Doug Burgum: “Coal is critical as a baseload energy source. It's a…”

“Can you explain why the administration believes coal remains a critical component of baseload electricity generation? Particularly as we see demand increases from AI data centers and domestic manufacturing growth? Well, the Coal is critical as a baseload energy source. It's a reliable 7 by 24. It doesn't get disrupted by supply chains because most of the power that we're generating is near, near the mines that produce that coal. As it is in your state and my state.” (00:48–00:56)

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