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“The bottom line of this company is not our concern,” Salas said. Ellen Nozzle of Centerville, one of the last of the dozen or so speakers, agreed that an 800-megawatt electrical cable should be brought somewhere with more industrialized infrastructure. “Make no mistake,” Nozzle said. “We are industrializing Barnstable to send electricity to Bridgeport, Connecticut.”