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Rachel Walden: “We should do what the constitution says. And it is focusing…”

Featuring: Rachel Walden, Republican | Arizona Corporation Commission

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

Published | Video Starts at 40:38

You have five people on the commission. You only need three people to pass something. Three people is not a big enough voice for the entire state of Arizona. So We should do what the constitution says. And it is focusing on keeping the rates, the rates down and the utilities reliable. But according to the Johnston utility case and according to the Arizona constitution, we are allowed to create policy in furtherance of keeping the rates reliable and affordable. (40:38–40:46)

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Asserts that the commission's constitutional role is to keep utility rates down and ensure reliability.

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