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Chris Wright: “We've been subsidizing wind energy for 33 years.”

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

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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright talks gas prices, energy rates and cost-of-living worries

Published | Video Starts at 07:19

And this winter they produce less wind energy than they produced the year before. The wind sometimes blows and sometimes it doesn't blow again. There's no bias in our world against specific energy sources, but We've been subsidizing wind energy for 33 years. And about half of American states have renewable portfolio standards that force a certain amount of wind and solar on their grids. Those states have 50% higher electricity prices. (07:19–07:23)

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Asserts that wind energy has been subsidized in the U.S. for 33 years.

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