people to people, developing those communication skills, socialization skills. it seems we are...
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. >> regarding the mercury and air toxic standards, if utilities need a one-year extension, they need to request it from their local permitting authorities. in my case, the department of environmental quality in the state of michigan. what assurances can you provide that epa will not override the permitting authority's decision to grant that one-year extension? >> well, first, i believe very strongly that state permitting agencies having run a permit agency myself are the front line and know their individual permitees best, and second, the president of the united states ordered an executive order for epa to give the additional year to be lenient and to work to ensure that states did it. it's still their ultimate authority to decide whether to give it, but epa is at no posed or poised to override the president's executive order. >> madam administrators, utilities in the state of michigan are concerned that they'll first have to be in violation of the mercury and air toxic standards before requesting a second-year waiver to comply with the new standards. is that the case? yes or no? >>
. >> regarding the mercury and air toxic standards, if utilities need a one-year extension, they need to request it from their local permitting authorities. in my case, the department of environmental quality in the state of michigan. what assurances can you provide that epa will not override the permitting authority's decision to grant that one-year extension? >> well, first, i believe very strongly that state permitting agencies having run a permit agency myself are the front line...
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we're also calling the local utility companies as well, trying to get more information. as soon as we find out more, we'll obviously bring you an update. we're live in san francisco, alex savage, ktvu news. >>> ktvu tara mor areaty has the latest. >> reporter: you can see where the person with a white car slams into a utility pole. miraculously she walked away without a scratch. it snagged wires and pg&e is out here because they had to shut down power since those were hot. the woman was driving northbound on washington avenue when she veered off the road and hit the pole head on. because of the danger of live wires, pg&e cut off power. one of the businesses, nick's family restaurant. customers were sitting inside and now they're eating in the dark. >> we're just going to have to wait for the power to come back and let some people go without paying. >> now, i'm standing over this high voltage area. this is the hole they had the go in to shut power off. we can see there's a couple of lanes blocked off here. pg&e crews say they're taking their time cleaning up this accident
we're also calling the local utility companies as well, trying to get more information. as soon as we find out more, we'll obviously bring you an update. we're live in san francisco, alex savage, ktvu news. >>> ktvu tara mor areaty has the latest. >> reporter: you can see where the person with a white car slams into a utility pole. miraculously she walked away without a scratch. it snagged wires and pg&e is out here because they had to shut down power since those were hot....
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this new blue tiger basically utilizes a stylist to write on your ipad. the cool thing about this, it only responds to the stylist. if you touch it, it's not going to do anything while you're utilizing this system. if yo wrist brushes the pad or po can ys on the paitd on't comfortably rest your hand on the display while you write. >> why would i want to write in cursive or write at all on my ipad. >> maybe you are an author like hemingway and wanted all your works to be handwritten but also wanted the electronic copy. you get the best of both worlds. this utilizes not only your ipad but your iphone and through blue tooth technology hook the two together and you're playing a ukule ukulele. the ipad you strum, the iphone is the chord. >> who's going to love this zoey deshen nel. she can be more hip and use this thing. >> the girl that is singing in this video sounds a little like zoey. ♪ >> she's singing elvis presley's "i can't help falling in love with you." put it in your bag and the phone in your purse and travel with it easily and when you get bored on
this new blue tiger basically utilizes a stylist to write on your ipad. the cool thing about this, it only responds to the stylist. if you touch it, it's not going to do anything while you're utilizing this system. if yo wrist brushes the pad or po can ys on the paitd on't comfortably rest your hand on the display while you write. >> why would i want to write in cursive or write at all on my ipad. >> maybe you are an author like hemingway and wanted all your works to be handwritten...
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yeah, there are some issues with the rural utility service and some of the loans and some of them being called in in spite of the fact that companies haven't yet utilized all the funds, and so -- we'll have to deal with that with rural development and usda, but thank you very much. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, we're very aware that you prepared the fiscal 2013 budget in advance of recent congressional action on voluntary incentive auctions, which will greatly affect the future of spectrum availability. these will be the most complex the fcc conducted to date. please update us on the agency's plan for these auctions as it stands now understanding that things will change as we move forward. we won't press you for a figure today, but i imagine there will be additional administrative costs associated with these auctions. can you comment on that? >> well, the auctions will be, present and opportunity to deliver a great return for the american economy and the american people. raise billions of dollars for the treasury, for the spectrum, for ipads and other mobile devices. it also willi isbe
yeah, there are some issues with the rural utility service and some of the loans and some of them being called in in spite of the fact that companies haven't yet utilized all the funds, and so -- we'll have to deal with that with rural development and usda, but thank you very much. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, we're very aware that you prepared the fiscal 2013 budget in advance of recent congressional action on voluntary incentive auctions, which will greatly affect the future of...
