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Jeanne Shaheen: “We can completely understand why citizens in that state should not feel like they should be paying all the burden when…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
We can completely understand why citizens in that state should not feel like they should be paying all the burden when actually everybody in the country is benefiting.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen discusses the fairness of cost-sharing for grid capacity in New Hampshire.

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