We're now going to start our last session of the expo's policy form and this last session is focused on storage energy storage EVs electrical vehicles and grid issues and one of the things again, I don't know whether How many of you have been in here for other sessions? But once again, it's really incredible in terms of thinking about how these are all Complementary strategies and technologies and that it's very very important for us to always think holistically and The vast number of solutions that truly are available as we work towards a clean energy Economy in this country. So first up, we're going to hear from Dennis McKinley Who is the director of North American wind power for ABB Dennis? Thank you Sound okay Couple points Got a colleague here that will hand has handouts available if you're interested in them Just raise your hand somewhere during the session here. She'll get a handout to you And also we've got a tabletop set out if you want to come out and talk to us a little bit more detail Guess we're starters. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to speak with you today Those of you that aren't familiar with ABB I'll start off with a little bit of background on the company vision for the United States and Specifically is how it relates to smart grid renewables energy efficiency and our energy future ABB is a global company with two primary areas of business power and automation. We employ approximately 140,000 people globally More than 20,000 here in the United States ABB and its predecessor firms have collectively supplied roughly two-thirds of the Equipment that makes up the high voltage transmission system in the United States In addition, we are also touted as the largest supplier of electric motors and Motor control devices known as drives throughout In the United States, we've got about a hundred locations 28 different states Major facilities that manufacture products. We also have corporate R&D based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Our corporate headquarters is based in Kerry, North Carolina Obviously, US is the largest market for ABB From an energy outlook perspective energy independence requires utilizing all generation sources plus energy efficiency and transmission distribution storage and end-use Reliable affordable sustainable energy is critical to US security and international competitiveness However, our aging power grid and our long industrial heritage of less deaths in trends with some infrastructure That's pretty outdated pretty archaic. It basically drains energy resources and threatens our environment There are technologies available that we have today that can help make that better The stress would be we need leaders that can push some of those changes that are required From a renewable energy standpoint every hour the earth absorbs more solar energy than the world's population consumes in a year And if you find a way to convert that solar energy into electrical energy carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced In addition wind technology is the most mature and most utility scale ready alternative of all the renewable solutions Though several challenges arise with these alternatives to traditional electricity generation Advanced technologies available today and in the near future will play a major role in more wind and solar energy penetration These renewable energy sources have assumed key roles in the future of the energy policy Talking a little bit about smart grid smart grid is one of the keys to improving efficiency and ensuring our energy future Unfortunately the concept of smart grid is a widely misunderstood Most public and media attention focuses on smart meters and they do enable things like time of use pricing and give the computer The consumer information needed to make better decisions about how and when they use energy But that's only part of the story Other smart grid technologies include wide area monitoring systems that can identify potential problems before they cause blackouts advanced transformers power cables and other so-called primary equipment a Challenge of remote locations of wind farms and transmitting electricity over long distances can be solved using technologies known as high voltage direct current And we've just recently opened up a manufacturing facility in Huntersville, North Carolina that actually manufactures HVAC and HVDC cables Approximately a hundred million dollar investment in that facility that will be able to help transmit or beef up the infrastructure in the United States The technologies improve the stability within the grid and they also provide the the ride-through capability during external faults and voltage lags and sags The other part with the high voltage DC technology as you can promote connect remote power generation sources like solar and wind power and Get them a little bit more efficiently transferred or transmitted out to the loader of the demand centers in the United States Industrial energy efficiency, which is a big push Tight budgets and environmental considerations and rising energy demand are all topics when the term energy efficiency is brought up Approximately 33% of global energy use is attributed to industry and industry electricity is largely consumed by large electric motors Which are the workhorses of modern industry then run machines fans pumps compressors conveyor belts and the list goes on Modern control solutions automation products and electrical equipment can run motors and other industrial equipment more productive productively and efficiently Energy efficiency makes up energy go further Curbs the emissions and is a path to meeting sustainability goals without added costs Saves money through productivity gains and waste reduction and allows the US to compete globally where utilities and industries are subsidized Overall, we need to do several things to be ready for the challenges ahead with our power needs combination of renewable energy Updated infrastructure that can transmit large quantities of power over greater distances like ABB's HVDC technology Smart grid implementation that will proactively manage the grid and reduce blackouts in downtime and focus on energy efficiency from everything from our homes to our businesses Given the current trends powers a critical component to success in the industries we serve such as Electric utilities oil and gas mining life sciences data centers, etc Really what we found is the best way to save energy is to be more official with how you use it. Thank you Well next here from Catherine Hamilton who is the policy director for the Electricity Storage Association and of course storage is really key to Making the providing much more resilience within the grid and many more options and can be a real game-changer Catherine Thanks. Thank you, and I hope during this speed dating round that you pick energy storage My name is Catherine Hamilton. I'm with the Electricity Storage Association We have almost 120 members. These are developers utilities suppliers entrepreneurs The technologies are represented are batteries of all chemistry types flywheels compressed air Pumpt hydro thermal storage like ice and heat storage So it's a big world out there for energy storage, and I'm going to address four questions. One is what is it? Where can we use it? Who does it help and how do we get more of it? So the first one what is it right now? Our power system is built such that when you generate electricity you have to use it immediately or it goes to ground So how can we capture that rather than just building more power plants to generate more electricity? How can we use better what we already produce? Well, we need warehouses for it and energy storage provides those warehouses essentially that is what it does it allows you to store Electricity and then use it when you need it and when the price is right and where you want it So where can we use it then energy storage applications are everywhere on the grid? They can be on the transmission side. They can be in community scale They can be backup for large commercial and industrial facilities and they can also be in residential applications Like with rooftop solar with battery backup, so they operate everywhere on the grid Who does energy storage help? Everyone it helps everybody on the grid. It is completely technology neutral the original plants and right now they're 98% of what's on the system right now is pumped hydro and Those were originally built to backup nuclear power plants for a peaking But we can it will take a charge a battery or a flywheel or any of these technologies will take a charge from anything on the grid Particularly useful for renewables or other dynamic resources on the grid But also helps the natural gas run a lot more efficiently so really helps every resource on the grid It also helps customers because there are no emissions You can you can use it when you need it when the price is better There's no environmental permitting needed with because there are no pipelines. There's no need to you know site it in a specific area You can site it in a basement of a building you can put it anywhere It allows the grid to become more resilient more flexible and allows for more distributed resources So it is pretty much the holy grail So why don't we have it everywhere? Why isn't it everywhere already on our grid? Now I don't know how many of you were here when Commissioner Norris was speaking, but he said something Totally correct, which is we need to recognize the value of all of these potential opportunities on technical technology to the grid and energy storage is one of those where We need to recognize the value so that we can build that into how much does it cost to provide services to the grid So let's think about all the different policy pieces because you all hopefully are policy people And I'm going to give a shameless plug plug for a bill in just a minute so first of all so on the the First part of the technology you need the R&D so Department of Energy the stimulus grants the RPE program Those are really helpful in getting new technologies built in being able to form Partnerships of the entrepreneurs with the utilities and really starting Testing demonstrating proving out these technologies that was terrific. That is one piece of the investment cycle What else do we need FERC so Chairman Norris was here Chairman Norris described the value that we need FERC has been enormously helpful in setting the appropriate policies on the energy markets because if you can Reward somebody for what they can do not reward them for the technology they have but reward Somebody for the service that they provide to the grid then suddenly the value increases enormously for opportunities like energy storage State public utility commissions really key as well So California PUC just made a ruling in the LA Basin not long ago that required 50 megawatts of capacity for storage Energy storage in the capacity market. Why not? This is great and this is a great way to show that it actually does provide Capacity similar to generation now on the Direct congressional policy side. There are a couple of bills that we really care about The most important is an investment tax credit for energy storage and it's HR 1465 for anybody who's a staffer your member should be a co-sponsor of this bill It is completely bipartisan and bicameral So we have a Senate version as well as 1030 and it provides an energy storage Investment tax credit so you have to bring private private investors to the table first before you can get your tax credit It is of limited cost So it has a limit to it and we feel like this is going to really change the game for energy storage and allow us to scale Other