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Jake Auchincloss: “Massachusetts needs to get rid of its moratorium on nuclear…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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One SouthCoast Chamber Breakfast with Congressman Jake Auchincloss

Published | Video Starts at 26:43

I helped get investment tax credits for a trade school in my district to implant community geothermal underneath its football field. And that's going to take off a huge chunk of cost for them over the long run. I think Massachusetts needs to get rid of its moratorium on nuclear power. Nuclear power is very affordable. The Taunton Municipal Light Plant I think is paying like 5 cents a watt right now because it has access to millstones nuclear power. (26:43–26:46)

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Asserts that Massachusetts should lift its ban on building nuclear power plants.

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