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Jake Auchincloss: “We need to put new energy sources onto the grid. I've put…”

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

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Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on AI energy equation, guardrails and competitiveness

Published | Video Starts at 08:24

The grid is not good at storing energy either across time with batteries or across space with interconnectivity. And so any energy policy needs to address all three of those things. We need to put new energy sources onto the grid. I've put forward bills for super hot rock, geothermal for example. We got to do more nuclear. And I actually will give the administration credit on nuclear. They're doing the right things on nuclear. We got to put offshore wind here. (08:24–08:32)

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Asserts the need for new energy sources and mentions legislative efforts for geothermal energy.

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