bills that we care about are the MLP parody act So that one again is bicameral and bipartisan and that allows energy storage companies to be able to organize their Corporations as master limited partnerships. That is also important It's separate from an investment tax credit, which is our number one priority But it's also important and then also provisions to adjust the R&D Tax credits so that they allow for pre-revenue companies to succeed and to be able to take advantage of tax credits because we think that You know so many of these entrepreneurs and these investors are really at the pre-revenue stage And yet we want to be able to have them take advantage of R&D credits So those are those are sort of our big our big pushes on the policy side and We hope that you all will ask us if you have any questions We have a booth outside electricity storage association and I have cards and you're welcome to call and ask any questions Thanks, Catherine. We're not going to look at another important piece of the technology Solution and For that we're going to hear from Duretta at Capra Rola who is the marketing manager for Fuji Electric Corporation of America Hi, everybody. My name is Duretta Capra Rola. I'm with Fuji Electric and for those of you who are not familiar with Fuji Electric We've been a global manufacturing leader since 1923 Our products range from the smallest IGBT to some of the world's largest power generation systems With engineering and R&D expertise in power electronics products It's no wonder that we had already sold over 300 electric vehicle charging stations worldwide when we entered the US market Since March of 2012 we've obtained UL certification on our 25 kilowatt DC quick charger And we've begun begun manufacturing the products right here in the US in Milpitas, California Manufacturing the products out in California allows us the flexibility We need to respond in shifts in market demand and design requirements here in the US Without shipping delays and long development lead times We're now able to focus on consumer awareness and education and are focusing our efforts on helping potential station owners Understand the business side of installing public charging stations Typical charging sessions last 20 to 30 minutes And we're helping them to understand how they can offer charging as a value-added service to their customers While also creating a recurring revenue stream for their business Studies have shown that approximately 70% of the oil consumed in the United States is used for transportation With our corporate headquarters for Fuji Electric located in Edison, New Jersey Those of us on the East Coast were smacked in the face with that reality in November of last year So some of you might remember that In the wake of Superstorm Sandy the East Coast and New Jersey in particular was crippled by the storm and the destruction It left behind Power outages stretched on for weeks in some areas and gas station lines resembled those from the 1973 oil crisis just a little bit before some of our times, but it existed At the storm in addition to showing just how powerful mother nature can be Also highlighted our extreme dependence on foreign oil and the need to diversify our fuel sources for transportation Even as power began to return to towns Gas stations remained out of service as they waited for deliveries that were delayed due to devastation at the ports This domino effect left a lasting impression and renewed statewide and nationwide discussions on alternative fuel types in the United States 94% of cars trucks ships and planes depend on oil Supporting the electrification of transportation is just one way of reducing this dependence on foreign oil According to the DOE there are approximately 12,000 Alternative fuel charging stations in the US with roughly half of those stations specific to electric vehicles as We begin to see an increase in the widespread adoption of EVs It stands to reason that we'll see an increase in the development of public infrastructure to support this growth Vehicle owners will continue to rely on residential chargers as their primary source of power But the development of publicly available stations is critical if we hope to achieve mass adoption Right now business owners and city officials can take advantage of federal and state incentives But what happens when these programs run their course? The EV industry must begin future preparations now to ensure that we can stand on our own when necessary and in order to achieve sustainability Owners of EV charging stations must be able to tap the potential revenue stream that public charging offers Although most station owners began offering the charging sessions as a complimentary service as a value add to their customers The costs associated with installation and ongoing operation must be offset by adapting a pay-per-use model In the meantime, it's imperative that the programs offering tax incentives for Infrastructure development are extended for a minimum of five years This stabilization of incentives will help in two ways by offering support during the long sales cycle of EV infrastructure Development and helping businesses justify the installation from a financial perspective We've seen such incentive programs for the gas industry and there must be a level playing field with the EV industry in order for it to thrive EV owners are willing to pay to charge their EVs so long as the price of their charging sessions does not exceed that of a trip to the gas station Paying a few dollars to top off their car. No problem By educating station owners on the pay-per-use model. We're positioning them and the industry for long-term success and sustainability Economically the EV industry can reinvigorate the declining manufacturing sector in the US It's estimated that manufacturing makes up 59% of the EV industry jobs These are high-tech jobs requiring skilled labor Exactly the kind of job growth we want to see brought back to our country This industry isn't just about getting people to buy EVs nor is it about getting them to sell getting us to sell more EV charging stations It's about changing the way our country looks at transportation Appealing to the business side of the industry will gain the support of key segments such as retail Hospitality parking lots municipalities and more We need to help them understand how this can be a viable addition to their business as much as these Professionals want to show their corporate social responsibility. They need to justify the cost of adding charging stations The more they understand about the EV industry the more they'll be willing to do to support its growth and development. Thank you Thank you and Doretta was telling me earlier that on the West Coast that most people when they Charge Do it for 20 to 30 minutes. It's sort of the same practice that you find with people with gasoline with with icy cars in terms of wanting to make sure that they haven't That they're not driving around with fumes, but instead want to make sure that they're You know filling up and that that it appears to be sort of the same sort of thing that's happening with regard to EVs Although they you fully charge within an hour, right? Which is really really interesting and good news We're now going to turn to Dan Arden who is with Eaton Cooper and he is going to be speaking on behalf of Neiman the National Electrical Manufacturers Association Good afternoon I'm Dan Arden. I'm from Eaton Cooper. I'm the product director for distribution automation Eaton is a member of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. I'm here representing them Jim Creavy from Neiman is here So my thanks to Jim for the opportunity to get to talk to you about Volvar optimization not Neiman and its members have collaborated on an initiative to Advertise the benefits of over optimization. We've heard quite a bit about different technologies that can help green the grid Volvar optimization is one of those. So what I hope to convey to you is first of all, what is it? second of all, I'll talk about the opportunity and then I'll talk about the regulatory environment and and the need that we see Two incentive utilities to pursue volvar optimization So today electric utilities are required to deliver energy at your house at businesses at industrial Businesses as well Inside of a specific voltage range So if you're a geek like me and you go home and stick a Voltmeter inside of the electrical sockets at your house. I don't recommend it. It should be above 114 and below 126 so utilities today have deployed apparatus to make sure that the voltage at your house is inside of that specific range You think about it a typical distribution system has around 2,000 customers on a given feeder a utility with a million customers has 500 feeters or so there are four Devices that would be mounted on poles or inside of a distribution substation That helps guarantee that that voltage is inside of that range. So it's a 2,000 or so devices a fairly limited number of devices So what's full of our optimization? Volvar optimization is the use of an intelligent control locally at one of those 2,000 pieces of apparatus that leverages a communication network to monitor points in the distribution system And to make sure that the voltage stays inside of that voltage range. I'll come back to that later Let's let's shift a little bit over to a load Every appliance load well not every but there are certain types of load that are sensitive to voltage such that the amount of power that they consume is can be linearly or Or proportion proportional by the square of the voltage So if we inside of that voltage range if the voltage is at the lower end of the range It would reduce the amount of energy that that particular load consumes there are other types of loads that Are more efficient when they operate like a motor at a nameplate rating now those nameplate ratings are typically closer to the Lower end of that voltage range. So if we extrapolate those two particular points If if a utility deployed technology that would allow it to manage Voltage in its distribution system down closer to the lowered Lowered end of antsy standard range C84 one. That's what they're required to deliver They can there's a tremendous opportunity to reduce demand and energy in the distribution system Let's talk about the opportunity If we make an assumption that Through the reduction in voltage we can reduce demand by 1% We could reduce the amount of power that is used across the United States by 7600 megawatts that the Cost savings associated with that deferment in expenses around three point eight billion dollars if we price Saved capacity cost at around five hundred dollars per kilowatt hour. So those are conservative numbers But there's a real financial opportunity there if we translate it to energy The cost savings from energy is around one point eight billion dollars when you price it at $40 per megawatt hour now the two are not apples to apples There are certain types of load where if we reduce the voltage absolutely get both demand and energy savings the other types where What we're doing is shifting the peak. So if you've heard about demand response We can lower the peak and shift load to the elbows of the load curve if you will and and that's an important point while Utilities today operate and plan the electrical grid for peak power if we can reduce the peak consistently with technology we can allow them to plan for plan for a Targeted investment in technology okay in 2011 the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners excuse me is November of 2012 Issued well, I should first say that may rook is a body that represents all 50 public utilities commissions