Thank you, Mr. Cannings.
I think to make it brief, a lot of investments in our electricity distribution infrastructure are heavily regulated with the public interest in mind. Quite frequently that leads to managing costs in the short term, potentially at the risk and expense of longer-term costs.
I think a role for the federal government could be to use your convening powers and potentially some investment to help to bridge that gap in the near term and to demonstrate some of this unfamiliar technology and demonstrate some of the operability that will be required with more renewables on the grid to help to bring us to the next stage. The cost of sensors in the Internet of things has come down equally or more than solar technology costs in recent years. In terms of cost-effectiveness, we're there today, but taking the next step and forming the partnerships to deliver it, I think, could be the most important next step.