And in fact, a lot of commission roles have hurt utility companies like the renewable energy standard in tariff that was passed, that said that 15% of all energy had to come from renewables. And The commission forced our utility companies into renewables when they weren't ready. And that drove up the cost. because they had to start generating an emerging technology. And anytime the commission does a mandate, there's a rate of return that gets passed on to the ratepayer. (13:06–13:12)
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Asserts that the commission mandated utility companies to adopt renewables before they were ready, increasing costs.
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