Information about those jobs and union labor which has been a hot top he can and if youre interested, we can pass that out. We have 20 fulltime employees at mce and we have venders and then weve been able to create jobs through energiy Energy Efficient program. Theyre creating and supporting jobs. So thats all about mce. And ill be happy to turn it to the next speaker. What has been your experience with shell. We partnered with shell when we first offered service and that was in 2010. We did an rfe for our Energy Renewable supply. At that time our board made a decision we wouldnt launch and get a minimum of 25 percent of Renewable Energy and shell did that. Our contract with them expired in 2017 which is the reason weve been on contracts for so many suppliers. To date, shell has been a good partner for us, but we understand that some people in our community dont because they provide electricity. You were partnering with pg and e. Whether youre with pg and e how green is the shell produ
Workable in marin and whether it was something that the customers in marin were interested in. When we launched in may of 2010, we needed 2. 2 million to get off the ground. Today our finances are looking really good. Weve got a budget of 100 million budget and were in net position of 8 million. We are providing service to approximately 125,000 customers in our service area which includes the county of marin but the city of richmond. The city much richmond expressed interest in joining Marin Clean Energy a couple of years ago and we started service to richmond customers last summer, so about exactly one year ago. Were assuming 77 of the customers in our area, so in marin and richmond and the other portion of those customers have decided to opt out and stay with say that again. Were serving 77 of the people in our area. And the other 77 percent opted out and remain with pch services. We have reduced by 131 million towns. Were governed by a board of directors. There are 13 directors, eac
About whether or not things are made public. I feel for you, because part of me think that is youre captured by those you are supposed to regulate, but then youre supposed to regulate those you are captured by. I could tell whether youre in charge or whether youre a minute a minion to them. The notion that you will say ill go after this im you know, i dont sense that you feel like you have any control over the situation, and if you have no control, if youre merely a monetary passthrough, why should you even exist . Well, i think the the reality is that while the issue we are talking about here i dont have a vote on, and i dont get to set those policies, i can certainly set the tone on it, and i can certainly be someone who voices a very loud opinion and says this is not right, this is inappropriate, these are the conflicts that exist when you have a policy and a practice like this on on your campus. When i first took the job, the very first summit i held in indianapolis was a summit on
Present, quickly pledged to support these local efforts in order to ensure full recovery. He created the Hurricane Sandy rebuilding task force to maximize cabinet level ordination in support of the work to rebuild this region. Ive been enormously proud to share this effort as we work to achieve two basic goals. One, to get the assistance you all thought so hard to make a reality to communities as quickly as possible, to meet the immediate needs and second to ensure the region rebuild stronger and smarter than before so its better equipped for future storms. Quickly and effectively. As you know, in january, working with all of you in the congress, state leaders fought tirelessly to get 50 billion in funding inlemental order to aid victims of the storm. Its been a priority to get these dollars into communities quickly and responsibly as possible. Thats why we thought it was critical to include several the supplemental that facilitated more efficient spending of these dollars. I want to p
Priority action items of these strategies. So we continue to work with them in that strategy is in progress and we hope to have that you shortly. I hope so. I know we have other members as well and i just want to make a statement for the record. And that is something that i have said over and over again in my 24 years of congress. At any time drugs under the territories it has this entity in the United States and sometimes it doesnt go to florida, texas, or new mexico and it should be fought in the same way and i want to thank you for your reply. Thank you. I would just like to note that we halfstep that will be meeting with your Saffron Party to update you on our progress. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And thank you, Michael Botticelli for your testimony today. I want to confine my remarks initially on weed. Because theres certainly been a lot of discussion about it from the medical side of the equation to the outright legalization for recreational use. And i have my own fairly