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Troy Downing: “We don't have the ability to transmit [energy] either.”

Featuring: Troy Downing, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 2nd Congressional District

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Extended interview with U.S. Rep. Troy Downing

Published | Video Starts at 13:21

And we keep talking about generation and that's what I just mentioned. You know, coal generation, natural gas generation alternatives, renewables. There's all these different ideas for generation, but We don't have the ability to transmit [energy] either. And to be able to build a data center right next to the point of generation everywhere is not feasible. We need to really invest in our infrastructure to be able to transmit that as well. (13:21)

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Asserts that there is a lack of infrastructure to transmit energy.

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