Hommie Electric & Consulting (HEC) is a company formed to assist with the development and design of electrical operations. The company is considering a change in its capital structure. HEC currently has $20 million in debt carrying a rate of 6%, and its stock price is $40 per share with 2 million shares outstanding. HEC is a zero growth firm and pays out all of its earnings as dividends. The firm's EBIT is $15.582 million, and it faces a 30% federal-plus-state tax rate. The market risk premium is 5%, and the risk-free rate is 5%. HEC is considering increasing its debt level to a capital structure with 30% debt, based on market values, and repurchasing shares with the extra money that it borrows. HEC will have to retire the old debt in order to issue new debt, and the rate on the new debt will be 9%. HEC has a beta of 1.0. a) What is HECs unlevered beta before restructuring? Use market value D/S (which is the same as wd/ws) when unlevering.