Major news coming out of Pennsylvania: the House just passed House Bill 1842, transformative legislation that would enable access to community solar energy statewide!

Thanks to the tireless work of clean energy and environmental justice advocates, volunteers, and elected officials, this crucial bill clearing the House is a major milestone.

“We’re thrilled to share that a pivotal piece of legislation enabling statewide access to community solar has passed the Pennsylvania House. While this marks a transformative step in enabling widespread access to community solar statewide, the work is far from over,” said Elowyn Corby, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director at Vote Solar. “As we celebrate this achievement, our focus remains on advocating for the strongest and most equitable program possible, putting community needs and voices at the center of the conversation. We hope our Senators can continue this vital progress by further strengthening and  passing this piece of legislation, which represents an opportunity to empower communities and expand access to clean energy. By rallying behind this bill, we will build a more sustainable, more clean, and more equitable Pennsylvania for all Pennsylvanians.”

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“We are deeply concerned by this morning’s announcement that the Biden-Harris administration has approved funding for seven hydrogen hubs across the country, including two in our region: the Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Hub for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, and the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub for Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

“These hubs have the potential to increase pollution, divert clean energy from more urgent uses, and cause additional harm to already overburdened communities. We are especially concerned with funding for the Appalachian Hydrogen Hub, which will be fueled in large part by fracked gas. Creating hydrogen from fossil fuels risks further sacrificing frontline communities; this is a win for the fossil fuel industry but a step backward for a clean energy transition that puts people first,” said Elowyn Corby, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director of national clean energy non-profit Vote Solar. “We should be prioritizing real clean energy, which represents the safest and most direct solution to our climate crisis. Solar saves money, creates jobs, and keeps our air clean. A 100% clean energy future is now an achievable reality thanks to technological advances, plummeting costs, and overwhelming public support. Today’s announcement is a step in the wrong direction.”

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Here in Pennsylvania, the politics of energy generation and consumption have intimately shaped our state’s identity. It’s been almost two decades since hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” turned Pennsylvania into a major producer of fracked gas — a fuel source that is now ubiquitous, despite alarm bells sounded by local communities about its harmful impact on the local environment, health and economy.

Starting in the mid-1700s, Pennsylvanians mined the coal that powered the industrial revolution. Generations ago my ancestors came to Hazleton to work in those mines, carving industrial scars into the mountains in exchange for economic security. They didn’t have much of a choice. But we have one today.

We now know that a livable future is contingent on a rapid transition to 100% clean energy. While we have the tools to make that happen — solar and wind are the least expensive sources of new energy being added to the grid — it won’t happen on its own. We need to scale up clean energy and energy storage, unleash community solar, electrify everything that can be electrified, upgrade our energy grid, and center equity in all of the above.

This urgency is all the more reason for us to be vigilant against the Trojan Horse of hydrogen power: at best a distraction, and at worst a dangerous problem for communities across the state and for our ability to reach an equitable clean energy future.

Hydrogen has recently taken center stage in energy policy discussions, mainly due to new federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for “Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs” across the country, funding from the Inflation Reduction Act for “clean hydrogen” and Pennsylvania’s support for hydrogen production through sweeping tax credits. Yet, the environmental and social costs of hydrogen far outweigh any incentive. Clean energy options, like solar, need the spotlight in energy policy discussions and support from decision-makers from both sides of the aisle.

Hydrogen is discussed as a tool for energy storage, and as a fuel in sectors of the economy that are otherwise difficult to decarbonize, like steel and cement. “Green hydrogen” can be made by utilizing clean energy, through a process called electrolysis.

However, despite the talk of green hydrogen, more than 95% of current hydrogen production uses methane, which is responsible for more than 25% of global warming, and sourced through fracking. Any hydrogen hub in Pennsylvania that relies on fracked gas will lead to more fracking, pipelines, and climate inaction. Speaking of pipelines, according to Bloomberg, any hydrogen that leaks into the atmosphere has its own serious climate impacts.