Regulatory bodies across the United States and all the states and and territories and they issued a resolution of support suggesting to those bodies to explore Mechanisms by which utilities could make a targeted investment in Volvar optimization technology to to to Achieve an operational objective as I described it reducing demand by reducing voltage and specifically noted in that that suggested that those utilities commissions should incent utilities to deploy in deploying that technology by regulatory cost recovery mechanisms In deploying that technology so if you think about that that the the important point of if in deploying that technology The utility would have to generate less power. They would have they would reduce the amount of pollutants greenhouse gases that they emit but What they make less money revenue decreases? So they need to be incented in some way to make a targeted investment in technology While it reduces a revenue source for them Okay, let's talk about the regulatory environment Today there are 20 states across the United States that have specifically drafted energy efficiency Regulations those regulations are not especially clear for the most part about their ability to About whether or not Volvar optimization qualifies as an energy efficiency Technology so that's an important thing now. There are some differences Ohio and North Carolina in particular just two examples Where the utilities commissions have? Qualified rate recovery mechanisms for the utilities in those states and have Define created a path such that those utilities can Incent it can invest in deployment of over our optimization Okay, so that that's important so Nima one of the things that we want to suggest to you all here as congressional staffers and Participants in policy making We support that new Nairu initiative So there is an appropriate role for federal guidance and support of those regulatory bodies in being clear about the qualification of volvar optimization for As an energy efficiency technology being clear about supporting Volvar optimum optimization with revenue recovery cost mechanisms such that utilities make a targeted investment in software communications and discrete controls To to reduce demand per some of those figures that I gave you earlier I think what representative Cardenas said in around lunchtime was Was a great point. I mean the best energy Saving strategy is using less energy. That's exactly what volvar optimization is targeted investment where we can reduce the amount of energy That is consumed across the United States Utilities have been trying the technology. There are case studies that are available if you wanted to go research Volvar optimization and conservation voltage reduction you can find material online The opportunity is real and persistent and appreciate your support in considering Regulation and policy making that can help Utilities make an investment of over our optimization. So thanks for your time Okay, thank you Dan and to wrap up our panel discussion is Gary Seaford Who is the business development executive for OSI and so we look forward to hearing about your technology? There's a layer of what microchip is how many of you are familiar with the fact that a microchip has to be able to sink in and out of the grid without exactly on the system? Tremendous numbers of facilities of campuses hospitals that say I have a microchip But the majority of them do not have the amount of generation that needs to be used for work. They don't have the instrumentation to monitor. They need to synchronize before they can't manage their limits If you don't know what you have really have no ability Well, that's really the message that has passed on today If you don't know what you have, you're not majoring in talking about the message If you can't make good decisions then you're not going to probably make good investments So now what we do know what it is There's some new technology that's been floating around And this new technology is making that better monitoring equipment Most of you have heard of WANs Why they're unmanageable And then the immune system is very accurate But they're continuing to tell you what that power system is for Now the nice thing about that is that we can actually use that To tell us what an health grid is Before the lights go out And help us meaning managers do a lot better So that we're better prepared when the system starts to go down Is that something to use? No And also, we already heard today from another analyst about energy storage You can use your monitoring system and your control system When you want to use storage versus what you want to use generation And that's one of the biggest changes we're going to see in the next few years And if I can make this change as well For our current legislation that would be to help incentivize the small line For grid loaders to slowly get campus based on this message How do we access those markets without looking like the utility Without looking like the entity that has all that investment behind it Which is really hard for those people to do that Another place to look at it is to manager and monitor all your loads Because what is load management? If I have a generation, I can basically take general manager But if I have load management, if I discreetly manage my load And monitor my load all the way down I can treat all of my loads that I'm managing and controlling a lot better As a negative generator, as a generation asset By reducing essentially negative load We don't do a good job of incentivizing from that Into a very good, high frequency, high speed, short return And our biggest problem with sprinkler driven grid is not Do we have not a generator spinning on the outside? How do we manage that first 10, 30, 90, 120 seconds When the grid gets a lot of trouble because they're very large And you don't have to have a scanner And address that last year with order 775 775 is an issue paid for performance And it targets that first one to two minutes And it allows you to put in very short term energy Investments in your system Which allow you to ride through and give your two generators And your governors and your systems time to come up And a lot to go back So there's a lot of value you can get from those pieces So when you go out and get your data Don't forget to grab your load Grab your input data and grab your output data But more importantly, you know exactly where you're at In your generation assets So feel free to take advantage of some of the things That some of the states are doing When you're from the life of the vehicle charging stations Within a couple of years Most of those will have to be bi-directional wires If I have an electric vehicle all over the U.S. working I have literally gigawatts of volume I can throw back in the grid for that one five minutes If I can do that and have an awareness of where it is And a knowledge of what the state of charge is By measuring that I can manage So I have a lot of opportunities going forward That we don't have today But one thing doesn't do everything All I'm trying to do is basically give you the idea that If you measure and if you manage That we can all move forward with less less reserve Which works a good deal We're going to have a higher percentage of renewables We're going to have a higher percentage of variable loads We're going to have a lower percentage of very large plants That we're shutting down They call it the end of the year We're bringing a lot of small generation assets on And they have completely different time constants As the future systems come on behind People need to be able to know exactly What their long-term capabilities are Because those are the ways they can get forward So storage, better control Knowing exactly what we can give us But it's full of time to do that You can just turn things back to the 10th, 15th, 30th, 7th That helps a good recovery So can we set a logic? Can we measure? Can we monitor? Can we control better? How do we look at it? And with that all set down We're going to have some kind of questions Turn the microphone on You turn it off Okay, it's on now So as I was saying, everything is connected And our last panel has made that abundantly clear We do have a little bit of time for any questions or comments Does anybody want to take advantage of having all these great people here? Shirley, you're not tired Or go ahead Great presentation stage We hear a lot of the technologies and regulations And that sort of thing I think we want to take a shot at speaking to how consumers are benefiting We talked about great efficiency But how are we to make the argument to consumers That technologies that your companies are offering Are good for that economically Who wants to start? Specifically, it's pretty easy with our organization When a client runs at its nameplate rating There are some published studies out there It will increase the lifespan of the appliance I've seen one of these where Matility said If they manage their voltage at the customer meter Closer to 115 Which is typically the nameplate rating of a motor Like in a refrigerator in a house You'll get about a 15% increase in the lifespan of that appliance So that's one example in particular to you So the eventual house with solar PV on the roof And you're connected to the bridge And you have a power outage So it's going to be great if your solar panel Is actually going to provide you electricity But the way it's set up, they usually can't So having a battery backup will allow a consumer To understand that if there's an allergy They'll be able to write off a little while Or at least keep their refrigerator or other key things running On the grid side, when you look at What is a battery on a grid That's providing services to the grid To want to do for the consumer Well, what would it be if we had to get To build an entirely new power plant That gets built into the grid base And the consumer's grid is still off So the difference in the cost is significant In doing something that actually The larger manager of grid better First time you build a new power plant Next, pass it on to the consumer So on CBB built and opened up A smart grid center of our system In Kensington State campus, Centennial campus Basically it's a great show place For what a smart grid is or could be Great consumer interest in that Basically you can use software And hardware technologies available today Proactively monitor the grid What's going on with the grid Look for potential outages coming your way Divert power and things like that And also get the operational data Back out there and you have to do a loss And get the power up a little bit more quickly Versus people running down with big bulls And bravers today So that's definitely a consumer's best interest To make sure that they've always got power So from the infrastructure perspective It's a pretty direct benefit To the end user and to the consumer As EV owners, you know As mass adoption increases For electric vehicles in the United States We're going to see a greater rise In the need for the infrastructure To support that growth, right? So as people purchase electric vehicles The first question is other than in my garage At night am I going to be able to charge this And leave the house Or am I going to have to stay within a 40 mile radius Or risk running out on the side of the road So you really see a direct benefit With the development of publicly available Charging stations for the consumer As the EV owner So that they can again drive with confidence And know that regardless of whether They're running errands or taking a trip With their family, there will be charging stations Available along the way to support their travels The