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Rene Lopez: “The rate increase was originally asked at 10%, believed to…”

Featuring: Rene Lopez, Republican | Arizona Corporation Commission

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

Published | Video Starts at 30:01

We often talk on the campaign trail about efficiencies and doing things to serve the ratepayer better. And I think pushing this out even further would not have served the rate. But days later … The rate increase was originally asked at 10%, believed to be 8.55%, and evaluated at 7.8%. … that the rates are gonna go up. But when you talked about also AP's in their efficiency and their ability to be funded in their investor credit ratings, what if they had been mismanaged? (30:01–30:17)

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Asserts that the rate increase figures changed from an initial request to a final evaluation.

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