Hydrogen production is not efficient enough, and certainly not clean enough, to be sustainable for a clean energy future. Until we have more clean energy than we can use (which we don’t, due to Pennsylvania’s unnecessary over-dependence on fossil fuels), we waste our limited clean energy by funneling it toward a less efficient, more expensive technology. This inefficiency also means that any time we create hydrogen using fossil fuels, the final emissions intensity becomes substantially higher than it would have been if we’d simply used the dirty fuel in the first place.

Even if green hydrogen ends up being practical in a few difficult-to-decarbonize portions of our economy, we should be laser-focused on solving the bulk of the problem first. We should be hurrying to electrify everything from homes to vehicles, planes and even barges, so as our grid becomes cleaner with new renewable energy we can eliminate the need for fossil fuels like methane.

We don’t need to reinvent the wheel when we have so many clean energy options at our fingertips: solar energy can create pollution-free energy that is less expensive than fossil fuels — and, when paired with energy storage technology, can contribute to local resilience in the face of increasingly erratic weather conditions, while creating life-sustaining local jobs. Given the urgency behind mitigating climate change, emphasizing the exception (hydrogen) over the rule (clean energy), is at best a distraction and at worst an existential threat to our ability to decarbonize our economy.

Pennsylvania has always been at the heart of our nation’s energy journey, and the best way to honor our past is to learn from our history and choose real clean energy solutions, rather than catering to another extractive industry that takes more than it gives. We can envision a vibrant, robust, people-centered clean energy economy — and we’ve earned the right to demand it. Hydrogen isn’t invited.

Elowyn Corby, a Pennsylvania resident, is the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director at national clean energy nonprofit Vote Solar.

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Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer on June 29, 2023.

Our utility bills would be cheaper if we used other forms of energy.

When it comes to clean energy solutions that can help our communities weather the climate crisis, the Philadelphia metropolitan region is lagging far behind. The metro area recently received yet another F gradefor ozone pollution. More than 20% of Philadelphia’s children suffer from asthma; in Chester, that figure rises to almost 40%.

At the same time, our polluting energy grid has become more unaffordable and unreliable. Philadelphia’s energy burden — the percentage of a household’s income that goes to paying energy bills — is 86% higher than the national average. At the height of the pandemic, the region failed to meet state benchmarks for length of blackouts and restoring power, with the leading causes of power outages being equipment failures and tree-related issues.

The negative impacts of fossil fuels in Philadelphia and beyond can’t continue to be the norm.

We are quickly barreling toward a perfect storm of our own making. While local communities, nonprofits, businesses, and even elected officials have called for change, the region is still lagging behind largely because of disinterest from Peco, the region’s energy provider. The company has long heavily relied on fossil fuels and aging infrastructure to bring electricity to homes, while regularly hiking utility bills to levels unaffordable for many. Our future rests on the reversal of this trend of pollution and extraction to one of clean energy, resilient infrastructure, and a regenerative economy. And thankfully it can, so long as Peco gets its act together in these critical next few months.

This time is vital because in early 2024, Peco is required to present a four-year plan for procuring energy for review and approval by the state’s primary energy authority, the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission. Known as the Default Service Plan, this is Peco’s plan for purchasing electricity from generating facilities like power plants and then selling this electricity at “reasonable” retail rates to customers. For too long, the company’s plans have been overwhelmingly dependent on energy from fossil fuels and business practices older than its crumbling infrastructure. When it comes to the survival of one of America’s great metropolitan regions, Peco’s “business as usual” has long overstayed its welcome.

Despite the urgency of the moment, without public pressure, we cannot expect much change. Peco customers have been demanding for yearsthat the company make meaningful commitments to clean and renewable energy. Even now, groups like Philadelphia-based POWER Interfaith are working to encourage Peco to end its dependence on fossil fuels and push for a clean energy future in Pennsylvania.

Peco has responded with an old myth: that supporting an equitable and clean energy future, especially on a timeline that reflects the urgency of the climate crisis, is simply too expensive. But Peco’s business-as-usual model is already costing Philadelphians more, and the company has a reputation for overcharging households.

