All right. This hearing will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Good afternoon, welcome to todays hearing. The future of electricity delivery, modernizing and securing our nations electricity grid. I want to thank all of our witnesses for joining us here today. This is such an important topic. Im a young guy as you can tell but i have read history about what it was like when we first started building the electric grid over a century ago now. I dont think we could have imagined the technologies that we would use to power or homes and businesses and hospitals and everything today. And i think the challenge is different, you know, back then the real challenge was just extending power itself throughout every corner of our society, and there was a challenge which was that those providing power knew they could make money in the cities in well Populated Areas in places with a lot of business and commercial opportunities, but it was not as p
Monday is when the deadline looms. Where do things stand right now . Yeah, monday is fast approaching. You know, the president as you see right there is back in the United States now at joint base andrews. We expect him here any minute now after gets off the plane, back to the white house. Now, he says that if we get a deal with mexico, they will buy more agriculture from the United States, if we dont, then the tariffs will go into effect. Now, thats a little confusing, that tweet that he put out, thats because this is supposed to be about illegal immigration coming to the southern border and mexicos help with illegal immigration. The negotiators are working today on the asylum part of this, having Asylum Seekers wait in mexico before their Court Hearing here in the United States. As of right now, the plan is to impose those tariffs on monday. The president has all the options on the table. But talks have been very collegial, amicable, and, you know, my briefing on them has been that t
Kudlow. Well President Biden is facing increasing pressure to act with a stronger hand following yet another attack by iran backed Houthi Rebels in the red sea yesterday. The total number of attacks on commercial shipping vehicles continue to rise as critics are looking to the president to take more action. Grady trimble is live in d. C. With all the details. Grady. Reporter david, after pausing operations in the red sea Major Shipping Companies are starting to resume them but they still face the threat of attacks from Houthi Rebels as they do that. French shipping company, cma, is the latest to announce it will gradually increase the number of ships going through the red sea. They follow maersk but just yesterday houthi militants claimed responsibility for yet another attack on a container ship bringing the total number of attacks on International Vessels to 21 and this one comes after defense secretary lloyd austin announced operation prosperity guardian, aimed at protecting commerci
Chan. We okay . Were good now. Public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first, and then we will take those who are waiting on the telephone line. If you wish to provide Public Comment remotely, the call in information is scrolling across the screen. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussion youre muted, but you will be muted in in listening mode only when your item of interest comes up and Public Comment is called. Those joining us in person should line up to speak, and those on the telephone should dial star three. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways. Email them to myself. The clerk at alisa, alisa samarra s o m e r a at sfgovtv. Org or you may submit your written comments via Us Postal Service to our office at city hall one. Doctor Carlton B Goodlett place, room 244, San Francisco, california 94102. If you submit written Public Comment, it will be forward
Allowed to speak first, and then we will take those who are waiting on the telephone line. If you wish to provide Public Comment remotely, the call in information is scrolling across the screen. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussion youre muted, but you will be muted in in listening mode only when your item of interest comes up and Public Comment is called. Those joining us in person should line up to speak, and those on the telephone should dial star three. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways. Email them to myself. The clerk at alisa, alisa samarra s o m e r a at sfgovtv. Org or you may submit your written comments via Us Postal Service to our office at city hall one. Doctor Carlton B Goodlett place, room 244, San Francisco, california 94102. If you submit written Public Comment, it will be forwarded to the commissioners and included as part of the official file. Madam chair, that concludes my communications. Thank you