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Lea Márquez Peterson: “In 2006, that renewable energy standard was put in place by…”

Featuring: Lea Márquez Peterson, Republican | Arizona Corporation Commission

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AZ Votes Debate: Republican candidates for Corporation Commission | Apr. 4, 2024

Published | Video Starts at 19:03

Good idea to get rid of the renewable energy standards. So I'll speak to that. You know, that's why this race is so critical. There's a lot at stake. In 2006, that renewable energy standard was put in place by the then commission. So they mandated a source of energy unnaturally so that it caused a subsidy that AP's customers have paid more than one and a half billion dollars since that time in 2006 for that subsidy that occurred with renewable energy. (19:03–19:08)

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