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Joshua Polacheck: “They expect us to be paying for [fossil fuel infrastructure]…”

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

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Arizona Debates: Corporation Commission

Published | Video Starts at 30:09

Mister Lopez, with all due respect, you talked about picking winners and losers. We know under the current corporation Commission regulations that the utilities know that they can make more money building fossil fuel infrastructure. That They expect us to be paying for [fossil fuel infrastructure] 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, their generation market and you saw the free market … (30:09–30:16)

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Asserts that utilities expect long-term financial support for fossil fuel infrastructure.

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