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Barack Obama: “Including $5 billion in additional borrowing authority for BPA in any stimulus proposal is really key to integrating…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
Including $5 billion in additional borrowing authority for BPA in any stimulus proposal is really key to integrating those renewable resources like wind onto that grid.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the need for funding to upgrade transmission for renewable energy.

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