On the other hand, research on nearby states has demonstrated that if we meaningfully committed to distributed energy resources — small-scale, decentralized, and diverse clean energy projects like solar-plus-storage — it would reduce utility bills significantly for ratepayers. This approach would also add desperately needed reliability and resilience measures to an electricity grid increasingly characterized by life-threatening power outages brought to us by Peco’s lack of vision.

How do we make Peco accountable to a clean energy transition that serves everyone? Peco’s plan will be reviewed and approved by the PUC — and thanks to grassroots advocacy, this review process must be public. There will be public hearings, and we need people to turn out and speak up, especially those of us whose lives are most impacted by the region’s energy system. It will take concerted public effort to make full use of our seat at the table, instead of once again being on the menu.

We must work together to ensure Peco meets the needs of the times with a Default Service Plan that guarantees our energy grid becomes decarbonized, decentralized, diversified, and most importantly — democratized.

Kartik Amarnath is Mid-Atlantic regulatory director at national energy nonprofit Vote Solar.

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Today, Pennsylvania’s Senate Appropriations Committee is debating closed-door fossil-fuel investment that would expand existing tax credits to $180 million, with much of that amount being directed toward methane gas and other polluting fossil fuels. The deal is being negotiated in the final days of Pennsylvania’s legislative session. No hearings or public discussion have been held regarding the proposal. 

“This proposed fossil-fuel giveaway is being pushed through with no opportunity for public engagement or community outreach,” says Elowyn Corby, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director at Vote Solar. “Pennsylvanians have shown that they are overwhelmingly ready for a clean energy economy. Our legislators work for us, not for powerful polluters. I urge the legislature to put a swift end to this toxic proposal.” 

2022 polling from Vote Solar shows that more than 7 in 10 Pennsylvania residents view solar power favorably, making it more popular than coal, nuclear, and methane. 

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Unfortunately, it’s not smooth sailing yet. On March 29, the Pennsylvania State Senate is planning a vote to override the governor’s veto, needlessly obstructing Pennsylvania’s progress on clean energy and blocking job creation and economic development. 

Standing in the way of Pennsylvania’s RGGI participation is also completely at odds with what Pennsylvanians themselves want for the Commonwealth. New polling data finds that the majority of Pennsylvanians are concerned about the changing climate. Through participation in RGGI, Pennsylvania stands to reduce pollution from carbon emissions anywhere from 97 to 227 million tons by 2030 — leading to cleaner air and a drop in health concerns like asthma. 

Like much of the country, Pennsylvania residents are also worried about economic security, with jobs and the rising costs of living ranking among their highest concerns. RGGI participation is projected to add 27,000 jobs to our workforce and $2 billion to the Gross State Product by 2030. These funds can be invested in solutions like energy efficiency or renewable energy, which is overwhelmingly supported by Pennsylvania residents. These efforts will also result in savings for Pennsylvania households, since solar is the cheapest form of energy production. Our polling found that a bipartisan majority of Pennsylvanians would like to see increased solar deployment in their communities. In fact, rooftop solar outperformed every other energy source, including coal and natural gas. 

If invested thoughtfully and strategically, the money earned from auctioning off emission quotas could bring significant benefits to Pennsylvania’s most overburdened residents. Low-income communities are the most likely to be located near polluting facilities like coal plants, and many Pennsylvanians believe these same communities should be the first to reap the benefits of a clean energy transition. When asked how RGGI funds should be allocated, Pennsylvanians selected affordable clean energy for low-income communities as their top choice. 

It’s time for Pennsylvania legislators to stand up for the best interests of their constituents and pursue solutions to our collective challenges. Joining RGGI is a common-sense measure with benefits supported by Pennsylvanians of all backgrounds and political leanings. Tell the Pennsylvania Senate: stop standing in the way of economic growth and climate action.

