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Ned Lamont: “We bring in very easy, inexpensive natural gas from…”

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Governor Ned Lamont's Address on Connecticut's Legislative Priorities and Economic Vision

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And before you rule out natural gas, due primarily to methane emissions, that is where most of our power comes from and will for the foreseeable future, especially without more nuclear power. We bring in very easy, inexpensive natural gas from Pennsylvania, but that pipeline is at capacity. And we bring in LNG by foreign ships, which is much more polluting and more expensive. You can ask Congress to rethink the Jones Act. Okay. (10:01–10:09)

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Asserts that Connecticut imports inexpensive natural gas from Pennsylvania, but the pipeline is at capacity.

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