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On the recordSeptember 10, 2012
We are basically paying twice for the power. We are paying once for the gas turbine to be generating, ready to flip that switch, and then we are paying again the much higher cost of wind and solar.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock highlights the dual costs of energy from gas and renewable sources.

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