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Ned Lamont: “Public benefits charge...helps pay for our nuclear power.”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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Governor Ned Lamont on Connecticut's Stability in Uncertain Times

Published | Video Starts at 10:15

So we're trying to put a little bit of money in reserve. And on public benefits, that money goes to creating alternate energy sources or finding, researching. Here's what here, the much ballyhooed Public benefits charge...helps pay for our nuclear power. Two, as you point out, Solar and wind are paid for out of public benefits. It's called the power purchase agreement. Number three. It pays for energy efficiency as I described before. (10:15–16:15)

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