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Jeff Meucci

90:56 - 91:10

"I am not going to sell my soul for $1 million or $2 million coming out of electrical rates. I'm not. And that's the reason I'm moving forward with this amendment."

“I am not going to sell my soul for $1 million or $2 million coming out of electrical rates. I'm not. And that's the reason I'm moving forward with this amendment.”
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November 3, 2026

From the transcript

Because once the door is open for this data center thing, It's just like dealing with the Federal Telecommunications Act. There's nothing we can do. And I'm not going to— I am not going to sell my soul for $1 million or $2 million coming out of electrical rates. I'm not. And that's the reason I'm moving forward with this amendment.

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