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Frank Pallone: “It took an incredible toll on the electricity grid. More than 8.5 million households and businesses had outages.”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2017
It took an incredible toll on the electricity grid. More than 8.5 million households and businesses had outages.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone discusses the impact of outages on households and businesses due to grid issues.

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