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Martin Heinrich: “I think baseload, oftentimes today, is more of a political term than an engineering term.”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2018
I think baseload, oftentimes today, is more of a political term than an engineering term.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

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Heinrich discusses the political implications of the term 'baseload power'.

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