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Rachel Walden: “Renewables are intermittent and the companies in Arizona…”

Featuring: Rachel Walden, Republican | Arizona Corporation Commission

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Arizona Debates: Corporation Commission

Published | Video Starts at 31:58

So, and the current commission, they have approved over 6000 solar. So nobody's not doing renewables. But the problem with the solar is that it doesn't dispatch evenly on the grid. We know that Renewables are intermittent and the companies in Arizona rely on that reliable power. So when we look at coal, we look at natural gas. Our grid was designed so that that energy dispatches at 60 hz. We get something like solar. (31:58–32:06)

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Asserts that renewable energy sources are intermittent and Arizona companies rely on reliable power.

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