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Speaker disputes claims that offshore wind will raise electric bills, cites grid dispatch and court filings
Summary
An unidentified speaker challenged recent statements by Zeldin, Bergam and Wright that offshore wind will raise electricity bills, arguing that court filings and grid-operator dispatch practices show wind and solar are low marginal-cost resources that can reduce wholesale costs.
An unidentified speaker at the Environment and Public Works: Senate Committee hearing challenged recent remarks by Rep. Lee Zeldin, Rep. Bergam and Rep. Wright, saying the lawmakers have "gone on a campaign of falsehood" about the cost of offshore wind.
The speaker said Secretary Burgum had called offshore wind "highly expensive" and read a tweet the speaker attributed to Burgum that called offshore wind "one of the most expensive schemes ever pushed on American taxpayers." The speaker framed those and similar…
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