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Jonathon Hill: “One of the candidates, Derek Ferraldo, had to drop out due…”

Featuring: Jonathon Hill, Democratic | Former Candidate, Arizona Corporation Commission

LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill

Published December 4, 2023 | Video Starts at 06:51

So that's why we're working hard to get three names on the ballot. There were three names until just a couple days ago. Unfortunately, One of the candidates, Derek Ferraldo, had to drop out due to some family medical concerns. But I would hope and ask for you to support myself and Anna Tovar. She's the incumbent who's running for reelection. (06:51–06:58)

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Asserts that Derek Ferraldo dropped out of the race for the Arizona Corporation Commission due to family medical concerns.

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“The main job of the commission, which people usually know it for, is regulating the public utilities across Arizona.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 00:54-01:04
“The commission in the past couple years has progressively moved away from supporting solar into the point where I would say now that they're…”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 01:46-02:01
“They've held a hearing about a month and a half ago to actually eliminate the solar reimbursement credit.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 02:00-02:10
“The commission is looking at authorizing bringing that [solar reimbursement] rate down to zero.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 02:26-02:31
“A lot of people didn't know what the commission was until we had a train derailment right in the center of town about two years ago, dumped…”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 03:21-03:38
“A ton of our railroad bridges are over 100 years old.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 03:56-04:01
“They also regulate pipelines that crisscross the state, moving mostly fossil fuels around.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 04:22-04:29
“They regulate securities and securities salesmen throughout the state.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 04:29-04:35
“They also register corporations. So if you're registering a business in Arizona or a nonprofit, all of those go through the corporation…”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 04:35-04:45
“Right now, the commission, it has five members. Right now, there are four Republicans and one Democrat.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 06:00-06:07
“In 2024, in presidential election years, there are three seats on the commission up for election.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 06:16-06:24
“We have to collect up to 7000 [signatures] as statewide candidates.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 08:32-08:42
“We have to collect the same number of signatures as a governor candidate, but we obviously have way fewer resources to do so.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 08:42-08:51
“If we qualify, the state will give us about a third of a million dollars individually to run our campaigns.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 09:24-09:31
“We also have to get $1,505 donations to show that we have grassroots financial support.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 09:38-09:47
“Unfortunately, the last couple years, we've seen a lot of people from the utilities moving in as being brought in as staff.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 10:49-10:59
“We've even seen, in the last year and a half or last year, a lot of rise in nepotism, people hiring family members to work under them at the…”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 10:59-11:12
“When they bring up ethics complaints, the commission then votes four to one to knock them down and dismiss them.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 11:13-11:21
“Historically, [opposition to renewable energy] has been driven almost completely by the utilities.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 12:21-12:26
“Over the last decade, [utilities] have had a bad habit of getting financially involved in these commission races.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 12:29-12:36
“All the Republicans who are currently registered to run are registered as clean elections candidates.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 12:40-12:46
“There still is the issue of dark money coming into the race through independent expenditures.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 12:46-12:53
“I am encouraged by the willingness of certain utility companies, usually not the big ones. It's the smaller, more regional utilities that…”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 15:17-15:33
“The financing behind not just solar but also storage installation is becoming much easier.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 15:51-15:59
“A lot more large companies, large banks are becoming confident in storage, and so they're more willing to finance it for companies and…”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 15:58-16:14
“The commission has a lot of leverage over the utility companies.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 16:41-16:46
“The commission is only responsible for private water utilities.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 17:13-17:19
“There's currently a private water utility that's planning to come into the [Rio Verde] area.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 17:50-17:50
“The commission has oversight over [private water utilities] because they're privately owned.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 17:58-18:03
“The commission isn't responsible to [government-owned water utilities] or doesn't oversee them.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 18:17-18:23
“The commission really only has jurisdiction over private companies who are then pumping and distributing [groundwater] to customers.”
LD18 Nov 28, 2023 - Johnathon Hill | Uploaded December 4, 2023 | 18:38-18:48