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But 55 was a credit, not a deduction. So, you took it right off your state income tax. Probably the biggest incentive that has ever been provided. But over the years times change, but still california at that time was leading the way in solar and building efficiency, and then very shortly after 1982 promulgated appliance efficiency standards. So, we did get the sense of Renewable Energy, efficiency, elegance in the way we handle resources. Today, of course, we know a lot more. We know about Clim...

Applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewabl...

Standard. Weve got to get and we do, we have a law in california encouraging storage because we cant just rely on the sunlight. applause weve got to bottle the sunlight. Youve probably heard about that. Were bottling sunlight. Well, that a metaphor for storage. But we can get it done. You know, in a time of war when the invading army comes, people rise to the occasion. But when the invasion is more subtle and more gradual, then what . Then it takes clarity, it takes courage, and it takes will, a...

Major, major problem after earthquakes actually. It is. Thats one of the big things. A lot of things falling over, ceilings collapsing. But all of this can be prevented by an expert coming in and assessing where those problem areas and often the fixes are really, really cheap. Who do you call when you want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done . The Structural Engineering community is great. We have the Structural Engineers association of Northern California right here in San Franci...

Several billion more. We know if the demographers are right, the world will add 2 billion people. We now have 2 billion cars. The last time there were a couple hundred million cars. In fact, cars are reproducing faster than people. [laughter] and as long as theyre using oil weve got a problem. Thats why in california we have a goal to have a million electric vehicles by 2025. applause so, thats just within the last two months, we actually recorded over 2000 megawatts of solar energy being put in...

To california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i wa...

Applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewabl...

The book. If it does change to 4 00. We will figure it out, but if in my opinion now where i place my resources, the way right now is i believe the best i can do for managing the resources i have. Okay. Part of it too is one of the things we want is the clubs to police themselves and we dont ask people to be pushed out into street. They have a responsibility for these individuals as they leave as well. So sean as another private companies do a good job of policing the streets and we leave it to ...

Installed 13 municipal solar rays, totaling about 7. 4 megawatts of solar Energy Generating capacity. This includes 5 megawatts solar system in our Sunset Reservoir, which is our largest and one of the largest urban municipal solar arrays in the state of california when it was first installed. In fact, i think some of you may be visiting the Sunset Reservoir on your visit this time. Additionally, our solar sector incentive program, go solar s. F. , has been working very hard in our city. In fact...

Quadrupled. We have over 3 40 that total 12 megawatts of power. And this is saving san franciscans more than 41 2 Million Dollars a year on their electrical bills and reducing 6,000 metric tons of co2 in the atmosphere annually. Thank you. applause every bit counts. And many of these installations are becoming the standard rather than the exception and were focused on installing them in all of our lowincome homes and Affordable Housing developments as we build in this city. And as jerry brown sa...