Thomas McClintock actually said...

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...

We are literally paying three times for the power. What consumer in his right mind would voluntarily bear such costs?

you have to keep a megawatt of reliable, immediately obtainable backup power or the grid will collapse.

The bill, plain and simple, declares that hydropower is a renewable source of energy.