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Joshua Polacheck: “In Nevada, when they opened up their generation market and…”

Featuring: Joshua Polacheck, Democratic | Former Candidate, Arizona Corporation Commission

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Arizona Debates: Corporation Commission

Published | Video Starts at 30:19

That they expect us to be paying for not just ten years from now, not just 20 years from now, 50 and 60 years from now. We know that the commission is putting their thumb on the scale. That's why In Nevada, when they opened up their generation market and you saw the free market bloom, they went from about 10% of energy independence to over 50% in less than a decade. And you are seeing in Nevada something that has seen only in one other place in the entire country and that is rates going down, profitability for the utilities going up, and the pollution rates going down. (30:19–30:32)

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Asserts that Nevada increased its energy independence from 10% to over 50% in less than a decade after deregulating its generation market.

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