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On the recordOctober 10, 2018
To our friends in the White House and DOE who are continually arguing that only a coal-based system is secure, I would offer two facts: one, without blackstart capability, onsite fuel will not matter when a system is down; and two, clean energy resources can provide resilience, including blackstart, capability.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Senator Cantwell argues for clean energy's resilience over coal-based systems.

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