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Rene Lopez: “We've also lost a lot of power off of a hydroelectric dams…”

Featuring: Rene Lopez, Republican | Arizona Corporation Commission

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Interview with Rene Lopez | 2024 Arizona Corporation Commission Candidate

Published | Video Starts at 04:18

But they are going away and they've already decommissioned a few of them. There's two left that are left to be decommissioned in the next five years, five to seven years. And then We've also lost a lot of power off of a hydroelectric dams. The lowering reservoirs has caused less head, which causes less pressure, which means we've lost power. And those are some of the two cheapest ways of producing electricity. And all of that is being replaced with peaker plants, with gas, some renewables with solar and wind. (04:18–04:26)

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Asserts that Arizona has lost power from hydroelectric dams due to lowering reservoirs, which reduces pressure.

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