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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

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25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. But Breakthrough Energy calculated that the cost of new transmission, distribution, and storage would be $1.5 trillion. [25] 26] Local community and environmental opposition to transmission is a national and international phenomenon.