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Chris Wright: “There are hundreds of gigawatts of capacity sitting unused…”

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

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Goldman Sachs MD Neil Mehta speaks to Energy Sec. Chris Wright at energy conference — 1/7/2026

Published | Video Starts at 25:45

Because one quick thing on the electricity grid, because I have politicians are telling me all the time like why are you getting rid of these subsidies? We need more electrons on the grid. We just need more electrons on the grid. … There are hundreds of gigawatts of capacity sitting unused on the electricity grid today. … time the electricity grid's got a ton of spare capacity. That's expensive. It's all this kit that's just sitting around and then you know, the sun comes out of a cloud or the wind starts blowing and the turbine starts spinning. (25:45–25:52)

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Asserts that there is a significant amount of unused capacity on the current electricity grid.

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