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Patrick Morrisey: “West Virginia is about as strategically located as any state…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Governors Energy Roundtable - NGA Winter Meeting 2026

Published | Video Starts at 04:15

… across the country, not only in big new energy projects, but in data center projects as well, because they know they have to be located where the power is. And West Virginia is about as strategically located as any state in the country to tap into our natural gas reserves. We're close to Ashburn and to Loudoun county, so we can tap into a lot of the excess from there, especially when Virginia, unfortunately, is in decline with a lot of the policy changes that they're pursuing. (04:15–04:24)

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Asserts that West Virginia is strategically located to access natural gas reserves.

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