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Chris Wright: “We're changing some foolish regulations.”

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

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US Energy Secretary Wright on America's Energy Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 26:26

It's going to be expansion of existing capacity. We're restarting three large nuclear power plants. We're operating a number of power plants. We're changing some foolish regulations. The only reason we didn't have to close the Schools in Florida, Florida, during that cold front is we said all that massive amount of backup generators, turn them on, don't wait till the lights go out. (26:26–26:29)

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Asserts that regulations are being changed to improve energy policy.

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