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Patrick Morrisey: “We're very ambitious in terms of our energy goals to get to…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on $700 million coal plant investment announced by Trump

Published | Video Starts at 02:23

So I think today is just necessary to make sure that we're doing everything we can with a variety of energy forms and by the way, helps out West Virginia because as we're growing and We're very ambitious in terms of our energy goals to get to 50 gigawatts of energy by 2050. coal is still going to play a big role 12.9 gigawatts of coal fired power plants. Now that can go up a lot because it's part of the portfolio we need. (02:23–02:30)

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Asserts that West Virginia aims to achieve 50 gigawatts of energy production by 2050.

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