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Paul Schecklman: “They were shutting those [coal plants] down before they were…”

Featuring: Paul Schecklman, Republican Party | Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Right. So they, they space out the repayment, the capital cost of building a new energy infrastructure over a period of time. Kind of like a mortgage. Right. So They were shutting those [coal plants] down before they were even completely paid for and before they had enough energy to provide for what they were shutting off. So if you're shutting down one coal plant and then you're going, well we have one wind installation and two 3,000 acre solar panel fields. (15:57–16:09)

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Asserts that coal plants were shut down before being fully paid for and before replacement energy sources were sufficient.

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