most important thing that we see We provide the historian database That most utilities use is that As utilities know more and more about their loads Their forecasts, their abilities They can run lower and lower reserves And still meet their reliability requirements Anytime you have less reserves online Less spending reserves Less investment going into future generation All that reduces the amount of cost That goes into the kilowatt that everybody spends From a long term perspective Of being in the power industry What it really does is it slows down The rate increase because in general Utilities are trying very hard To keep their rates down They're very conscious of that And if you can help them Help them reduce investments To optimize, to run better To have good historical trends To have good estimating tools All those features help those utilities Keep their costs down And if the costs stay down It's a slower rate increase And we all love to pay our electric bill Higher higher every year, don't we? I guess a question that I have is In terms of thinking about PUCs overall And obviously there's huge variation Among PUCs across the country Just as there is among utilities And so I was just curious in terms of As you kind of look at PUCs And you look at utilities Is there overall a really great interest In investing in these kinds of tools Or putting these tools in place If it also looks like There's going to be a reduction In the sale of kilowatt hours The Volgar perspective It just depends On each particular utility commission So Maryland recently In the last 12 months I didn't mention when I talked That they issued an act That said they'll shell go do Volgar optimization So we haven't seen that In other states And other utilities could be So it really depends It depends on which body There are particular areas In the adopted technology You know, sooner than others But there's no Atlantic I would say to how that happens Which means looking at some of those And using those to then sort of Skip ahead to other states Or utilities Okay, any other questions or comments? Sure, over here? Probably against smart meters I'd like to I guess fortify my Oppositions for that group Because I don't see that It's necessarily being Consumement Certainly not on the environmental Campus But I'd like to put up On why smart meters Are important And agree with that state Who wants to answer? Okay, go ahead, Chris Smart meters are the first Of many improvements Loosely termed in the Smart grid arena, right? But what a smart meter Essentially does is Allows the utility number one To read the meter more efficiently At a lower cost So they have a lower cost of operating Which reduces the cost Of power delivered Second, it allows that utility Or that industry That's providing the Management of that system A better feel for the Actual voltage And the actual performance Of their system Within their system real time And if you think of The term of Sandy We had talked about Sandy earlier It would have been very nice To have had a robust Smart metering system in place Because then the utilities Would have known exactly Which houses were being Impacted exactly which times Which allows them then To do a better job Of outage management Outage recovery Outage planning There's a lot of positives That come from having The smart meters But is a smart meter A smart grid And I think sometimes We get confused over Smart grid versus smart meters Smart meters are just A very good tool That does something We've always had And the information They provide is really The same information It's always been available It's just at a higher Resolution And why is that important? If I'm a utility Or I'm a power Plant producer Giving power to the system I need to know when That power is coming And if I can use Smart meters to fine Tune how that power Is being used regionally I can pick my Assets better I can pick my Generation better I can use the Right generation At the right time Without spending a lot Of extra money Long ways to win Bringing it in over The power lines I can also balance That against some Local storage And again That goes back to The EV world It'll be a Short time period Before we're using EV batteries And other localized storage To really help And the smart meters Provide the information To the planning people So that they can Properly locate Those assets For the next Phase of the smart grid I would just Echo what Gary said Simple use case How many people When their power Goes out Immediately calls The utility Okay If you don't have A smart meter The utility has No idea that Your power Is out For the bulk Of the number of Outages Because they're usually On a small scale Tree falls down And takes out The particular phase That you are Your house Is being Powerful So the first thing That has deployment Is smart meters With smart meters They're getting Last gas For notification Indicating that The powers There's The bulk Of the outages That occur Not sandy like Trees falling down It's a benefit For you directly Because utility Knows That your power Is out And you can Automatically route A crew To drive To what is The likely Location of the Outage I guess Thank you To our panel. Lots of information. Please feel free To follow up With everybody. And thank you For being a part Of this whole Forum and Expo. Thanks.


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasegraves.com, coming at you with a pack of 2018 Panini Prestige Football Fat Pat Break number 33. Now there's three dice rolls happening here. First dice roll, we're giving away some extra spots. If you bought some spots outright, you got a chance at extra spots within that pack break. Second dice roll will be the break itself. And the third dice roll is the Panini One Football Random Number Block Spot Giveaway. That unlocks the break. That'll be in a separate video along with the number block randomizers as well. So let's get to it. Big thanks to this group for making it happen. So here's the first dice roll. Some of you may end up falling into a little buy one, get one situation, which is a good thing. Three and a one, four times. Top six after four. One, two, three, and four. So Barry, Matt Lieman, Stephen Kay, Alan, Brittany, Stephen Flatt, extra spots for you. Good buy one and get one situation. Let's put rooftops next to your name so you know you won that spot.  Now let's do the break. The second dice roll will randomize your names and teams and that'll be randomized four and a three, seven times. One, two, and seventh and final time. Four and a three, seven times for the teams. One, two, three, four, five, six, and seventh and final time. After seven, we got Titans down to Jets. I know Logan, it's been a nice rally for the major cryptos, all of them probably. I think it follows the market though more than it has in recent years. All right, here's the first half of the list right here and the second half of the list right over there. No trade windows in these little filler breaks. Let's just get on with it. We wanna get to the giveaway part as quickly as possible. Let's print and rip. Here's the official print out right here. Thanks everybody for making this happen. We're hoping for a bounce back season for this guy here, Saquon Barfley. Here's his rookie card going to the Giants. That's gonna go to Matt. Stick this in a drawer and then check in on him at the end of the year. All right, let's flip back over here. Let's gather everybody's names, one through 32 for the third and final dice roll. Let's get you into a clean list and then we're gonna match you up with a number block spot. The top three will get into the Jacksonville, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, number block and the next three will get spots in that Dallas number block. So, and those will eventually unlock Panini one football, which will be in a different video, so stay tuned for that. So there's everybody right here. Thank you again. Top six after nine, three and a six nine times. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and ninth and final time. So from seven on down, sad times. Sorry, Barry. Very close, but no cigar. Sad times for everybody here, seven through 32, a brother, but I appreciate you giving it a shot. We'll get him next time. Top six, happy times for you. You're moving on to the next round. Allen is happy. So Steve Locke and Barry, you guys are in the Dallas number block group. Brittany is also happy, Barry David and Brittany again. So Barry, that extra spot did help you out. All right, there you go. We'll put those rooftop symbols next to name. So once again, Brittany, Barry and Brittany in the Jacksonville number block, David, Steve Locke and Alan Murdock. You're in the Dallas one. I'm Joe for jasmizcasebrace.com. I'll see you for the number block randomizers and then the Panini one. Bye-bye.


Today we are starting a first installment of Break Free series where we're going to focus on talking about freedom, talk about renewing of the mind, and talking about walking with God in the fullness as He intended us to do so. We are going to take a book of Esther as for the next few services as a way of learning about freedom from book of Esther.  The story of Esther goes like this, there was one queen named Vashti, she didn't show up to a request by her king, by her husband, and she got dethroned, she lost her crown, and king was so popular and rich that he could afford to throw a beauty pageant just to find a wife. And that's not a best way to find a wife, but he could afford it, this was Old Testament, I guess it went well for him. He found this girl, Jewish girl, her name was Hadessa, and they changed her name to Esther. She lost her parents, both of her parents, to war. She got adopted by her uncle named Mardukai, who also was in the political world, he was serving with this king who was his like a captor. And Hadessa, whose name we know as Esther, she becomes the wife of this king, and there was an enemy there in the palace, his name was Haman. Haman was a hater, he did not like Jewish people, he attacked Jewish people, and so he wanted to wipe them out. So this whole thing of killing Jews and attacking Jews didn't start with Hitler, it started way, way, way before that. There was always an attack on the Jewish people because of God's plan that God has for Jewish people. And so what happened is that Haman devises a plan and a plot to wipe them out, and Esther steps in and intercedes, and she gets the job done. Haman gets hanged, the plot gets reversed, and Mardukai gets promoted, and Esther is now known, not just as a beautiful girl, but also as a savior of her nation. So we just learned six chapters of Esther in just a minute or two. The interesting part is Esther is the only book in the Bible that doesn't have word God in it. It has its fingerprints all over, just not as mentioned. And so today we're going to talk about spiritual freedom. And the message that will be titled is access denied, or I like to call it access revoked, where the access the enemy have had to our life is revoked. I want you to notice this. Esther was facing an enemy in the palace that was not actually her own enemy, it was the enemy of her great ancestors. Haman is a descendant of Amalekites, and Esther is a direct descendant of the house of Kish, who was the father of King Saul. When King Saul went to battle against Amalekites, he did not defeat them, he spared them, he spared the enemy. And instead of the enemy just evaporating through time, the enemy resurfaced later on the descendants of Saul. Esther had to face the enemy that was her great-great-great-great-grandfather did not overcome. Many battles we face today did not start with us. They got passed on to us, but we have to face them. One time a girl went to her mother and said, Mom, where did we come from? The mother says, we all came from God. She said, well, praise God. She went to her father, she says, where did we come from? The father says, you came from a monkey.  