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Page 116 1 is. 2 MR. WHEATLE WILLIAMS: Thank you. 3 Very quick follow-up question is, is that 4 what drives the selection of the height? And could 5 you just opine on the selection of height for a 6 second? 7 THE WITNESS: Correct. So, yeah, that all 8 factors in. There's -- basically the IEEE 998 code 9 specifies basically the height delta between the 10 equipment you're trying to protect as well as the 11 top of your lightning mast and provides you with a 12 radius of protection that those masts are providing 13 over equipment at the lower heights that it is 14 protecting. 15 MR. WHEATLE WILLIAMS: Okay. Thank you. 16 That's it for me, Mr. Chair. 17 ACTING CHAIR SCHWARZBAUM: Thank you. 18 Mr. Hess, do you have any questions? 19 MR. HESS: I have one quick question, 20 Mr. Chairman. 21 What is the anticipated life expectancy 22 for the new 26 kV equipment that's proposed? 23 THE WITNESS: Yeah. The new switchgear -- 24 generally the vendors are quoting 30 to 50 years on 25 the life cycles of these new switchgear units.