Mm-hmm.

Um, both Dominion and the governor's staff used a similar software program to make predictions on how different combinations of generation would work and how much they would cost and how much you would need to meet the demand.

Um, and they, they do factor in reliability a little bit, but that's one reason why she's talking about 39 gigawatts of solar, because it isn't very reliable.

So, so you need to g- grab as much sun power as you can on the days when you can, and then store it.

That's why it's 39 gigawatts of power and 39 gigawatts, almost 39 gigawatts of battery.

Um, again, I think, I think, as I, as I said in the column, which, which you referred to, and thank you very much for reading it-

Mm-hmm.

But her, her energy plan assumes that we will need to serve a whole bunch more data centers.

... were approved rate increases, correct, Steve?

Correct, correct.

But again, some of the rate increases are due to this Clean Economy Act, all these policies re- re- removing the natural gas, removing the coal, moving to solar and, and wind, and, and she very much supports those, those policies.

She very much ran for election on those policies, so philosophically, she has to take some blame.

But again, the, the real problem is, now what's she gonna do about it? And, and I think the bills she's gonna have on her desk will make things worse.

Film at 11.

Um, and, and, and, you know, and our, our, our beloved president, you know, at 3:00 o'clock in the morning on TrueSocial, you know, gets, gets out there and makes, uh, makes all these promises that, you know, most of us know he's not [chuckles] gonna be able to keep.

So, so, you know, I, I, I, I, whatever.

Right.

They have to get the SCC, the State Corporation Commission, to say, "Well, despite the Clean Economy Act, we still need this gas plant because otherwise our system's not reliable enough." So that's, that's basically like a variance, you know, like, like getting a variance from a zoning law or something.

And, and they need that, and, and, and that is gonna be a gigantic battle.

And the battle's gonna hit...

I think the public hearing's gonna hit in September, so it'll be perfectly timed, uh, for everybody's attention on the campaign.

And it would be helpful, you know, if the two candidates for governor, you know, publicly said where they stood on this.

Mm-hmm.

But I- I don't, I don't see an angle for a lawsuit.