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On the recordMay 18, 2011
If generating capacity of 50 megawatts couldn't support a payment of $5.3 million a year for the next 50 years, wouldn't it make more sense to allow this to move forward?
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee questions the feasibility of hydropower payments and suggests moving forward with clean energy.

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