She goes back to her mom, she says, Mom, I'm confused. That says we came from monkeys, you said we came from God. The mom says, well, it's very simple. I told you where my family came from. He told you where his family came from. I believe I know why some people believe they came from monkeys, because they came from the family where stuff was just weird. We all have crazy families, right? And if your family is in church, don't say amen. No, he's talking about their family. Our family tree, even if you come from a Christian family, we all have things in our families that are not necessarily Christ-like and they need changing. And we have to understand that this success, if you come from a family where your father was an alcoholic, your chances of being alcoholic or being prone to alcoholism is 10 times more than someone who grew up without an alcoholic father. The same thing applies to divorce. A lot of times, the same thing applies to diabetes and even cancer, where they say it runs in the family, anger, divorce, and other things. They even did a study where they see that there are genes that are passed on.  They get passed on to you. But there are things that are passed on to you that can be deactivated. And these genes, they lay dormant in you until activated by certain experiences, by certain mentorships, or certain places that you go to. And then, because people can, it does not necessarily mean that because you grew up an alcoholic home that you're going to be an alcoholic. It's because you grew up in a great home that you're going to live great life. We still have choices that we can make. And today I want to address this issue because many of our battles have not started with us. It started with someone else. Our goal today is not to blame King Saul of why he did not remove Amalekites. Our goal is to understand that the battle we're facing did not start today. It's been going on for some time.  It's a spiritual inheritance. It's a spiritual blessing that you pass on to them. A lot of parents are too worried, make sure they pass on an inheritance. But the greatest inheritance your kids will benefit from is a good character, good reputation, spiritual habits, and a life free from bondages of Satan and sin and the devils. Because somebody say amen. When me and my wife purchased a duplex in Richland, an older duplex, within about a first year of our marriage, the person who sold us the duplex was a lawyer. He rented out this duplex to tenants and the yard was not up kept. The yard was not well kept. There was a lot of weeds. There were so many weeds. First time I was afraid to mow it because it was so high. I wasn't sure what's going to be there. In those weeds. So when I mowed that yard, the next week the weeds did not disappear. The weeds were still there. I had a chance.  It's not fair that I have to deal with all of this now. But I knew that though I got passed this lawn, got passed on to me. I have to now put a little bit more work. I have to fertilize it, remove the weeds and with time the weeds got pulled out. We put the irrigation system, planted trees and that yard looked so beautiful. And when I sold the real estate property to someone else, I still drive it once in a while in Richland over there. I see that lawn is green. That lawn is so different. Maybe that is your situation. Maybe something got passed on to you that's chronic diseases. Constant divorce and breaking of the family unit. Maybe what's been passed on to you is depression, phobias and fears. Maybe what runs in your family is constant lack or poverty. Or maybe what runs in your family is accident prone. Means everyone always gets weird accidents. Or perhaps it's premature death. Or perhaps it's a terminal illness that just hits every family member and nobody ever stood against it, resisted it and brought that down. Instead, they just kept passing it on, passing it on and maybe it got so big that honestly you're already expecting. Everyone dies at 50, at 50 that's when you're going to die. I want to tell you something today. You can change the lawn that got passed on to you. You can remove the weeds, plant the seeds and fertilize it. And you can pass on to your children a different legacy. You can pass on to your children good health. You can pass on to your children good morals. You can pass on to your children a blessed lifestyle, a generous lifestyle. You can pass on to your children something different that was passed on to you. Can somebody say amen? When King David was dying, he passed on to his son Solomon, great wealth and riches. He passed on to him a throne and a great reputation. Israel enjoyed a great momentum and David passed all of that to Solomon. He gave him a blueprint of the temple. You know that Solomon didn't create the blueprint. David did. He just only had to build it. He gave him all the contracts and all the builders of who's going to build what and who owed favors to David. He did all of that. But what I love David for is not only he handed all the good things to his son. He also told his son Solomon, he says when I become a king, something is going to happen. The enemies that I accumulated throughout my life who were at times my friends, my coworkers, people who were in my bodies. He says they are not going to die or leave the country because I died. They actually will become your enemies. And David, excuse me, Solomon, I want you to deal with them accordingly. And David was very clear. He says don't let them die normal death.  They're my enemies and sadly son, I'm passing them on to you.  There's nobody here who says you know what, I'm perfect. Even if you're like David, man after God's heart, you still pass on certain habits that honestly you didn't conquer. Abraham was a man of faith, yet he had a little lying issue. Passed on to his son, grandson, great-grandchildren. What I love David for is not that he passed on blessings or he passed on bad things. It's the day when he prepared his son and said, listen, deal with the stuff you get passed on. He didn't say, hey son, you know, blame it on me. He says no, he says deal with it. And the Bible says this, before Solomon built the temple, before he built the house, before he did anything, Solomon does this. He goes in one after another and he executes the enemies of his father. And when they were executed, the scripture says this, and Solomon was established. Generally, one of the reasons people are not established is because they have not dealt with their daddy's demons. Mama's demons, grandma's demons, grandpa's demons. We live blaming people, we live shifting the responsibility to say, well, that's not my problem. If they did it, they didn't fight it. And you know, now it's unfair that I have to deal with this. See, Solomon didn't blame his dad. He just challenged the enemy that was passed on from his dad. And when he dealt with the enemy, the Bible says he was established. You want to be established in your relationships? Deal with your past. I'm not saying glorify your past. I'm not saying go back to your past. I'm not saying blame your past. I'm saying deal with it. If certain tendencies are repeating in you that were in your dad or in your mom and they are not in the heavenly father, deal with it. Pull the weeds, fertilize your lawn. If you're seeing a certain illness, running rampant in your family, honestly, stand up against it. You said, well, what if I've done nothing happened? Stand up against it until something happens. Somebody say, man. Some of our battles did not start with us. That doesn't mean we blame people. We take responsibility. Esther conquered her ancestors' enemy. Solomon conquered his father's enemies. So can you. So can I. If it's poverty, if it's fear, if it's barrenness, if it's chronic diseases, if it's financial lack, if it's premature death, if it's accident prone, if it's depression or chronic anxiety, whatever it is. If they could do it and they didn't even have the blood. They didn't even have the spirit of God in dwelling in them. We do.  Because you have a generational blessing standing behind you and the Holy Spirit says, let's make things happen. Come on somebody. Come on somebody. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Let's put our hands together for the Lord. When the enemy appeared, when the enemy surfaced, Esther did not use political means to fight spiritual problems. I want you to write this down. Spiritual war can only be fought with spiritual ways. Esther, like every good politician, like a wife of a very powerful king, I'm pretty sure that her phone contacts had a lot of connections to governors, senators, and people who were very good and very connected. She could have easily sent a text message saying, hey guys, I need to gather together. Can somebody put something in Heyman's food for tomorrow's breakfast? So he doesn't make it back to the office. I mean, those days, they took care of problems very uniquely. If you watch the history or anything of that. So she could have used manipulative, political ways to solve a problem. I want you to see this. When the problem surfaces, Esther does not run to physical means to deal with physical problem. She gathers the women together and asks Mardukai to gather the whole people together. And says, I want us to fast and pray for three days. No water, no coffee, no juice, like no liquid at all. Like when we fast, we sip stuff, you know, we drink things, but nothing at all. And you must say, man, Esther, she's cute and also smart.  She doesn't just see physical problem for a physical problem. She knows that. I know Heyman is connected and he presented well-versed plan to the king and sold him, manipulated him, showed him some financial data and everything. You know, she didn't say, well, if I just show to the king how the financial data is not really working, if I bring the facts, you know, she says, no, no. The first thing we need to do, it's a physical problem, but it has spiritual roots. Let's go into the spiritual realm and let's shake some roots up. So when I show up to the king, it's not going to be my facts that's going to move. There's going to be a spiritual force behind me because I've dealt with spiritual problem. Most of our physical problems have spiritual roots. And we have to be very honest with ourselves today to admit that the physical problem might have spiritual roots. And in order to just, instead of dealing with this physical problem, financial problem, relationship problem, you have to go in and start dealing first with the spiritual. I didn't say they're only with the spiritual, but first with the spiritual. Can somebody say Amen? With prayer, fasting, all of these things, it deals with the spiritual. If we look in the Bible, for example, you see that some sicknesses in the Bible, they were direct results of spiritual problems. An average, you will look at a woman who comes to church and she's been for 18 years and he will say she has a back problem. Jesus looked at that and said she has a demon problem. He cast out the devil and the woman was made straight. There was one person in the Bible, they couldn't speak and they couldn't hear, mute and dumb. And you would say, oh, they have a speech problem. But Jesus saw that the roots were way deeper than a speech problem. The physical problem had a spiritual roots. For example, we can look at Judas and say, oh, Judas had a stealing problem. Or Judas has a problem with denying Jesus. Judas is a backstabber. But in reality, the scripture removes the scales and puts us that Judas had a demon problem. And the devil put in the heart of Judas to betray Jesus and the devil entered Judas. Judas didn't do what he did because Judas was bad. Judas did what he did because Judas had something going on behind the scenes. Ananias, he lied about what he sold the property for. But the Bible says Peter rebuked Ananias. He said, why did you let Satan put in your heart to deceive to the Holy Spirit? Meaning it was a demon problem. I am not saying there's a demon behind every bush. It's probably behind every leaf. Things are way more spiritual than we think. The world we live in existed only for thousands of years or if you believe millions of years. But the world that we don't see existed for eternity. That world is eternal. That world is powerful. The world you see is very, very fragile. This world is a baby. The world you don't see is the father. The world you live in, everything you're facing, a lot of times fatigue, depression, fear, certain tendencies. We always say always physical and probably it is.  