And, and if it is retiring, what's going to replace it that's equally dispatchable and firm, reliable, and won't add to the cost of the grid or increase the either increase the cost or reduce the reliability of the grid. Good. My bill would bake what you're doing into law and basically require it so that before anybody could retire a unit in one of the regions that have an elevated reliability risk, they would have to prove that it's being replaced in advance by equally reliable power. And, and then if it isn't, then they would give you and FERC tools to require that they run and some financial support to help cover those costs so it doesn't fall on the ratepayers. (04:12–04:33)
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Asserts that the bill requires proof of replacement by equally reliable power before retiring units in high-risk regions.
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