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Cliff Bentz: “Solar has reached a point now where it's sufficiently…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Bentz Telephone Town Hall: September 8, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 14:55

Because except for certain projects that are already about to be turned on, the new projects are going to have to be funded with private money because the tax credit is going to go away. And the good news is I think that Solar has reached a point now where it's sufficiently inexpensive to be successful when there's no tax credit available. to subsidize it. This is good news. I will tell you the bad news, however. And the bad news is that for any type of electrical generation, we don't have the transmission. (14:55–15:05)

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Asserts that solar energy is now cost-effective enough to succeed without federal tax credits.

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