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A new poll from Embold Research found that solar energy has strong support across political, racial, gender, and regional lines. 81 percent of survey respondents indicated “support” or “strong support” for rooftop solar on homes, making it more popular than coal, nuclear energy, and methane gas. 

The polling also showed an appetite for increased solar deployment in the Commonwealth. 65 percent of respondents would like to see Pennsylvania produce more solar, citing reasons ranging from reduced air pollution to energy bill savings. Not a single demographic group or region expressed a desire for decreased solar production.  

“These results confirm that Pennsylvanians are ready to reclaim the Commonwealth’s onetime status as a national leader in solar production,” says Elena Weissmann, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director at Vote Solar. “It’s clear that Pennsylvania residents from all backgrounds recognize the many environmental and economic benefits of solar. Policymakers and energy regulators should take note.” 

Currently, Pennsylvania has a renewable energy goal of only 8 percent, with half a percent coming from solar. This is in marked contrast to neighboring New York, Maryland and New Jersey, all of which have targets of 50 percent renewable energy by 2030. In 2021, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would increase Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) goal to 18 percent by 2026.  The legislature is also considering a bipartisan bill to authorize community solar in Pennsylvania. 

“Investing in our solar economy will create jobs and put money back into the pockets of hard-working Pennsylvanians,” says State Representative Carol Hill-Evans (D-York). “Scaling up solar is a common-sense move that we now know is widely supported across the Commonwealth. There’s no reason to continue stalling; this should be a top priority for the legislature.” 

“Solar provides a pathway to a cleaner energy future for our Commonwealth,” said State Representative Chris Quinn (R-Delaware). “Solar is a growing market within the energy sector and Pennsylvania must be prepared to compete. This will enable us to create economic opportunities for our state and continue to diversify our energy portfolio. Pennsylvania has always been an energy-producing state and solar is the next, logical frontier that we must pursue.”

“There are several promising bipartisan bills in the legislature that will bolster our solar industry. If our political leaders are serious about creating good paying, sustainable jobs in the trades, then we need them to invest more in Pennsylvania’s solar economy,” says Jason Grottini, Vice President of Envinity. “For too long, politics have stymied the growth of the solar industry, especially when you look at how solar has grown in neighboring states. Solar power continues to see overwhelming public support, so there should be no reason for our elected leaders to continue holding the industry back.”

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Last month Congress passed and President Biden signed into law  the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package (H.R. 3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act). The package allocates $550 billion in new infrastructure over five years, and calls for investing $110 billion in roads, bridges, and other major infrastructure projects including:

• Invest $3.5 billion in the Weatherization Assistance Program to increase energy efficiency, increase health and safety, and reduce energy costs for low-income households by hundreds of dollars every year
• Invest $550 million in the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) and $500 million in the State Energy Program to provide grants to communities, cities, states, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes to develop and implement clean energy programs and projects that will create jobs.
• Provide $11 billion in grants for states, tribes, and utilities to enhance the resilience of the electric infrastructure against disruptive events such as extreme weather and cyber attacks.

For additional information, check out the DOE Fact Sheet: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Will Deliver For American Workers, Families and Usher in the Clean Energy Future.

Community Solar in New Jersey

For the past two years, New Jersey has had a community solar pilot program, and as of October 2021, that is now turning into a permanent program! The state announced that all of the solar projects aimed to serve low- and moderate-income communities for next year were awarded, and will be built on existing buildings, brownfields, or landfills. Governor Phil Murphy also signed A3352 into law, which requires new warehouses to be solar ready, a nice compliment to the community solar program.

Additionally, a number of organizations are submitting comments to the Board of Public Utilities about how to make the community solar program more accessible to low- and moderate-income households. A big barrier to access for people has been qualification, and to solve this state regulators are going to be offering automatic qualification to people who participate in state or federal assistance/benefits programs or live within a low- to moderate-income census tract in the state.

Pennsylvania Office of Environmental Justice

Governor Wolf of Pennsylvania signed an executive order to permanently form an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Environmental protection. The executive order formally establishes an environmental justice advisory board and an environmental justice interagency council dedicated to address the disproportionate environmental injustices that low-income communities and communities of color face, which ultimately lead to negative health effects.

