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About
Rachel Walden
Rachel and her husband and their daughter live in Mesa. They love warm weather, hiking, and traveling the state. Rachel has lived in Arizona since she was a child. Rachel and her husband are life long Republicans.
She is a first generation college graduate. She received a Bachelor's of Science with honors from Arizona State University. She continued at ASU in a Master of Arts program (ABD), during which she was hired by the University as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant and was a fellowship recipient.
Rachel was raised by a hard working single mother in a family of 5 children. Her mother was a self employed financial planner and Rachel spent several years working in the family office. That experience led to her year career at Vanguard. Rachel managed the Institutional accounts for some of the most recognized companies in America. Her work involved regulatory compliance, audits, implementing government regulations, and she learned to write policies to streamline administration. Rachel was exceptionally skilled at having bold conversations with her clients to improve processes and improve client relationships. Rachel had securities licenses and received annual training on fraud prevention and money laundering and other securities related topics.
She inherited her work ethic and patriotism from her mother's example. Rachel's mom made it a point to teach her children to never take a handout from the government because true freedom was found through self reliance. She taught her children the importance and blessings of America's founding principles and virtues and that the role of government was to preserve the rights of the people.
Rachel is a member of the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board, the largest school district in the state. As a Governing member she has prioritized academic achievement, parental rights, fiscal responsibility, and transparency.
VOTE Rachel WALDEN before or on November 5, 2024.
Priorities
Put Arizonans First
The Commissioners regulate providers of electricity, water, gas and approve the rates the consumers pay. Rate cases are solidly about finances and fiscal responsibility. Commissioners should review the operating expenses and make decisions about capital investments to determine if those things are just and reasonable for the rate payers, according to the state Constitution.
The Commission also enforces the securities marketplace to protect consumers from fraudulent investing. I am the only candidate who has been securities licensed and worked in the financial sector. I will be able to bring my experience to the board to aide in asset recovery cases for financial scams.
We need to explore every opportunity to save Arizonans money. Arizona is one of the slowest states for rate case processing. The average time is 18 months to completion, while the national average is only 9 months. The cost of this regulatory lag gets passed on to the rate payer. When we improve efficiency we save rate payers money. We must work to create an efficient and effective organization that is responsive to our communities and businesses within our state.
Stop Green New Deal Style Policy
The Commission exists to protect the rate payer. They have a statutory responsibility to maintain a safe and reliable grid at affordable rates, using the least cost and most reliable generation possible.
The Commission is supposed to regulate costs, not be a legislative body or fourth branch of government. Forced climate goals or forced energy investments onto utility providers put the rate payer last and thwarts free market principles. The government should not pick winners and losers in the marketplace through agenda driven politics. Affordability and reliability must be the drivers of Commission decisions in order to protect Arizonans from unnecessary rate hikes.
Reliable and Affordable Utilities
An "all of the above" approach to energy has proven to be cost effective and reliable. Like investing, you don't put "all your eggs in one basket." Having different sources of energy helps hedge against market conditions when pricing, supply and demand, and reliability fluctuate.
The ability of the electric grid to meet increasing power demands is a topic of great importance as the state continues to grow. The rapid growth in Arizona has changed from a steady increase of 3-4% a year to the double digits. Arizona needs to continue a mixed portfolio of energy options to allow predictable, abundant, and well distributed resources across our state.
The utility industry needs access to debt at the lowest interest rates possible to finance the generation and transmission build out required for a growing economy. The Commission is a major component in securing this stable regulatory environment to keep up with the need for well distributed and reliable resources.
No Mandates or Subsidies
Government interference drives up costs. Past Commission mandates have led to forced contracts and forced energy build out which increased costs. Those mandated costs, plus a rate of return, were paid for from the rates. We must avoid mandates.
Subsidies occur when special interests receive a benefit and the cost of that benefit gets socialized in the rates for everyone to pay. Subsidies should be eliminated from rates.
Endorsements
I am proud to have support from many elected officials and organizations across Arizona.
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