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Kelly Hancock: “Total wind capacity on our system is 28,000 megawatts.”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Republican Senator Kelly Hancock Talks Democrats Legal Challenge Against Gov. Abbott's Recent Veto.

Published | Video Starts at 06:37

The difference is we had less than 5 megawatts of wind last week. 5,000 megawatts wind last week. Today, for example, we've been running between 17 and 18,000 megawatts of wind. Total wind capacity on our system is 28,000 megawatts. So out of that 28, when all you get all that shows up because the wind's not blowing is 5,000, it does put a stress on it. (06:37–06:42)

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