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Richard Blumenthal: But your point, Mr. Permut, if I can just cut through what you just said, is that, essentially, there was no plan in…

On the recordOctober 27, 2013
But your point, Mr. Permut, if I can just cut through what you just said, is that, essentially, there was no plan in this instance for the Mount Vernon substation, either Dunwoodie or Washington Street substation, in the event that power was lost.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal emphasizes the lack of a contingency plan for power loss.

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