2022 AZ Senate race: on Energy & Oil

Jim Lamon: When facts are laid out, it's clear coal is not coming back

The CEO of Depcom Power spent decades constructing the coal-fired power plants Trump likes to tout. But Lamon saw that coal's future was bleak, and he switched to building solar power plants. The Trump Administration is weighing a tariff on solar panel imports. A defeat for solar imports would likely be only a pyrrhic victory for the Trump Administration. "We want American energy dominance," says Lamon. But "when the facts are laid out, it's kind of comes to light why coal is not coming back." Source: Time Magazine on 2022 Arizona Senate race Jul 1, 2021

Jim Lamon: Close the Department of Energy, eliminate bureaucratic drag

Secure Energy Dominance: I stand for an energy strategy to insure the lowest cost and highest security to our nation.
Close the Department of Energy.
Eliminate the bureaucratic drag from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of Land Management and Forestry Service.
Transfer permitting for projects to the States where the entity is to be constructed.
Move to the Texas model of deregulated electrical grids.

Source: 2022 Arizona Senate campaign website JimLamon.com Apr 20, 2022

Justin Olson: Opposed boosting renewable energy as too costly

Arizona's utility regulators have rejected new rules that would have drastically boosted the use of renewable energy for the second time in a year, drawing sharp reaction from clean energy advocates who said the decision leaves the state far behind what is needed to address climate change. Olson said he opposed the new rules because they could cost ratepayers at the state's two largest utilities more than $5 billion, pointing to a report prepared for the commission. Source: U.S. News on 2022 Arizona Senate race Jan 26, 2022

Justin Olson: Enact policies that don't negatively affect the economy

[Asked about climate change], Olson acknowledged the existence of a global climate crisis. When asked if humans contribute to the changing climate, Olson said it was a question for scientists to answer. Policymakers, he said, should focus on enacting policies that don't negatively affect the economy. Source: The Arizona Republic on 2022 Arizona Senate race Oct 13, 2021

Mark Brnovich: Challenged carbon regulations as "back door Green New Deal"

Challenged Biden Administration's regulatory carbon policy - a back door Green New Deal. The policy requires regulations to be implemented or removed based on the "social costs of carbon", which would prohibit good rules and necessitate horrific ones. Source: 2022 Arizona Senate campaign website KellyForAK.com Jan 5, 2022

Mark Kelly: Inflation Reduction Act lets us create renewable energy

We're putting more carbon up into the atmosphere every year. Now, the Inflation Reduction Act is giving us some of the tools to deal with this and bring down the amount of carbon that we're putting in the atmosphere. At the same time, it's allowing us to create the renewable energy that we need here and build it in the United States, and not have to buy stuff from China anymore. So that was a positive first step. Source: CNN SOTU interviews on 2022 Arizona Senate race Aug 21, 2022

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