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Kathy Hochul: “We literally came this close to having a blackout in New…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Participates in a Times Union Fireside Chat with Dan Clark

Published | Video Starts at 20:40

I cannot. And I can tell you we were this close last summer when we had a long heat wave and we looked at our numbers in the grid and We literally came this close to having a blackout in New York... we had to spend a lot more to get this power from other states. states. You would not believe the cost it was to bring in from Pennsylvania and other states power that we didn't have. And so I can't run that risk either. (20:40–20:51)

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Asserts that New York nearly experienced a blackout and had to import power at high costs.

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