I really want to just blow this deception of the enemy. Because the enemy is very cunning. The first thing we see about the devil in Genesis chapter 3 is the Bible says and the serpent was more cunning than any other animal. You know what that says? Devil's greatest gift is craftiness. Manipulative. That's why Jesus said he's a thief. If you've ever been stealing before in your life before coming to Jesus or before coming to church, you know one thing about stealing. In order to be a successful thief you have to remain anonymous and cover your tracks. You're only as good thief as you're able not to get caught. Nobody steals and posts it online. So devil's success is in damaging, stealing and destroying without you ever knowing or being able to connect the dots to him. And my goal today during this series is to shine the light and say listen there are tracks in your life and these tracks are not just yours. There's something else and it's not just you. Face the music. Face the enemy. Face the real, real issue. And those roots are spiritual. Otherwise what you're going to do is you're going to clean the spider web instead of killing the spider. Otherwise we're going to mow the lawn instead of pulling out to read the roots that are weeds. We're going to be like Balaam riding a donkey. The Bible says the donkey was moving sideways. And then it starts, it just dropped. So Balaam just dropped on the floor with the donkey and Balaam took a rod. Bow, bow, bow. He's beating the donkey. And he says if I would have a sword I would have killed you right now. And the God opens the mouth of the donkey.  Have I ever done this to you? We wouldn't think I'm doing this on purpose. And the Bible says God opens the eyes of the prophet and the prophet sees that the reason why donkey's been going this way and it dropped was not because the donkey was having an attitude problem. The donkey didn't eat but because there was something spiritual standing there. The donkey felt the pressure and it couldn't move forward. Sometimes our health, our finances, our children have a spiritual opposition and they misbehave.  Now, sometimes you need to beat it. Just a little bit. It's not bad. Discipline the child. You need to give him curfew. Yes, you need a console, you need a therapy. We need all of that. That has its place. But first of all, remove the spiritual obstacle and then discipline the donkey. Can somebody say amen? Put the filter on your phone if you're struggling with pornography. But remove the demon of pornography first. Watch some comedy. Make yourself feel better. But remove the spirit of depression first. If there is divorce, take some marriage classes so that your next marriage doesn't end up like the previous. But break the generation, the curse of divorce first. We're not saying that spiritual solves everything, but spiritual is where everything begins first. And then we go into practical. Can somebody say amen? And so Esther, she deals with the spiritual problem. Nobody, I don't know who taught her. The spiritual tools, weapons are as follows. The word of God, the blood of Jesus and the name of Jesus. It's not just our education, our appearance, our knowledge of the Bible, but it's the word of God, the blood of Jesus and the name of Jesus. What that means that these things, they're huge in spiritual realm. Demons respond to the power of the blood of Jesus. The forces of darkness, they respond to the power of the word of God and the name of Jesus. The name of Jesus is so powerful, is so powerful. We flippantly use it sometimes as a charm or like this, or this special phrase that does magic, but it represents Jesus. I sometimes use it as an example in our church because I'm one of the pastors on the team here. And so if somebody wants to get something done, a lot of times what they do is they use my name. And so they come up to that person and if they're trying to tell them, say, hey, could you get the done, they say no, they say Vlad said. And so Vlad said can open a lot of keys in the church for you. Vlad said, give me this, okay. Vlad said, give me coffee. Okay, they'll get your coffee. They won't even charge you. Vlad said, because why? They know that behind that, behind that Vlad is going to come in and stuff. And so at the one time even we had a person who spammed our core team and sent a scammed who send a spam and the scammed for about $140 because they represented Vlad on the email to them. And they looked, they look so good. I mean, they appeal to their emotion. They say, hey, I'm busy right now at the office. I'm talking to this cancer patient. And would you send me $100 iTunes card? I'll refund to you on Wednesday at your service. Pass of Vlad, GNY 2003, which is my email. And at the end they had a dot. My email doesn't have a thousand three dot. It just has a thousand three. And so, but nobody paid attention to that. And they had Vlad in the, in the, in the, in the there and in the bottom I have Vlad. And then, and so what they did is they, people, our team started to send a person iTunes card to help with cancer treatment. Now, I'm not sure our team, I guess they just kind of give money to iTunes thinking that somehow it connects to treatment. Those things don't connect. And somebody sends me a screenshot here and they said from our team, they said, Vlad, do you need the. I didn't scarred for $100 or $200. And I said, I don't need an iTunes card. But I mean, I like it, but I don't need who is, they said, you're meeting with the cancer patient. I said, not right now. And they send me the email. So I look at the email and I said, wow, that's so kind. That's like me. I look at the phrases and then I checked the email and I see one dot there. They didn't notice it. And so then I write to the person who is using my name to scam people to take money from them. And I said, listen, you're going to get cancer. He replied quickly. And I said, listen, if you are lying to people because of cancer, I'm like, be careful, you will get cancer for that. That's that's that's you. You're lying. This isn't bad. And he says, please pray for me. This never happens. And so I asked him, you know, the whole story and everything. So I forgave him and I canceled those words from coming into his life. I said, but if you scam one more person from our team right now.  He says to people to send him $70 or something. So it's 140 bucks using my name. Now, if somebody can manipulate the selfish gain, use someone else's name to get what they want. Bible says that there were people who will come before God and who in his name cast out demons, heal the sick, but didn't actually go to heaven. That means how much more? Listen, how much more is someone like you? Filled with the Holy Ghost, has a covenant with God, lives in the Word of God, lives under authority of Jesus.  That the Holy Spirit who you are close with will stand right beside you. The enemy has to flee. The enemy has to bow. And you have to succeed. Somebody say amen. Somebody give God praise for his name. Somebody shout Jesus. Come on, you can do better than that. Shout Jesus. Come on, somebody. When the plane goes through turbulence, nobody says Buddha. Everybody says, oh my God. Jesus. Well, you can believe it wherever you want to believe. When the plane is going down, there's only one name that's going to be coming out of your lips. It's that name that defeated death. It's that name that heals disease. It's that name that demons tremble in front of. That name. What is that name? What is that name? What is that name? Come on, make the devil mad. What is that name? Jesus. Come on somebody. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you Lord. His name is Jesus. That is our weapon, is the name Jesus. That is our weapon is the Word of God. That is our weapon, the blood of Jesus. But I want you to see. It's not mere shouting, mere professing. It's the power of the Holy Spirit behind that name. Because the Bible says the horse is prepared for battle, but the victory is of the Lord. In other words, the Word of God, the blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus is prepared for our battles. But the victory comes from the Holy Spirit. By him, yoke is broken. Jesus says the Spirit of God is upon me, he has annoyed me. Even Jesus said, the Holy Spirit helps me to break the chains. When demons came out of people, he says, and they said, oh, that's the devil doing it.  Because he says, that wasn't just me. That was the Holy Spirit moving. See, when Esther went in to fight against these challenges, she had Mardukai behind her. Encouraging her, inspiring her, telling her what to do. Your Mardukai is the Holy Spirit. He adopts you into his heart. He is with you right now. Holy Spirit is not in heaven. He is omnipresent, but his presence, manifest presence, is with you. He comforts you. He loves you. He changes your name. He's always there to convict you. He's always there to inspire you. And he is there to lead you on to a battle and train your hands for war and your fingers for battle. Holy Spirit is my best friend. Holy Spirit is my partner. Holy Spirit is the one I rely on him. I shift the responsibility on him. When life gets too heavy, I say, Holy Spirit, we got to share the plate. Because this is your job, Holy Spirit, this is, and I know he loves to take that from me and say, let me, you rest, let me fight the battles with you. The Holy Spirit is the partner in the spiritual warfare. We don't fight alone. We're not just given by God a tool, a weapon. We're given by God a person to stand right beside it as we use the weapon. I'm not alone just, and I need to learn the tricks of how to pronounce God's word against the enemy. What's the right way to phrase things when things come against me? That is not where the secret is. The secret is I am together with the Spirit of the living God. Yes, I have the blood of Jesus. Yes, I have the word of Jesus. Yes, I have the name of Jesus at my disposal. I'm actually called by his name. But most important who I have is scarce the devil like crazy and puts his tail between his legs is the Holy Spirit. The Bible says when Mardukai would come in, Haman would get provoked to anger. I believe that when the Holy Spirit's presence comes in, it irritates demons like nothing else. Because the Holy Spirit is the only one who can challenge the devil. You can challenge the devil with your religiosity. Knowing the Christian needs doesn't frighten the enemy. Having a long history of being in church, it doesn't move the spiritual world. What moves is the Holy Spirit and he lives in you. He lives in me. We have a Bible. We have the blood of Jesus. We