APS Grid Access Charge Eliminated

The Arizona Corporation Commission eliminated a grid access fee for residential solar customers. Previously solar customers were charged a discriminatory fixed fee of about $100 per year that was created under the premise that it costs more to provide solar customers with electric services. Federal law requires that any charge imposed on solar customers must be based on accurate data and consistent cost methodology.

In a three to two vote, the charge was deemed to be unfairly targeting solar customers. This will impact a large number of residents as APS is the largest electric utility in the state servicing 11 of the state’s 15 counties and nearly 3 million customers.

Community Solar in New York

In 2019 the Public Service Commission authorized a community solar credit that provides a subsidy to developers of community solar projects in the Con Edison territory. In total the program includes 350 megawatts of community solar but there are only 5 megawatts remaining, which are projected to only keep the projects running for about another month.

A few local partners submitted comments to the public service commission requesting they take action before the community solar credit runs out and cuts the value of solar in half. But more pressure must be placed on the commission to ensure the program can remain running and also receive a new permanent structure.

Equitable Energy Storage

Energy storage is critical to achieving the levels of renewable energy that we need in order to reduce reliance on the electric grid. Local energy storage also supports community resiliency, individual and community health, and can create local jobs.

The Union of Concerned Scientists recently launched its Energy Storage Hub, with a collection of resources around equitable energy storage policy and energy storage technology. As we transition to a clean energy future, legislators and regulators must be encouraged to deploy energy storage. Check out these new resources for more information:

• Legislative Language for Equitable Energy Storage, a How-to Guide (available in Spanish)
• Energy Storage FAQ: Community-Level and Large-Scale Battery Storage (available in Spanish)
• Energy Storage Explainer: How energy storage works and its role in an equitable clean energy future

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That’s why we must completely reimagine the electrical grid and rebuild it around renewable energy sources that prioritize safe and reliable access. Vote Solar is championing this clean energy vision at legislatures and regulatory commissions across the U.S. as part of 16 legislative campaigns and 55 regulatory interventions in 27 states this year.

With local solar and battery storage from rooftops to microgrids, we can build a more equitable, resilient and reliable grid that can keep the lights on.

Read on: How we’re advocating for energy equity and renewable resilience from the Carolinas to Colorado, plus the latest from our work on the Hill.

Duke Energy’s New Plan for the Carolinas is Even Worse for Climate and Communities

More and more hurricanes have hit the southeast U.S. over recent years, causing catastrophic flooding and outages. Yet Duke Energy is still trying to burden families in the Carolinas with the costs of their failure to account for climate risks and invest in resilient clean power.

In the summer, we achieved a major win when the South Carolina Public Service Commission sent Duke Energy’s Integrated Resource Plans back to the drawing board. Ignoring their own climate commitments, Duke proposed to build more fossil fuel generation capacity than any electric utility in the U.S.

In a groundbreaking analysis, we demonstrated that this would cost ratepayers $4.8 billion. The risk of climate change means we have stop burning gas so soon and so completely that most of that capacity would be unusable in the near future.

Now Duke is back, and their updated proposal is even worse. Our latest analysis shows it will cost customers in the Carolinas a whopping $6 billion. Our coalition will keep up the fight to hold Duke accountable to protecting customers and the climate.

Advancing Equitable Access to Electric Vehicles in Colorado

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission recently approved Black Hills Energy’s Ready EV program that will guide the utility’s vehicle electrification efforts. Vote Solar intervened in this proceeding with our partners at Colorado Latino Forum, GreenLatinos and GRID Alternatives to help ensure that income-qualified families can participate in the many benefits of the program.

Our coalition had also intervened in Xcel Energy’s transportation electrification proceeding earlier this year. While Xcel’s plan invests in underserved communities and provides meaningful incentives to income-qualified families, we were disappointed by the lack of investment from Black Hills. We’ll keep working with our partners to ensure that everyone can participate in the transition to electric vehicles.

