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Cliff Bentz: “There's probably a real question as to how much money the…”

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 15:43

And that is because for many years, Bonneville Power Administration, that controls about 80 or 90% of the transmission in the Northwest, has not been, shall we say, expanding it. And in point of fact, There's probably a real question as to how much money the administration is going to need to rebuild much of our transmission. Much of it's really old, but the main problem we have now is you could have a solar farm, a great big one, but no way to get the power from the solar arrays to where it's going to have to be used. (15:43–15:52)

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Asserts uncertainty about the funding needed to rebuild transmission infrastructure.

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