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Glenn Youngkin: “We must build gas power generation, we must build nuclear…”

Featuring: Glenn Youngkin, Republican | Governor of Virginia

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Governor Glenn Youngkin's 2026 State of the Commonwealth

Published | Video Starts at 52:58

The national security imperative will drive huge investment and lots of jobs. And Virginia should win. Don't drive it away to the other states. What it does mean is that we must continue to build. We must build gas power generation, we must build nuclear power. We need to double our generating capacity in the next 10 years. And renewables alone, which by themselves will drive up cost and risk brownouts, just can't get it done. (52:58–53:03)

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Asserts that Virginia needs to build more gas and nuclear power facilities.

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