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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJune 1, 2023
It's not synthetic dispatchability. It is dispatchability. You have batteries plus renewables. That is a baseload plant.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine
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Senator King emphasizes the importance of batteries and renewables for reliable energy.

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