Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for being here.
Mr. Burpee, I'd like to start with you. I have a couple of comments on your briefing document, “The Integrated Electric Grid”. Specifically on page 3 you talk about ensuring free, fair, and fluid interjurisdictional trade. One of the comments is about updating and enhancing the efficiency of administrative procedures for authorizing exports of electricity across the international border.
Can you comment as to what some of those administrative roadblocks and bottlenecks are, because those exports would obviously have to be approved by the NEB? What are some of those roadblocks you're running into that could potentially impact our export markets?