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Ned Lamont: “We came into office seven and a half years ago. They're…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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CT '26: Gov. Ned Lamont on his gubernatorial campaign

Published | Video Starts at 01:28

So you're talking tough about the utilities, but here we are seven years in and is that a fair concern, a fair point to raise? I don't think so. We came into office seven and a half years ago. They're about to pull the plug on nuclear power. I said, you're not doing that. In fact, we're going to keep that going. That's increased supply, carbon free supply. We put in place a hedge in case there are high natural gas prices. (01:28–01:35)

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Asserts intervention to prevent the shutdown of nuclear power.

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