Jerry McNerney

The challenge is how do we balance reliability with safety, given an aging infrastructure.

Thank you for your work at the CARB. Basically you have set standards for the country.

Battery storage is key to this. And they are making investments and improvements now, I think.

That could make us, our equipment more competitive with, say, Huawei and ZTE.

My sense is that this Congress won't take up a carbon pricing bill because we're not going to get anywhere in the Senate with it.

I think most of us would agree, you know, every economist across the political spectrum from very conservative, very liberal thinks that we should price the things we don't want as high as we can and the things we do want as low as we can.

I often remind people that the satellites and the weather models were paid for with their taxes.

So you're saying two wrongs make a right?

That's an opinion that's not shared across the board, Mr. Wheeler.

Will you commit to not finalizing the proposed rule until the SAB has had time to complete its review?

So, in other words, you're not going to be cooperating with the SAB's review of the proposed rule?

This is very informative testimony, and I hope we can sort of change that into Federal law in a positive way and Federal funding, too

Well, it's--I mean, it sounds a lot of--in the past a lot of opinion has been passed on as science and has put a lot of innocent people in harm's way one way or another.

We don't know enough about the science to decide one way or the other right now if geoengineering is appropriate.

Cutting emissions and investing in climate resilience have to be our first line solutions here.

The warming of the planet is accelerating and I am convinced that we are going to blow past the two degrees Celsius increase.

We can't conserve our way out of the transportation problem.

I find this deeply concerning.

I want to start with a shout out to the Grid Innovation Caucus that I co-Chair with my colleague Bob Latta from Ohio.

It is important that the Commission act quickly to get this proceeding underway.

I am disappointed that this isn't on the tentative August open meeting agenda.

This is an inherently bipartisan issue, and the real focus should be on effective use of the spectrum.

That is why I am proud to cochair the bipartisan Grid Innovation Caucus along with my good friend from across the aisle, Representative Latta of Ohio.

Given today's cyber environment, it is more important than ever that Congress pursue policies that continue to foster these exciting developments and support our grid infrastructure.

Our energy grid serves as the backbone of our economy, touching every aspect of our lives.