have the name of Jesus. But that is not where our victory lies. What our victory lies is in the Holy Spirit. And if you may be shooting the scriptures and you feel like it's nothing working, squeeze the hand of the Holy Spirit. And say, Holy Spirit, I got you. You got me. And this battle is going to be won. It's already been won on the cross, but it's going to be won in my life. Come on somebody. Because it's one thing what victory happened in heaven, victory happened in a Calvary. But there's a final blow to the enemy. It's when victory happens in your own backyard. When it happens in your own health. When it happens in your relationships. When it happens in your own mind. When it happens with your kids. And see, because the devil knows he defeated, got defeated from heaven. He got defeated at the Calvary. But we're talking about one more blow. And this is going to happen with the Holy Spirit. The third thing I want you to write this down. What I'm mentioning is access of the enemy can only be subdued by the authority of the believer. As we see in the story of Esther, the enemy had the access to the palace. He had the ability to operate there. He had the permission to work, plot and plan. But the enemy did not have a bed in the palace. The enemy had an office, but not the bed. He had the access, but not the authority. He had the permission, but Esther had a relationship. The enemy came in and out. Esther lived in the palace. And so sometimes people say, well, if I am a Christian, you know, Christians can never get attacked by the devil. It's true that as a Christian, you have the Holy Spirit living in you. And the enemy doesn't necessarily, doesn't have a permanent residence in your spirit. Because your spirit is occupied by Jesus. Can somebody say amen? The Holy Spirit lives there. The king of kings lives there. And you are in a relationship with the Holy Spirit. Can somebody say amen? But the enemy can have access to your soul. When he comes in and ties a particular area of your soul temporarily, or ties it one area. Everything else is good, but just one area is under control. He can come in and come out. He can have the access, but you have the authority. You have the authority. He can have the access, but you have the authority. The enemy can gain access through these means, through occult, through abuse, through accursed things.  Or it's just kind of funny. We were in Mexico on a bus. And we told the bus driver to drop us off at the dream's resort, which was the hotel that we were staying at. He was like, yeah, yeah, for sure. So I'm standing right next to him to make sure he doesn't miss that. And I'm noticing he has a dream catcher in the bus. And I was like, oh Jesus, protect us. We cancel every assignment of the enemy. So I kind of forgot about it. We keep driving, driving, driving. The guy drops us off about five miles away from our hotel. Now we spent all of our money at the beach. Gave some tips and everything. So we only had enough money just to get to our hotel.  He said, oh, I'm sorry, senior. I missed your dream's resort.  I was like, can you give me a receipt so I can go take another bus? Because I don't have money. He said, oh yeah, I'll give you a receipt. He gives me a receipt. But the receipt wasn't a ticket. So we get another bus. The guy's like, well, this is a receipt. It's not enough. You need to pay. And we don't have money. And the only thing that's coming to my mind is the dream catcher. I was like, that cursed thing messed me up. I was like, should have ripped that thing out. But a lot of times people bring dream catcher. So they bring widget boards. They bring demonic material into their house. And actually it gives Satan an access point.  The enemy will have an access to your family, to your life, in some way, shape, and form. Because it's giving him an access key and you are a treasure that he wants to destroy. And so a cursed thing is one of them. Generational curse or also a will for sin. It's somebody consciously willfully continuous to sin. Gives an access to the devil to come in and to come out. You might say, well, he doesn't live in me. That is true. As a Christian, Holy Spirit lives in you. You are in a relationship with God. But Haman, though he did not live in the palace, he plotted against the palace. He plotted against Esther.  And so you can be a Christian, have a relationship with the Holy Spirit, relationship with God. But if you don't break the access of the enemy through repentance and renouncing, the enemy can still have a part of your life that he's attacking.  But it's happening right now. Is it because I'm not a believer? Let me ask you a question. Was Esther not genuinely married just because Haman was in the palace? No. Her marriage was genuine. Her marriage was legit. She had somebody who had access until a particular time that Esther realized. We need to revoke that access. We need to get the brother out. And we need to cancel his coat, remove that from the system, and so that he has no longer access to this palace. And she went through fasting. She went to the king. She got a feast. And she got this whole thing until one day the Bible says that when they were eating, the enemy got on his knees in front of Esther. And the Bible says this. He was trembling. All these big plans.  Went to what?  What that means? He was pleading and begging. That's the real position of the devil in your life. Maybe right now that is your position, but not for long. We just need to swap the cards. Revoke the access. Break the chain. But for that to happen, you must understand. You must understand. You must understand. You must understand. You must understand. You must understand. For that to happen, you must understand. You already have authority. Not when the devil is on his knees. When he's thinking he's all big and bad. When you don't feel powerful, you are powerful. Because of the Holy Spirit that lives inside of you. When you feel like the world is falling apart and things are just getting worse and you may say, well, Lord, I prayed the prayer. I've renounced it, but it keeps coming back. That Heyman is like, you just can't get rid of him. I want to tell you something. Keep on keeping on. Keep on fighting one. Because he has a rightful position. And the Bible says his rightful position is on his knees. Actually, Jesus is under our feet being trampled upon. Oh, Jesus! Trampled upon. Not trampling me and you, but trampled upon. Come on, somebody. That is his rightful place. That's where cancer belongs. That's where depression belongs. That's where divorce belongs. That's where the cycle in the family belongs. Under my feet. Under your feet. Somebody say amen. I want to encourage you right now. I know that maybe sometimes when you're fighting something for so long and we're going to a church where maybe you're agreeing with your home group and others and maybe you felt discouraged today.   No, no, no, no, no, no. There's gallows prepared for him already to be hanged on. You shouldn't be planning your funeral. You need to plan your testimony. You need to plan your victory because there is blood and there is power in the blood of Jesus. There is power in the name of Jesus to raise people from the dead, to raise you from your situation.  The devil is still being defeated on the cross and you are victorious in God. Esther, you got authority and that authority trumps access. It trumps Heyman. It defeats his plans and his plots. Today is a time to revoke the access. Stand on your authority. But I want us to begin first by welcoming precious Holy Spirit. He's here. But to say Holy Spirit, we need you a little bit more today. It could be one touch of the Holy Spirit in this room and you will never be the same.  You walk out different and never have that problem again because the Holy Spirit is your power. And then I want to lead you in the prayer of repentance because someone was here today actually we have given Satan the access key. You've given him the pin. You've given him your source security and your passport. Your safe is in his pocket. You've invited maybe willful maybe you did not know that these things are not good for you. And today we're going to repent of that.  And then we're going to confront the enemy. That whatever you came with today you're not going to leave the same. 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What's happening guys? It's Shane here. And in today's video, we are going to be talking about the most useful degrees. So we're basically going to be going over majors where the skills that you learn are going to be able to be directly applied to the real world. You know, a lot of degrees have the problem where yes, you learn a lot of skills, but it's a little bit difficult to see how those skills are going to translate to the real world. Translate to helping you find a job or in many cases, help you to start a business or teach you skills that are going to make your personal finance journey easier. So this is going to be a very exciting video guys. Before we get into it, make sure to gently tap that like button, hit the subscribe button and ring the notification bell. Let's aim for 1,837 likes on this video. All right. So number 10 on the list is going to be economics and you might be surprised to see this one because it is a liberal arts degree, but this is actually one of the better ones. When you look at the statistics, they are pretty good. And by the way, I'm going to be sharing basically my degree ranker in this video. This is usually only available to people who, you know, subscribe to my Patreon or buy one of my courses, but I am going to be sharing that information in this video. So stay tuned for that. So with this one, the early career pay is $56,000 a year and mid career pay is $107,000. That is a salary score of 67.25, which is really good. On top of that, this is one of the degrees that creates the most millionaires. So a lot of people who get economics degrees end up becoming millionaires. Now that could be for a few different reasons. One, maybe they start their own business. So economics degree will teach you the skills where it would make it more likely that you'll be successful starting your own business. Two, maybe it teaches you some personal finance skills and some investing skills. If you know how to read the economy, you'll likely make better investing decisions. Or three, it could just be complete correlation. People who are interested in economics are, you know, tend to be more interested in getting rich as well. But it's probably a little bit of a combination of all three of those things. Now, when it comes to the demand score, the best way to determine this is to look at job sites and then see how many of them list the degree itself in the job listing. So you see how many jobs on indeed.com or monster.com have the keyword economics degree. And in this case, many, many jobs do. So over 20,000, for instance, on monster.com had this listed. That's a demand score of 107.4 out of 100. So there's very good demand for an economics degree. Now the meaning score for this one is relatively low. It's about 41%.  So just make sure that you're getting into something that you're actually passionate about and you enjoy doing. I forgot to mention the number of bachelor grads last year was 30,000. So overall economics degree can be a really good choice and it is pretty useful. Number nine on the list is going to be a physics degree. And last year, 6,000 people graduated with a bachelor's. So for this one, early career pay is 60,000 mid career pay is 113,000. That is of course, very good. The number of jobs available was about 15,000, which is a demand score of 105. The meaning score is a little bit higher at about 48%. So physics, in my opinion, is a very difficult degree to get. And so for that reason, companies know when they hire physics grads that they're getting somebody who's probably very smart and very hardworking. So you see a lot of companies actually hire physics graduates for positions that have absolutely nothing to do with physics.  