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Chris Wright: “In New England this January, wind, solar and batteries…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:26

Just means some other existing asset has to turn down to accommodate. The sun came out from behind a cloud. What matters is can you deliver energy at peak demand time and peak demand time In New England this January, wind, solar and batteries combined were 2% of electricity going into the grid. Burning trash and wood was 3%. But yet we subsidize fossil fuels. But we're cutting all subsidies to renewables. How do we subsidize fossil fuels? (09:26–09:34)

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Asserts that wind, solar, and batteries contributed 2% of electricity in New England's grid in January.

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