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Josh Shapiro: “We staved off about 25 to 30 billion dollars in increased…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Governor Shapiro Visits IBEW Training Center, Discusses Administration's Work to Create Opportunity

Published | Video Starts at 32:50

It's the grid operator, if you will. I sued them because they were going to jack up prices on consumers. And as a result of that, We staved off about 25 to 30 billion dollars in increased costs for consumers. So on the energy side, we have to produce more energy. We can produce more energy and that allows us the flexibility to create the jobs and protect consumers, not see their cost go. (32:50–32:58)

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Asserts that legal action prevented $25 to $30 billion in increased consumer costs.

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