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Jeff Flake: “Obviously we want to take advantage of the intermittent generation, particularly renewables, but without grid scale…”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
Obviously we want to take advantage of the intermittent generation, particularly renewables, but without grid scale storage at this point, we want carbon-free base load and a lot of that comes with nuclear.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Flake emphasizes the need for nuclear energy in achieving carbon-free power.

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