Resources the other day had a privilege of seeing the mining operation, you know, the one, if not the largest consumer of electricity in Montana. Most of the equipment operating that facility is electric. If coal strip goes under and power prices increase anymore, there's a possibility the mine can no longer make things pencil. That's going to be terrible for the state's economy and obviously for the Butte Deer Lodge area. What we have to focus on is producing as affordable energy as possible for all Americans. (23:42–23:49)
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Asserts that the closure of coal strip and rising power prices could make a mine economically unviable.
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