 Hello, my name is Diane Grinick. I am a Precourt Energy Scholar with the Precourt Institute for Energy and an Affiliated Scholar with the Bill Lane Center for the American West, both at Stanford University. I was a California policymaker for six years as a Commissioner with the California Public Utilities Commission. I have been involved with California and Western energy issues and policymaking for over 40 years. This is a new lecture series, California and Western Energy, offered to prepare Stanford students participating in the Stanford Energy Internships in California and the West program, but also part of Stanford's educational efforts for the Stanford community and the general public. The purpose of this series is to provide an understanding of California and Western energy. The scope of the lectures cover relevant agencies and organizations, what they do, and how they operate. The topics include not only California government agencies, but also California energy markets and key Western organizations. And both California climate and energy policies are also covered because these two policy areas are increasingly entwined. We have five lectures in the series. The first is an introduction and basic facts and agency overview. And then we have three lectures covering three separate energy organizations. The first is welcome to the California Independent System Operator. The second is the Western Interstate Energy Board. And the third is the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. And then finally, I will present again a lecture on California energy and climate policies. The lecturers include myself, Steve Greenleaf, Senior Public Information Officer, now retired with the California Independent System Operator, Maury Galbraith, Executive Director of the Western Interstate Energy Board, and Matthew Elkins, Manager, Performance Analysis, Western Electricity Coordinating Council. And we want to thank assistance from Katie Taflin-Soneka, Outreach and Program Manager with Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy, Isaac Sevier, a Stanford alumni, and Joe Garcia with the Stanford Center for Professional Development and the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning. For watching the series, it is best to watch in the order of starting with the overview and introduction, then the three separate organizations, and then end with the final lecture on policies. Each of these lectures is between 45 minutes to an hour, but we've also divided them into sections of 15 to 20 minutes. So you can watch the series either entirely with each lecture, or if you prefer to divide it up, that will work as well. In addition, the audio that has been taped is also available as written notes posted online for future reference. Thank you very much.