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Chris Wright: “We have a team in our Office of Electricity that's looking…”

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 03:39

And so when people want tens of gigawatts of more power and we're shutting down facilities with decades left on their lifetime, that doesn't look so thoughtful. So, yes, We have a team in our Office of Electricity that's looking at grid reserve margins across the different areas of the country and we're looking at planned retirements. 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? (03:39–03:51)

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