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On the recordDecember 9, 2009
There is something pretty bizarre, even by the standards of the Beltway, of throwing away the economic value, for example, of renewable energy because the wind is blowing or the tide is changing at 3 in the morning when demand is low.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden criticizes the waste of renewable energy due to low demand.

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