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Cliff Bentz: “Something like 86 gigawatts of coal created this year or…”

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

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Cliff Bentz Discusses Energy Policy and Permitting Challenges with Industry Experts

Published | Video Starts at 01:22

I've heard it over and over and over again, driven in significant part by artificial intelligence. We see that China is dramatically ahead of us when it comes to electrical generation. Something like 86 gigawatts of coal created this year or within the last year in China. Where are we now? Well, we're still fighting through these kinds of mixtures of policy debate versus building something. My question to you is, what would you suggest that we do first in this space? (01:22–01:32)

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Asserts that China has created approximately 86 gigawatts of coal power recently.

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