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Page 89 1 to the agenda as Exhibits for Identification. Please 2 continue. 3 THE WITNESS: Thank you. There are reasons 4 that this Board can approve this application, and there 5 are three specific reasons. The first, this is an 6 inherently beneficial use. The second, there are 7 special planning reasons that are advanced by this 8 application. And the third reason is that we are 9 providing upgraded reliability and aesthetic 10 improvements. 11 So I'll just go back a little bit. 12 Inherently beneficial use. This is an inherently 13 beneficial use that promotes the general welfare. 14 Reliable electricity is essential and critical to our 15 modern way of living. I'd also like to say that proper 16 cable connections are too but I'll stick with 17 electricity. 18 This station supplies service to thousands 19 of customers in West Orange and in surrounding areas, 20 and we've been providing that service since 1928. As 21 customers, the Board expects PSE&G to provide safe and 22 reliable equipment -- excuse me, reliable service with 23 modern equipment. You do not expect us to be using 24 equipment from the 1920s. 25 This Board previously determined that the