Arizona 2025 Regular Session

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1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: Palo Verde; urging support State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HCM 2016 Introduced by Representatives Carter P: Biasiucci, Blackman, Bliss, Carbone, Carter N, Diaz, Gress, Griffin, Heap, Keshel, Kolodin, Kupper, Lopez, Marshall, Martinez, Montenegro, Nguyen, Olson, Pea, Powell, Taylor, Way, Weninger, Willoughby, Wilmeth A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL urging the United states Congress to support the Palo Verde generating station. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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78	78	To the Congress of the United States of America: Your memorialist respectfully represents: Whereas, Arizona is home to the most productive nuclear power plant in America, the Palo Verde Generating Station in Tonopah, Arizona, which generates more than 32 million megawatt hours of electricity annually. This is enough power for more than 4 million homes and businesses; and Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station has been one of the nation's largest power producers of any kind for nearly 30 years; and Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station is the largest source of clean energy in the West; and Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station supplies nearly 70 percent of Arizona's carbon-free energy; and Whereas, the costs of nuclear energy are lower than the costs of solar power, but nuclear energy is superior to solar power in that it can be produced at night and during cloudy weather without sunlight; and Whereas, nuclear energy facilities operating in 30 states produce electricity for one out of every five homes and businesses in the United States; and Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station is the only nuclear power plant in the country that is not located on a body of water and instead uses recycled water from surrounding communities to cool the plant in an environmentally sustainable way; and Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station is the largest single commercial taxpayer in Arizona; and Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station provides a $2.3 billion economic impact annually to local economies; and Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station has approximately 2,000 full-time employees and requires the services of an additional 1,000 contractors during periods of maintenance; and Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station purchases over $123 million in products and services from more than 1,200 Arizona businesses; and Whereas, Palo Verde employees donate approximately $1 million each year to local charities; and Whereas, energy consumers who are well informed regarding the safety of modern nuclear energy production support the continued production of nuclear energy as a noncarbon producing energy source; and Whereas, a nationwide survey conducted in May 2024 revealed that 56% of Americans support nuclear power; and Whereas, there are significant advancements in nuclear energy technology with the development of nuclear reactors that are more efficient, produce less waste and reduce proliferation risk; and Whereas, Arizona's economic competitiveness depends on safe, affordable and reliable power. Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring, prays: 1. That the United States Congress support the Palo Verde Generating Station and the safe and efficient use of nuclear energy to supply the energy consumption needs of the people of Arizona. 2. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.
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84	84	Whereas, Arizona is home to the most productive nuclear power plant in America, the Palo Verde Generating Station in Tonopah, Arizona, which generates more than 32 million megawatt hours of electricity annually. This is enough power for more than 4 million homes and businesses; and
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86	86	Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station has been one of the nation's largest power producers of any kind for nearly 30 years; and
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88	88	Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station is the largest source of clean energy in the West; and
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90	90	Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station supplies nearly 70 percent of Arizona's carbon-free energy; and
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92	92	Whereas, the costs of nuclear energy are lower than the costs of solar power, but nuclear energy is superior to solar power in that it can be produced at night and during cloudy weather without sunlight; and
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94	94	Whereas, nuclear energy facilities operating in 30 states produce electricity for one out of every five homes and businesses in the United States; and
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96	96	Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station is the only nuclear power plant in the country that is not located on a body of water and instead uses recycled water from surrounding communities to cool the plant in an environmentally sustainable way; and
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98	98	Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station is the largest single commercial taxpayer in Arizona; and
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100	100	Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station provides a $2.3 billion economic impact annually to local economies; and
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102	102	Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station has approximately 2,000 full-time employees and requires the services of an additional 1,000 contractors during periods of maintenance; and
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104	104	Whereas, the Palo Verde Generating Station purchases over $123 million in products and services from more than 1,200 Arizona businesses; and
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106	106	Whereas, Palo Verde employees donate approximately $1 million each year to local charities; and
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108	108	Whereas, energy consumers who are well informed regarding the safety of modern nuclear energy production support the continued production of nuclear energy as a noncarbon producing energy source; and
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110	110	Whereas, a nationwide survey conducted in May 2024 revealed that 56% of Americans support nuclear power; and
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112	112	Whereas, there are significant advancements in nuclear energy technology with the development of nuclear reactors that are more efficient, produce less waste and reduce proliferation risk; and
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114	114	Whereas, Arizona's economic competitiveness depends on safe, affordable and reliable power.
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116	116	Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring, prays:
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118	118	1. That the United States Congress support the Palo Verde Generating Station and the safe and efficient use of nuclear energy to supply the energy consumption needs of the people of Arizona.
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120	120	2. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.