The current commission is providing an incentive to the utilities to build new fossil fuel infrastructure that you're going to be paying for for decades to come. Now, you know, we're hearing misinformation on the other side. $4 trillion subsidy. Since renewables have come on the market decades ago, there's a $4 trillion a year subsidy to fossil fuels. Arizona has a chance to achieve energy independence, to achieve affordable, reliable and secure energy for everybody in this state. (44:14–44:21)
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Asserts that fossil fuels receive a $4 trillion annual subsidy since the introduction of renewables.
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