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Lamar Alexander: “The bottom line of that is one contributing aspect in some markets of the difficulty of economically operating a nuclear…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2015
The bottom line of that is one contributing aspect in some markets of the difficulty of economically operating a nuclear plant, much less building a new one, is the high subsidy for wind, allowing it to undercut nuclear.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing challenges nuclear plants face due to wind energy subsidies.

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