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David Skaggs: “But I will go ahead, Mr. Chairman. I assume the gentleman does recognize that we are already getting huge payoffs, real…”

On the recordJuly 21, 1998
But I will go ahead, Mr. Chairman. I assume the gentleman does recognize that we are already getting huge payoffs, real money, real energy saved presently from the conservation and efficiency efforts, whereas the prospects for eventual savings down the road for some of these other programs in the fossil area are just that. We believe they will produce these results, but they really do not have anything like the track record on energy saved presently that we are able to get from these dollars going into conservation.
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David Skaggs
Colorado
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Discussing the benefits of conservation and efficiency efforts in energy savings.

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