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Paul Schecklman: “We were shutting down coal plants that we were still paying…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:37

Okay, so why, why did it go up 40% and why did it go down 17% for production? I can speculate on a lot of things. Yes, please. In the best way I can. But one is We were shutting down coal plants that we were still paying for with our rate hikes. 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. (15:37–15:44)

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Asserts that coal plants in Wisconsin were shut down while still being paid for through rate hikes.

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