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Chris Wright: “They were offsetting it, Tony, by building 22 gigawatts. So…”

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

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The AI Race: Why the Future of Power Is at Stake with U.S. Energy Secretary, Chris Wright

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So, yeah, when we arrived, the plan at FERC and the resource plans across the thing was to shut down 100 gigawatts of firm generating capacity before its end of life. And. But They were offsetting it, Tony, by building 22 gigawatts. So a net, a net subtraction of 78 gigawatts of dispatchable reliable. while the demand Electricity is going geometric. Exactly. And so you threw out the number 50 gigawatts, which I think is a reasonable estimate for data centers in the next five years. (37:15–37:27)

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