So in 2005, just over 20 years ago, we had the lowest utility rates in the entire country. But what happened in that intervening period? We had a lot of coal fired power come offline with Obama's war on coal. We had coal plants that were literally dismantled and destroyed. And as that's happened, energy requirements have continued to go up, not only in West Virginia, but around the country, … (00:31–00:37)
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