Energy Secretary Chris Wright
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7 appearances
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 29 Jan
Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah, not just the storm, but the cold temperatures, Dana.
They drive up demand for electricity to often the annual peak.
And I will tell you, coal and President Trump's effort to keep coal plants open in the last few days has likely saved hundreds of American lives.
We had a much smaller cold front during the Biden administration.
We lost over 200 American lives because power went down, heating went out.
The Trump administration, we've saved 17 gigawatts of coal plants to keep them open.
Natural gas, coal, and nuclear in that order have been the key workhorses to keep the lights on at these peak demand times.
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