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Chris Wright: “If it is retiring, what's going to replace it that's equally…”

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

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Julie Fedorchak and Chris Wright Discuss Baseload Reliability Act and Energy Grid Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 03:59

And then we're going to try to proactively engage with all of them of why is this asset retiring? Does it make sense? Is there a better plan here? And, and If it is retiring, what's going to replace it that's equally dispatchable and firm, reliable, and won't add to the cost of the grid or increase the either increase the cost or reduce the reliability of the grid. Good. My bill would bake what you're doing into law and basically require it so that before anybody could retire a unit in one of the regions that have an … (03:59–04:12)

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Asserts the need for replacements of retiring assets to be equally reliable and cost-effective.

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