Six months, let alone a year or 2, is not nearly enough time for this.

What impact, if any, has this had on Ohio's economy and on its ratepayers?

we are concerned with the concept that each time USEPA promulgates a new, more restrictive air quality standard USEPA intends to revise the Interstate Transport Rule by changing the emission budgets.

I would be interested in knowing how many other States find themselves in the predicament that you do.

My experience has been over the years--we could have done a 3-P bill 6 years ago.

I just would like to start out right now with a big picture thing.

I think we would recommend any budget USEPA promulgates for an emissions sector would not change for at least 10 years, and then only if USEPA demonstrates that additional controls are technically achievable and cost effective.

Moreover, additional time is necessary to coordinate installation of major pollution control equipment during spring and fall outage schedules to ensure reliability of the entire utility system.

There has to be some kind of meeting of the minds if we expect to get it done.

One of the things that I am doing is we are negotiating with Senator Carper right now on this legislation.

We have two main concerns with this approach.

I think if we can move incrementally forward to tighten the Transport Rule or to pass the legislation that you and Senator Carper have been working on and crafting, we can meet a lot of the objectives that we have been working on for over…