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Howard Lutnick: “Opening a coal plant will lower the cost of energy in your…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Tell me, why are my ratepayers who have Nipsco the highest energy bills in the country, why are they paying for that? But Pennsylvania and Ohio, you're celebrating natural gas power plants. Opening a coal plant will lower the cost of energy in your district. I'm happy to sit down with you and go through with you. I'm happy to do that. I love math. I don't. I love math. Is going to lower the cost. (05:55–06:00)

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