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Joshua Polacheck: “We spend $5 billion a year, and, you know, this buying out…”

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

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Arizona Debates: Corporation Commission

Published | Video Starts at 37:17

We spend $3 billion a year, or $3 billion over the last 20 years in the build out of our clean energy, the part of our grid We spend $5 billion a year, and, you know, this buying out of state fossil fuel, coal and gas to power our grid. that $5 billion we'll never see again. We're shipping it off to places like Texas, Pennsylvania, and even fueling the conflicts in the Middle east and eastern Europe. (37:17–37:26)

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Asserts that $5 billion is spent annually on out-of-state fossil fuels for the grid.

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