Earl Blumenauer: “I will just conclude. I appreciate my friend from Pennsylvania's observation. The point that I would make is that the…”

“I will just conclude. I appreciate my friend from Pennsylvania's observation. The point that I would make is that the companies that are distributing gas have tremendous fixed costs that they have to support regardless of the volume. This simply encourages them to be able to explore other alternatives for rate regulation. The cheapest gas supply is the Therm that's not used. I just don't want the regulatory system to penalize them for conservation. I appreciate his comments, I appreciate his acceptance, and I look forward to more conversation about ways that we can help move this along.”