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we will utilize our citizens advisory committee. we may have some assistance with some high level advice. this is the effort that we are working on and our program management consultant is working very actively on this said that we can meet a tight deadline to get back to you in june and lay out the scope, the schedule, and the cash flows and have a dialogue with you as to what this program will be. right now, they are validating. this is confirming our level of service and this may be something that we have to do. some of those may be refined as we get into this. what we need to do is to identify these projects. the timing, the cost, and the schedule, and then we work with finance to be able to determine cash flows and rate in packs. i imagine that we will have a lot of these. we can knock this out. this is a rather rigorous process. it requires us to do a lot of modeling. we have a very robust system out there. this is working very well, it has to work very well. we are looking at reductions to see how we could improve progress on
we will utilize our citizens advisory committee. we may have some assistance with some high level advice. this is the effort that we are working on and our program management consultant is working very actively on this said that we can meet a tight deadline to get back to you in june and lay out the scope, the schedule, and the cash flows and have a dialogue with you as to what this program will be. right now, they are validating. this is confirming our level of service and this may be...
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. >> hearing to consider appointing one member to the public utilities revenue board oversight committee. there is one seat and 3 applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe that two of the three applicants are hopefully still here. we have jussive -- joseph sheehy and. it is the same format as before. if he could speak to your background in terms of how relates to this seat and maybe principles or values you would like to bring in. >> i am a fourth generation san franciscan. "i left my heart in san francisco" was written by my cousin. i was educated at san francisco state. i have a degree in chemistry and biochemistry and i am also a dentist. as to my qualifications, i served on two previous boards, on the board of golden gate yacht club that is during the america's cup now. i also served on the board of the olympic club. i am very passionate about water issues. i spent my youth backpacking and camping in the area around the hetch hetchy, around cherry lake and i know this area very well. i know the system -- i will not say i am an expert. i know the system from studying it just fo
. >> hearing to consider appointing one member to the public utilities revenue board oversight committee. there is one seat and 3 applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe that two of the three applicants are hopefully still here. we have jussive -- joseph sheehy and. it is the same format as before. if he could speak to your background in terms of how relates to this seat and maybe principles or values you would like to bring in. >> i am a fourth generation san franciscan....
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she has passed a very valuable law that allows these stations not to be considered as utilities.incentivizes the private sector to join the public sector. i want to remind everybody, i know that they have this on his mind. hydroelectric power is the cleanest power you can possibly have has a source. for us in the bay area, the strongest source of that has the dam. it is the one that we value the most because it produces clean and efficient energy. it is transmitted throughout the bay area. it preserves and generates the cleanest energy. it is not only the present use for the charging stations, i believe it will also be considered to be of great part of our future for electric charging. again, there are efforts in and outside of our city that suggest what i have considered to be an insane idea to get rid of our hech hechi dam. i believe that is misleading and false advertising. that is our future. i think that they need to understand the hydroelectric power is the way forward along with solar and the other sources that we are creating and the united states to be independent from o
she has passed a very valuable law that allows these stations not to be considered as utilities.incentivizes the private sector to join the public sector. i want to remind everybody, i know that they have this on his mind. hydroelectric power is the cleanest power you can possibly have has a source. for us in the bay area, the strongest source of that has the dam. it is the one that we value the most because it produces clean and efficient energy. it is transmitted throughout the bay area. it...
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we know all of this comes together with our other utilities. puc is here because they are going to help. every time we break up the street, we will look at opportunities to see what else we can do with our sewers and water systems so that we coordinate all of this. we will use every opportunity to be smart in come on, and beneath the streets as we do the infrastructure. bge and at&t and other utilities will be coordinating with us. we want to do it right and use the precious money. i know that rings well with our board president chiu adjuster arrived. he knows this is a precious moment. we worked on the first effort that did not succeed. it hurts when we cannot get that stuff done. we will adhere to the rigors of our 10-year capital plan brian knows how hard it is to get all of the department's and agencies together to understand what we're doing with the 10-year capital plan. there are a lot of elements. as mayor, i want you to know that this is my new desk. it is global. it will be the kind of desk that i like working at. this is the one that
we know all of this comes together with our other utilities. puc is here because they are going to help. every time we break up the street, we will look at opportunities to see what else we can do with our sewers and water systems so that we coordinate all of this. we will use every opportunity to be smart in come on, and beneath the streets as we do the infrastructure. bge and at&t and other utilities will be coordinating with us. we want to do it right and use the precious money. i know...
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as utility them up, you can't have them close together anymore. as you can see my hands are shading each other here. you have to start separating them so they don't wind up casting shadows on each other. if you're able to get less panels in a given area. >> i would love to take a look at one of these solar panels if you have something that we can look at. are they heavy? what's the deal with this? >> you're 150, 100 something pound person walking on your roof. >> 150? >> i'm 150 pounds. >> carl! >> most modern houses are designed to take the weight of a solar panel instaglation. >> i don't have to worry about panels falling in on me? >> hopefully not. >> hopefully not. >> if you have a good contractor, they'll do their due diligence. they'll do their homework. it's better for the industry if everyone does their homework and does the calculations to make sure the system is going to last 20 years, 30 years. >> that is another question. what is the lifetime of the system? do you have to have the solar panels replaced periodically? >> no, actually the
as utility them up, you can't have them close together anymore. as you can see my hands are shading each other here. you have to start separating them so they don't wind up casting shadows on each other. if you're able to get less panels in a given area. >> i would love to take a look at one of these solar panels if you have something that we can look at. are they heavy? what's the deal with this? >> you're 150, 100 something pound person walking on your roof. >> 150? >>...