live now to the day-longs u.s. energy association s forum on the state of the energy industry following opening remarks, the first discussion of the event will include representatives of the wind, solar, coal mining and oil and gas industries. this is live coverage on c-span 3. sheila is probably, no offense to others, but probably the best energy lawyer in the united states of america. she s a head of the washington office. she s been on our board for quite a while and was elected last april as our board chairman. so please join me in welcoming and thanking in advance sheila. thank you. thank you. thanks, barry. well, welcome, everyone, and we re still in january, so it s an appropriate time to kick off the issues of the day and when you get right down to it, there is no more issue of the day that is more compelling, fascinating, more amazing and more important than energy and all the issues associated with energy. so we have the best of the brightest here. we ve g