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Chris Wright: “Wind, solar and batteries together were 2% of electricity on…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 16:11

When you have a giant winter storm in New England, we had zero solar energy and 2% of the electricity came from wind. Wind, solar and batteries together were 2% of electricity on the moment of peak demand in New England. That's what you have to design electricity grid is to keep the lights on, the hospitals running, people's homes heated and people alive. (16:11–16:18)

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Asserts that wind, solar, and batteries provided 2% of electricity during peak demand in New England.

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