He's just saying, rather than have the ratepayers pay for this. This is how we pay for nuclear power, by the way, and he wants the taxpayers to pay for it. We've got rid of the public benefits charge. We did it by betting against the high price of natural gas that saved ratepayers $400 million. That reduced your rates by about 15%. So as long as those natural gas rates stay elevated, we're going to be able to save you a little money. (05:32–05:41)
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Asserts that the public benefits charge was removed, saving ratepayers $400 million.
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