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Scott Detrow is a congressional correspondent for NPR. He also co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Detrow joined NPR in 2015 to cover the presidential election. He focused on the Republican side of the 2016 race, spending time on the campaign trail with Donald Trump, and also reported on the election's technology and data angles.

Detrow worked as a statehouse reporter for member stations WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and KQED in San Francisco, California. He has also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.

February 3, 2012 | 4:34 PM

Scott Detrow / StateImpact Pennsylvania

A Cambria County wind farm

A new group called ChoosePAWind is touting the benefits of alternative energy.
Essential Public Radio has more on an event the coalition of green energy companies held in Pittsburgh this week.

A new wind energy coalition rolled out the program in Pittsburgh with the goal of educating the public about the benefits of wind energy, and how to buy it locally.
Currently, Pennsylvania has the capacity to meet 6.4 percent of its energy needs from wind, Bellezza said. But in 2010, only 0.8 percent of the energy consumed in the state came from wind generated in the commonwealth, according to the most recent figures from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Usage is low, largely, because wind is more expensive. Switching to wind power would add about $12 per month to the average home’s electricity bill. At a time when energy prices are falling, convincing consumers to pay more might be a tough sell.