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Chris Wright: “Coal stepped up and produced 25% more electricity during…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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'Common Sense Is Returning To Washington DC': Wright Praises Trump Admin Energy Coal Policies

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

Solar is irrelevant in the winter. So the things we talk about didn't even matter to our electricity grid except for cost burdens. Coal stepped up and produced 25% more electricity during this storm than its normal reliable chugging out of electricity. Without those plants, without that increase in electricity production, we lost a lot of Americans untold economic damage. (02:24–02:32)

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Asserts that coal plants increased electricity production by 25% during a storm.

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