So yeah, even though these first two might not be top of mind when you think of a practical degree, indirectly speaking, they are both kind of practical. Number seven on the list is going to be a statistics or a mathematics degree. So these are very similar to physics, very difficult degree to get. And also just in general, it's hard to find people who are really good at statistics or mathematics. So it's a relatively rare skill. Most people hate math.  So this one starts off at an early career pay of 57,000 and mid career pay is 102,000. Now on top of that, there are 58,000 job listings that have mathematics degree as a keyword. And that is a fantastic sign that there is a lot of demand. So the demand score here is 120. Meaning is 45%. So you know, not too bad. And last year for a mathematics degree, for instance, there were 17,000 graduates. And the number of graduates can be somewhat important because it basically tells you that it's a brand name degree. And that means that a degree that a lot of hiring managers and business owners actually recognize sometimes if you get a really rare degree, people just simply don't recognize it. And so they'll probably go for the applicant that has the more common degree, just because of the fact that they know what they're getting number seven on the list is going to be marketing. And you are probably surprised to see this one. Now not only is this practical in the real world, there's tons of marketing jobs out there. But it's also really good if you want to start your own business. With this degree, you'll make $48,000 a year starting out an $89,000 in mid career pay. So that's relatively low compared to a lot of the other salaries on this list. But what makes up for it is the demand. There are 130,000 job listings that have marketing degree listed in them. And that is a demand score of 146. I believe that's the second highest demand out of all the degrees available. Now the meaning score is relatively low. It's 39%. So make sure that you know what you're getting into if you decide to go for marketing. Next one on the list, number six, I'm actually including two different degrees here because they're pretty similar. And that is going to be accounting and finance. So these two degrees, as well as the marketing degree made it on the list of the top 10 degrees that create the most millionaires. There are a lot of business degrees on that list. And not only are they practical for starting a business, but they're going to teach you really good personal finance skills, they'll likely help you with investing and making good money decisions. And on top of that, there is a good amount of demand for jobs. So for finance, for instance, they start off making about $55,000 a year and $98,000 in mid-career pay. And the number of jobs available is 95,000. And that's with 37,000 people graduating with a bachelor each year. So those are really, really good ratios. That means there's basically three times the amount of jobs available as there is people graduating almost a three to one ratio. That is very good. And that's a demand score of 133. Now the meaning is relatively low at 40%. So again, make sure you know what you're getting yourself into, make sure you are passionate about it if you're interested in it. But yeah, this can be a very good one. And I will say, if you're somebody who is, you know, really competitive, really driven like an A type personality, this can be especially good because finance is one of the industries and one of the degrees in general that creates a lot of like more than just millionaires. We're talking like Deca millionaires billionaires. So yeah, there is a ton of opportunity in the finance industry. A lot of really cool things happening right now in finance, you know, you've got all these apps popping up, you've got cryptocurrency, DeFi. So a ton of opportunity in finance right now. Number five on the list is going to be management information system. So this is basically a combination of business and technology. So if we were to kind of categorize this one, it would be about 40% business 30% it, which is information technology, and then 30% computer science. Now business and technology are two of the most valuable skills that you can possibly learn pretty much every company out there, whether it's a big company or a small company is probably looking to hire people who have business skills and or technology skills. And it's extremely rare to find somebody who has both. So yeah, really good one starts off about $60,000 a year and mid career pay is 105,000. Also, I think this one is on the up and up just because of the fact that it is relatively new. Now the number of jobs available is 39,000 with only 7,000 graduates last year. That is over a five to one ratio. So again, extremely good odds. And that's a demand score of 113. The meaning is 42%. So you know, decent for business degrees, that's about average. So yeah, very practical degree teaches you skills that are high in demand. On top of that, it probably is going to teach you skills that are going to help you start your own business. Because let's be honest, pretty much all businesses these days, especially after the events that happened the last two years, are technology based. I have had tech issues on this YouTube channel, and I've had to actually call people in to help with the issues, even though I'm, you know, pretty decent at it myself, I still have had to call people in and they were charging a good amount of money per hour. So there's, you know, definitely a lot of demand for these skills. It's very practical directly as well as indirectly. This can be a great choice, especially if you're somebody who's kind of interested in business, you don't want to take a super difficult degree. This can be a good choice for you. Number four on the list is going to be computer science. So yeah, if you're trying to get to the six figure level, this is probably the most valuable skill that you can learn computer programming software development. And when you go into the technology industry, which you'd likely be working with a computer science degree, it's not just the salary and the salary here is pretty good. It's $68,000 a year starting out and 114,000 in mid career pay.  So a lot of the time you'll end up getting bonuses and stock that sometimes can be as much as your base salary. And then on top of that, there is a ton of amazing benefits in the technology industry. We've all seen how, you know, all these big companies like Netflix and Google treat their employees. So with this one, there was 153,000 job listings. And that's with 22,000 graduates. That is almost a seven to one ratio. So the demand score is, I believe the highest on the entire list and that is 154. The meaning is 41%. So that's about average for technology related degrees. And yeah, you know, I've talked about this one a lot on the channel, super solid overall, just objectively speaking, probably the best degree that you can get. But there are a few degrees that in my opinion are more useful, more practical. Number three on the list is going to be industrial engineering. So to be honest with you, engineering degrees are incredibly useful and incredibly practical. They teach you how to solve real world problems. You know, with something like a mathematics degree, you are very good at solving problems. But these are kind of like theoretical problems that don't necessarily apply to the real world. Sometimes they do a lot of the time they do, but a lot of the time they don't. But an engineering degree is basically just practical problem solving. And that's why engineering was actually number one out of all the degrees on the list of degrees that create the most millionaires. Now to be honest with you, the top three are going to have degrees that are very practical. But there would be more engineering degrees and more health degrees on this list. But I wanted to include a bunch of different types of degrees so that everyone in the audience can maybe get a degree, get something out of this video and find a degree that maybe they're interested in. Because let's be honest, not everyone is interested in engineering. It's very difficult. There's a lot of mathematics. But yeah, industrial engineering, it's basically a combination of engineering and business. Two super, super valuable skills for you to know. You start off making about $67,000 a year and $110,000 in mid-career pay. That's a fantastic salary, of course. The number of jobs available is $5,000, and that's a demand score of 101. The meaning score is 46%. So again, about average for engineering degrees. But there's one other engineering degree that's just a little bit more practical than this one. It's an extremely flexible degree. You see these types of engineers working in so many different industries with so many different types of companies in many different types of roles. That's right. Mechanical engineering is number two on the list. So the early career pay here is 66,000 and 110,000 in mid-career pay. The number of jobs available is 15,000, and that's a demand score of 105. So yeah, mechanical engineering, extremely flexible skillset. There's so many different ways that you can go with it. It's not one of the higher paying engineering degrees, but it's one of the most flexible. And to be honest with you, this applies to a lot of different engineering degrees. They do tend to be pretty practical and pretty useful.  Number one on the list, and this is going to be number one by a mile, is going to be health related degrees. And just as an example, we're going to be using nursing. So this is nursing, of course, but it applies to so many different degrees out there. Basically anything that's health related is incredibly useful and incredibly practical. One thing about a lot of degrees is you'll get the degree and then you very rarely end up working in a field that's even remotely related to the subject of the degree. So you might get a mathematics degree and then end up working in business or end up becoming a programmer or working in finance. But the great thing about health related degrees is they generally are a pretty straight track to a specific career.  If you get an MD, you're going to become a medical doctor. And so to be honest with you, this list would probably be full of health care related degrees and engineering degrees would probably make it in there as well. But I wanted to include a bunch of different subjects just because I know not everyone is interested in health or engineering. But yeah, with this one, it starts off about $60,000 a year and $79,000 in mid-career pay. The number of jobs available is 99,000. And that's a demand score of 135. The meaning is also off the charts. You see this for lots of different health related degrees. It's about 83%. And meaning score tends to be an indication of your happiness in the long term, right? So it doesn't necessarily make you super happy in the short term like eating ice cream or playing a video game.  So yeah, 83% very good health degrees in general have very high meaning scores. Hope you enjoyed this video. Check my others out right here. I made them just for you. Go ahead. Gently tap that like button, hit the subscribe button, ring the notification bell and comment down below any thoughts, comments, etc. that you have on the video. And I will see you next time.