Energy Justice Legislative & Regulatory Roundup

This year, we’ve taken our expertise at state climate and energy policy to the federal level, advocating tirelessly for transformative climate legislation and updates to federal programs and offerings. While the battle in Congress has been tough, we’re keeping up the fight to update a critical rooftop solar incentive. Here’s how we’re working to make the federal ITC tax credit more inclusive.

More from our latest campaigns across the U.S.:

• How solar and battery storage can keep the lights on next summer in California
• A win for New York’s clean energy future: the Department of Energy Conservation denies permits for harmful gas plant expansions
• And another win – Arizona Corporation Commission eliminates unfair tax on solar customers
• Rallying Minnesotans to tell Xcel Energy: Reject fossil fuels, focus on clean energy
• We made the case for an equitable solar incentive program in Massachusetts
• Executive and legislative action on environmental justice in Pennsylvania
• North Carolina’s energy bill HB 951 with carbon reduction goals cedes undue power to utilities, fails on equity
  

Guiding Federal Energy Regulators at FERC on Public Participation

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) plays a large role in our equitable transition to a 100% clean energy future. But FERC’s past practices have failed to properly consider climate impacts, concerns of landowners, and environmental justice communities.

FERC began the long overdue process this year of building an Office of Public Participation (OPP) to improve their public engagement. Many communities don’t know how to navigate FERC processes or don’t have the resources to do so, putting them at a disadvantage compared to well-resourced corporations.

Vote Solar and a number of organizations we partner with have provided expertise to FERC on how the OPP can correct this imbalance of power, and improve outreach and engagement coupled with technical assistance offerings that serve impacted communities. Learn more:

• Learn about FERC’s public workshop on shaping the OPP
• The latest: FERC’s workshop on technical assistance for communities
• Meet Elin Katz, recently announced as the Director of the OPP

Donor Spotlight

Last month, in San Francisco, we were thrilled to be able to safely celebrate 20 years of Vote Solar with many of our dedicated supporters and partners. We gathered outside to give Adam Browning, our co-founder and former Executive Director, a well-deserved send off and present him with the Solar Champion award.

The event served as a catalyst to support Vote Solar’s next 20 years of solar progress, and as an opportunity to look back at some of Vote Solar’s most impressive wins and monumental impact. We’ll be highlighting this retrospective in our upcoming Giving Tuesday and end of year campaigns, and sharing how our past successes have changed the solar landscape. We can’t wait to share it with you.

Listen & Learn

• The Energy Democracy Project has released the People’s Utility Justice Playbook. Sourced from energy justice advocates on the ground, this playbook will help you learn the tactics energy utilities use to slow or stop progress toward economic and climate justice, and how you can fight back. Plus learn how our energy system was developed through the companion guide: A People’s History of Utilities.
• The new Energy Storage Hub launched by the Union of Concerned Scientists provides a collection of curated resources around equitable energy storage policy and energy storage technology.

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By issuing an Executive Order to formalize the Office of Environmental Justice and Environmental Justice Advisory Board, Governor Wolf has acknowledged both Pennsylvania’s history of systemic environmental racism and the essential role that equity must play in the Commonwealth’s clean energy future. We applaud the governor, and congratulate Allison Acevedo on being formally appointed as the office’s director. Director Acevedo is a devoted public servant with the expertise and passion to drive environmental equity. We look forward to further collaboration with her office. 

We also support and celebrate the legislative package introduced by the Legislative Black Caucus. Overburdened communities are too often shut out of the energy planning process. By requiring environmental impact statements before facilities are built and increasing transparency around potential harms, low-income communities and communities of color will have a seat at the table that has historically excluded them.  

We’re enthusiastic about the possibilities that lay ahead for Pennsylvania’s clean energy future and ready to support the work that frontline activists have led for more than thirty years. 

Statements from frontline partners and allies: 

• POWER Interfaith
• Pennsylvania Utility Law Project 
• Center for Coalfield Justice
• Moms Clean Air Force

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