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this is one of two water treatment facilities in tempe, arizona. what is noticeable is all this solar. it turns out in arizona solar is the exception rather than the rule. only 6% of energy in arizona comes from solar, the sun aniest state in the union. it is directly related to the spending of dark money here. in 2014, a sudden surge in untraceable campaign donations changed the course of energy policy in the state. that money, more than $3 million, helped get two anti-solar power candidates elected to the commission that sets arizona s energy policies. as the new commission began rolling back solar power incentives, many believe the state s largest utility company was the source of that dark money. why? ....
Because solar power threatened their profits from nuclear energy and natural gas. at the time, aps would neither conform, nor deny if they were behind the mysterious campaign contributions. but for one local politician, the answer was clear. we have to get closer to the sun. the vice mayor of tempe, arizona and a long time solar advocate. solar energy isn t just a political powerpoint, it is how she powers her home. explain to me why all of your neighbors don t have solar just like you do. because dark money succeeded in electing the regulators they wanted to have regulate them. and so you have to pay some kind of fee in order to have this today. i m grandfathered in for a few more years, but yes. is it fair to say that in one of the sun aniest states in the union that dark money has prevented solar power? i think that s true. after seeing the impact of dark money firsthand, she was ....
To arizona to see how this ramped spending is affecting people s lives on a daily basis. this is one of two water treatment facilities in tempe, arizona. what is noticeable is all this solar. it turns out in arizona solar is the exception rather than the rule. only 6% of energy in arizona comes from solar, the sun aniest state in the union. it is directly related to the spending of dark money here. in 2014, a sudden surge in untraceable campaign donations changed the course of energy policy in the state. that money, more than $3 million, helped get two anti-solar power candidates elected to the commission that sets arizona s energy policies. as the new commission began rolling back solar power incentives, many believe the state s largest utility company was the source of that dark ....
Money. why? because solar power threatened their profits from nuclear energy and natural gas. at the time, aps would neither conform, nor deny if they were behind the mysterious campaign contributions. but for one local politician, the answer was clear. we have to get closer to the sun. the vice mayor of tempe, arizona and a long time solar advocate. solar energy isn t just a political powerpoint, it is how she powers her home. explain to me why all of your neighbors don t have solar just like you do. because dark money succeeded in electing the regulators they wanted to have regulate them. and so you have to pay some kind of fee in order to have this today. i m grandfathered in for a few more years, but yes. is it fair to say that in one of the sun aniest states in the union that dark money has ....