you for your patience, and congratulations. [applause] thank you very much. the owner of the place we are standing right now, with us today is one of the straight shooters who was with us throughout the process. good morning. welcome to potrero power plant. i m president of the california operations of a company called genon, which is a new name to most of you. it is the result of a merger between the company you do recognize and reliant, which took place just a few weeks ago. it was a little over three years ago that a number of us attended an event just on the other side of our offense, celebrating the signing of a term sheet agreement that in many ways anticipated today, and i would say it has been a bit of a roller coaster to get from there to here, but we are here today and happy to celebrate this event. it is a day of mixed emotions for me and my colleagues. on one hand, we are happy to celebrate this milestone, which will eliminate the last big power plant in the c
dirty power plant in san francisco, so the big question we have been asking is not whether this goes away, but when does this go away. today, you will hear the official announcement. the first one to try to answer that question there will be two people doing it is our mayor, who was so instrumental in making this happen, mayor gavin newsom. mayor newsom: thank you for coming out. i know it is called, and i know you are worried because i get so excited about some of these issues. this is something that is near and dear to all of us. we would not be here had it not been a point of intense purpose and passion that unites all of us in terms of our desire to shut this power plant down. there are a lot of champions of this effort. most importantly, the community. the people of the southeast sector that demanded that we reconcile the fact that we had two of the most polluting power plants in california that were operating not too many years ago. we were successful finally in shu
two people doing it is our mayor, who was so instrumental in making this happen, mayor gavin newsom. mayor newsom: thank you for coming out. i know it is called, and i know you are worried because i get so excited about some of these issues. this is something that is near and dear to all of us. we would not be here had it not been a point of intense purpose and passion that unites all of us in terms of our desire to shut this power plant down. there are a lot of champions of this effort. most importantly, the community. the people of the southeast sector that demanded that we reconcile the fact that we had two of the most polluting power plants in california that were operating not too many years ago. we were successful finally in shuttering the hunters point plant in 2006, and we then turned our intent attention intensely on shutting down the potrero power plant. to say so is quite easy. we can hold hands, passed resolutions, have candlelight vigils and talk about the is
basically converting it through a process that kept our street lights on in the 19th century and allowed us to have cooking oil at home. it was a big part of san francisco s indiana foundation, but it gets to a point where we turn our back to the old ways of doing things and we d probably lift our heads to a new way of doing things. really, this day marks the occasion as much or more than anything else. thank you all very much. [applause] . thank you. as the mayor said, a lot of people were providing information, sending messages to sacramento, but none of this would have been worthwhile if there was not someone listening to us as we sent those messages. with us today, the ceo and president of the california independent iso. thank you very much. of course, this is a historic day. the plant is historic, and shutting the plant is historic. on its own face, this plan has been far art of date. more recently, it has actually provided a security cushion for san francisco, sho
good morning. in the general manager of san francisco utilities commission, and we are here for a moment this occasion. we are at the potrero, the last dirty power plant in san francisco, so the big question we have been asking is not whether this goes away, but when does this go away. today, you will hear the official announcement. the first one to try to answer that question there will be two people doing it is our mayor, who was so instrumental in making this happen, mayor gavin newsom. mayor newsom: thank you for coming out. i know it is called, and i know you are worried because i get so excited about some of these issues. this is something that is near and dear to all of us. we would not be here had it not been a point of intense purpose and passion that unites all of us in terms of our desire to shut this power plant down. there are a lot of champions of this effort. most importantly, the community. the people of the southeast sector that demanded that we reconcile