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Brian Schatz: “The vast majority of the electricity that is available to…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Your electricity bill is spiking because Trump has banned solar energy and is creating shortages.

Published | Video Starts at 00:13

There is effectively a ban on Solar Energy projects. 90% of the projects in the queue are solar. Most of. Whatever you think about the climate crisis, wherever you are on the political spectrum, The vast majority of the electricity that is available to get online is solar energy. And anything with a federal nexus, not just on federal land, but where there is a federal nexus, is effectively banned. (00:13–00:21)

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Asserts that most of the electricity ready to be added to the grid is solar energy.

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