I'm wanting to get those ten minutes. Less is more.
The next slide has a lot of information on it. I'm only going to cover a little bit of it, and I will do so more slowly.
Historically, Hydro has been involved largely at a provincial level, when we look at how we plan for the province. We do it through our long-term acquisition plan and our energy planning process. We do forecasts of what our future energy needs will be in 20 years, in 50 years, etc.
On the conservation side, we see that Hydro has been more involved in what we would call the lamps and ballasts level, which has been influencing technology through light bulbs in refrigerators and at the site and building level—high-performance buildings and that kind of thing.
What we've come to realize, and part of this is because of the way communities have become more engaged in energy issues—there's certainly been some assembly of thinking around sustainable communities—is that now we should look at getting involved earlier in the process.
What the diagram here is meant to illustrate is that we've been involved at a very narrow, focused level and need to step back, look more broadly, and get back to the neighbourhood or regional level, where we can start to influence development before it happens. If we can do that, we've found that we can have a larger impact on energy savings, and it would be more cost-effective at the front end than on the retrofit side of the equation.
The next slide has some examples of where municipalities have stepped up and taken some leadership. I'm not going to read all of these. What I wanted to point out is that B.C. has been taking a leadership role with local and municipal governments. They understand the value of sustainable communities—